Analyst: 3.2 million Wiis save holidays

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Gamespot

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In a sales preview note to investors, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich predicted the NPD numbers would show that software sales for the month would total $2.7 billion. That would not only match last December's record-high monthly take, but it would also reflect a 14 percent year-over-year growth for the industry. Furthermore, Divnich said that half of those game sales were attributable to Nintendo's market-expanding one-two punch, the Wii and DS. "Without these sales, the industry would have likely felt the full wrath of the recession--much like other industries closely linked to gaming," Divnich said. "We believe their simple-to-use design, cheaper and wider variety of software titles, and the already 'hot effect' in place on both systems, all played a role in driving both the Wii and the DS to the top of their segments. Simply put, Nintendo saved Christmas."

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EEDAR projected top 10 software sales for December, 2008 Wii Play (Wii)--1.3 million Call of Duty: World at War (360)--1.2 million Mario Kart (Wii)--1.2 million Wii Fit (Wii)--1 million Gears of War 2 (360)--800,000 Call of Duty: World at War (PS3)--650,000 Madden NFL 09 (360)--500,000 Left 4 Dead (360)--500,000 Prince of Persia (360)--475,000 Wii Music (Wii)--425,000 EEDAR projected hardware sales for December, 2008 Nintendo Wii--3.2 million Nintendo DS--3 million Xbox 360--1.5 million PSP--880,000 PS3--700,000