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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 Gravatron · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Isn't it a bit odd that Sony or MS have to release a major game to increase sales, but nintendo can sell on it's hype alone? I mean, the wii's game drought is worse than Sony's, but they still beat them in sales. And Poor MS can bring out game after game and still not catch up most weeks.

      I owned a wii, and sold it a few months later. It just wasn't as good a console as the hype made it out to be. My ps3 and 360, on the other hand, more than paid for themselves since I got them in the summer. Not being able to play galaxy or smash brothers hurts, but thats made up by the titles on the other two.

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

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

    3. Re:Great news for MS! by ArtDent · · Score: 5, Informative

      Seriously. And that's just in America. They'll need to do it every two weeks to win worldwide.

      What you just heard was the sound of Microsoft rather unimpressively blowing its load.

      They just released what will probably be the biggest game ever on the console (or is there going to be a Halo 4?), and only managed to squeeze past Wii by 27,000 units (about 5%). And this in the 360's strongest territory.

      Worldwide, Wii outsold 360 in September, 1,075,000 to 735,000. The 360 managed to hold a lead over Wii for a mere two weeks and is now trailing again.

    4. Re:Great news for MS! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Ah, but if they did, your hipster-ism and built-in hatred of anything popular would then force you to hate that game! Then in a few years (once Halo became 'retro' enough to be cool again), you'd decry "too bad the masses latch on to MegaKill and not something so overrated, like Halo." Then you could adjust your tinted glasses and ironic t-shirt and move on to hating popular movies instead.

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    5. 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?
  3. Re:I wonder... by rizzo420 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    yes, people are still having a hard time finding it. none of the stores i've been in have it around here (target, walmart, best buy, etc). i don't shop at places like eb games or gamestop very often, so i don't know about them.

    i assume when you said

    but I wonder if the Wii's availability is playing into effect of how hard the system is to find? that you meant "is the wii's popularity playing into effect of how hard it is to find?" the answer to that question is an obvious "yes". the wii is loved by the elderly, the young, the middle aged, the hard core gamer, the casual gamer, while the 360 and PS3 are mostly for people looking for good graphics and games like halo 3.

    i was surprised to see that the PS2 had better sales than the PS3. that should say a lot to sony.
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  4. Tit for tat... by Aphrika · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Figures like this are expendable - just wait until you get the sales figures for Wii vs. 360 after Mario Galaxies is released...

  5. Re:Microsoft will win next generation by spxero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow.... just wow. The Wii's success is a blessing? I would say that's more of a curse, as Nintendo is not only making money on software sales, but on hardware sales as well. How much money is the 360 bringing in? Not as much, seeing as how the 360 is not going to be profitable until 2008. (And this is despite shipping and selling almost a year ahead of time)

    And with 8.19 Million units sold vs. the 360's 6.72 million units sold I think it's a little easier to tell who the winner is.

    Console mods for the 360 may be successful, but they're also being blocked from the main reason for having a 360.


    I hate responding to trolls like you, but come-freaking-on. Does it hurt to lie through your teeth like that?

  6. Re:Nintendo will win next generation by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You forget one crucial component:
    Nintendo will have the $249 next gen HD capable console (that will also be profitable) and compatible with the Wii and it's extensive install base.
    Nintendo will continue to have MORE ideas, and will poach the great ones from Microsoft as well.

    You think Microsoft will win because they can copy Nintendo?
    That's like saying Microsoft's Zune will win because they copied the iPod... and then the iPod Touch gets released. Oops.

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