October 2008 NPD Results

On November 13, 2008, in Sales, by Jeff Rivera

Once again, the NPD comes rolling in and some of the numbers are pretty solid. The 360 definitely benefited from its price drop, and the Wii is just insane. It looks like the 360 is still the place to be for multiplatform titles. Here are the numbers.

Hardware

  1. Nintendo Wii – 803,000
  2. Nintendo DS – 491,000
  3. Xbox 360 – 371,000
  4. Sony PSP – 193,000
  5. PlayStation 3 – 190,000
  6. PlayStation 2 – 136,000
Software
  1. Fable 2 (Xbox 360) – 790,000
  2. Wii Fit (Wii) – 487,000
  3. Fallout 3 (360) – 375,000
  4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – 290,000
  5. Wii Play (Wii) – 282,000
  6. Saint’s Row 2 (360) – 270,000
  7. SOCOM: Confontation (PS3) – 231,000
  8. LittleBigPlanet (PS3) – 215,000
  9. NBA 2k9 (360) – 202,000
  10. Dead Space (360) – 193,000
360 (5), Wii (3), PS3 (2)
 
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  • Curtass

    Screw the Wii. Other than the occasional round of Tiger Woods, my Wii is just collecting dust. These family-oriented games that keep coming out just aren’t cutting it.

    My hands are tied, though, with the plethora of solid 360 games coming out.

  • Matt

    I agree. When my brother had one the games were awful the only cool thing about it was the virtual arcade. As for PS3 sure they’re dropping the price on it but taking out features along the way and losing exclusives one by one.

  • http://stupidgamer.com Jeff Rivera

    Well, I actually have more games for the Wii than I do the PS3, so it’s kind of sad to say, but I think the Wii is a more viable console than the PS3. If a game is multiplatform, I’m always going with the 360 version due to a much better online experience, so by default the PS3 is only used for console exclusives.

    Nintendo gets enough quirky games worth playing on the Wii (Elebits, Trauma Center, Boom Blox, etc.) to justify it as a second console. Add in the must own Nintendo games (Galaxy, Brawl, Prime, etc.) and you have a good system. Yes, the 360 is the one to own if you only have one console, but the Wii offers plenty in regards to a secondary console.

    I like my PS3, but it’s definitely the GameCube of this generation.

  • Curtass

    Jeff you are right, the Wii does have some legitimate games, and it undoubtedly will in the future. But how many of the games you listed were released in the last six months or so? None. I have played all of the must-haves and they are beatable within 20 hours. I am still waiting for that 50+ hour RPG or that addicting sports title.

    Perhaps I have too much time on my hands…

  • http://stupidgamer.com Jeff Rivera

    You’re right. The Wii has had a terrible drought as of late. Right now there are only a small handful of games on the system that have me interested, with Punch-Out!! being the most notable.



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