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At long last sales data for the U.S. market have been released by research group NPD for the month of July. The Wii came top with 420,000 units sold, beating the 405k sold by the DS. Unfortunately for Sony, the PS3 failed to outsell the Xbox 360 but it was quite close, just 11k units separate the 170k sold by the Xbox 360 and 159k by the PS3. However, Sony’s other platforms put in accomplished performances, with the PS2 selling 220,000 and the PSP 214,000. The top selling title was NCAA Football 08 for the Xbox 360, selling just shy of 400k units. Want to find out how the Nintendo crew have been celebrating their triumphant victory? Just click the following image…

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Hardware sales in particular saw much growth, rising 77.4 percent to $380.8 million. Of that total, console hardware dominated with $286 million in sales (a 140 percent jump), while portable hardware actually dipped one percent.

That said, the DS still fared quite well with 405K units sold. But it was the Wii, not the DS, that took top honors with 425K units. The news is encouraging for Sony as well, as the PS3 finally got over the 100K hump with 159K units sold, hot on the heels of the 360 which sold just 170K. Meanwhile, Sony’s other platforms continued to put up respectable numbers – the PS2 sold another 222K and the PSP sold 214K. At the bottom of the list, the old GBA sold 87K units.

On the software side, total sales were up 11 percent to $419.2 million. Console software, as with hardware, made up the bulk of that with $313.2 million (a 15.9 percent bump). Portable software fell 1.5 percent. Year-to-date, software sales are at $3.3 billion, up 22.4 percent over 2006.

The big winner for July was clearly EA Sports’ NCAA Football 08, whose total on the 360, PS2 and PS3 combined for 789K unit sales. As expected, Activision’s Guitar Hero games and Nintendo’s Wii Play, Mario Party 8 and Pokemon Diamond were all well represented too.

News Source: Gamedaily.com

Lexus and their golden boy Andy Roddick are giving you the chance to win a grand prize of a Lexus IS F on a one year lease should you triumph in a ‘virtual tennis open’ for charity at Rockefeller Center in NYC next month. The tournament is running alongside the US Open Grand Slam whereby the real stars will be playing and can afford many a Lexus IS F with their prize money.

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The three-day tournament using the Nintendo Wii platform, which allows human interaction with a computer-generated tennis game, will benefit the Andy Roddick Foundation for neglected, abused and sick children.ýýý

“We created this event to bring the excitement of Flushing Meadows [site of the U.S. Open] to Manhattan,” said Steve Jess, Lexus national marketing communications manager. “The Lexus Virtual Open at Rockefeller Center gives them the opportunity to get a taste of it and win a one-year lease on the same vehicle Lexus is awarding to the men’s singles champion.”

In “The Big Backup,” a new spot breaking Saturday, Roddick is seen driving along a New York street when he is enticed by a yellow tennis ball into a high-performance chase, much of it backwards, using the car’s rearview camera and accident-avoidance features, all the way to the U.S. Open court, where the ball comes to rest. There are 30- and 45-second executions, each ending with the familiar tagline, “The relentless pursuit of perfection.”

The latest Nintendo Power sweepstakes has a question which probes for peoples thoughts for demos on the Wii. So how about it, would you like to see demos being made available for the Wii?

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Reader Popple noticed something interesting in the latest Nintendo Power sweepstakes. There are a few questions you have to answer in order to return your entry form, and this time around NP is asking about your thoughts on demos for the Wii. Check out the scan below to see what questions are being asked.

News Source: GoNintendo