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January NPD

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Aug 20, 2004
19,827
22,880
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
PlayStation 2 41.6K
PlayStation 3 276.9K
PSP 100.1K
Xbox 360 332.8K
Wii 465.8K
Nintendo DS 422.2K


NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 656.7K
MASS EFFECT 2* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Jan-10 572.1K
WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 555.7K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 326.7K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 310.9K
SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 297.6K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 259.0K
ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Jan-10 246.5K
JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT Nov-09 191.9K
DARKSIDERS 360 THQ Jan-10 171.2k

MS Spin - Gamasutra - News - Microsoft Releases Sales Figures, Xbox Live Stats
- $158m spent on sw in January, $150m of that is 3rd party (most of the 3 consoles)
- 23 million registered members online
- in January set record for concurrent users at 2.3m, Nielson finds the 360 "most used console on the market"
- Announced some new exclusives - FF13 bundle, MW2 and Dead Rising DLC, and Halo: Reach beta coming May 3rd.

Sony spin - Gamasutra - News - Sony Trumpets Growth During Industry Slide
Focused more on the year, not the month
- 15% increase in sw sales in 2009
- December 2009 best month ever, 1mil consoles sold, 7.3m units of sw sold
- pre-empted NPD shortfall saying there has been "tight inventory" since the price drop, Slim introduction
- Uncharted 2 nearing 3 million units worldwide
- 270k games of MAG played, 'over half a million have chosen your allegiance' so likely 500k worldwide
- 155% year over year increase in PSN revenue, service up to 40 million users
- no mention of PS2 or PSP
 
Nintendo spin - $$$ CHA CHING $$$