Despite the big success of Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which earned $310 million in one day and has shipped at least 6 million copies, the video game i
The decline of hardware sales can be explained by the price cuts we saw this year. Sony's PlayStation 3 went to $300, Nintendo's Wii fell in price to $200, and the Xbox 360's most expensive model dropped to $300 (the
Nintendo, as always, stole the show: the DSi handheld gaming system sold 1.7 million and the Wii clocked in a respectable 1.26 million. The Xbox 360 took second place in the console race with 819,500 units sold, and the PlayStation 3 moved 710,400 consoles.
When it came to games, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 edged everyone out by selling 4.2 million copies for the Xbox 360 and 1.87 million for the PS3. The complete list:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360) / Activision / 4,200,000
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) / Activision / 1,870,000
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) / Nintendo / 1,390,000
- Assassin's Creed II (360) / Ubisoft / 794,700
- Left 4 Dead 2 (360) / Electronic Arts / 744,000
- Wii Sports Resort (Wii) / Nintendo / 720,200
- Wii Fit Plus (Wii) / Nintendo / 679,000
- Assassin's Creed II (PS3) / Ubisoft / 448,400
- Dragon Age: Origins (360) / Electronic Arts / 362,100
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) / Nintendo / 315,000
But it's not all doom and gloom -- the NPD said that sales were so phenomenal during last year's holiday season that the numbers would've been nearly impossible to beat. Last month is still considered the second-best November on record.