June NPD: Nintendo WiiDS out competition, industry sales grow 31%

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Completely unaware of the abysmal news headlines it would generate, the [Only registered users can see links. ] group has released US video game sales data for the month of June. Painting a familiar picture of Nintendo perched atop a mountain of freshly printed money, the results indicate that prosperity is shared throughout the whole industry. [Only registered users can see links. ] reports that sales for the month are up by 31% [Only registered users can see links. ], with half of the year showing a 43% increase over the first six months of 2006. Console hardware sales notably rose by 69% to $268 million, though portable game hardware dropped by 6%.

Unsurprisingly, the top-selling system for June was the Nintendo DS, followed by waggle wonder Wii. The PSP wedged itself into third place, (thanks [Only registered users can see links. ]!), right above the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We suspect Sony's behemoth will gain enough momentum from the recent [Only registered users can see links. ] to break through the 100,000 sales barrier next month. That'll teach you, [Only registered users can see links. ]!

• Nintendo DS: 561.9K
• Nintendo Wii: 381.8K
• Sony PSP: 290.1K [Updated]
• Sony PlayStation 2: 270.7K (via Sony press release)
• Microsoft Xbox 360: 198.4K
• Sony PlayStation 3: 98.5K

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