December 6th 2012 4:24 pm PT

November 2012 NPD’s

November 2012 NPD are out today. Here are the Xbox highlights:

  • Xbox 360 sold 1.26 million units in November, maintaining the number-one console spot in the U.S. for the 23rd consecutive month.
  • Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform in November (hardware, software and accessories) reached $1.2 billion, the most for any console in the U.S.
  • During the month of November, Xbox 360 held four of the top 10 console game titles including: “Halo 4,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,” “Assassin’s Creed 3,” and “NFL Madden 13.”

Date Source for above: NPD Group, November 2012

Industry By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

permalink: http://majornelson.com/2012/12/06/november-2012-npds/

  • http://twitter.com/DJoe1899 N2O

    「including: “Halo 4,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,”」,that’s order of X360 sales?i mean…is Halo 4 outsold BO2(360 version)?

    • http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?u=324759 Tylerh1701

      I’m not sure what Major meant with that last bullet, but here’s the top 10 selling games from last month, in order:

      Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)**

      Halo 4 (360)**

      Assassin’s Creed III (360, PS3, Wii U, PC)**

      Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3)

      Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)

      Skylander Giants (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U)**

      Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 (PS3, 360, PSV, PC)

      NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Wii U, PC)**

      WWE 13 (360, PS3, Wii)

      FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS, Wii U, PSP)

      There’s no way to know if Halo 4 outsold Black Ops 2 on the 360.

      • http://twitter.com/DJoe1899 N2O

        That’s why i said BO2(360 version),because BO2 360+PS3 100% sure>Halo 4

        • srarian7

          Humm are teh numbers tilt in the favor of xbox to make them look good? last time i checked some of those games are also sold on PS3 so the real question is WICH GAME SOLD MORE GAMES OF THE SAME TITLE??? not wich brand sold more consoles

      • srarian7

        more important that wich sold more is wich games is being played more becuase I can buy a game because I think its gona be good but then realize its not and keep playing my old games…. Play time > game sold

      • http://twitter.com/AdamDJTbrand Adam Thompson

        It’s just sad that all of them are sequels, no new IPs – unfortunately they are less likely to sell as well.

      • http://twitter.com/karlcramer Karl Cramer

        I miss when the NPDs broke it down by title and platform. Thanks, Sony! (< scarcasm for the sarcasm impaired.)

        • http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?u=324759 Tylerh1701

          I agree, it was far more useful when they did that.

  • http://twitter.com/natragv Nathan Vernon

    Woh..

  • http://twitter.com/damashedavenger kit walker

    id love to see some stats on gold membership sales…
    :p

  • Calum Young

    fake lol

  • Jay Towie

    Well done – Xbox really is the jewel in MS crown… Shame all other departments aren’t as successful as you!

    • aStrangeDisease

      You know that nearly every PC in the world uses Windows, right?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle

    ..and a partridge in a pear tree – but only for Gold subscribers

  • http://www.facebook.com/KyleGas2011 Kyle Austin

    See that’s y Xbox 360 is better then play station 3 at lease Xbox don’t get hacked almost 24/7 like pay station 3 lol

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle

      ironic that you call the PS3 a ‘Pay Station’ – deeply ironic

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1323575184 Rich Unsworth

        he just miss-spelled it – he spelled it right at the beginning of the sentence :)

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle

          considering ‘PlayStation’ ™ is one word – no he didn’t ;)

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Curtis-Isabell/1036013363 Curtis Isabell

      it’s funny because the xbox has been hacked a few times now, funny no one remembers the first/second year 360 was out and live was down xmas till like feb.

      • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

        I believe you are referring to the Christmas of 2007 when we had a rough month (late November to Late December.) That was as a result of back end issues. It had nothing to do with the service being hacked or any type of malicious activity.
        Also, LIVE was not down until February. That was a one time issue that we consider unfortunate.
        Let me recap: That was one major outage. As as result of internal issues.

  • fsdfg dsfds

    Millions and millions of RROD + DVD failures = new consoles

  • http://twitter.com/AR_ASSAULT Promethean Knight

    ya all that friggin money and you cant even make gold cheaper….

    • http://twitter.com/karlcramer Karl Cramer

      Plenty of sales if you keep your eyes open. Newegg was just selling 1-years for $40.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Curtis-Isabell/1036013363 Curtis Isabell

        PSN is free, or you can pay $50 and get free games for a year… yep I know which one is better.

        • QuixoticRocket

          The one that didn’t release my credit card details in a giant hack on their network?

          • fantomena

            You do know everything can be hacked, right?

          • QuixoticRocket

            Yeah, but only one has been so far.
            I’ll reevaluate when the other one is too, but until then…

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Curtis-Isabell/1036013363 Curtis Isabell

            you are a complete idiot if you think the xbox network wasn’t hacked before, it was hacked like the year 360 released, the media just never made a big deal out of it.

          • QuixoticRocket

            Interesting. Got a link for that?
            Was the hack as bad as the PS hack? did they get right down to the payment details?
            Also: PSN did have my creditcard details when they got hacked. Xbox hasn’t been hacked (afaik) since it’s had my details. That makes me a bit biased I’ll freely admit.

          • fantomena

            The Xbox 360 was hacked just months before it was released so people could play pirated games on it.

          • QuixoticRocket

            That’s not the network though is it?

    • fsdfg dsfds

      Next gen if they still charging for online play im gone

  • Yi Xu

    Still waiting for the stat on XBLA DLC sales. I wonder what those wonderful Deal of the Week, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales were. :)

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