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360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales

Posted by Zonk on from the back-on-top-for-about-a-week dept.

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.

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  1. Great news for MS! by machinecraig · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

    1. Re:Great news for MS! by b96miata · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    2. Re:Great news for MS! by Burning1 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. Re:I wonder... by sho222 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?