US stat collector the NPD Group has released what passes for data for the States in the month of November. Good god, the industry is up by 8% year-on-year.
We say, "what passes for" because the company no longer releases hardware breakdowns, leaving this to individual platform holders.
In terms of stats: the US market's November saw $2.99 billion in revenue, compared to $2.76 billion year-on-year. This is the first time in seven months that the monthly figure has been up y-0-y.
Move and Kinect saw accessory sales surge by 69 percent at $413.3 million compared to November 2009.
NPD’s Anita Frazier commented,"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."
Comment on the available hardware data came from Frazier, "The Xbox 360 was the best-selling console hardware system for the month, realizing an incredible 68 percent increase over last November".
Nintendo did state that, 600,000 Wii were sold in Thanksgiving Week.
Microsoft quoted 1.37 million units for the month, up up 68% compared to 2009.
Sony remains silent aside from standard PR nonsense, "I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content will choose PlayStation," said Patrick Seybold, SDCC at SCEA.
We say, "what passes for" because the company no longer releases hardware breakdowns, leaving this to individual platform holders.
In terms of stats: the US market's November saw $2.99 billion in revenue, compared to $2.76 billion year-on-year. This is the first time in seven months that the monthly figure has been up y-0-y.
Move and Kinect saw accessory sales surge by 69 percent at $413.3 million compared to November 2009.
NPD’s Anita Frazier commented,"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."
Comment on the available hardware data came from Frazier, "The Xbox 360 was the best-selling console hardware system for the month, realizing an incredible 68 percent increase over last November".
Nintendo did state that, 600,000 Wii were sold in Thanksgiving Week.
Microsoft quoted 1.37 million units for the month, up up 68% compared to 2009.
Sony remains silent aside from standard PR nonsense, "I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content will choose PlayStation," said Patrick Seybold, SDCC at SCEA.
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