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12-01-07, 20:43
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NPD has released the December sales numbers, and overall gamers spent a whopping $3.7 billion in games and hardware in the big holiday month. The breakdown between game sales and hardware were $1.7 and $1.6 billion, respectively.
Overall the biggest seller was the Nintendo DS, followed up by the PlayStation 2, and the Xbox 360. Here's the breakdown of December console sales.
Nintendo DS - 1.6 million units
PlayStation 2 - 1.4 million units
Xbox 360 - 1.1 million units
PSP - 953,200
Game Boy Advance - 850,700
Wii - 604,200 units
PlayStation 3 - 490,700 units
To date in North America PlayStation 2 is still the dominant console at 37.1 million units. The Xbox 360 has racked up 4.5 million units, Wii 1.1 million units, PlayStation 3 687,000 units. On the handheld front, The Game Boy Advance has totally 35.1 million units, Nintendo DS 9.2 million units, and PSP 6.7 million units to date.
Top 3 games for 2006 include Madden NFL 07 selling 2.8 million copies, The New Super Mario Bros. 2 million copies, and Gears Of War 1.8 million copies.
For December, Gears of War topped the charts racking up 817,700 copies, followed by Guitar Hero 2 at 805,200, and Madden NFL 07 selling 727,100 copies.
NPD has released the December sales numbers, and overall gamers spent a whopping $3.7 billion in games and hardware in the big holiday month. The breakdown between game sales and hardware were $1.7 and $1.6 billion, respectively.
Overall the biggest seller was the Nintendo DS, followed up by the PlayStation 2, and the Xbox 360. Here's the breakdown of December console sales.
Nintendo DS - 1.6 million units
PlayStation 2 - 1.4 million units
Xbox 360 - 1.1 million units
PSP - 953,200
Game Boy Advance - 850,700
Wii - 604,200 units
PlayStation 3 - 490,700 units
To date in North America PlayStation 2 is still the dominant console at 37.1 million units. The Xbox 360 has racked up 4.5 million units, Wii 1.1 million units, PlayStation 3 687,000 units. On the handheld front, The Game Boy Advance has totally 35.1 million units, Nintendo DS 9.2 million units, and PSP 6.7 million units to date.
Top 3 games for 2006 include Madden NFL 07 selling 2.8 million copies, The New Super Mario Bros. 2 million copies, and Gears Of War 1.8 million copies.
For December, Gears of War topped the charts racking up 817,700 copies, followed by Guitar Hero 2 at 805,200, and Madden NFL 07 selling 727,100 copies.