November NPD figures (US)
NPD has released the figures for the month of November in the US. My first reaction is that i expected the Wii sales to be much higher (519K in October). Nintendo still seems unable to raise to production for the console and it is hurting it. The 360 has more than doubles its sales (366K in October) but this is in line with analysts’ expectations. The PS3 on the other hand has managed to almost quadruple its sales (121K in October) and looks like it is starting to gain some ground.
But the hands down winner is the DS. 1.53million units sold just in November??? In October it was 458K….
As for the software side, my game of the year so far topped the charts. Good one Infinity Ward.
Hardware Stats
Nintendo DS – 1.53 million
Wii – 981K
Xbox 360 – 770K
PSP – 567K
PlayStation 2 – 496K
PlayStation 3 – 466K
Software Stats
1. CALL OF DUTY 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) 1.57 million
2. SUPER MARIO GALAXY (Wii, Nintendo) 1.12 million
3. ASSASSIN’S CREED (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) 980K
4. GUITAR HERO III (PS2, Activision) 967K
5. WII PLAY w/remote (Nintendo) 564K
6. MASS EFFECT (Xbox 360, Microsoft) 473K
7. CALL OF DUTY 4 (PS3, Activision) 444K
8. GUITAR HERO III (Wii, Activision) 426K
9. HALO 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) 387K
10 ASSASSIN’S CREED (PS3, Ubisoft) 377K
The overall industry numbers:
Category: YTD 06 / YTD 07
Video Games: $8.76 billion / $13.12 billion (up 50%)
Video Games Hardware: $3.01 billion / $5.21 billion (73%)
Console Hardware: $1.88 billion / $3.82 billion (103%)
Portable Game Hardware: $1.13 billion / $1.4 billion (24%)
Video Games Software: $4.72 billion / $6.27 billion (33%)
Console Software: $3.55 billion / $4.84 billion (36%)
Portable Game Software: $1.17 billion / $1.43 billion (22%)
Video Game Accessories: $1.03 billion / $1.64 billion (59%)