NPD US: Wii posts one-month record, Gears of War 2 leads software charts

It seems the economic slump hasn’t done a thing to curb the call of the holiday shopping season. NPD data shows that hardware sales during the month of November almost doubled the numbers posted in October.

The big winner is again the Nintendo Wii, posting a one-month record of 2.04 million sales. Can anybody say “recession-proof”? Sales of the Nintendo DS also tripled last month, giving it a total of 1.57 million units sold in November.

The Xbox 360 also posted some impressive numbers at the expense of the Sony PlayStation 3. The Microsoft console outsold the PS3 by more than two to one, while PS3 sales were significantly lower compared to sales in November 2007. The PSP also outsold the PS3.

Wii – 2.04 million units
Nintendo DS – 1.57 million units
Xbox 360 – 836,000 units
PSP – 421,000 units
PlayStation 3 – 378,000 units

In software news, Epic Games’ Gears of War 2 sits comfortably at the top of the charts with 1.56 million units sold. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: World at War made it to second place while the third, fourth, and fifth spots were taken by first-party Nintendo titles. The only PS3 exclusive to crack the top ten was Resistance 2 with 385,000 units sold.

Gears of War 2 (Epic, Xbox 360) – 1.56 million units
Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, Xbox 360) – 1.41 million units
Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 796,000 units
Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 697,000 units
Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 637,000 units
Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, PS3) – 597,000 units
Guitar Hero World Tour (Vicarious Visions, Wii) – 475,000 units
Left 4 Dead (Valve, Xbox 360) – 410,000 units
Resistance 2 (Insomniac, PS3) – 385,000 units
Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) – 297,000 units

Via Shacknews

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