The Official November 2010 NPD Thread

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koffieboon said:

TheSource said:

That isn't true, PSP was down 40% or so in the USA in Jan - Aug 2009 vs. Jan - Aug 2008. 1.2m vs. 2.0m.

Speaking of PSP, after much searching on the Google, I was able to find PSP and PS2 numbers for November. I've edited them into the article on the front page. Hardware sales for Nov 2010 were actually up 1% from HW sales in Nov 2009 in the USA.

Spoke to Pachter too, he doesn't think X360 is going to do 2m in the USA in Dec, but he has been really conservative on his hw estimates recently. He's far more optimistic on Wii / DS than X360 though.

Did Pachter give any explanation for that 360 number? Below 2 million seems quite low for a console that did 1.37 million in November.

I would imagine it all comes down to supply of Kinect Sensors.  I think they projected sale of 5 million because that is what they could produce for sale in November and December.  If I was MS I would get out that anyone who purchase a non Kinect 360 in December can register to get a coupon to purchase a Kinect sensor for $99.99.  Register by January 15th.