NPD November 2008

[tirminyl]

Hardware
Wii 2.04M
DS 1.57M
Xbox 360 836k
PSP 421k
Playstation 3 378k
Playstation 2 206k


Software
GEARS OF WAR 2* (360) 1.56 million
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* (360) 1.41 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE (WII) 796K
WII FIT (WII) 697K
MARIO KART (WII) 637K
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (PS3) 597K
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* (WII) 475K
LEFT 4 DEAD (360) 410K
RESISTANCE 2* (PS3) 385K
WII MUSIC (WII) 297K

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

Dollar Sales	Nov-07	Nov-08	CHG	YTD Nov 07    YTD Nov 08   CHG

Video Games	$2.64B	$2.91B	10%	$13.14B	     $16.04B	22%
VG Hardware	$1.1B	$1.21B	10%	$5.22B	     $5.93B	14%
VG Software	$1.31B	$1.45B	11%	$6.28B	     $8.21B	31%
VG Accessories	$238.6M $255.4M 7%	$1.64B	     $1.91B	17%

 

[thatdude90210]

Holy mother of God that Wii number. PS2 broke 2 mil once but that was in Dec, a 5 week npd month + xmas. Wii did it in Nov, a 4 week npd month.

 

[obonicus]

Surprised at Wii Music.

Is Call of Duty/Guitar Hero really all versions?

I mean, if not, Call of Duty is probably 360 version. But Guitar Hero could be Wii or 360.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

Surprised at Wii Music.

Is Call of Duty/Guitar Hero really all versions?

The first Call of duty is the X360 version and the second PS3. The Guitar hero should be the X360 version. Crazy Wii number... Nice X360 number.

 

[obonicus]

The first Call of duty is the X360 version and the second PS3. The Guitar hero should be the X360 version. Crazy Wii number... Nice X360 number.

Are you sure about Guitar Hero? Wasn't the Wii version the one selling best?

Aha, platforms have been updated:

GEARS OF WAR 2* (360) 1.56 million
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* (360) 1.41 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE (WII) 796K
WII FIT (WII) 697K
MARIO KART (WII) 637K
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (PS3) 597K
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* (WII) 475K
LEFT 4 DEAD (360) 410K
RESISTANCE 2* (PS3) 385K
WII MUSIC (WII) 297K

 

[Cheezdoodles]

Great Wii numbers, great x360 numbers good ps3 numbers!

 

[tirminyl]

Thanks obonicus, I have updated the OP.

 

[iceberg187]

Great Wii numbers, great x360 numbers good ps3 numbers!

PS3 numbers are down from last year. This isn't good at all.

 

[tirminyl]

PS3 numbers are down from last year. This isn't good at all.

Price in these conditions are surely hurting them.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

Are you sure about Guitar Hero?

Well uh oh no I'm not

 

[obonicus]

I don't think Sony has a choice. They've certainly looked at taking a drubbing sales-wise and decided that it was worth it, compared to taking an even greater loss on each console sold. This isn't Sony being stubborn and going against the good wisdom of the forum-posters.

 

[Brimstone]

With the incredible sales numbers, I'm looking forward to the all the software the Wii gets. Instead of worrying about spending millions of dollars on visuals, companies can focus on gameplay first. The user base is so large publishers are going to start to take some risks on quirky titles.

 

[tirminyl]

This isn't Sony being stubborn and going against the good wisdom of the forum-posters.

Yep, I agree and understand.

 

[Cheezdoodles]

PS3 numbers are down from last year. This isn't good at all.

Im juding "good" by the fact that it sold 378k (vs 466k) when its nearest competition has dropped price by a lot and recently released the sequel to one of its biggest selling games ever

 

[obonicus]

With the incredible sales numbers, I'm looking forward to the all the software the Wii gets. Instead of worrying about spending millions of dollars on visuals, companies can focus on gameplay first. The user base is so large publishers are going to start to take some risks on quirky titles.

They may, but things haven't headed that way, at least in the West. By July the Wii was already about as big an audience as PS3 + 360, but how many new announcements were there in E3? Again, everyone's trying to figure out who exactly is buying a Wii, and what they want. The answer they've found seems to be 'minigames'. Japan's slightly different; there the Wii's the only console that has had any success (and even there the Wii's not so great) so games that are big in Japan or won't come out elsewhere are targeted at Wii. But big publishers still haven't shown much indication that they're going to bring their main franchises to Wii.

 

[obonicus]

Im juding "good" by the fact that it sold 378k (vs 466k) when its nearest competition has dropped price by a lot and recently released the sequel to one of its biggest selling games ever

Yeah, people have to accept that at this point, profitability is the key word. Remember news from just a few days ago? Sony cutting jobs? Analysts saying that Sony has to discover exactly what division will drive its profits? Modest profit will be far more important than loss of market share.

Naturally, Sony's going to spin this (somehow, it's hard to find good news here). What else are they going to do? 'Yeah, we suck. You guys might as well buy a Wii60.'

In fact, at this point I'm wondering if Sony will cut prices at all, even if the cost to make the PS3 goes down. With how things are going, they may very well prefer to make profits on games AND systems while riding out the 3rd place.

 

[tirminyl]

Naturally, Sony's going to spin this (somehow, it's hard to find good news here).

"The PlayStation Family has sold over a million units and continue to resonate with the fanbase....something something Home....hit titles....value....year to date growth..."

Something like that.

 

[liolio]

I wouldn't say good either the PS3 has basically lost all the momemtum it had gained and more.

Since october the 360 moved more twice the hardware:
360 ~1.2 millions units sold
PS3 ~568 000 units sold
And almost four time the software.
By using the top 10 since october
360 ~5,21 millions games sold
PS3 ~1428 millions games sold

The Wii is amazing, I heard persons spoke about it at my job, grama playing with the family etc.
Basically it's the new monopoly/ trivial pursuit.
I'm not sure editors will switch that much to the wii we may see some interesting stuffs but that's not what the audience wants imho, I clearly see the Wii taking a different market than the 360 and the PS3 one. Good thing for BigN is that market is bigger
Woaw +2 millions in 4 weeks

 

[thatdude90210]

Naturally, Sony's going to spin this (somehow, it's hard to find good news here). What else are they going to do? 'Yeah, we suck. You guys might as well buy a Wii60.'

It's probably best if PR just keep quiet. At best they can claim "Playstation family" beat the 360. The sad part is, even "Playstation family" plus 360 still lost to the Wii.

Ripped from gaf, the whole Playstation line is down across the board:

Nov. 2007 / Nov 2008 = Differential
Playstation 3: 466K / 378K = -88K
Playstation 2: 496K / 206K = -290K
PSP: 567K / 421K = -146K

 

[Rangers]

With the incredible sales numbers, I'm looking forward to the all the software the Wii gets. Instead of worrying about spending millions of dollars on visuals, companies can focus on gameplay first. The user base is so large publishers are going to start to take some risks on quirky titles.

Doubtful, certainly hasnt happened so far.