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NPD numbers for December: Black Ops and X360 for the win

Posted on Friday, 14 January 2011 by Speed, source: Gamasutra
The NPD Sales numbers for December in the US are in and the winners seem to be Nintendo, Microsoft and Activision.

Although no actual hardware sales figures are revealed anymore, the different platform holders aren't shying away from sending them out themselves. As such, we know that the Wii came out on top in the US, followed by the X360 and the PS3. Year on year, the X360 is doing pretty well with an increase of 42%, while both other consoles saw quite a decrease in sales.
  • Wii 2.36m (38% decrease YoY
  • 360 1.9m (42% increase YoY)
  • PS3 1.21m (down 11% YoY)
  • In the software charts, we see Call of Duty: Black Ops take the lead in December, followed by Just Dance 2 and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
    1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PC - over 3.6 million
    2. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) - Wii
    3. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard) - PC
    4. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) - Xbox 360, PS3
    5. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) - Wii
    6. Disney Epic Mickey (Disney Interactive Studios) -Wii
    7. Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP
    8. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft) - Wii, DS, PSP
    9. NBA 2K11 (Take-Two Ineractive) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC
    10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC
    For the entire year, Black Ops came out on top again, while Madden NFL 11 and Halo: Reach took second and third place:
    1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, DS - more than 12 million
    2. Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts) - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP
    3. Halo: Reach (Microsoft) - Xbox 360
    4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - Wii
    5. Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two Interactive) - Xbox 360, PS3
    6. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - Wii
    7. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) - Wii
    8. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - Xbox 360, PS3, PC
    9. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) - Xbox 360, PS3
    10. NBA 2K11 (Take-Two Interactive) - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC
    Sales for the entire industry combined went down 9% in December, which results in 2010 seeing an overall decrease in sales of 5% when compared to 2009.

    Guess the economic crisis isn't over yet.
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