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November NPD: It's An Early Christmas For Nintendo
Nintendo already has stars in its eyes over the sales numbers for this holiday season, which still has a few weeks left in it. The November NPD numbers are in, and Nintendo is saying that it's sold almost three million Wii and DS units.
The company says that in November it sold 1.2 million Wii systems and over 1.5 million DS handhelds in the U.S., according to NPD figures. The Nintendo DS was the month's best-selling system, and according to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, "It appeared the DS attracted two pockets of consumers: Those looking for a unique limited-edition product and those looking for value." Nintendo has been selling new orange and green DSi bundles (including Mario Party DS), as well as a limited-edition red DSi XL celebrating the 25th anniversary of NES' Super Mario Bros.
Moreover, Charlie Schibetta, Nintendo of America's senior director of corporate communications says that Nintendo sold 600,000 Wiis Thanksgiving weekend alone, which is 50,000 more than the same time period in 2009.
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