3.2 million Wiis save holidaysTop 10 software and hardware salesThe NPD numbers could have the gaming industry closing out the year on a high note, but Divnich cautions investors not to expect a repeat performance for 2009."Currently, EEDAR expects high single-digit increases for software sales in 2009," Divnich said. "We believe that there exists a significant amount of upside to these figures but that will vary widely depending on hardware pricing and the Nintendo Wii's momentum." EEDAR projected top 10 US 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 Tags: Sales, hardware, software, NPD Group Inc., Nintendo Co. Ltd.
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