Nintendo DS tops hardware, Wii not far behind in November NPD
The November results from the American software and hardware sales are in, and its good news for every company this month but even better news for Nintendo. The company sold 1.53 million units in November, up 458k from the month previously. The Wii also had some insane growth with 981k from 519k; just imagine if it wasnt in short supply. More inside On the software side of things Nintendo has done well too, with Super Mario Galaxy falling just short of Call of Duty 4 on the Xbox 360 to take second. Wii Play charted well as usual but the real surprise is Guitar Hero 3 Wii only charting below the PS2 version.
1. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) – 1.57 million
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) – 1.12 million
3. Assassins Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) – 980k
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) 967k
5. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) – 564k
6. Mass Effect (Xbox 360, Microsoft) – 473k
7. Call of Duty 4 (PS3, Activision) – 444k
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Wii, Neversoft/Vicarious Visions/Activision) – 426k
9. Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) – 387k
10. Assassins Creed (PS3, Ubisoft) – 377kNintendo DS – 1.53 million (from 458k)
Wii – 981K (from 519k)
Xbox 360 – 770K (from 366k)
PSP – 567K (from 286k)
PlayStation 2 – 496K (from 184k)
PlayStation 3 – 466K (from 121k)
Source: Gamasutra
