Game Boy Advance "almost a stocking-stuffer"

Nooch has posted a few November sales figs for the various consoles, sourced from the NPD Group, some weighty analysts who specialise in games market data (they're good, too, from experience).

Nooch says:

Let's start with hardware. Keep in mind, these numbers are influenced strongly by supply (or the lack thereof) for certain machines. Judge for yourself -- at least for now -- how much influence price and demographics are having.

1.    Nintendo DS: 918,000 units.
2.    PlayStation 2: 664,000.
3.    Game Boy Advance: 641,000.
4.    Xbox 360: 511,000.
5.    Wii: 476,000.
6.    PlayStation Portable: 412,000.
7.    PlayStation 3: 197,000.

These must be worldwide sales - almost half a mill PSPs shifted in November? That's pretty impressive, really.

NPD analyst Anita Frazier noted that the GBA number is particularly impressive because there's almost nothing in the way of high-profile new games that are exclusive for the device.

"It's just got to be that great price (at $50 less than the next lowest priced  system) that is making [the GBA] almost a stocking stuffer,'' said Frazier.

My DS is being used exclusively to play Fire Emblem and Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones at the moment, both GBA carts; I'm not playing any stylus games at the moment. Got any to recommend?

Comments

[bunnyhero]

i'm pretty sure NPD only reports north american sales, so these would be north american numbers.

[Rod Oracheski]

Who the hell is still buying the PS2? Doesn't everyone have at least one by now?

[Eric]

You should try Final Fantasy 3 for the DS. That is what I've been playing. Pretty good so far.

[Gameboy Advance Gamer]

I can't believe the Gameboy Advance is still selling lol. Good to know