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NPDs Look Back on December, 2007
Joystiq has the NPD numbers for the entire year of 2007 and (of course) December. Last year was a banner year for games, with the industry as a whole coming close to cracking $18 billion in sales. The big winner was the Wii, of course, with some 6 million units sold over the course of the year. The 360 sold about four and a half million, and the PS3 sold about two and a half. The big software seller was (un-shockingly) Halo 3, at 4.82 million sold, with Wii Play close behind at 4.12m. Here are the software numbers for December: "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) -- 1.47m, Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) -- 1.40m, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) -- 1.25m, Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) -- 1.08m, Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) -- 894K, Halo 3 (Xbox 360) -- 743K, Brain Age 2 (DS) -- 660K, Madden NFL 08 (PS2) -- 655K, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) -- 625K, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) -- 613K"
must suck about now, the amount of rationalization that they must go through, even for those that actually like their PS3 and could afford it - should have bought 1.5 PS2s.
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
Nintendo marketing genius...
"Hey, we have this really bad game. We can't justify making box art for, much less putting it on a shelf... our test group estimated its value at just over a dead raccoon's testicle."
"Make a bigger box, toss a wiimote in and charge five bucks more."
"Profit!"