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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. I doubt the 360 will be ahead. by webmaster404 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    At least here in the US, it is a challenge to find a Wii, most places are sold out of them I have only seen one when I was looking around in tech stores and the discount stores (Wal-Mart etc.) are sold out of them too, 360s are found in almost all of the stores same with Halo 3, lots of boxes, sure the Wii hasn't had a "Killer Hit" yet like the 360 has with Halo 3 but the games that are released are fun to play and with Brawl and Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn coming this winter, I would imagine that Wii sales will be way up this Christmas season, also, Nintendo is making a killing with the Virtual Console, something that still makes sales go up because there still will be games available for purchase that you won't be able to get for the 360 and PS3. Nintendo has exclusive first party titles that are strong, the PS3 and 360 really don't have as much, and I for one welcome our new Wii masters.

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  2. Re:I wonder... by trdrstv · · Score: 0, Redundant

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

    Yes it does. Thank you Capt. Obvious.