After hearing so much about how this was going to be the weakest holiday season in terms of sales, we’d be happy at the fact that our resilient video game industry could remain constant through the hard times. Sorry to disappoint you all, but the industry didn’t do that. Instead, it bulldozed right over last year’s figures.
Industry sales went up 10% to $2.91 billion for the month in the United States alone. What contributed to that? Well, Gears of War 2, for one. But the big story for this Nintendo fan base is that Nintendo moved 1.57 million DS Lite systems and a staggering 2 million Wii consoles (outpacing last year’s 981,000 and this year’s Wedbush Morgan’s prediction of 1.4 million).
December’s results should be fun, but until then, last month’s numbers can be read after the break.
NPD Group: November 2008
Industry Sales: $2.91 billion (+10% from November ‘07)
Hardware Sales: $1.21 billion (+10%)
Software Sales: $1.45 billion (+11%)
Accessory Sales: $255.4 million (+7%)YTD: $16.04 billion (+22%)
Wii: 2,040,000
Nintendo DS: 1,570,000
Xbox 360: 836,000
PSP: 421,000
PlayStation 3: 378,000
PlayStation 2: 206,000
1. Gears of War 2 (360): 1,560,000 units
2. Call of Duty: World at War (360) 1,410,000 units
3. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 796,000 units
4. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii): 697,000 units
5. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Wii): 637,000 units
6. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) 597,000 units
7. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii): 475,000 units
8. Left 4 Dead (360): 410,000 units
9. Resistance 2 (PS3): 385,000 units
10. Wii Music (Wii): 297,000 units
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