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Forums - Sales - The November NPD Thread (USA data for 4 weeks ending Nov 29 in 6 hours)

celine said:
PlayStation by the Numbers
November 2008

PlayStation Brand Continues Strong Sales Momentum Into the Holiday Season; PS3 Hardware Sales Grow 60% Year-to-Date
Total PlayStation Hardware Unit Sales in November 2008 Top 1 Million
The PlayStation brand began the holiday season by posting solid sales at retail across its three platforms, with more than 1 million hardware units sold in November 2008, a 93% growth from the October 2008, according to NPD.

PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) has continued its strong momentum during the holiday season with 378,071 hardware units sold in November, representing an increase of almost 100% from October. From January to November 2008, more than 2.8 million PS3s have been sold in the U.S., representing a year-to-date hardware sales growth of more than 60%.

Fueled by an unmatched holiday line-up of blockbuster first and third-party titles, more that 3,552,456 software units were sold for PS3 in November, representing a year-to-date growth of 150%.

Top-selling exclusive games for PS3 in November included hot titles for the hardcore gamer and family alike, from the pulse-pounding first-person shooter Resistance 2, to one of the best-rated games of the year, LittleBigPlanet.Third-party must-have titles -- including Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War, Midway Games’ Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and Electronic Arts Sports’ Madden NFL 09 – rounded-out the best-selling games for the platform.

In November, the PlayStation nation continued to turn to the PlayStation®Network for entertainment content, including: new PlayStation games such Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Age of Booty; original content such as Qore: Episode 5 and Xam’d: Lost Memories, Season 2; and new blockbuster additions to the video delivery service, including Hancock and Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There are currently more than 15 million registered PlayStation Network accounts worldwide.
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and the Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack proved to be a popular choice for movies, games and entertainment content on-the-go in November, with 420,539 units sold. This represents an increase of 118% from October.

PlayStation®2 (PS2) and the LEGO Batman: The Videogame PS2 Entertainment Pack posted solid sales in November, with 205,944 hardware units sold, a 51% increase from the previous month.

Power of the PlayStation Portfolio
The PlayStation brand generated strong sales across all three platforms, earning $663 million in November.

Year-to-date (Jan-Nov), the PlayStation brand generated more than 5 billion in revenue, representing an 11% growth year-to-date.

PlayStation total hardware revenue was $261 million in November, representing a year-to-date growth of 9%.

PlayStation total software revenue in November was $352 million, representing a year-to-date growth of 16%.

 

This is worse than Tucker Bounds.



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Don't worry you guys will get the last laugh if MS releases a handheld, because the sales will probably be craptacular.

PS3 still has another year left to come back, after that it's over only because imho the 720 will be in the works and should be out by 2011 or 2012.



It's just that simple.

psrock said:
It's amazing how Sony started the year so well, and in just a couple months, very important ones, they killed their chance of ever passing the 360.

I'm am officially accepting 3rd place.

 

No, psrock, never lose hope! DMJ wouldn't be proud of you!



 

just trying to figure out what the top selling exclusive game Sony are talking about? As far as i can tell there were no PS3 games on the top or even near it let alone an exclusive?



"From January to November 2008, more than 2.8 million PS3s have been sold in the U.S., representing a year-to-date hardware sales growth of more than 60%."

Gotta love this part.



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What in gods name does Year to date growth mean?



This is invisible text!

I believe it means "PS3 now = PS3 at the end of 2007 times 1.6"



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apparently the biggest november ever for NPD is 1.3 million by PS2 and biggest month ever is 2.7 million in december (both 2001 i think)



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from GAF "Did you know PS3 is only 400k ahead of Gamecube right now launch-aligned. And it looks to be behind after December; Gamecube had a very good third Christmas, and PS3 won't."

And to add to that, Nintendo made money on every single Gamecube ever sold, while PS3 has lost every cent Sony's gaming division made in it's first twelve years. How can Sony pull out of this tailspin? Can they?



BAM! There it is!
 
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The MOST PATHETIC RESPONSE EVER.


Just admit you got your ass kicked for once Sony. Sad.



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