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Although Halo 3 only came out in late September its effect on the hardware and software sales was immense. According to the NPD figures in September the 360 pushed the Nintendo consoles aside and climbed to the top spot in the US. It will also be interesting to see September and October in Europe where we had the Halo 3 launch and then the PS3 price cut.
As for the software sales the 360 wins hands down with 4 titles in the top 10. People who bought the Wii are simply not buying any games for it even though the installed base is bigger than the 360’s. Only two titles in the top 10 and one of those two is Wii play which is an extra Wii remote with minigames.
NPD Hardware Sales in the US in September (total)
Microsoft Xbox 360: 527.8K (6.8 million total)
Nintendo Wii: 501K (4.5 million total)
Nintendo DS: 495.8K (13.2 million total)
Sony PlayStation 2: 215K (39.3 million total)
Sony PSP: 284.5K (8.6 million total)
Sony PlayStation 3: 119.4K (1.87 million total)
Software sales in the US in September
1. Halo 3 (all three SKUs - Xbox 360) – 3.3 million
2. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) – 282K
3. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) – 224K
4. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) – 205K
5. Skate (Xbox 360) – 175K
6. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360) – 173K
7. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) – 167K
8. BioShock (Xbox 360) – 150K
9. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS) – 141K
10. Heavenly Sword (PS3) – 139K
