In November, the PlayStation 3 saw its third best month in sales, and had the biggest increase across all consoles compared to last year. Still, the system came in fourth, according to the NPD Group, which released November sales figures tonight. Nintendo again flexed its muscles, with the Wii and DS selling nearly 3 million units combined.
Last month, Sony sold 710,400 PS3s while there were some 819,500 Xbox 360 units sold. The PSP and PlayStation 2 round out the list, each selling 293,900 and 203,100 units respectively. An interesting note is that this was the 109th month that the PS2 has been tracked on the NPD chars.
Overall, hardware sales were down 13.4% from last year as all three consoles are selling for quite a bit less this year. All together, there was roughly $1.05 billion in hardware sales in November.
"While there has been a lot of focus on Wii sales as compared to last year, the system was still the best-selling console system by a margin of 54%," said NPD Group’s Anita Frazier. "At this same point in the PS2 lifecycle, the PS2 was down in unit sales by 23% over the previous year, but as history has shown, it continues to have a great deal of life left in it. So focusing on a comparison to Wii’s stellar 2008 performance masks the reality of just how well this system is selling."
"The PS3 realized the greatest increase over last year’s November sales and had its third best month in unit sales ever, coming in just under Decembers ’07 and ’08."
Here is the list:
– Nintendo DS – 1,700,000
– Wii – 1,260,000
– Xbox 360 – 819,500
– PlayStation 3 – 710,400
– PSP – 293,900
– PlayStation 2 – 203,100