July NPD Lookin’ Good for Nintendo

Software sales headed by NCAA Football 2007, and hardware sales by the Nintendo DS!

July’s NPD numbers are out, and if the data is any indication, there should be some high-fiving and dancing at the HQs of Nintendo and EA.

While the industry beat expectations, with sales up 22% over last year at $386M (projections believed the industry would be up 15% at $365M), Nintendo and EA were the big winners this month.The DS trounced the hardware sales, with the PS2 taking second and the Xbox 360 reglegated to third place.

Here’s all the numbers:

* Nintendo DS: 377,000
* PS2: 241,000
* 360: 206,000
* GBA: 163,000
* PSP: 161,000
* GCN: 44,000
* Xbox: 12,000

In terms of software (ranked on revenue earned, not units sold), NCAA Football ’07 took three of the top four slots, with the PS2 version at #1, 360 at #2, and Xbox at #4. New Super Mario Bros. broke up the EA love-fest at the top of the charts by coming in at #3. A real shocker is Chromehounds, situating itself in the top five at #5. Here’s the complete list:

1. PS2 – NCAA Football 07
2. 360 – NCAA Football 07
3. DS – New Super Mario Bros.
4. Xbox – NCAA Football ’07
5. 360 – Chromehounds
6. 360 – The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2
7. 360 – Prey
8. PS2 – Guitar Hero
9. PS2 – Pixar’s Cars
10. PS2 – Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
11. PS2 – Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
12. GBA – Pixar’s Cars
13. PS2 – 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
14. 360 – Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
15. 360 – 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
16. 360 – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
17. GCN – Pixar’s Cars
18. DS – Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
19. PS2 – NFL Head Coach
20. 360 – Fight Night Round 3
21. DS – Big Brain Academy
22. PS2 – Kingdom Hearts 2
23. 360 – Over G Fighters
24. 360 – Call of Duty 2
25. PS2 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

For the record, that’s 10 titles for 360, 9 for PS2, 3 for the DS, and 1 for the Xbox, GC, and GBA. While summer might be slow for releases, it sure wasn’t slow for the industry as a whole this past month.

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