December 2008 NPD sales data coverage: November 30 to January 3, 2008. Released on January 15, 2009. The United States video game industry saw considerable growth in December 2008, with nearly all consoles achieves sales increases over the same period last year. In what appears to be a regular occurrence, Nintendo performed well as a company as the Wii moved 2.15 million units in the holiday month. Some analysts were expecting the Wii to break the PS2 sales record month of 2.7 million from December 2002, but it appears stock issues again hindered the Wii. The Nintendo DS picked up momentum and sold 3.04 million, an astonishing number for its fifth December.