HW Sales (month and LTD)
Nintendo DS 1.6 mm 9.2 mm
PS2 1.4 mm 37.1 mm
GBA 850.7 K 35.1 mm
Xbox 360 1.1 mm 4.5 mm
Wii 604.2 K 1.1 mm
PSP 953.2 K 6.7 mm
PS3 490.7 K 687.3 K
Top 10 Video Games - December 2006
360 GEARS OF WAR - MICROSOFT 815.7 K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR - ACTIVISION 805.2 K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 07 - ELECTRONIC ARTS 737.1 K
GCN LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS - NINTENDO 532.9 K
WII LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS - NINTENDO 519.2 K
PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007 - THQ 484.5 K
NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS - NINTENDO 427.5 K
360 CALL OF DUTY 3 - ACTIVISION 410.8 K
NDS YOSHI'S ISLAND 2 - NINTENDO 407.2 K
PS2 CALL OF DUTY 3 - ACTIVISION 365.3 K
Top 10 Video Games - Annual 2006
PS2 MADDEN NFL 07 - ELECTRONIC ARTS 2.8 mm
NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS - NINTENDO 2.0 mm
360 GEARS OF WAR - MICROSOFT 1.8 mm
PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS II - SQUARE ENIX 1.7 mm
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR - ACTIVISION 1.3 mm
PS2 FINAL FANTASY XII - SQUARE ENIX 1.3 mm
NDS BRAIN AGE: TRAIN YOUR BRAIN - NINTENDO 1.1mm
360 MADDEN NFL 07 - ELECTRONIC ARTS 1.1mm
360 TOM CLANCY'S GRAW - UBISOFT 1.0 mm
PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 07- ELECTRONIC ARTS 1.0 mm
Top 10 Titles - December 2006 INCLUDES ALL PLATFORMS (consoles and portables)
Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts 1.9 mm
Call Of Duty 3 - Activision 1.1 mm
Cars - THQ 874.0 k
Need for Speed: Carbon - Electronic Arts 871.6 k
360 GEARS OF WAR - MICROSOFT 815.7 K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR - ACTIVISION 805.2 K
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy - LucasArts 792.3 K
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 - THQ 731.6 K
Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Activision 713.9 K
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision 642.9 K
Top 10 Accessory Items - December 2006 Units
360 WIRELESS CONTROLLER 823.8 k
WII REMOTE CONTROLLER 646.7 k
WII NUNCHUK CONTROLLER 497.1 k
PS2 8 MEG MEMORY CARD 474.8 k
PS3 SIXAXIS WIRELESS CONTROLLER 336.0 k
PS2 MEMORY CARD 8 MEG 286.0 k
PS2/PS DUAL SHOCK2 CONTL 263.4 k
PS2/PS BLUE DL SH2 CNTL 245.2 k
360 PLAY & CHARGE KIT 224.6 k
PS2 CORDLESS ACTION CNTLR 219.9 k http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137693
DS owns December. Who the fuck is still buying PS2's? Microsoft had a really good month. I thought Wii would sell more than that, probably supply constraints. PSP did pretty well, might it start to hit a stride? PS3...on the bottom?!
Sony am cry, and I know the PS3 sales are not due to supply constraints. I was out shopping pretty much every other day in December, and everytime I was able to spot multiple PS3's (not one Wii, however).
I just thought of a possibility that would result in a graham's number of sales. Blizzard releases Starcraft on the DS (with full online, the expansion, and the ability to be patched), and translates it into Korean. The combined allure of Starcraft and DS will be more than any human created market could comprehend!
Man, this whole thing really makes my head hurt. I wish all of the people involved in it would just shut up because I'm tired of turning on the television and listening to them spew worthless junk out of their holes.
Recap:
Donald Trump lets Miss America [USA?] off the hook for partying
Rosie O'Donnell makes fun of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump says has was going to sue Rosie O'Donnell and makes fun of her for being fat.
Rosie O'Donnell insults the wild animal that lives on top of Donald Trump's head.
Donald Trump says he got a letter from Barbara Walters [the producer of The View] and said that she said that she did not like Rosie O'Donnell for ruining The View.
Barabra Walters publicly supports Rosie O'Donnell on The View.
Donald Trumps sends a letter to Rosie O'Donnel that says Barbara Walters is a liar.
Barbara Walters calls Donald Trump a "sad, pathetic man".
(for the first time in a while; most of the time I just get stuff in town)... and the results are probably about as expected.
EB:
plenty of X360s, some piled by the enterance; plenty of PS3s too (nine perhaps, I think they said?), in the back. Wiis? They had none when I arrived, but later some came in -- said they got six, I guess three went to preorders or something. They don't usually actually get to put any Wiis out on the floor... the three lasted maybe an hour, behind the counter (not visible unless you looked for them). I managed to not get one by debating the issue in the store back and forth until they sold... kind of a relief really, since I'm going back to school I'll be playing less videogames anyway (stupid television I have there...), and I have Zelda for GC. It'd be nice, but... I can wait...
Gamestop:
Similar. PS3s and X360s are available, though not out like at EB. Three Wiis were brought out while I was there; they sold in all of fifteen minuites.
Best Buy:
The only next-gen console I saw was a lone X360 Core...
... as for what I saw people buy at EB/Gamestop? Two people got X360s, and six Wiis. No one got a PS3; one person said friend of his had gotten one and regretted it... the guy in the store agreed, and he said he was a big Sony fan. I think his biggest complaint is the lack of interesting games... (though that's a fault the Wii currently shares, as far as Q1 releases are concerned... though the Wii definitely has the better launch lineup by far.)
...oh, and only Best Buy had any copies of Wii Zelda in, and they had only one... also, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is going to sell insanely well. The Gamestop has a sign saying that they have something like 450 preorders (and Gamestop/EB is doing a midnight launch for the game)... I should have thought of that, given how well WoW has sold, but somehow I hadn't...
In conclusion? Nintendo should have made Zelda Wii exclusive. If they had I'm sure I'd have one now. :)
(Meanwhile, my local gaming store, not part of a chain that can get them supply, has no PS3s, X360s, or Wiis, I'm pretty sure. Certainly no Wiis, and I sure didn't see any of the other two the last few times I was in there... the backlog for getting a Wii is long... Wii is currently into February for sure there... I should ask more specifically about the other two next time though, it'd be interesting to compare...)
Duel-touchscreen? That's not two screens, that's a single screen that can detect two touches AT ONCE. It's like using two mice!
Anyway, the major point is they stole'd my megahurtz! I'd been waiting around for cell phones to completely replace the buttons with a massive touch screen for a while now. Unfortunately, I never bothered doing something about it :D. Well, Apple is sure to sell a million, because it has that inexplicable "i" in the title. What does that even stand for anyway? internet? No, that wouldn't make sense... iPods aren't about the internets, they are MP3 players..., plus they had those "iMacs" years ago, and what's "internet" about the iLight? Nuts, i must be some meaningless letter. That annoys me...
Anyway, this is neato. Maybe a decent soft keyboard can finally take it's place in the cell phone world.
Well, what did I say eh? The more spectacular your failures, the more money you spend and the bigger you TALK, the more you get money! Indeed, this guy is bigger than people who actually DO deliver on their promises!
