That's what the statement was for. U.S. only. Dynopia has a more thorough analysis, though, so probably by end of next year in the U.S.
18 months now? Not sure.
Edit: Beaten by a long mile
Outsold by NDS in July 2011, March 2011, November 2010, October 2010, June 2010, and wasn't in the lead for many months prior to that...
You (and everyone else) can't tell just from the December numbers what the Wii U will go on to do in the rest of the generation. You're trying to draw a conclusion on insufficient data and being called out for not realizing that even very successful systems (and unsuccessful systems) get heavily outsold their first Decembers. Your metric is bad, and you're being called on it. Find another metric.
Is the Xbox 360 a portable handheld gaming system? Not last I checked.
My Buffalo Bills made the Super Bowl 4 consecutive seasons from 1990 to 1993.
He is a naturalYou (and everyone else) can't tell just from the December numbers what the Wii U will go on to do in the rest of the generation. You're trying to draw a conclusion on insufficient data and being called out for not realizing that even very successful systems (and unsuccessful systems) get heavily outsold their first Decembers. Your metric is bad, and you're being called on it. Find another metric.
December totals and the industry for all of 2012 fell by 22% as hardware led the decline, falling 27%
The holiday season has come and gone, we've started a new year, and now we can look back at 2012. The NPD Group has just released its final monthly retail sales report and provided the totals for last year. There's no way to pretty up this car wreck. December saw total industry sales at retail drop by 22 percent, and all of 2012 was also down 22 percent at US retail. Industry sales in December came to $3.21 billion, bringing 2012's haul to $13.26 billion (compared to 2011's almost $17 billion).
Video game hardware was down 20 percent in December, totaling $1.07 billion and down 27 percent for the year, totaling $4.04 billion. Software in December (including PC) fell 27 percent to $1.58 billion while the annual total dipped 22 percent to $7.09 billion. Accessories also fell 8 percent for the year, totaling $2.51 billion.
Looking at the software charts for December and the full year, we can see that Call of Duty dominated, as Black Ops II took first place both in December and for all of 2012. Not only that, but Modern Warfare 3 also managed to make an appearance as the eighth best-selling game of 2012. Other games that were very strong performers included Halo 4, Assassin's Creed III, Just Dance 4 and Madden NFL 13.
Here are the charts for December and 2012:
I hope you're joking. donny2112 mused about a handheld beating the Xbox 360 in the interim. So I answered.
You (and everyone else) can't tell just from the December numbers what the Wii U will go on to do in the rest of the generation. You're trying to draw a conclusion on insufficient data and being called out for not realizing that even very successful systems (and unsuccessful systems) get heavily outsold their first Decembers. Your metric is bad, and you're being called on it. Find another metric.
No most of them were severely supply constrained.
