NPD: Top console and game sales for December

Note that actual sales are higher since NPD does not include Walmart, smaller chain stores, and many online stores.

gamespot.com
Top selling next-gen consoles in December
360 1.1M
Wii 604,200
PS3 490,700

Top-selling games for December 2006
360--Gears of War, Microsoft--815.7 K
PS2--Guitar Hero II, Activision--805.2 K
PS2--Madden NFL 07, Electronic Arts--737.1 K
GC--Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendo--532.9 K
Wii--Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendo--519.2 K
PS2--WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, THQ--484.5 K
NDS--New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo--427.5 K
360--Call of Duty 3, Activision--410.8 K
NDS--Yoshi's Island 2, Nintendo--407.2 K
PS2--Call of Duty 3, Activision--365.3 K

Top-selling games for December 2006 across all platforms
Madden NFL 07, Electronic Arts--1.9 M
Call of Duty 3, Activision--1.1 M
Cars, THQ--874.0 K
Need For Speed: Carbon, Electronic Arts--871.6 K
Gears of War, Microsoft--815.7 K
Guitar Hero 2, Activision--805.2 K
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, LucasArts--792.3 K
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, THQ--731.6 K
Tony Hawk's Project 8, Activision--713.9 K
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Activision--642.9 K

Top-selling games for 2006
PS2--Madden NFL 07, Electronic Arts--2.8 M
NDS--New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo--2.0 M
360--Gears of War, Microsoft--1.8 M
PS2--Kingdom Hearts II, Square Enix--1.7 M
PS2--Guitar Hero II, Activision--1.3 M
PS2--Final Fantasy XII, Square Enix--1.3 M
NDS--Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Nintendo--1.1 M
360--Madden NFL 07, Electronic Arts--1.1 M
360--Tom Clancy's GRAW, Ubisoft--1.0 M
PS2--NCAA Football 07, Electronic Arts--1.0 M

Top selling accessories in December 2006
360 Wireless Controller--823.8 K
Wii Remote Controller--646.7 K
Wii Nunchuk Controller--497.1 K
PS2 8MB Memory Card--474.8 K
PS3 Sixaxis Wireless Controller--336.0 K

Maybe those numbers will knock some sense into some of the developers that still do not develop for the X360. When looking at the sales of those multiplatform games, it's almost like doubling your profit by taking your game and porting it to another console.

Good stuff. Pretty impressive for GOW and GH2 to be near the top of the Top selling games of 2006, since both didn't come out to November. I have both and think they are awesome ( a little dissapointed on some of the GH2 tracks, but others made up for them). Surprised COD3 didn't do a bit better. It did well, but I think that game on 360 was stellar. Can't wait until GH2 or 3 comes out for 360...:bowdown: