November NPDs – Two Million Wii’s Sold!

Hardware

1. Wii – 2.04M
2. DS – 1.57M
3. Xbox 360 – 836K
4. PSP – 421K
5. Playstation 3 – 378k
6. Playstation 2 – 206k

Software

1. 360 – GEARS OF WAR 2 – 1.56 million
2. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR -1.41 million
3. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE – 796K
4. WII FIT – 697K
5. WII – MARIO KART WII – 637K
6. PS3 – CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR – 597K
7. WII – GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR – 475K
8. 360 – LEFT 4 DEAD – 410K
9. PS3 – RESISTANCE 2 – 385K
10. WII MUSIC – 297K

2 million Nintendo Wii console units in a month?! That’s insane. Absolutely insane.  Those Nintendo DS sales are equally astonishing. Microsoft is riding the wave of affordable pricing as well with a healthy 800K. The PlayStation 3 sales are alright considering that the cheapest machine costs $399.99. Sony, that price cut  would help considerably.

There were  surprises for software sales as well with the huge resurgence of Mario Kart Wii. Gears of War 2 sales were to be expected, but that Call of Duty: World at War surprised me with 2 million units sold between the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Guitar Hero: World Tour finally made into the top 10, but  for the Nintendo Wii version — not surprising, but I’m sure  this will mean  song discs being churned out  in the future. And finally, Resistance 2 did well enough.

What a month! Congrats to all three console manufacturers, but especially Nintendo and Microsoft!