The official January NPD Thread

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PooperScooper said:
# In January, $297 million was spent on the Xbox 360 platform (hardware, software and accessories combined), compared to $244 million on Wii and $219 million on PS3. (U.S. NPD, January)

# $159 million was spent on Xbox 360 games alone in January compared to $131 million on Wii and $80 million for PS3. (U.S. NPD, January)

# Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on Xbox 360 was the number one selling game across all platforms for the third month in a row. In January, the fourth edition of Activision's acclaimed war game sold more than 331,000 copies on Xbox 360 and outsold the PS3 version by more than 2:1. (U.S. NPD, January)


Not good numbers for them considering install base.

The COD4 numbers are really, really good actually. COD4 in the US alone has outsold COD 2 and COD3 worldwide.

As for the revenue from games: it's a joke. Wii games are about 15% less expensive, on average, nearly equating Wii software with X360 software sales (if you keep Links Crossbow/Wii Play which have bundled accessories, whereas the X360 has no hybrid software/acessories).