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NPD’s industry report has been released for November 2011, and despite a month filled with new releases and holiday price cuts, industry sales were flat at $3 billion compared to $2.99 billion year-over-year.

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Microsoft seemed rather pleased with the NPD figures for November, citing the move of 819.5K units and calling it the “best-ever November in Xbox 360 history”, repeatedly.

The Seattle giant was also pleased with Modern Warfare 2 selling 4.2 million units on the console beating out the PS3 version by more than two-to-one.

It also brought up the fact that more than 5.2 million multiplayer hours on XBL were logged playing Modern Warfare 2 on the first day alone – which scrambles our brain to be honest.

Xbox 360 also led games sales in November, with four of the top ten console games with third party titles selling “more on Xbox 360 last month than on the other current generation platforms combined.”

Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, and Dragon Age: Origins rounded out 360 versions on the NPD top ten and it was the company’s “best-ever November for game sales, reaching $514 million in total sales”.

Consumers also spent a whopping $838 million on 360 hardware, software and accessories, adding to the stellar month for Microsoft.

Chart Get’s published some awesome graphs on November’s NPD data, involving colour, lines that go up and down, and data for the past 12 months as well as the last set.

Matt Matthews – raise your game. Perfect forum ammunition.

Matt Matthews’ relentless NPD analysis continues, with his latest Gamasutra feature carrying with the usual dump of graphs, words and numbers.

We’re almost at the full year, so this is a good one to watch. We’re sure there’s a page through there without a graph on it, however. We’ll let it go this time, Matt.

According to this Gamasutra report, LittleBigPlanet sold a meagre 141,000 units in America in November. The game failed to reach NPD’s top 20 last month.

Sales for what Sony had previously predicted would be “the biggest title for Sony in all markets this year” were 215,000 in October.

Gama’s also posted up the top 20 for November, filling out the top ten released as standard by NPD.

The larger chart shows swift drop-off for both Fable II and Fallout 3 compared to their high positions last month, and an eleventh place for Wii Music.

NPD’s put out its top PC games for the US last month, with Lich King surprising no one at the top.

As the data-gatherer pointed out yesterday, the game sold 1.4 million units in November.

Top ten below. Thanks, Shacknews.

1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $36 (Average)
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector’s Ed. / Blizzard / $50 (Average)
3. Call Of Duty: World At War / Treyarch / $50 (Average)
4. Spore / EA Maxis / $48 (Average)
5. Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $49 (Average)
6. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $34 (Average)
7. The Sims 2 Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)
8. Left 4 Dead / Valve / $48 (Average)
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $21(Average)
10. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 / EA LA / $49 (Average)

One word: Wii. The Nintendo machine is peaking so hard it’s as though it’s been greedy with the after-dinner blotters. The only way is down, Nintendo. The soul-searching in the mirror. The burst veins in the lips. The crumbling, acid-ravaged hole in the gut. Or is it?

Here’s what happened at American retail in November. It’s got nothing to do with class A drugs. Or has it?

• November NPD: Wii sells over 2 million consoles to blitz hardware race
• November NPD: Gears of War 2 pips CoD to number one
• November NPD: US industry nears $3 billion, up 10%
• November NPD: Wrath of the Lich King sells 1.4 million
• November NPD: Biggest American month ever for 360, says Microsoft
• November NPD: Nintendo claims record sales in the US, Wii now over 15 million
• November NPD: Sony focuses on year-to-date growth in post-figures release

While Gears of War 2 led console software sales in the last night’s November NPD, house analyst Anita Frazier did make one mention of a PC game – Wrath of the Lich King did quite well at retail in the US last month.

“We would be remiss not to point out the strength of PC game sales this month as lead by the release of the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack,” she said.

“Wrath of the Lich King sold over 1.4 million units in the US during its debut month at retail.”

For the console sales figures, hit this.

Microsoft’s post-NPD statement last night claimed that November was the biggest ever month for Xbox 360 in the US, “with record games, console sales and online momentum”.

Recent PS3-bashing continued from the firm, with Microsoft’s press release saying 360 was “continuing to widen its installed base lead over the PS3″ and had “outsold PS3 and PS2 combined” in November.

“We’ve created the optimal line-up of experiences this holiday season for families seeking lasting entertainment value, particularly during rough economic times in the U.S. and abroad,” said Don Mattrick, Microsoft entertainment boss.

“We have the largest library of games, TV and movie content and the most expansive and rewarding social experiences. We’re confident Xbox 360 will continue to drive record sales around the world this holiday and beyond.”

Full thing after the break.

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Nintendo, unsurprisingly, focused squarely on hardware sales in its post-NPD statement last night, claiming that Wii sales in excess of 2 million units are a new record in the US for a non-December month.

Wii has now sold 15.4 million units in America, said the company. DS is now on 24.6 million.

“Nintendo’s record-breaking sales demonstrate that consumers are looking for the best value not only among video games, but also among all entertainment options,” said NoA marketing boss Cammie Dunaway.

“Shoppers are looking for gifts that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and Nintendo provides an incomparable range of experiences that gets the whole family involved.”

Full thing after the break.

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Sony led with the fact PS3 sales have grown 60 percent in the year-to-date in the US following the release of NPD figures last night.

PlayStation family hardware sales hit 1 million in November, said the firm.

Other bullets:

• Year-to-date (Jan-Nov), the PlayStation brand generated more than 5 billion in revenue, representing an 11% growth year-to-date.
• PlayStation total hardware revenue was $261 million in November, representing a year-to-date growth of 9%.
• PlayStation total software revenue in November was $352 million, representing a year-to-date growth of 16%.

Full thing after the break.

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The American games industry showed a 10 percent increase overall in November over the previous year, rising to $2.91 billion.

For the year to date, US retail stands at $16.04 billion compared to $13.14 billion in 2007, 22 percent ahead year-on-year.

Hardware sales rose 10 percent to $1.21 billion last month, with software sales up 11 percent to $1.45 billion.

Even peripheral sales were up, rising 7 percent to $255.4 million.

Gears of War 2 was the biggest selling game in the US last month, with more than 1.5 million units sold.

Call of Duty: World at War came a close second with 1.4 million sales, the two games far beyond Wii Play with 800,000 in third place and Wii Fit with 700,000 at fourth.

The top ten:

1. Gears of War 2 (Epic, Xbox 360) – 1.56 million
2. Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, Xbox 360) – 1.41 million
3. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 796,000
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 697,000
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 637,000
6. Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, PS3) – 597,000
7. Guitar Hero World Tour (Vicarious Visions, Wii) – 475,000
8. Left 4 Dead (Valve, Xbox 360) – 410,000
9. Resistance 2 (Insomniac, PS3) – 385,000
10. Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) – 297,000

Wii sold over 2 million units last month, according to NPD figures, while 360 outsold PS3 by more than 2:1.

DS beat 1.5 million units. It’s all go. Figures in full below.

• PlayStation 2 – 206K
• PlayStation 3 – 378K
• PSP – 421K
• Xbox 360 – 836K
• Wii – 2.04 million
• DS – 1.57 million