November NPD: 360 sees second best month ever
by Dustin Burg 
{ Dec 14th 2007 at 12:45PM }
November's NPD numbers have just come through the news wire and the Xbox 360 did mighty fine. Hardware sales for November were at the second highest levels ever with the Xbox 360 moving 770,000 consoles. Though, the Wii was no slouch selling 981,000 consoles and the PS3 picked up a bunch of steam from October selling roughly 466,000. Moving on to the software side of things we see that four out of the top ten games are Xbox 360 titles including Call of Duty 4 at at number one with an amazing 1.57 million units, Assassin's Creed at #3, Mass Effect at #6 and Halo 3 at #9. We've posted a complete numbers breakdown of all the NPD data after the break, you know, just in case you're a fanboy who loves his numbers. The gaming universe is strong young ones, $2.63 billion spent in November is nothing to take lightly.[Thanks, Charles]
November NPD Hardware Sales
DS - 1.53 million
Wii - 981,000
Xbox 360 - 770,000
PS2 - 496,000
PS3 - 466,000
November NPD Software Sales
Call of Duty 4 - 360 - 1.57 million
Super Mario Galaxy - Wii - 1.12 million
Assassin's Creed - 360 - 980,000
Guitar Hero III - PS2 - 967,000
Wii Play - Wii - 564,000
Mass Effect - 360 - 473,000
Call of Duty 4 - PS3 - 444,000
Guitar Hero III - Wii - 426,000
Halo 3 - 360 - 387,000
Assassin's Creed - PS3 - 377,000
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh @ Dec 14th 2007 1:01PM
Wow...even with the big price cut the PS3 received it still can't touch the 360 sales.
Larry *not allowed to say cheevo* @ Dec 14th 2007 1:02PM
Man... surprising that they actually released that many wii's for sale in one month. I figured they were saving them to drum up more demand.
agelgamer @ Dec 14th 2007 1:09PM
And you know the PS3fanboys are going to be alllll over this one.
*meh* the PS3 AAA titles aren't out yet.... *meh*
Yeah well, the last time I checked, most of the PS3 AAA titles are on the 360 as well. Just look at COD4 and Assassin's Creed. The 360 version out sold the PS3.
Van Faulk @ Dec 14th 2007 1:40PM
Having played most of them I would agree. AAA they are not. But they were HYPED to be. And that's the thing. You can literally get a ps3 for the same price as the 360 in some places and it STILL doens't sell well. Even with the launch spike of the 40gigg model, they still can't overcome the 360.
If MS has any brains at all, they'll drop the prices in the new year to coincide with a major game release. Take the extra 50 bucks off the premium.
Matt @ Dec 14th 2007 2:14PM
Yep, good point. All we kept hearing about was ratchet and clank and Uncharted. Those have come and gone.
eugene @ Dec 14th 2007 2:16PM
I bet the PS3 folk are yelling bloody murder at their marketing department. Every single Assassin Creed commercial I saw had a PS3 bumper at the end... and what did that get them? 1/3rd number of units sold as the 360 version.
ouch. someone isn't getting a holiday bonus this year.
Tony @ Dec 14th 2007 1:12PM
There's excuses for that too if you want to get down to it. There aren't as many PS3s out, so the game sales are expected to be less. Of course that kind of gets lost in this cyclical debate because of how low PS3 system sales usually are to begin with.
None of this really affects me, personally. It's nice to see the system I own doing well because I don't want to be in another Dreamcast situation... but beyond that, whatever lol. Make games for it and I'll buy them.
TORO @ Dec 14th 2007 1:21PM
COD4 is an excellent multiplayer game, when are you going to jump on the bandwagon Dustin???
grigdog @ Dec 14th 2007 1:28PM
Is it any wonder that the Sony PS3 is having so much trouble when they are still selling more PS2 units every month. Microsoft made the right decision by cancelling the old Xbox. Sony is cannibalizing itself. Even if half of the people buying the PS2, bought a PS3 they'd be on par with what the 360 is doing. Doh!
Kevin @ Dec 14th 2007 6:08PM
Microsoft was cannibalizing itself by just selling the Xbox. While the PS2 and Gamecube would eventually be profitable for Sony and Nintendo, M$ would never ever make a dime off the Xbox hardware.
It's not that M$ was forward thinking when they stopped making the original Xbox, they just wanted to stop the bleeding.
Ninegauger @ Dec 14th 2007 1:54PM
I don't think Sony's cannibalizing itself, people willing to spend $150 on a PS2 (are they $120 now?) are not really in the market for a $400 console. Plus if they're just getting a PS2 there are plenty of games that are better than anything available on the PS3.
The only thing hurting the PS3 is that the XBOX 360 is cheaper and better (in terms of number of quality games available and such).
Microsoft learned a lesson from Sony's PS2: There's a huge advantage to being out there first.
Van Faulk @ Dec 14th 2007 1:58PM
I just wonder how many pof thsoe ps2's are bieing bought by ps3 owners to compensate for the lasck of BWC in the 40 and gimped BWC in the 80.
haukke @ Dec 14th 2007 2:13PM
if you look at the wii sales compared to 360 they do not sell nearly as much software.people are buying the 360 to play as opposed to the wii were they are being resold on ebay.360 is 4.4...wii is 2.1 and the ps3 1.7.i was checking ebay earlier and they are reselling for 450 550 dollars.if i could make 200-300 dollars for buying and selling a wii i would.i think the fundamental difference between 360 and wii is that 360 buyers are playing and wii buyers are selling.
Eddie @ Dec 14th 2007 3:11PM
Wow. If PS3 really is going to end up "winning", they are going to have to tack on yet another year of sales to catch up to since this has been one incredibly lopsided year for the poor japs.
Second bext month EVER for the 360? We're just running up the score now. We even beat the PS3 AT HOME one week? Embarrassing. When is MS going to release a New England Patriots branded 360?
BlackBeltJones @ Dec 14th 2007 4:47PM
Excellent. Hardware wise we beat the console we are in "direct conflict" with. And software wise we beat everyone (as usual).
TrueGrit @ Dec 15th 2007 2:37AM
As expected and it aint gonna change.The 360 is the superior console it cand handle much more after all the core doesnt do everything theres other things that need to be done computing wise that the cell doesnt handle i could go in depth but anyone with brains knows the 360 is superior technologically.I remember the ps2's chip that could be used in missles lmao and the gamecube stomped it graphically .
Sony loves to claim superiority with magic components but the fact is magic is an illusion.