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NPD Sales Results For November 2010 [Update 6: PSP, PS2, Move Games]

EviLore

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
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4- week month; reporting period 10/31/10 through 11/27/10

Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)

01. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ** - 8.4 Million (4.9 Xbox 360, 3.1 PS3)
02. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3) UBISOFT ** - 1.14 Million
03. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT - <700K
04. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) ELECTRONIC ARTS
05. Fable III (360) MICROSOFT**
06. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) NINTENDO - 430.5K
07. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3, 360, Wii, PC) ELECTRONIC ARTS - 417K
08. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) SONY** - 400K
09. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP,PC) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
10. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) NINTENDO**

XX. Harry Potter - <100K

New! XX. Every game with "Move" in the title combined - <200K


*NPD's monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry Sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but it does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobile game apps, rentals, or social network games.

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Halo: Reach in SKU #10. (See Below)
Dance Central is individual SKU #11.
Kinect Sports is individual SKU #12.

Hardware:

Nintendo DS: 1.5 Million (-11.8%)
Xbox 360: 1.37 Million (+68%)
Wii: 1.27 Million (+0.8%)
PS3: 530k (-25%)
New! PSP: 288K (-2%)
New! PS2: ~80K (-61%)

uDraw - 190K (Supply Constrained)

GameSpot said:
Pachter also noted that one third of PS3 sales were $400 PlayStation Move bundles, versus one half of all Xbox 360 purchases being Kinect bundles. (There are two Kinect bundles, a $300 4GB model and $400 250GB model.) "Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by more than 5 to 1," said the analyst.
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Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6285151.html

Miladesn said:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6285170.html

Wilson also expressed disappointment in sales of Kinect games. Despite the hype Microsoft's motion-sensing camera system generated, Wilson said software for the unit totaled sales of $57 million, or about 4 percent of game sales for the month. Wilson didn't weigh in on the peripheral's most highly promoted titles, but he did say that Electronic Arts' third-person shooter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (the 360 version of which supports Kinect) was another disappointment, as the blockbuster movie tie-in sold fewer than 100,000 copies.
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Miladesn said:
Major Nelson
# November marks the sixth consecutive month Xbox 360 leads video game consoles in sales, with 1.37 million units sold. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# Xbox 360 is the only console to show double digit year-to-date growth at 42%, making it the fastest-growing console in 2010. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# 50% of spending at retail this November (for current generation consoles) was on the Xbox 360 platform. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# During the month of November, four of the top ten console game titles were for Xbox 360 including: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fable III, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Halo: Reach. (Source: NPD Group,
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NPD's Anita Frazier said:
Overall

"November sales represent the best November on record in terms of new physical retail sales. It bests November 2008 by roughly $30 million, and that time frame was at the height of the music/dance genre sales."

"All categories were up over last year with the exception of portable hardware and software."

"The 360 platform accounted for over 40% of total industry sales driven by the successful launch of Microsoft's Kinect. Xbox 360 accessories accounted for 60% of that categories' dollar sales this month."

"Based on typical seasonality trends, new physical retail sales should come in between $18.8B-$19.6B. The higher end of that range would essentially be flat to last year. Gains in November offset a good portion of the year-to-date declines."

"Remember that this data set represents new physical retail sales only. We have begun to report on sales realized through other channels such as used game sales, digital distribution and mobile apps among others. In the first half of 2010, new physical retail sales at the total industry level accounted for approximately 70% of the total consumer spend against the industry, and while that is likely to change when full year results are tabulated, it gives some context with which to evaluate the portion that new physical retail sales represents."

Software

"Black Ops debuted as the best-selling game in its launch month (in history) with black ops selling 8.4 million units at retail in the U.S. With only one month of sales, it has become the 7th best-selling game of all time, life-to-date."

"Black Ops accounted for 25% of all video game software units sold in the month of November."

"The Music/Dance genre increased 38% in unit sales over last November fueled by Just Dance 2 and Dance Central."

"We are now reporting sales at the total platform level instead of the SKU level but if we were reporting the top 10 SKU's, Halo: Reach would have been #10 this month."



Hardware

"The Xbox 360 was the best-selling console hardware system for the month, realizing an incredible 68% increase over last November."

"The best-selling system overall was the Nintendo DS. It was a high/low story for the DS this month with the new red SKU providing the most sales and the white, lower-priced SKU being #2. It appears the DS attracted two pockets of consumers: those looking for a unique limited-edition product and those looking for value."

"We expect a big jump in sales in November due to seasonality and the influence of holiday, but the change this November over October is bigger across most platforms than it was last November. This could point to the impact of aggressive retail promotions during the critical Black Friday week."

Accessories

"The Xbox 360 Kinect was the best-selling accessory item in November. With one month of sales, it's the top-selling accessory item in terms of dollar sales on a year-to-date basis."

"The Xbox 360 platform contributed five of the top ten accessory items for the month."
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Meus Renaissance

Meus Renaissance

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MightyHedgehog

Member
What's with the funny format? And, damn!, GT5 did pretty fucking poorly for such a big sequel...at least as far as its charting is concerned.
 
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Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
baby made a boo-boo

Obviously Call of Duty 7 is the big seller, but I hope Hot Pursuit put up some healthy numbers to reward Criterion for delivering such a great racer

Need for Speed >>>> Gran Turismo 5
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it helps that NFS has 4 platforms to work with
 
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Run_64bit

Neo Member
Hey DKCR! Good to see you at Number 6!

What's that? Look at number three? What could it...oh...Just Dance...*sigh*
 
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fernoca

Member
Nice to see Fable II still up there.
Also cool Donkey Kong Country in there too
And WTF at Wii Fit Plus? :p

Wii doing 1+ million still darn nice. And 360's 1.4 was way ahead of many expectations.

People need to keep in mind that is an all format charts, so a game needs to sell really high to make it on the Top 10, when it is on 1 console (re: DK, Fable, GT5; or no Kinect games)
 
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Pooya

Member
Major Nelson
# November marks the sixth consecutive month Xbox 360 leads video game consoles in sales, with 1.37 million units sold. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# Xbox 360 is the only console to show double digit year-to-date growth at 42%, making it the fastest-growing console in 2010. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# 50% of spending at retail this November (for current generation consoles) was on the Xbox 360 platform. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# During the month of November, four of the top ten console game titles were for Xbox 360 including: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fable III, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Halo: Reach. (Source: NPD Group,
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Sipowicz

Banned
it's good to see donkey kong do well

and good to see ubisoft and activision on top. my two favourite western publishers
 
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ShockingAlberto

Member
Really wish we could sort these out by SKU again.

So many multi-format games makes this really difficult to parse.

Oh, well. I can't tell if DKCR did really poorly or Just Dance 2 did really fucking well.
 
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Takao

Banned
GT5's positioning isn't surprising. The franchise isn't a blockbluster, but an incredible slow burner.
 
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Proven

Member
Black Friday... This would be more interesting with Kinnect numbers.

Nintendo is still bouncing a bit back with the holiday season. Still, for once the 360 is beating them out during the end of the year...
 
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