Money Money Money Money, Mooonnaaayy

So I just saw the NPD numbers for hardware sales in the month of November. Sweet tap dancing baby these are ridiculous. Let's review:

Nintendo DS (1,530,000)
Wii (981,000)
Xbox 360 (770,000)
PlayStation Portable (567,000)
PlayStation 3 (466,000)
PlayStation 2 (496,000)

So, the DS outsold all of Sony's products combined and Nintendo outsold the combined efforts of Microsoft AND Sony. Essentially everyone is taking baths in their own money and lighting their cigars with $100 bills but on top of that Nintendo has one of those vaults out back filled with gold coins. I mean I'm pretty sure those guys are taking turns jumping in that vault Scrooge McDuck style (lol Duck Tales reference).

It's kind of insane to think that a little tiny system that everyone thought would be a miserable failure has managed to be a juggernaut in almost every territory it sells in. The Wii is starting to show the same promise of continued sales as the DS and it makes you wonder if the sales will ever slow down or if Nintendo will someday be the controlling company of the entire world.

It is no surprise to see MS in the middle of the pack but it is surprising to see all of Sony's hardware offerings in the bottom 3. I really did expect the PS2 to manage to outsell the Xbox 360 in the months right before Christmas. I am 100% curious to see how this whole business shakes out in December and January. It will be interesting to see if the PS2 can manage to pull back ahead of the Xbox 360 or if it is finally reaching the end of it's life cycle.