NPD October 2008

[RobertR1]

HW Sales
Hardware Unit Sales
Oct-08
PlayStation 2 136K
PlayStation 3 190K
PSP 193K
Xbox 360 371K
Wii 803K
Nintendo DS 491K

Top 10 SW
Publisher Release Date Rank # Units
360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K
360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K
360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K
PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K
PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K
360 NBA 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) Oct-08 9 202K
360 DEAD SPACE ELECTRONIC ARTS Oct-08 10 193K


Edit:

Wii Music - 81K
GHWT (all SKUS) - 534K
RB2 (LTD) - 600K

 

[tirminyl]

Wow Wii and Fable. 360 is pushing a lot of software.

 

[iceberg187]

Wii just destroyed the PS2's record for October sales
360 caught up to the PS3 YTD
PS3 needs a price drop that it likely isn't going to get

 

[DuckThor Evil]

I was hoping little more for dead Space, but I quess the competition was pretty stiff...

The Wii sales have reached ridiculous amounts... I'm speechless really.

 

[obonicus]

Surprising SOCOM numbers, I don't think anyone expected that. Good to see Saint's Row there. And great Fable 2 numbers.

Because I was curious how software compared last October, year over year numbers, for Oct 2007:
Wii - 519,000
Nintendo DS - 458,000
Xbox 360 - 366,000
PSP - 286,000
PlayStation 2 - 184,000
PlayStation 3- 121,000

1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 433,800
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Xbox 360, Neversoft/Activision) - 383,200
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Wii, Neversoft/Vicarious Visions/Activision) - 286,300
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) 271.1K
5. Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS, Nintendo) - 262,800
6. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 239,700
7. The Orange Box (Xbox 360, Valve/EA) - 238,400
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) - 231,700
9. FIFA Soccer '80 (PlayStation 2, EA) - 129,700
10. Brain Age 2 (DS, Nintendo) - 116,900

Sorta shocked not to see Guitar Hero figure at all, and that Rock Band also didn't feature.

 

[AlNom]

mm.... good for Fable II. I wonder if high sales will continue for it.

Doesn't seem like Dead Space is doing as hot though, with the 360 version being at #10 and 193K - still, respectable numbers for a new IP. Any chance of getting numbers for the game on other platforms? Or a top 20?

 

[tirminyl]

Surprising SOCOM numbers, I don't think anyone expected that.

I really wasn't expecting SOCOM to chart either. I am very curious about the download numbers as well. I wish Sony would release those. The only numbers I have ever seen were Burnout numbers EA released for PSN.

 

[RobertR1]

Hardware:
WTF at Wii sales, yet again.... wow Nintendo
Poor PS3 sales
Great 360 sales

Software:
yay! Fable2. You deserve your rise to the heavens!
Surprised to see Dead Space make the list
LBP sales are good considering delay + early leak in a lot of places
GH:WT BOMBA!
Where is Motorstorm?

 

[ErnstH]

I expected higher sales from Fallout, given that they shipped 4.7m worldwide (all platforms). There should be enough copies around in stores then, I guess.

 

[obonicus]

Hardware:
WTF at Wii sales, yet again.... wow Nintendo
Poor PS3 sales
Great 360 sales

Software:
yay! Fable2. You deserve your rise to the heavens!
Surprised to see Dead Space make the list
LBP sales are good considering delay + early leak in a lot of places
GH:WT BOMBA!
Where is Motorstorm?

Motorstorm was launched Oct 28 in NA, according to wiki.

 

[eastmen]

Just three things to note.

1)in two months the 360 has taken back the lead sony was able to make ytd in the npd.
2)Fable did really well considering alot of people wrote it off due to launching a week before fallout 3.
3)WTF is fallout 3 for the ps3 ?


Oh and wtf at 803k wiis . Damn

 

[AlNom]

Oh and wtf at 803k wiis . Damn

How well are third party software sales doing for the Wii Everytime I see the lists, it's almost always Nintendo for the top 10.

 

[obonicus]

As to Fallout 3 on the PS3, it's probably like Mercenaries 2 for the PS3, charted in at about half the numbers as the 360 version, and just off the chart at 11 or 12.

Again, does anyone have access to numbers beyond 10?

As for third party sales on the Wii... well, consider that last October, the 10th place was 110k. This year it's 190k. There's plenty of space to do well but not spectacularly, particularly for low-budget games.

Edit: For that matter, I wonder if Saints Row 2 PS3 sold proportionately, or if it did worse because the first game was a 360 exclusive.

 

[Squilliam]

Will this ratio carry through November/December?

Edit: Didn't Fallout 3 release at the end of the month anyway? So thats likely just one week of sales.

 

[obonicus]

Will this ratio carry through November/December?

Edit: Didn't Fallout 3 release at the end of the month anyway? So thats likely just one week of sales.

Not even a week. Wiki says 28th, again. This is probably just preorder stuff.

 

[DeadlyNinja]

Am I the only one not surprised by GHWT bombing? 180 bucks for a game in this economy!? I could buy 3 or more games for 180 bucks.

 

[AlNom]

People didn't just want the game what with all the guitars they probably own?

 

[RancidLunchmeat]

Isn't that horrible sales for LBP that was (yet another) supposed to be a PS3 system seller?

And it continues to stun me that nobody can make anything worth buying for the Wii.

 

[22psi]

LBP numbers. How many days was it counted in NPD?

 

[iceberg187]

360 is the only platform with 3rd party sales