NPD December 2012

This the NPD data for December 2012, which covers the sales for November 25 through December 29, 2012 in the United States. The gaming industry generated $3.21 billion^[1].

Video game revenues[]

Total sales: $3.21 billion (-22%)
Hardware sales: $1.07 billion (-20%)
Software sales: $1.54 billion (-26%)
- Including PC retail software: $1.58 billion (-27%)
Accessory sales: $560 million (-14%)

Hardware sales[]

Xbox 360 - 1.4 million
3DS - 1.25 million
PS3 Between 600k and 650k
Wii - 475k
DS - 470k
Wii U - 460k
PS Vita - Between 210k and 225k
PSP - < 50K

Top software sales[]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)
Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3)
Halo 4 (360)
Assassin's Creed 3 (360, PS3, Wii U, PC)
Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)
Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC)
NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
Skylanders Giants (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U)
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U, 3DS, PSP)

By Revenue[]

In 2024, Circana updated their historical data and released updated top 20 charts for each month from 2010 through 2023. This includes digital revenue from members of the Digital Leader Panel.^[2]

*means no Digital Data

** means no data from certain storefronts such as Battle.net

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Assassin's Creed III
Just Dance 4
Halo 4
Far Cry 3
Madden NFL 13
Skylanders: Giants
NBA 2K13
New Super Mario Bros. U*
FIFA Soccer 13
Need for Speed: Most Wanted: A Criterion Game
New Super Mario Bros. 2*
Hitman: Absolution
Epic Mickey 2
LEGO Lord of the Rings
Pokémon: Black 2/ White 2
WWE '13
NCAA Football 13
Paper Mario: Sticker Star*
Angry Birds Trilogy

Monthly sales[]

Halo 4
New Super Mario Bros. U - 337k
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified (Bundle) - 171,000

Lifetime sales[]

Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 5 million
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) - 1.45 million
New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) - 580K

External links[]

NPD/Circana sales figures

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[1] ttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/call-of-duty-dominates-an-awful-2012-for-us-retail

[2] ttps://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/npd-circana-2012-full-year-results-discussion-thread.2066/

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