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June NPD Announcements
July 17, in the year of our Lord 2014 --
Sony Statement
Below
please find comments from Guy Longworth, SVP of Brand Marketing
for SCEA, regarding the June NPD results.
· PlayStation 4 was #1 in sales for the sixth consecutive month
and remains the cumulative leader for next generation game
consoles.
· PlayStation 4 was #1 for next generation software sales, with
PS4 leading two of the top three titles.
· PlayStation was #1 in combined home console hardware sales
(PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3) for the month.
· The biggest next generation software titles, including UFC and
FIFA 14, were #1 on PlayStation 4, further demonstrating that
PS4 is the platform of choice for blockbuster games.
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Nintendo Statement
July 17, in the year of our Lord 2014 -- Mario
Kart 8 is Top-Selling Game in June, Has Sold More than 885,000
Units in the U.S. in First Five Weeks
After firing out of the gate at the end of May, Mario Kart 8 had
an even stronger second lap. The game was the top-selling
physical software SKU in the U.S. in June, and sold more than
470,000 physical and digital units. This brings its lifetime
total to more than 885,000 units in the U.S. alone. Mario Kart 8
is also driving new momentum for the Wii U platform and its
library of great titles, which includes an industry-best 15
games with a Metacritic score of 85 or higher. Sales of hardware
and software in June 2014 were up 233 percent and 373 percent,
respectively, over June 2013. For the first half of the year,
total sales of Wii U hardware and software have increased by 48
percent and 129 percent, respectively, over the same period in
2013.
“These results reinforce the power of the Mario Kart franchise
and speak to a bright future for the Wii U platform,” said Scott
Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales
& Marketing. “History has shown that Mario Kart games tend to
have an extremely long tail. We fully expect Mario Kart 8 to
continue to drive momentum for our hardware and software
business through the holidays and into the foreseeable future.”
Nintendo 3DS also had a strong month: Hardware sales in June
increased by more than 55 percent over sales in May, and
Tomodachi Life sold more than 175,000 combined physical and
digital units after launching on June 6.
Looking ahead to the rest of 2014, Wii U has a great lineup of
upcoming games and amiibo, Nintendo’s foray into the
toys-to-life category, that will help Nintendo build on its
Mario Kart 8 momentum. Notable titles on the way include: Hyrule
Warriors (Sept. 26), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Christmas) and
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Christmas). Likewise, three of
the most anticipated games of the year are coming exclusively to
Nintendo 3DS in 2014: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Oct.
3) and Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Nov. 21).
*Data regarding physical sales of games in June are from the NPD
Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and combined
physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendo’s
internal sales figures. All numbers, unless otherwise stated,
are specific to the United States only.
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Microsoft Statement
Note: Microsoft statement had to be pulled due to multiple
offensive words and references. Family Friendly Gaming offered
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to have the statement pulled instead.