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Hardware

Nintendo DS 1.70M

Wii 1.26M

Xbox 360 819.5K

PlayStation 3 710.4K

PSP 293.9K

 

Software

  1. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* (360) |Nov-09| 4.20M
  2. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* (PS3) |Nov-09| 1.87M
  3. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII (WII) |Nov-09| 1.39M
  4. ASSASSIN'S CREED II (360) |Nov-09| 794.7K
  5. LEFT 4 DEAD 2 (360) |Nov-09| 744.0K
  6. WII SPORTS RESORT* (WII) |Jul-09| 720.2K
  7. WII FIT PLUS* (WII) |Oct-09| 679.0K
  8. ASSASSIN'S CREED II (PS3) |Nov-09| 448.4K
  9. DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* (360) |Nov-09| 362.1K
  10. MARIO KART W/ WHEEL (WII) |Apr-08| 315.0K

 

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

 

Overall

 

"The industry declined 7.6% versus last November' date=' but still produced enough revenue to make this month the second-best November in industry history. YTD the industry is still up 7% over 2007. I think we all have to realize the incredible year that was 2008."

 

"Based on seasonality the industry looks like it will reach $20B for the year, which means December would have to be up over last year by 11%. Impossible? I don't think so. More positive economic news combined with 'frugal fatigue' could positively impact industry sales during these last weeks of the holiday season. Breaking even seems more out of reach. In order to break even to last year, December sales would have to be up 36% over December 2008."

 

"There was even heavier promotional activity this year than normal, and while they seem to have benefitted hardware sales, they don't appear to have positively impacted software sales since unit sales of software are down even more than dollar sales are for that category."

 

Hardware

 

"All hardware systems realized an increase over October but one would expect that from seasonality alone . I was really impressed by the performance of the PS2, which after 109 months in market is still experiencing strong sales (Nov'09 unit sales of over 200K - only a small decline from last November) ."

 

"While there has been a lot of focus on Wii sales as compared to last year, the system was still the best-selling console system by a margin of 54%. At this same point in the PS2 lifecycle, the PS2 was down in unit sales by 23% over the previous year, but as history has shown, it continues to have a great deal of life left in it. So focusing on a comparison to Wii's stellar 2008 performance masks the reality of just how well this system is selling."

 

"The PS3 realized the greatest increase over last year's November sales and had its third best month in unit sales ever, coming in just under Decembers '07 and '08."

 

Software

 

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has achieved the top spot for first-month sales of any game at the title level. Halo 3 previously held the spot when it sold 3.3 million units in September '07 in 12 days at retail. MW2 bested Halo 3's daily sales rate by 16% in its 19 days at retail in November."

 

"While this year's top-selling item bested last year's by 283%, it couldn't make up for softness elsewhere. The top 50 games this year sold 5% less units than did the top 50 last year."[/quote']

Zechs Merquise Newbie

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Very good sales for Nintendo, I'm surprised to see the 360 beating the PS3 over the month. XBOX360 sales over the past week were well down on the PS3 sales.

 

I think Reggie will win the bet on NSMBWii.

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Very good sales for Nintendo, I'm surprised to see the 360 beating the PS3 over the month. XBOX360 sales over the past week were well down on the PS3 sales.

 

I think Reggie will win the bet on NSMBWii.

 

Yeah he might do, but then again the Wii userbase is pretty big.

Emasher Newbie

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I'm slightly surprised that the PS3 sales were under the 360 sales this month. I expect it may have had something to do with MW2 being associated with the 360 in the eyes of the mainstream.

 

Anyway, Its looking like Reggie might loose the bet. Although, I suppose its not over yet.

D_prOdigy Newbie

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Seems to me people are interpreting Reggie's comment in varying ways.

 

This was the actual quote:

 

"Modern Warfare 2 is on two platforms. On a single platform...absolutely. I say that unequivocally. On one particular platform, I do believe so. You've got to give me the entire holiday selling season, so let's take it all the way through the January NPD data. ...It's going to be close"

 

He never did specify which platform. Even Geoff tried to coax him into saying 360, but he re-iterated a single platform.

 

Seems everyone wants him to have meant 360 though, so let's run with that.

 

Are we talking worldwide or just US sales here? Worldwide, I think Mario has MW2 beaten easily. US will be closer. I think MW2 will see a great boost like any other big game from December sales, but nowhere near how Mario will perform, which we all know will sell like hotcakes right through January. Will it be enough to overtake MW2 on 360 in the US by then? I think that'll be closest.

 

Seems anybody will be able to 'win' their argument whichever way they predict the 'bet' to go, unless Mario does actually overtake MW2 in the US.

 

Who cares, though?

Dante Newbie

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It surprising that the PSP has fallen down in sales in US.

 

IGN -

While pundits have proven critical of Sony's hardware reboot in PSP Go (IGN's Gear channel scored the system a 7.2 out of 10), which launched a few months ago, sluggish hardware sales can also be tied to a lackluster lineup. Take, for example, the best-selling PSP game in November. It wasn't in the Top 10. It wasn't in the Top 100. LittleBigPlanet nabbed number 107 on the overall best-sellers list with a paltry 42,000 in sales.
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