August 19^th, 2003 (12:00am) - The latest software data for home gaming consoles has been released courtesy of NPD. During the month of July a few new game were released, the biggest of them being NCAA 2004, Star Wars: KotOR, and Nintendo’s Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. As far as surprises go, due to a drop in price Grand Theft Auto 3 for the PS2 has outsold its pseudo sequel Vice City. Other classics such as Halo and Super Smash Bros. Melee also continue to sell strong a good two years after their release.

Rank [Console] Title – Publisher – Units Sold

1. [PS2] NCAA Football 2004 – Electronic Arts – 495,093
2. [XBOX] Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - LucasArts – 299,597
3. [XBOX] NCAA Football 2004 – Electronic Arts – 128,301
4. [PS2] Grand Theft Auto 3 – Take Two Interactive – 93,011
5. [PS2] Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Take Two Interactive – 66,384
6. [PS2] NBA Street Vol. 2 – Electronic Arts – 61,134
7. [GCN] Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour – Nintendo – 60,684
8. [PS2] Enter the Matrix – Atari – 60,263
9. [PS2] Midnight Club II – Take Two Interactive – 56,896
10. [GCN] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo – 52,599
11. [PS2] Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness – Eidos – 50,883
12. [GCN] Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut – SEGA – 48,398
13. [XBOX] Halo: Combat Evolved – Microsoft – 43,402
14. [GCN] Super Smash Bros. Melee – Nintendo – 43,033
15. [GCN] Wario World – Nintendo – 40,337
16. [PS2] HULK – Vivendi Universal – 36,280
17. [PS2] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 – Electronic Arts – 30,339
18. [GCN] Mario Party 4 – Nintendo – 29,045
19. [PS2] Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – Ubi Soft – 28,836
20. [XBOX] Midnight Club II – Take Two Interactive – 26,052
21. [XBOX] Pirates of the Caribbean – Bethesda Softworks – 24,034
22. [GCN] Sonic Adventure 2: Battle – SEGA – 23,798
23. [GCN] NCAA Football 2004 – Electronic Arts – 21,214
24. [XBOX] Soldier of Fortune II – Activision – 19,894
25. [XBOX] Brute Force – Atari -19,672
26. [XBOX] Enter the Matrix – Atari – 18,479
27. [XBOX] Outlaw Beach Volleyball – Vivendi Universal – 17,829
28. [XBOX] NBA Street Vol. 2 – Electronic Arts – 17,202
29. [GCN] Mega Man Network Transmission – Capcom -16,862
30. [GCN] Enter the Matrix – Atari – 12,811