May 07 NPD: Market Growth Numbers

Ahh, the every day economics lesson - market growth. As is common with NPD reports, we have a comparison of results between May 2006 and May 2007. Between the two marks, this year's stats eclipse that of last year's, demonstrating a constantly growing market. The industry grew 48.7% in sales overall, with overall hardware sales up 67.2%. Videogame software saw an increase of 33.2% and accessory sales went up 61.3%.

Industry: May 2006: $548M, May 2007: $815M, Growth: 48.7%

Overall Hardware: May 2006: $191M, May 2007 $319M, Growth: 67.2%

Console Hardware: May 2006 $123M, May2007, $221M, Growth: 79.1%

Portable Hardware: May 2006: $67M, May 2007: $98M, Growth: 45.3%

Overall Software: May 2006: $286M, May 2007: $381M, Growth: 33.2%

Console Software: May 2006: $209M, May 2007: $274M, Growth: 31.0%

Portable Software: May 2006: $77M, May 2007: $107M, Growth: 39.2%

Accessories/Peripherals: May 2006: $72M, May 2007: 115M, Growth: 61.3%

6/14/2007 Arnold Katayev