However, console sales drove the industry's year-to-year rise, which is expected
to continue as game makers unveil new software and online offerings. Said NPD analyst Anita Frazier: "The industry continues to realize substantial gains, month after month, and on all fronts it's
great growth." June sales of $1.1 billion were up 35% from May.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo's modestly-priced Wii took the highest share, selling 381,000 units in June, followed by Microsoft's Xbox 360, 198,400, and Sony's PS3, 98,500. GigaOM says Sony, still a distant third, is poised to have a much better year than Microsoft, especially after the software giant announced it would have to extend its Xbox 360 warranty (at a cost of nearly $2 billion), due to a significant number of defects. According to the report, one in three Xbox's were found to be defective.