The Official December NPD 2008 Thread

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brute on 15 January 2009

Wow so Wii in December barely sold more then it did in November, that dissapoints me.

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TheSource on 15 January 2009

I'm very suspicious of the Wii number given that December had five weeks and that November had four.

2.04m/4 weeks in Nov = 510k/week

2.15m/5 weeks in Dec = 430k/week

Does anyone really believe Nintendo would ship more in November weeks than in December weeks? If they just sent a massive allocation for November and hoped it would hold and sent a comparable allocation for December its a pretty terrible tactical decision.

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CMoney on 15 January 2009

Sooooooooo........no meltdowns confirmed????

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KatinJin on 15 January 2009

~81k overtrack for the US NPD for December is not some huge overtracking for 360 lol and yea it is doing seriously better than the PS3 heh.

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HappySqurriel on 15 January 2009

Hmmm ...

It might be time for Nintendo to reduce the price of the Wii and/or increase the value through game and accessory bundling

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darthdevidem01 on 15 January 2009

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are they not the real numbers?

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frybread on 15 January 2009

Outcast said:
Incoming damage control from Nintendo fans I guess. Haven't heard short supply for a while, what say you roll that one out again for our enjoyment.

No damage control needed, #1 console, #1 handheld, and Wii had half of the top 10 games.

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eliasg on 15 January 2009

360 only 600k less from Wii :D:D

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Hyruken on 15 January 2009

DMeisterJ said:
So...

DS - 3.04 million
Wii - 2.15 Million
360 - 1.44 million
PSP - 1.02 million
PS3 - 726k (down a lil from last year)
PS2 - 410k (down a lot from last year)

PS3 was down 71k, that is not a "lil bit" that is over 10%, quite nasty when you think it had LBP,Resistance 2 etc..

These are the figures from last year

Wii - 1.35m last year. Meaning Wii is UP 800k, amazing numbers.

DS - 2.4m last year. Meaning DS is UP 600k, amazing numbers.

PSP - 1.06m last year. Meaning PSP is DOWN 40k. Could of been worse.

PS3 - 797k last year. Meaning PS3 is DOWN 71k, pretty nasty.

PS2 - 1.1m last year. Meaning PS2 is DOWN 690k, very nasty.

360 - 1.2m last year. Meaning 360 is UP 220k. Pretty good.

Meaning pretty much everyone won except Sony. To put that into figures Sony products dropped 801k units, that is a massive drop.