NPD figures: When all three console makers win

The numbers from the NPD group are in, and it reveals that Nintendo sold 1.1 million Wiis from launch through till the end of the year. Sony came in at a distant second selling 687,300 PS3s. Microsoft comes in at a close third, selling 607,343 from their launch date in Nov 2005 through until the end of 2005.

So, just counting North American launch numbers, Nintendo comes in first, Sony second, and Microsoft third, with Nintendo nearly tying the second and third place combined.

Of course, while the launch-to-launch figures favor Nintendo and doesn’t really paint a good picture for the X360, the December-to-December numbers are amazing. Looking at the December-to-December figures, the Xbox 360 comes out on top selling 1.1 million units (obviously, given the head start), compared to Wii’s 604,200 and the PS3’s 490,700

The across-the-board winner for the month was Nintendo’s DS, which sold 1.6 million units, followed by the PS2, which sold a whopping 1.4 million (and here we are saying its so last-gen). The PSP came in at fourth with a surprising 953,200 units sold.

So who won launch wise? Nintendo. Who won during the holiday season? If each company counts all the consoles they’re selling, handheld or otherwise, we’d have say…They all won.

The numbers from the NPD group are in, and it reveals that Nintendo sold 1.1 million Wiis from launch through till the end of the year. Sony came in at a distant second selling 687,300 PS3s. Microsoft comes in at a close third, selling 607,343 from their launch date in Nov 2005 through until the end of 2005.

So, just counting North American launch numbers, Nintendo comes in first, Sony second, and Microsoft third, with Nintendo nearly tying the second and third place combined.

Of course, while the launch-to-launch figures favor Nintendo and doesn’t really paint a good picture for the X360, the December-to-December numbers are amazing. Looking at the December-to-December figures, the Xbox 360 comes out on top selling 1.1 million units (obviously, given the head start), compared to Wii’s 604,200 and the PS3’s 490,700

The across-the-board winner for the month was Nintendo’s DS, which sold 1.6 million units, followed by the PS2, which sold a whopping 1.4 million (and here we are saying its so last-gen). The PSP came in at fourth with a surprising 953,200 units sold.

So who won launch wise? Nintendo. Who won during the holiday season? If each company counts all the consoles they’re selling, handheld or otherwise, we’d have say…They all won.