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Analysis of Americas Sales for the Week Ending June 21st, 2008

VGChartz writes: "Metal Gear Solid 4 was the top selling title for the second week in a row, but Wii was the top selling console this week. PS3 sales dropped to the point where Xbox 360 was able to outsell it slightly.

Metal Gear Solid 4 remained the top selling non-bundled game for this week, but it is dropping rather quickly after a stellar debut at over 500,000 units last week. Following closely was Wii Fit which topped a million units in lifetime sales this week. Hardware sales roughly paralleled those two games – the drop in Metal Gear Solid 4 was accompanied by a large drop in PS3 sales, while the increase in Wii Fit sales accompanied a large increase in Wii sales.

Year over year trends continue to indicate that this year is trending to be the biggest ever for the videogame industry in the Americas. All hardware except for the ancient PS2 was up from this time a year ago.

.........6/21/08........6/23/07....YoY Change
Wii....185,689.......108,739..........+71%
DSL..167,666.......143,944..........+16%
360....57,574........50,884...........+13%
PSP...69,654........63,863...........+9%
PS3...55,163.......20,980...........+163%
PS2...33,897........60,583...........-44%

Notes:

- Grand Theft Auto IV has sold to about 32.5% of all Xbox 360 & PS3 owners in the Americas, with a total of 5.5 million copies.
- Halo 3 is owned by over 49% of all Xbox 360 owners in the Americas.
Cyrus365 - contributor
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