PS3 sales up 60%: Wii and Xbox 360 still ahead

July NPD numbers are in, and it looks like it was a good month for everybody with industry sales totaling $925.5 million, up 37% year over year.
Sony's experiencing a boost in sales due to its recent $100 price cut on the Playstation 3, and many are weary to buy an Xbox 360 due to the console's ridiculous 33% failure rate. But that's not stopping Microsoft from beating its main rival Sony, so it turns out Pachter, a Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst, was wrong when he predicted the PS3 would outsell the Xbox 360 for July.
GameDaily.biz reports the following sell-through numbers:
Wii: 425,000
DS: 405,000
PS2: 222,000
PSP: 214,000
X360: 170,000
PS3: 159,000
GBA: 87,000
That brings up an important question: Who the hell is buying the Game Boy Advance? That thing is long dead, and even Nintendo has declared the "Game Boy" brand dead.
Software sales also grew 11% to $419.2 million, with NCAA Football 08 declaring itself king:
NCAA Football 08—360—EA: 397,000
Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80s—PS2—Activision: 339,000
Wii Play w/remote—Wii—Nintendo: 278,000
NCAA Football 08—PS2—EA: 236,000
Mario Party 8—Wii—Nintendo: 177,000
NCAA Football 08—PS3—EA: 156,000
Pokemon Diamond—DS—Nintendo: 144,000
Transformers: The Game—PS2—Activision: 143,000
Guitar Hero II w/guitar—PS2—Activision: 138,000
Guitar Hero II w/guitar—360—Activision: 108,000
It seems business was great for everyone, although Xbox 360 sales are down a bit since June, the console does hold the top spot in software sales. Sony should be happy with the increase in sales, and Nintendo's raking in the dough like usual.