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NPD Sales Results for December 2008

EviLore

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
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PS2 410K
PS3 726K
PSP 1.02M
X360 1.44M
Wii 2.15M
DS 3.04M


WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 1.46M
360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 1.33M*
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 999K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 878K
WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR 859K*
360 GEARS OF WAR 2 745K*
360 LEFT 4 DEAD 629K
NDS MARIO KART 540K
PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 533K
WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK 497K*


*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions


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Top selling games of 2008

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 5.28M
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 5.00M
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 4.53M
WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL 4.17M
360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 3.29M*
360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 2.75M*
360 GEARS OF WAR 2 2.31M*
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 1.89M*
360 MADDEN NFL 09 1.87M*
NDS MARIO KART 1.65M


*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions

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Dollar Sales

Code: 
                                                 Annual         Annual   
           Dec-07         Dec-08        CHG   2007          2008           CHG 
Video Games $4.84B         $5.29B        9%     $17.97B     $21.33B      19% 
VG Hardware $1.84B         $1.88B        2%     $7.06B       $7.81B       11% 
VG Software $2.39B        $2.75B        15%     $8.67B      $10.96B      26% 
VG Acc.      $612.8M       $662M        8%       $2.25B      $2.57B       14%

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Anita Frazier, NPD Analyst:

Anita Frazier said:
Overall

"While industry growth has not continued at the blistering pace we saw during the second and third quarters, December's 9% increase over last December brings the year in 19% ahead of last year, and sets a new record for total industry sales."

"This month marks the first time that industry revenue has topped $5B in any single month. In 1997, annual revenues were $5.1B, and now a single month has realized that level of sales."

"We get asked a lot why there are so many layoffs and studio closings occuring in the industry when it has just realized another record-breaking year. This is not a case of the rising tide lifting all boats. The increasees are not being enjoyed equally by all manufacturers and publishers."


Hardware

"The NDS captures the top-spot for hardware sales this month, marking the first time that any hardware system has sold in excess of 3 million units in any single month."

"The record for single-month console system sales still belongs to the PS2 which sold 2.7 million units in December 2002."

"38 months into this generation of hardware, the three new systems have sold a combined 38.2 million units, whereas at the same point last generation, in December 2003, the three systems had sold 36.9 million units. Factoring in the continued strong sales of the PS2 even after the new systems were released, 52 million systems have sold at retail since November '05."


Software

"Software sales reached nearly $11B, which is more than total industry revenues were in 2005."

"While some have wondered if the popularity of Guitar Hero and Rock Band is waning, both properties realized their best month yet in dollar sales, and combined represent 16% of total software dollar sales this month."

"The variety of content on the top 10 list shows just how viable non-traditional content has become. Not only can these games succeed, they can end up on the top 10 list for the year."
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Y

yoopoo

Banned
Wii:
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360:
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PS3:
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WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 878K :O:O:O
NDS MARIO KART 540K :O:O:O
 
M

manueldelalas

Time Traveler
damn supplies!, the rest of my prediction was pretty accurate =(

Nice software sales, 5 Wii games =O. Call of Duty is a new Monster franchise, I hope they stop the cash cow. L4D is a nice surprise
 
X

Xavien

Member
Who would have thought, DS Broke the record, but the Wii was way off :lol

Purely supply problems i take it?
 
G

ghst

thanks for the laugh
well. that was disappointing.

still, go go left 4 dead. by far the most successful new ip of the year
except wii fit
.
 
VideoMan

VideoMan

30% Failure Rate
Wii Play #1:lol :lol :lol

PS2 still the single month record holder.

edit: Oh...I guess DS technically did beat it...
 
C

Cipherr

Member
Nice hardware all around but the software, what? I kind of expected to see some different names there. Good month nonetheless.
 
S

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
TOP 10 FOR THE YEAR:

Top 10 Games of Calendar Year 2008

1. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – Nintendo – 5.28 million
2. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel – Wii – Nintendo – 5.00 million
3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 4.53 million
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii – Nintendo – 4.17 million
5. Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360 – Take-Two – 3.29 million*
6. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 2.75 million*
7. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 2.31 million*
8. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 – Take-Two – 1.89 million*
9. Madden NFL '09 - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 1.87 million*
10. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 1.65 million



http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-nintendo-drives-08-industry-sales-past-21-billion-/?biz=1



Wii users don't buy games LOLZ
 
E

Evlar

Banned
Extraordinary news for Nintendo, good news for MS. Sony has problems.

Mario Kart is a power franchise. Incredible.
 
Z

Zombie James

Banned
Good to see all systems doing well. I think this is the PS2's last holiday, though. I'm starting to think that the drop to $99 won't do much.
 
D

Danthrax

Batteries the CRISIS!
Oh man those Wii sales are way lower than anyone most people predicted. Including me =(

obama-wtf.jpg


Meanwhile, I was fairly close-ish on the 360 number!

Danthrax said:
Damnit I didn't realize it closed at 5.

well here are my predictions anyway. [folds arms in a huff]

[360] 1,215,000
[NDS] 2,100,000
[PS2] 275,000
[PS3] 489,000
[PSP] 555,000
[WII] 2,800,000
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L

leroy hacker

Member
The recession has clearly caused Nintendo's casual userbase to stop purchasing games. Hardcore gamers can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Wii bubble has finally popped.
 
F

Frankfurter

Member
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I'm not sure what my prediction was, but I'm pretty sure that it was pretty much the other way arround for Wii/DS. Argh!
 
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