The NPD Group has just released sales data for December 2006, and there are a whole lot of surprises.
Here are the overall top 10 best-selling videogames for December 2006:
Gears of War - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
Guitar Hero 2 Bundle- PS2 (Activision)
Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - GCN (Nintendo)
Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii (Nintendo)
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 - PS2 (THQ)
New Super Mario Bros. - NDS (Nintendo)
Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision)
Yoshi's Island 2 - NDS (Nintendo)
Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision)
Now, here are the overall top 10 best-selling videogames for the entirety of 2006:
Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
New Super Mario Bros. - NDS (Nintendo)
Gears of War - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
Kingdom Hearts II - PS2 (Square Enix)
Guitar Hero 2 Bundle- PS2 (Activision)
Final Fantasy XII - PS2 (Square Enix)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain - NDS (Nintendo)
Madden NFL 07 - Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts)
Tom Clancy's GRAW - Xbox 360 (UbiSoft)
NCAA Football 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
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Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.
Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.
I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers
Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.
Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.
Gears of War ranked 1st(obviously) next are PS2 all randomly across the board. it still has a whole lot of life left. looks like big brother(PS2) will have to work a little bit longer before little brother(PS3) is ready to step up.
""We don't have to change the Xbox 360 at all," he said, holding a glass of red wine."
My God, I think that's a burn.
Can someone explain why Call of Duty 3 for the 360 is listed twice?
Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision)
Yoshi's Island 2 - NDS (Nintendo)
Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision)
Seems something got screwed up.
-- ..."Now, here are the overall top 10 best-selling videogames for the entirety of 2006:
Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)...--"
Go Madden go.
When I bought Lost planet last night there was 2 guys in line with brand new ps2's. I asked one of the guy why and he said it was his 4th ps2, but he loves it so much he would buy 100 if he had too. I asked him about the PS3 because in my mind you could just pick that up and play old games with O.K. results. But he said he likes the rumble when he plays Maddedn. So I think the PS2 will live past 2008. just my opinion.