…and they’re in! December’s NPD data for US sales as well as the 2008 totals are listed after the break for your amazement. Despite downturns in the economy, it looks like people were still snatching up video games throughout the holiday season. Industry sales for the month jumped 9% over last year to a record $5.29 billion. Over 2 million Wii consoles were sold in the month of December, outpaced only by the 3 million-plus DS Lite consoles sold. Of course, software played a huge role in the success as well.
Wii Play was the big one in December and in 2008 overall, selling 1.46 during the final month of the year and a whopping 5.28 units for the year. Actually, Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl swept 2008′s top four sales records for Nintendo, and you can bet that Wii Sports would have easily eclipsed all of them had it been counted separately.
You can check out all the numbers after the break. Here’s hoping for a decent 2009!
NPD Group: December 2008
Industry Sales: $5.29 billion (+9% from December ‘07)
Hardware Sales: $1.88 billion (+2%)
Software Sales: $2.75 billion (+15%)
Accessory Sales: $662 million (+8%)Nintendo DS: 3,040,000
Wii: 2,150,000
Xbox 360: 1,440,000
PSP: 1,020,000
PlayStation 3: 726,000
PlayStation 2: 410,0001. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 1,460,000 units
2. Call of Duty: World at War (360) 1,330,000 units
3. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii): 999,000 units
4. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Wii): 979,000 units
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii): 850,000 units
6. Gears of War 2 (360): 745,000 units
7. Left 4 Dead (360): 629,000 units
8. Mario Kart DS (DS): 540,000 units
9. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) 533,000 units
10. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii): 497,000 unitsNPD Group: Total 2008
Industry Sales: $21.33 billion (+19% from 2007)
Hardware Sales: $7.81 billion (+11%)
Software Sales: $10.96 billion (+26%)
Accessories Sales: $2.57 billion (+14%)1. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 5,280,000 units
2. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Wii): 5,000,000 units
3. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii): 4,530,000 units
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii): 4,170,000 units
5. Grand Theft Auto IV (360): 3,290,000 units
6. Call of Duty: World at War (360) 2,570,000 units
7. Gears of War 2 (360): 2,310,000 units
8. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3): 1,890,000 units
9. Madden NFL ’09 (360): 1,870,000 units
10. Mario Kart DS (DS): 1,650,000 units
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