Frank-ProvoIt's been a slow week for news. So here's some sales data from May!
The NPD Group released its retail tallies for the month of May today. The results suggest that gamers of all types spent a ton of money throughout the month, buying games for a variety of systems.
Perhaps the most interesting tidbits concern God of War and Nintendo's Brain Age for the DS. NPD ranks their list by total dollar value, and those games are 14th and 15th on the list, even though they retail for half of what the other games do (and thus need to sell twice as many to achieve the same ranking).
Hardware (Units sold)
PS2 = 232,000
360 = 221,000
PSP = 170,000
GBA = 158,000
DS = 147,000
Xbox = 26,000
GCN = 33,000
Software (Total $$$)
1 NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS Nintendo
2 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS II Square Enix
3 360 GHOST RECON: ADVANCED WARFIGHTER Ubi Soft
4 360 ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION Take 2 Interactive
5 PS2 GUITAR HERO BUNDLE Activision
6 360 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 Electronic Arts
7 PS2 MLB '06: THE SHOW Sony
8 360 BATTLEFIELD 2: MODERN COMBAT Electronic Arts
9 360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K6 Take 2 Interactive
10 360 X-MEN: THE OFFICIAL GAME Activision
11 PS2 X-MEN: THE OFFICIAL GAME Activision
12 PS2 OVER THE HEDGE Activision
13 360 CALL OF DUTY 2 Activision
14 PS2 GOD OF WAR Sony
15 NDS BRAIN AGE Nintendo
16 PS2 THE GODFATHER: THE GAME Electronic Arts
17 PS2 TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND Eidos
18 360 TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND Eidos
19 PS2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K6 Take 2 Interactive
20 PS2 ACE COMBAT ZERO: THE BELKAN WAR Namco