The results are in for December, and the winner is… Nintendo! Sales across the board were up 28% this month from last year, which means that no company walked home a loser. However, Nintendo actually managed to set a record for the most successful holiday season in the history of this business.

US Software (December)
# Name (System) Sales
1. Gears of War (Xbox 360) 815,700
2. Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) 805,200
3. Madden NFL 2007 (PS2) 737,100
4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN) 532,900
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) 519,200
6. WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 (PS2) 484,500
7. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 427,500
8. Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360) 410,800
9. Yoshi’s Island DS (DS) 407,200
10. Call of Duty 3 (PS2) 365,300

US Hardware (December)
DSL/DS - 1,600,000 (9,123,000)
PS2 - 1,400,000 (37,087,000)
Xbox360 - 1,100,000 (4,500,000)
PSP - 953,200 (6,663,200)
GBA/SP/M - 850,700 (34,974,700)
Wii - 604,200 (1,080,200)
PS3 - 490,700 (687,700)

In addition, the top software titles of the year have been updated:

US Software (2006)
# Name (System) Sales
1. Madden NFL 2007 (PS2) 2,800,000
2. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 2,000,000
3. Gears of War (Xbox 360) 1,800,000
4. Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2) 1,700,000
5. Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) 1,300,000
6. Final Fantasy XII (PS2) 1,300,000
7. Brain Age (DS) 1,100,000
8. Madden NFL 2007 (Xbox 360) 1,000,000
9. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Xbox 360) 1,000,000
10. NCAA Football 2007 (PS2) 1,000,000

These are some great results, especially in the hardware area. It’ll be interesting to see what happens over the next year as Wii supplies become more abundant. Anyone care to place any bets?