NPD numbers for November

**blackiee2002** · 12-15-2003

Wow

GCN 1,325,108
ps2 1,123,167
Xbox 775,897
GBA 2,124,690

The NPD Group released its Funworld TRSTS data for November this afternoon.
Overall sales came in at $763.9 million, compared to our $760 million
forecast. Sales were up over the $713 million reported last November by
7.2%. We had forecast an increase of 6.6%.

Individual company results were as follows:

Acclaim (AKLM--Hold): $7.5 million vs. our $9 million forecast. The
company's Gladiator title sold through poorly, with only 5,500 units sold.

Activision (ATVI--Buy and Focus List): $71 million vs. our $50 million
forecast. Tony Hawk's Underground sold an impressive 550,000 units vs. our
400,000 unit estimate, while True Crime sold an even more impressive 600,000
units compared to our 300,000 unit estimate.

Electronic Arts (ERTS--Hold): $172 million vs. our $135 million estimate.
Medal of Honor sold 580,000 units, Need for Speed sold 525,000 units, and
Lord of the Rings sold 400,000 units. The company also had another strong
performance from its sports titles.

Midway (MWY--Hold): $7.5 million vs. our $10 million estimate. SpyHunter 2
sold only 13,000 units, compared to our 20,000 unit forecast

Take-Two (TTWO--Buy and Focus List): $44 million vs. our $40 million
estimate. The Grand Theft Auto double packs dominated, with over 680,000
total GTA units sold. Manhunt came in at 75,000 units, compared to our
80,000 unit forecast, while Max Payne 2 for Xbox sold a modest 28,000 units
in its first three days.

THQ (THQI--Buy): $56 million vs. our $57 million estimate. WWE sold another
236,000 units, compared to our 300,000 unit estimate. The company had 49
titles sell over 10,000 units, compared with our estimate of 40
games
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it seems Ninty buried both sony and microsoft, but we all know y. parents will always buy the cheapest thing out there regardless of quality. just wait till the holidays are over and we will truly find out how they are faring. good numbers all around thoug

**LiquidX** · 12-15-2003

I see a lot of unhappy children who asked for an xbox but got a gamecube... oh well. There are some good games for the cube too. I personally was gonna get one on balck friday but there are too many xbox games I want and not enough I would want for the gamecube.

**monster1234** · 12-15-2003

Man, that's not good for Xbox.

**blackiee2002** · 12-15-2003

[I see a lot of unhappy children who asked for an xbox but got a gamecube... oh well. There are some good games for the cube too. I personally was gonna get one on balck friday but there are too many xbox games I want and not enough I would want for the gamecube.]

i couldn't have said it better. excellent! but i believe that is soo to change when 2004 begins the exclusives xbox has is gonna make people go nuts. u just wait