360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales 309
GameDaily has the NPD numbers for September, and they're impressive if only because for the first time in months Nintendo isn't dominating the top of every list. Total sales across the industry hit $1.36 billion (a 74% bump over last year), mostly fueled by Halo 3 sales. The game (across all skus) sold some 3.3 million units, while Xbox 360 platforms hit about 528,000 units sold last month. Ironically, the Wii had its second best month ever and the DS sold big numbers thanks to Phantom Hourglass. "Nintendo's Wii, despite not really having any significant new software releases, was close behind with 501K units sold. The DS handheld also did quite well, selling another 495.8K. Looking at Sony's platforms, the PS3 sold just 119.4K units, while the surging PSP sold 284.5K and the PS2 maintained healthy sales at 215K." The piece also offers up analysis from an NPD researcher, who feels Microsoft is likely to maintain some good momentum through the holidays.
Great news for MS! (Score:5, Funny)
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Did you think about that statement before writing it?
Microsoft will win next generation (Score:1, Funny)
This generation couldnt have played out better for them. Sony made all the proper mistakes to allow XBox to reign supreme, and the success of the Wii is a blessing in disguise, because it gives microsoft....ideas!
XBox has the best name recognition now for "modern gaming" amoung both techies, because of all the successful mod'ing, and more casual users because of Microsoft's excellent marketing. The fact that the Wii was so successful only means that Microsoft now has a new target in casual gamers. Already they've announced the "XBox arcade Version" to target casual users.
Microsoft Next-Gen: Our console does everything in a familiar interface. We have a TON of downloadable games, both free and micro-payment versions. Oh and one more little thing.....our new motion-sensitive remotes will work on your XBox AND your Windows PC.
Game over.
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Yeah.
And nobody thinks that's slightly odd for Sony?
Not really. Everyone's used to it by now. Been that way since about the second month after launch.
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