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.
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
- 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
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Via Shacknews