The U.S. market saw a slight decline in November compared to last year (8%), but it was still the second best November ever. The main reason for the decline in revenue was the hardware side that saw a decrease in value of 13 %, but it should be noted that in terms of units there is not much of a decline overall if any.
On the software side of things Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 bested the previous top selling game Halo 3 (3.3 million in September 2007) with ease. Totalling 6 million on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 it had a behemoth of a month. In its shadow New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Assassin's Creed II also had great starts. Assassin's Creed II was just short of the numbers achieved by its predecessor, but still managed to do very well. Left 4 Dead 2 also had a very strong first month.
Software:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / Xbox 360 4.2 million
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / PS3 1.87 million
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii / Wii 1.39 million
4. Assassin's Creed II / Xbox 360 794700
5. Left 4 Dead 2 / Xbox 360 744000
6. Wii Sports Resort / Wii 720200
7. Wii Fit Plus / Wii 679000
8. Assassin's Creed II / PS3 448400
9. Dragon Age: Origins / Xbox 360 362100
10. Mario Kart Wii / Wii 315000
On the hardware side of things Nintendo DS broke a new record for the month of number with 1.7 million sold (previous November record was set by the DS last year with 1.57 million). Wii saw a slight decline compared to last year but still managed beat its stationary competition by a wide margin. Xbox 360 bounced back above Playstation 3, while the latter saw the greatest year-on-year growth (88%). Microsoft issued a statement saying it was the best November in Xbox 360 history with revenues totalling $838 million on the platform. So everyone had something to be happy about it seems. Well, I'm sure Nintendo are the happiest if anything with a 18 month old title like Mario Kart Wii doing 315000.
Hardware:
1. Nintendo DS 1.7 million
2. Wii 1.26 million
3. Xbox 360 819500
4. PS3 710400
5. PSP 293900
6. PS2 203100