NPD November figures: game industry in the U.S. climbs 52% |
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November was indeed a great month for the video game industry in the U.S., as the NPD Group's report show software sales increased 41% and hardware sales went up 62% compared to the figures of last year in the same month. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare topped the list of best selling games, while the Nintendo DS took the hardware race.Around 1.53 million units of Nintendo's handheld went off shelves, while the Sony PSP trailed with 567,000. On the console side, the Nintendo Wii leads with 981,000 units sold. Microsoft follows as the Xbox 360 clocked at 770,000, and the Sony PlayStation 3 comes in last after selling 466,000.
The Xbox 360 version of Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sold the most copies at 1.57 million, but Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy is close behind with 1.12 million. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed dethroned Gears of War as "the best-selling new IP at launch" according to an analyst from NPD, since it sold 980,000 copies on the Xbox 360 alone for November.
Overall, hardware and software sales increased 52% from the previous year, and the video game industry generated US$2.63 billion last month. In quick summary, here are NPD's findings:
Hardware
- Nintendo DS - 1.53 million (from 458k)
- Wii - 981K (from 519k)
- Xbox 360 - 770K (from 366k)
- PSP - 567K (from 286k)
- PlayStation 2 - 496K (from 184k)
- PlayStation 3 - 466K (from 121k)
- Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) - 1.57 million
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.12 million
- Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) - 980k
- Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft, Activision) 967k
- Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 564k
- Mass Effect (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 473k
- Call of Duty 4 (PS3, Activision) - 444k
- Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Wii, Activision) - 426k
- Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 387k
- Assassin's Creed (PS3, Ubisoft) - 377k
Via Gamasutra
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This is not some fanboy moment or some slur on the console war. seriously guys. I was sure the ps3 outsold the wii for november. What gives here?
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/12/13/npd-15-million-playstations-sold-in-november/
I believe that was taken from the findings of Enterbrain. The PS3 did overtake the Wii in Japan, according to them, but it didn't change the results for the North American side.
PSP (567K) + PS2 (496K) + PS3 (466K) equals 1.5 million PLAYSTATIONS sold.
The Nintendo DS sold the same amount as the whole Playstation brand, amazing.
PS3 sales are 50k lower than the 360's last year sales even though it's at the same price point. Missing PS3 exclusives from the top 10 list is pretty shocking. Maybe I was wrong about people not buying PS3s as Blu-Ray players. Still, overall its a much needed improvement for the PS3. Sony still has a lot of work to do to catch up.
it was playstation hardware in total... thats count the psp and ps2... the ps3 only sold half million of ps3...
ok... DVSDevise write it more quickly than me
DS is number 1?
How can it be?
LOL @ Sony's spin! Sad.
It's the best, duh.
It looks like the Wii is showing the lowest increase, and I think this trend will continue. I believe the PS3 will gradually get better and the XBOX 360 will likely remain constant with a constant flow of great games.
lower they sold more then the other two in both deparments and ps3 will only get a "little" bit better and the key word is little
yah i bet it does look that way for the wii...........for you that is.
What a surprise, this dude is enlightening us with his crystal ball predictions. Oh well, at least he wasn't a complete a55 about it this time.