December NPD: DS clear winner as 360 outsells PS3 2:1

The December 2008 NPD hardware results are in and as the analysts predicted Nintendo had a great month, but it was in fact DS and not Wii that sold over 3 million units.

However, as anticipated, 360 has outsold PS3 by a ratio of 2:1.

The results are as follows:

• Nintendo DS 3.04 million
• Wii 2.15 million
• Xbox 360 1.44 million
• PlayStation Portable 1.02 million
• PlayStation 3 726K
• PlayStation 2 410K

Software sales for December 08 can be found here whereas software sales for the whole year can be found here.

By Mike Bowden