NPD says: best-selling accessories for November
As you may know the NPD Group has been a trusted source of consumer and retail information since 1967 (if the end of the world was coming and the horsemen of the apocalypse wanted to know anything, they’d ask the NPD Group for advice).
Recently the NPD Group shared what they thought were the sales figures in the US for game consoles (and when the NPD Group’s market analysts speak, businesses listen). Now they have sales figures for gaming accessories in the US for the month of November.
- Wii Remote Controller 270,000
- 360 Wireless Controller 251,000
- NDS Lite Starter Kit 154,000
- Wii Nunchuk Controller 153,000
- PS2 8 MEG Memory Card – Sony 152,000
- PS2 8 MEG Memory Card – Nyko 100,000
- PS3 Sixaxis Wireless Controller 98,000
- PS2/PS Dual Shock2 Controller 97,000
- PS2/PS Blue CL SH2 Controller 89,000
- 360 Play & Charge Kit 84,000
Finally, let’s put those numbers into perspective. According to Next Generation, the Xbox 360 HD-DVD sold 42,000 units: please remember that it only launched in the middle of November. Also, there were 476,000 Wiis sold in the US in November – so the number of Wiimotes sold is more than half of console sales number. As for the PS3, there were 197,000 consoles sold and 98,000 Sixaxis controllers were sold.
Look for our next article: NPD Group tells Santa which consumers are sleeping or awake, naughty or nice. Hehe.
As you may know the NPD Group has been a trusted source of consumer and retail information since 1967 (if the end of the world was coming and the horsemen of the apocalypse wanted to know anything, they’d ask the NPD Group for advice).
Recently the NPD Group shared what they thought were the sales figures in the US for game consoles (and when the NPD Group’s market analysts speak, businesses listen). Now they have sales figures for gaming accessories in the US for the month of November.
- Wii Remote Controller 270,000
- 360 Wireless Controller 251,000
- NDS Lite Starter Kit 154,000
- Wii Nunchuk Controller 153,000
- PS2 8 MEG Memory Card – Sony 152,000
- PS2 8 MEG Memory Card – Nyko 100,000
- PS3 Sixaxis Wireless Controller 98,000
- PS2/PS Dual Shock2 Controller 97,000
- PS2/PS Blue CL SH2 Controller 89,000
- 360 Play & Charge Kit 84,000
Finally, let’s put those numbers into perspective. According to Next Generation, the Xbox 360 HD-DVD sold 42,000 units: please remember that it only launched in the middle of November. Also, there were 476,000 Wiis sold in the US in November – so the number of Wiimotes sold is more than half of console sales number. As for the PS3, there were 197,000 consoles sold and 98,000 Sixaxis controllers were sold.
Look for our next article: NPD Group tells Santa which consumers are sleeping or awake, naughty or nice. Hehe.
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