Huge Nintendo sales in November NPD for Wii and DS
The Wii and DS have both had huge months in the US with several records broken
The Wii and DS have proven their resilience on the market, but have now topped the NPD charts for November with nearly 3 million units sold between the two consoles. There were also two records broken, one for the Wii with it being the fasted console to reach 23 million units sold and the DS which, with sales of 1.7 million in November, make it the biggest selling console in a single month. The biggest record was the Nintendo DS itself back in November last year.
Nintendo games did well, too, with New Super Mario Bros selling 1.4 million copies in just half a month and coming into the charts at position 3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 took the top two spots with a mammoth 4.2 million copies sold of the game on the 360 and 1.87 million on the Playstation 3. Wii Sports Resort (6th), Wii Fit Plus (7th) and Mario Kart Wii (10th) also charted with huge numbers. It’s great to see Mario Kart doing so well after so long.
While we only have the top ten figures so far, more information on how other non-Juggernaut games did will become available over the coming days. We do know one thing for sure, Tony Hawk Ride bombed. Who didn’t see that coming?
Hardware
PlayStation 2 203.1K
PlayStation 3 710.4K
PSP 293.9K
Xbox 360 819.5K
Wii 1.26M
Nintendo DS 1.70M
Software
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 4.20M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.87M
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 1.39M
ASSASSIN’S CREED II 360 UBISOFT Nov-09 794.7K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 744.0K
WII SPORTS RESORT* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 720.2K
WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 679.0K
ASSASSIN’S CREED II PS3 UBISOFT Nov-09 448.4K
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 362.1K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 315.0K
Nintendo Kicks Off the Holidays with Nearly 3 Million Hardware Units Sold in November; Nintendo DS Sets All-Time November Record and Wii Installed Base Crosses 23 Million in the United States
November proved to be a record-setting month for Nintendo video game sales. Nintendo’s Wii™ console sold more than 1.25 million units in November, making Wii the fastest-selling home console to surpass an installed base of 23 million. Meanwhile the Nintendo DS™ franchise set a record with the most hand-held video game systems sold in the month of November – ever. According to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales data in the United States, Nintendo sold nearly 1.7 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi™ systems in November, eclipsing the previous record of 1.57 million held by Nintendo DS in 2008.
As the No. 1- and No. 2-selling systems for the month, the Nintendo DS and Wii systems sold nearly 3 million units combined in November, demonstrating that holiday shoppers who want value continue to choose Nintendo products. Nintendo hardware represents more than half of all video game systems sold in the United States through November in 2009.
“Nintendo products top Amazon.com’s Most Wished For and Most Gifted lists for video games, and Wii remains at or near the top of the most-searched for video game terms on Yahoo!,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “As families and friends gather for the holidays, Nintendo games offer the best shared experiences.”
Four games published for Nintendo systems finished in the top 10 best-sellers of November in the United States. New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii, which launched on Nov. 15, came in at No. 3 with nearly 1.4 million units sold through November, and continues to show great momentum: Nintendo’s internal sales figures show that the first four-player Super Mario Bros. game has already surpassed the 2 million sales mark when December sales are included. Other top 10 titles for November, according to the NPD Group, include Wii Sports Resort™ at No. 6 with more than 580,000 sold, Wii Fit™ Plus (with the Wii Balance Board™ accessory) at No. 7 with more than 490,000 sold and Mario Kart™ Wii at No. 10 with more than 310,000 sold.
Six of the top 10 best-selling games of all of 2009 through November play on Nintendo systems. These include Wii Fit at No. 2 with more than 3.5 million sold, Wii Sports Resort at No. 3 with nearly 2.4 million sold, Mario Kart Wii at No. 4 with more than 2.2 million sold, Wii Play™ at No. 5 with more than 2.1 million sold, Pokémon™ Platinum Version at No. 6 with more than 1.9 million sold and New Super Mario Bros. Wii at No. 10 with nearly 1.4 million sold. Consumers have also been enjoying Wii Fit Plus, which has sold more than 1.1 million as of the end of November.
Source: NeoGAF via NPD
