Nintendos December and 2008 NPD results are crazy
The new North American NPD numbers are in and it’s nothing but good news for Nintendo. Both the Wii and DS have not only had a great December but also a great 2008 with 10.17 million Wii units sold and 9.95 million DS’s sold. For the month of December there were 3.04 million DS’s sold, this is a new record for consoles sold in one month beating the record previously set by the PS2 (2.7 million). The Wii was in second place for bringing in 2.15 million, the next console after that was the Xbox 360 on 1.44 million. More inside Game-wise Nintendo has done well not only for this month but for the year in general. Pack-in game Wii Play topped both charts with 1.46 million copies sold in December to bring the total sold in 2008 to 5.28 million. Six other games charted in December for Nintendo with Animal Crossing being the least on the top ten with 497, 000. Full Charts are of course below.
December hardware sales totals per platform
DS – 3.04 million
Wii – 2.15 million
360 – 1.44 million
PSP – 1.02 million
PS3 – 726K
PS2 – 410K
Top 10 Games of December 2008
1. Wii Play w/ remote – Wii Nintendo 1.46 million
2. Call of Duty: World at War – Xbox 360 Activision 1.33 million*
3. Wii Fit w/ balance board Wii Nintendo 999K
4. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel Wii Nintendo 979K
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour – Wii Activision 850K*
6. Gears of War 2 – Xbox 360 Microsoft 745K*
7. Left 4 Dead – Xbox 360 Electronic Arts 629K
8. Mario Kart – DS Nintendo 540K
9. Call of Duty: World at War – PS3 Activision 533K
10. Animal Crossing: City Folk – Wii Nintendo 497K*
* Includes Collectors, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions
Top 10 Games of Calendar Year 2008
1. Wii Play w/ remote – Wii Nintendo 5.28 million
2. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel Wii Nintendo 5.00 million
3. Wii Fit w/ balance board Wii Nintendo 4.53 million
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Wii Nintendo 4.17 million
5. Grand Theft Auto IV – Xbox 360 Take-Two 3.29 million*
6. Call of Duty: World at War – Xbox 360 Activision 2.75 million*
7. Gears of War 2 – Xbox 360 Microsoft 2.31 million*
8. Grand Theft Auto IV – PS3 Take-Two 1.89 million*
9. Madden NFL 09 – Xbox 360 Electronic Arts 1.87 million*
10. Mario Kart – DS Nintendo 1.65 million
Source: Gamedaily
