360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales

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!

[machinecraig]

Sounds like MS can keep their lead as long as they release a Halo-class game every month! If only they had thought of that sooner!

Re:I wonder...

[sho222]

but I wonder if the Wii's availability is playing into effect of how hard the system is to find?

Did you think about that statement before writing it?

Microsoft will win next generation

[JeremyGNJ]

Microsoft is in a great position to WIN the next generation of gaming consoles.

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.

Re:Wow so

[Endo13]

the ps2 is outselling the ps3 at almost 2:1? Wouldn't this be like the gamecube outselling the wii or the xbox outselling the xbox360?

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.

Re:Great news for MS!

[b96miata]

Paid for themselves? Are you making money off your consoles?

Re:Troll huh

[zsouthboy]

We're going through puberty, you insensitive clod!

Re:Nintendo will win next generation

[lonesome_coder]

Oh yes, and Nintendo has never made mistakes in the past. Right?

Nope, Virtual Boy was the sh*t. *runs*

Re:Great news for MS!

[Burning1]

He's counting the money he saved by playing video games rather than going out on dates. ; )

Re:The Real Story

[elrous0]

n the other hand the PS3 has reached very little toward market saturation as its current 5 million units is less than 5% of the reasonable expectation,

Uh, you think the PS3 selling over 100 million units is a "reasonable expectation?" Are you on frakkin drugs?