Hardware

Xbox 360 – 443, 500
Nintendo DS – 398, 400
Wii – 253, 900
PlayStation 3 – 214, 500
PlayStation Portable – 84, 000

Software

360 – NCAA FOOTBALL 11 – 368, 000
PS3 – NCAA FOOTBALL 11 – 298, 800
360 – CRACKDOWN 2 – 208, 800
Wii – SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 -193, 000
NDS – LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 -141, 700
360 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION
Wii – LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
NDS – DRAGON QUEST IX: SENTINELS OF THE STARRY SKIES
Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII
360 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2

The new Xbox 360 S continued to reinvigorate the platform for Microsoft while beating the Nintendo DS and everyone else while doing so. The PlayStation Portable slid below 100, 000 units once again. Poor Sony.

You know it’s a slow month for software when Modern Warfare 2 makes a reappearance in the top 10. Dragon Quest IX made it into the top 10, but with less than 141, 700 units sold. A damn shame since it’s quite the entertaining RPG.

Hardware:

1. DS – 510, 700
2. Xbox 360 – 451, 700
3. Wii – 422, 500
4. PlayStation 3 304, 800
5. PSP – 121, 000

Software:

• 360 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 582, 900
• Wii - SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 – 548, 400
• PS3 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 380, 300
• Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – 200, 900
• Wii – JUST DANCE – 174,800
• WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD
• DS – TOY STORY 3
• 360 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED
• Wii – LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
• PS3 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED

The Xbox 360 lead the home console pack for this month thanks to that new slim model. And that’s the only piece of hardware that jumps at me. The PSP jump in sales could be attributed to the summer vacationing crowd because it certainly wasn’t because of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

That’s one of the most notable absences in the top 10 software.

Red Dead Redemption continues to taunt me with its big sales and serve as a reminder that I need to pick that game up still. Super Mario Galaxy 2 continues its strong month-to-month sales with nearly 550, 000 additional units. That’s over 1 million in the U.S alone! Well deserved.

Steam sales are dangerous for the wallet. This “Perils of Summer Sale” is the biggest sale since the Holiday sale of 2009. I didn’t have the PC to take advantage of the deals then, but I do now. And thus here’s a running tally of games I purchased:

• Borderlands x 2 – $15.30
• Crysis – $14.99
• The Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom – $2.49
• Osmos – $2.49
• Grand Theft Auto IV – $4.99
• Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack – $11.90
  • Chapters 1 – 5
• Left4Dead 2 (2 copies) – $15.30
• THQ Complete Pack – $49.99
  • Company of Heroes
  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
  • Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
  • Frontlines: Fuel of War
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
  • Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
  • Metro 2033
  • Red Faction
  • Red Faction: Guerilla
  • Red Faction II
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Saints Row 2
  • Titan Quest
  • Titan Quest – Imortal Throne
  • Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II
  • Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
  • Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade
  • Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm
  • World of Zoo

Total Damage: $117.45

Hardware

1. DS – 383, 700
2. Wii – 334, 800
3. Xbox 360 – 194, 600
4. PlayStation 3 – 154, 500
5. PSP – 59,400

Software

1. 360 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 945, 900
2. PS3 – RED DEAD REDEMPTION – 567, 100
3. Wii – SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 – 563, 900
4. 360 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED – 221, 100
5. PS3 – UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED – 192, 300
6. WII FIT PLUS W/BALANCE BOARD
7. Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII
8. 360 – ALAN WAKE
9. DS – POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION
10. 360 – SKATE 3

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Hardware

1. Nintendo DS – 440, 800
2. Wii – 277, 200
3. Xbox 360 – 185, 400
4. PlayStation 3 – 180, 800
5. PSP – 65, 500

Software

1. 360 – TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION – 486, 100
2. DS - POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION – 242, 900
3. Wii - NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – 200, 300
4. DS – POKEMON HEARTGOLD VERSION – 192, 600
5. PS3 - GOD OF WAR III – 180, 300
6. WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS
7. 360 – BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 – 166, 000
8. WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD
9. Wii – JUST DANCE
10. SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV – 143, 000

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Activision is indeed laughing all the way to the bank and all I have to say is:

“Good job. Milk the fools.”

I take that back, I actually have a bit more to say.

In its first week, the $15 map pack, dubbed the “Stimulus Package”, accumulated at least 2.5 million downloads. That’s damn impressive and disappointing.

I’m impressed by the fact that it exceeded the World at War 1 million downloads which debuted across both the Xbox Live! and PlayStation Network markets. But I’m disappointed by the fact that 2.5 million people just told Activision that the $15 price point is well worth it.

They made $37.5 million in sales for three new maps and two ports. Damn geniuses.

What’s the breaking point people? $20 for 7 maps? $25 for 9?

Hardware

1. Nintendo DS - 613, 200
2. Xbox 360 - 422, 000
3. Wii - 397, 900
4. PlayStation 3 - 360, 100
5. PSP – 133, 400
6. PlayStation 2 - 101, 900

Software

1. 360 – BIOSHOCK 2 - 562, 900
2. Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII - 555, 600
3. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 314, 300
4. Wii – JUST DANCE - 275, 400
5. WII SPORTS RESORT - 272, 500
6. PS3 - CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 252, 800
7. 360 – MASS EFFECT 2 - 246, 500
8. PS3 – DANTE’S INFERNO: DIVINE EDITION - 242, 500
9. 360 – DANTE’S INFERNO - 224, 700
10. PS3 – HEAVY RAIN PS3 SONY - 219, 300

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