Official September sales numbers (360 takes it, PS3 falling further)

[Dire]

Hardware Unit Sales - Changes over August in parenthesis
Xbox 360 527.8K (+251.1k)
Wii 501K (+98.6k)
Nintendo DS 495.8K (+112.5k)
PlayStation Portable 284.5K (+133.3k)
PlayStation 2 215K (+13k)
PlayStation 3 119.4K (-11.2k)
Game Boy Advance 75K (+5.5k)

Software Sales
1. 360 HALO 3* 3.3 million
2. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 282K
3. NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS 224K
4. PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 205K
5. 360 SKATE 175K
6. 360 MADDEN NFL 08 173K
7. WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION 167K
8. 360 BIOSHOCK 150K
9. NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES 141K
10. PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD 139K

Numbers from NPD

[Dire]

An incredible jump for the 360 into first fueled by Halo 3. The Wii doesn't seem to be slowing down either as it also has its best month ever. The PS3 continues to fall in the same month Heavenly Sword is released.

Next month will be critical for the PS3 and the 360. The $400 stripped down PS3 package could potentially provide a much needed boost to PS3 sales as it gets closer in price to the 360. Just as important will be to see if the 360 can maintain its momentum provided by Halo 3, or if it will just be a short term boost. And of course there's the Wii, which just continues to sell units at a phenomenal pace - but Wii games aren't selling nearly as well. Will this change as we get closer to the holidays?

[Freakin]

You know it's bad when the last gen console is outselling the current-gen by almost 2:1.

And I agree that 360 numbers aren't terribly relevant this month cause of Halo

[Shoe]

It will be intresting to see if the xbox can sustain those numbers. Halo definitely gave them a huge bump, and there were some great TV + Xbox + Halo deals out there that I'm sure increase their sales as well (I got a 50" TV, xbox elite + halo for about $1100, it was basically a free xbox if I bought the TV, i paid an extra $100 to get the elite). I have no idea how many xbox's were sold through deals like these, but I'm sure there were a lot that might otherwise not have been sold. Mine was through best buy and that sale lasted several days.

I'm not trying to take anything away from the 360 here, I think it is a great console and hope it continues to do well.

I also would love to see how many wii's could be sold in a month if the supply problem didn't exist. They continue to sell out as soon as they hit the shelves. Simply amazing.

[g-bebe]

why was Heavenly Sword expected to turn the PS3 around? I played 25 minutes of the game in an ebgames store and it was horrible. Nothing new or exciting about it.

[Shoe]

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why was Heavenly Sword expected to turn the PS3 around? I played 25 minutes of the game in an ebgames store and it was horrible. Nothing new or exciting about it.

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I'm surprised it made the top 10. I didn't even know there were 139k people that have already bought a PS3 [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[TheSalche]

Basically no way for xbox to sustain numbers that high for Oct/Nov. But obviously there will be a huge spike in December.

[wonderwes]

360 has outsold the ps3 for quite sometime. Why is this news? You didn't expect with the launch of Halo3 it would not skyrocket? The Wii outsells everyone yet by many of us has the least attractive gaming lineup. People buy what they want. Just because everyone is doing it, does not mean we should all conform and buy a 360.

Buy what you feel like playing on.

Again to you Dire I ask you, can you make any relevant posts? Ever Eva Ever?

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Basically no way for xbox to sustain numbers that high for Oct/Nov. But obviously there will be a huge spike in December.

[/ QUOTE ]well, MS did just throw in 2 games with the Pro bundle. Surely that will help with holiday sales.

The PS3 also has a lower price for the newest edition, the one that doesn't play PS2 games(Weeeeeee!)

[Dudd]

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360 has outsold the ps3 for quite sometime. Why is this news? You didn't expect with the launch of Halo3 it would not skyrocket? The Wii outsells everyone yet by many of us has the least attractive gaming lineup. People buy what they want. Just because everyone is doing it, does not mean we should all conform and buy a 360.

Buy what you feel like playing on.

Again to you Dire I ask you, can you make any relevant posts? Ever Eva Ever?

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This is a pertinent post about the business side of video games. If you don't enjoy these posts and prefer to simply discuss the games that come out, why would you click on a thread that is clearly about sales numbers?