CVG
Weighing in with sales predictions ahead of the NPD Group's release of official market data this Thursday, January 10, both Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and fellow analyst firm EEDAR said Xbox 360 was by far the best-selling console in North America last month.
On the software front, Pachter said he expects sales to be led by new release Far Cry 3 and recent high-profile releases including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3and Just Dance 4.
Wedbush / EEDAR December 2012 hardware sales estimates (change year-on-year):
- 360 - 1,700,000 (-2%) / 1,550,000 (-11%)
- 3DS - 1,140,000 (-29%) / 1,350,000 (-16%)
- PS3 - 900,000 (-5%) / 950,000 (0%)
- Wii U - 675,000 (n/a) / 600,000 (n/a)
- DS - 600,000 (-7%) / 400,000 (-38%)
- Wii - 500,000 (-53%) / 550,000 (-48%)
- Vita - 300,000 (n/a) / 300,000 (n/a)
- PSP - 20,000 (-92%) / 30,000 (-88%)
- PS2 - 500 (-98%) / (n/a)
- Total - 5,835,500 (-7%) / 5,730,000 (-9%)
North American Wii U sales hit 400,000 units during the console's first week of availability in November, Nintendo has claimed.
And this week the company's global president Satoru Iwata said Wii U is "selling steadily", although not at the same level achieved by the console's predecessor, the original Wii, during its launch period.
