NPD releases official December 2006 figures
Some people jumped the gun a few weeks ago when they reported that NPD already released their official North America sales numbers. After a few clarifications, it turns out that the said report was falsely attributed to the group. This tidbit is now the official December 2006 sales from NPD.
It turned out that the Xbox 360 sold 1.1 million units, the Wii has 604,200 units sold, and the PS3 is blessed with 490,700 sold units. But the real victor in the console arena is the aging PlayStation 2, which sold a whopping 1.4 million units last December, bringing its total sales to 37.1 million.
Another winner in the sales department is the handheld market. The Nintendo DS has the biggest sales figures with 1.6 million sold units, the PSP didn’t do too bad with 953,200 units sold. Surprisingly, the Game Boy Advance is still posting good numbers as it sold 850,700 units last month.
Ah yes, the software sales. According to NPD’s figures, the top-selling game for December 2006 is Gears of War (817,700 units). Guitar Hero 2 for the PS2 came in second (805,200 units), and coming in on third place is Madden NFL 07(727,100 units). The GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess posted a slightly higher sales figure (532,900) than its Wii version which sold 519,200 units.
Moving on to the accessories, the Xbox 360 wireless controller topped sales with 832,800 units, followed by the Wiimote with 646,700 sold units. The nunchuck attachment for the Wii came in third with 497,100 units, and the SIXAXIS sold 336,000 pieces.
Overall sales were up by 28% to $3.7 billion. Game sales just posted a 5% increase to $1.7 billion, while hardware sales moved forward with a 59% increase to $1.6 billion.
Via Gamasutra
Some people jumped the gun a few weeks ago when they reported that NPD already released their official North America sales numbers. After a few clarifications, it turns out that the said report was falsely attributed to the group. This tidbit is now the official December 2006 sales from NPD.
It turned out that the Xbox 360 sold 1.1 million units, the Wii has 604,200 units sold, and the PS3 is blessed with 490,700 sold units. But the real victor in the console arena is the aging PlayStation 2, which sold a whopping 1.4 million units last December, bringing its total sales to 37.1 million.
Another winner in the sales department is the handheld market. The Nintendo DS has the biggest sales figures with 1.6 million sold units, the PSP didn’t do too bad with 953,200 units sold. Surprisingly, the Game Boy Advance is still posting good numbers as it sold 850,700 units last month.
Ah yes, the software sales. According to NPD’s figures, the top-selling game for December 2006 is Gears of War (817,700 units). Guitar Hero 2 for the PS2 came in second (805,200 units), and coming in on third place is Madden NFL 07(727,100 units). The GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess posted a slightly higher sales figure (532,900) than its Wii version which sold 519,200 units.
Moving on to the accessories, the Xbox 360 wireless controller topped sales with 832,800 units, followed by the Wiimote with 646,700 sold units. The nunchuck attachment for the Wii came in third with 497,100 units, and the SIXAXIS sold 336,000 pieces.
Overall sales were up by 28% to $3.7 billion. Game sales just posted a 5% increase to $1.7 billion, while hardware sales moved forward with a 59% increase to $1.6 billion.
Via Gamasutra
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