Gamers, pat yourselves on the back because the U.S. video game industry reached epic proportions this year. Thanks to our wallets, the U.S. game industry posted sales of $17.94 billion in 2007 — this excludes PC game sales. This marks a 43% increase over sales in 2006.
Console hardware sales increased by 73% to hit $5.12 billion in 2007. Overall hardware sales increased by 54% and total video game software sales increased by 34% to hit $8.64 billion in 2007 as well.
For December, total gaming sales hit $4.82 billion, which was up 28% from the same month last year. For November, total gaming sales hit $2.6 billion, so December was a healthy spending month for games.
The Nintendo DS was the month’s top seller with 2.47 million units sold. The Wii came in second with 1.35 million units sold, the Xbox 360 came in third with 1.26 million units sold and the PlayStation 3 staggered in last with only 797,000 units sold.
Total 2007 hardware sales:
1. DS – 8.5 million (total: 17.65 million)
2. Wii – 6.2 million (total: 7.38 million)
3. Xbox 360 – 4.62 million (total: 9.15 million)
4. PS2 – 3.97 million (total: 41.12 million)
5. PSP – 3.82 million (total: 10.47 million)
6. PS3 – 2.56 million (total: 3.25 million)
Top selling games in December 2007:
1. Call of Duty 4 – Xbox 360 – 1.47 million
2. Super Mario Galaxy – Wii – 1.40 million
3. Guitar Hero III – PS2 – 1.25 million
4. Wii Play – Wii – 1.08 million
5. Assassin’s Creed – Xbox 360 – 893,000
Top selling games in 2007:
1. Halo 3 – Xbox 360 – 4.82 million
2. Wii Play – Wii – 4.12 million
3. Call of Duty 4 – Xbox 360 – 3.04 million
4. Guitar Hero III – PS2 – 2.72 million
5. Super Mario Galaxy – Wii – 2.52 million
[Via GameDaily]
