November Hardware and Software Sales
NPD sales data numbers for the month of Nov. 2008 are in, and to its competition’s chagrin, Nintendo continues to dominate the hardware sales chart. for the month of November, Nintendo managed to sell through 2.04 million units in North America, outpacing its own sales numbers from the same period a year ago (981K) by twofold. The Nintendo Ds also did pretty well during the month, moving 1.57 million units, up slightly from 1.53 million in Nov. 2007.
While Nintendo’s platforms continue to take the rest of the pack to the woodshed on a regular basis, there’s some good news for Microsoft and some even more bad news for Sony; the Xbox 360 sold 836K units in Nov., up slightly from 770K units a year ago beating out the PS3, PSP and PS2. The PS3 moved 378K units, but was down from 466K a year ago. The PSP moved 421K units, but was down from 567K in the same period a year ago, and the aging PS2 moved 206K units - down substantially from 496K units in Nov. 2007. (more after the break)
While unit sales for Xbox 360 and PS3 were on par with what analysts had predicted for Nov., seeing those numbers on paper makes it hard for Sony to spin. With December almost half over, Sony will end the year on a low note, continuing to take the number three spot in the home console battle. The PSP’s weakness can be attributed to a real serious lack of decent software titles. 2008 wasn’t a great year for the platform in the united States on that front, but Sony has promised that third-party software will be plentiful next year.
Top Selling Hardware, Nov. 2008:
Wii - 2.04 Million
Nintendo DS - 1.57 Million
Xbox 360 - 836K
PSP - 421K
PlayStation 3 - 378K
PlayStation 2 - 206K
