For gamers, this is going to come as no surprise… video console games are hot! But some of the facts from 2007 are mind-numbing:
- Consoles, software, and accessories sales rose 43% in 2007
- 8.5 million Nintendo DS systems were sold
- 6.1 million Wiis were sold
- 3.97 million PS2 and 2.56 million PS3 were purchased in the U.S.
- Microsoft was able to move 4.62 million XBox 360s
- $8.64 billion was sold on console game software with “Halo3″ being the biggest seller (selling 4.8 million copies)
- “Guitar Hero” had the biggest year ever for a new game franchise by selling $820 million dollars
All of this and more amazing statistics can be found in the complete study from NPD – a research firm.
