Oh Black Friday, how you make video game sales go through the roof! Nintendo sold 1.8m systems for the week ending November 29, while Microsoft and Sony combined to sell about 1.1m units. Americans spent $10 billion on Black Friday, a like me, a lot of American’s spent it on video games. Here are the sales and info for Black Friday. What did you guys spend on video games this year?
|
Platform |
11.29.2008 |
11.22.2008 |
Change |
|
Wii |
803,956 |
335,757 |
+139% |
|
DS |
909,294 |
295,766 |
+207% |
|
Xbox 360 |
477,956 |
190,250 |
+151% |
|
PSP |
254,618 |
86,236 |
+195% |
|
PS3 |
198,068 |
91,195 |
+117% |
|
PS2 |
163,305 |
52,642 |
+210% |
Year over year sales are similar to the chart above since a Black Friday week is being compared to a non-Black Friday week.
|
Platform |
11.29.2008 |
12.1.2007 |
Change |
|
Wii |
803,956 |
331,967 |
+142% |
|
DS |
909,294 |
505,486 |
+80% |
|
Xbox 360 |
477,956 |
212,036 |
+125% |
|
PSP |
254,618 |
170,660 |
+49% |
|
PS3 |
198,068 |
152,179 |
+30% |
|
PS2 |
163,305 |
153,590 |
+6% |
Comparing the Black Friday weeks reveals some interesting info though:
|
Platform |
Black Friday Week 08 |
Black Friday Week 07 |
BF/BF |
|
Wii |
803,956 |
440,804 |
+82% |
|
DS |
909,294 |
695,201 |
+31% |
|
Xbox 360 |
477,956 |
334,861 |
+43% |
|
PSP |
254,618 |
215,389 |
+18% |
|
PS3 |
198,068 |
175,137 |
+13% |
|
PS2 |
163,305 |
260,664 |
-37% |
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