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NPD Group has released its July 2009 sales data for the major consoles. While July is a typically slow month for gaming, especially on the hardware front, the sales figures are down for everyone. Here are the digits, with last month's numbers in parenthesis:
* Nintendo DS: 538,900 (down from 766,500)
* Nintendo Wii: 252,500 (down from 361,700)
* Xbox 360: 202,900 (down from 240,600)
* PlayStation Portable: 122,800 (down from 163,500)
* PlayStation 3: 121,800 (down from 164,700)
* PlayStation 2: 108,000 (down from 152,700)
NPD Group analyst Anita Frazier noted, "The U.S. video games industry declined for the fifth consecutive month, bringing year-to-date sales to $8.16 billion, down 14% from the same time period last year. Hardware sales have slowed considerably on nearly every platform. The Xbox 360 is the only console system showing a unit sales increase year-to-date, while the NDS has the highest sales of all hardware platforms both for the month, and year-to-date."
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* Nintendo DS: 538,900 (down from 766,500)
* Nintendo Wii: 252,500 (down from 361,700)
* Xbox 360: 202,900 (down from 240,600)
* PlayStation Portable: 122,800 (down from 163,500)
* PlayStation 3: 121,800 (down from 164,700)
* PlayStation 2: 108,000 (down from 152,700)
NPD Group analyst Anita Frazier noted, "The U.S. video games industry declined for the fifth consecutive month, bringing year-to-date sales to $8.16 billion, down 14% from the same time period last year. Hardware sales have slowed considerably on nearly every platform. The Xbox 360 is the only console system showing a unit sales increase year-to-date, while the NDS has the highest sales of all hardware platforms both for the month, and year-to-date."
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