December NPD: Holy hand grenade that's a lot of hardware sold

By David Hinkle


Wow. There were a lot of Wiis and DSes sold in the U.S. in December, as one might imagine. But, we don't think many can imagine this many consoles and handhelds sold. How many of you gifted a Wii or DS this holiday, or received one as a gift?

Hardware sales for December 2007:

  • DS Lite: 2.47m 940K (61%)
  • Wii: 1.35m 369K (38%)
  • Xbox 360: 1.26m 490K (64%)
  • PS2: 1.1m 604K (122%)
  • PSP: 1.06m 493K (87%)
  • PS3: 797K 331 (71%)

Head past the break for more.

Hardware totals for 2007 (life-to-date in parentheses) :

DS: 8.50 million (17.65 million)

Wii: 6.29 million (7.38 million)

Xbox 360: 4.62 million (9.15 million)

PS2: 3.97 million (41.12 million)

PSP: 3.82 million (10.47 million)

PS3: 2.56 million (3.25 million)

December Software

  1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 1.47m
  2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) — 1.40m
  3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) — 1.25m
  4. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) — 1.08m
  5. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) — 894K
  6. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) — 743K
  7. Brain Age 2 (DS) — 660K
  8. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) — 655K
  9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) — 625K
  10. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) — 613K

Software totals for 2007

  1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) — 4.82m
  2. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) — 4.12m
  3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 3.04m
  4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) — 2.72m
  5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) — 2.52m
  6. Pokémon Diamond (DS) — 2.48m
  7. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) — 1.90m
  8. Guitar Hero II (PS2) — 1.89m
  9. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) — 1.87m
  10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) — 1.82m

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