Nintendoes What Sony/Microsoft Don’t (Or Can’t)
No, seriously. We’re not joking here. While we here at Geekadelphia haven’t the slightest idea how exactly this keeps happening, Nintendo managed to completely dominate the American console sales charts to the tune of two million Wii consoles flying off store shelves over the course of November. Two Million. In case that wasn’t enough $6 denominations for ‘em (Awww, that’s only $12 million! Shucks!), they also sold a whopping 1.57 million Nintendo DS handhelds… and we’re going to safely assume they make more than $6 on each one of those puppies. The next closest competitor was the Xbox 360, with nearly 850k sold, while the Playstation 3 took the number five spot on the charts (right behind little brother, PSP) with nearly 400k units sold.
If we wanted to be real nice, and we do, we’d let you know that Sony’s combined sales across their three systems totaled 1,005,000, roughly 150k systems (again, across their three platforms — PS2, PSP and PS3) more than the Xbox 360. When you factor in the attach rate of various consoles, things start to look strikingly similar for the 360 and PS3 — they’re both totally screwed in the light of Nintendo’s enormous lead! Hit the jump for the full report on November’s sales from the NPD Group.
Console Sales
Wii – 2.04 million
DS – 1.57 million
Xbox 360 – 836, 000
PSP – 421,000
PS3 – 378,000
PS2 – 206, 000
Software Sales
1. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft, Xbox 360) – 1.56 million
2. Call of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard, Xbox 360) – 1.41 million
3. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 796,000
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 697,000
5. Mario Kart (Nintendo, Wii) – 637,00
6. Call of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard, PS3) – 597,000
7. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard, Wii) – 475,000
8. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360) -410,000
9. Resistance 2 (Sony, PlayStation 3) -385,000
10. Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) – 297,000
Gears 2 actually sold 3.35 million copies so far. http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=16548®ion=All
That’s quite possible, Jinny. We, however, are going off the NPD Group’s findings rather than what the VGChartz (with a ‘z’, seriously?) says. The NPD Group’s information doesn’t include Wal-Mart sales and furthermore, the number you’re citing is worldwide sales (according to them), while we’re citing strictly U.S. sales. Sorry to confuse you!
You notice the games that are selling well on that list include more people and ultimately, more fun. Go Nintendo!