The Real NPD Sept Sales Figures

Mr Men · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:00

msmalls74 said:
Possibly because it has the biggest and best games line up off any console out at the moment, and its also very cheap?

I would say the 360 games line up is way better than PS2, might have a larger catalogue of rubbish tho

Bengaboy · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:02

msmalls74 said:
Possibly because it has the biggest and best games line up off any console out at the moment, and its also very cheap?

Spose so. I just wouldnt be able to justify spending money on an old piece of kit , when you can buy a ps3 and have the whole shabang. Granted it costs quite a bit more , but i think its worth it.

KNiVES · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:14

Bengaboy said:
Spose so. I just wouldnt be able to justify spending money on an old piece of kit , when you can buy a ps3 and have the whole shabang. Granted it costs quite a bit more , but i think its worth it.

Cheap console with best games library or expensive console with nothing but crap games. Hmmm. Not much for the whole shebang really.

God of War 2 and Heavenly Sword both came out this year. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see which one is better. This is just a myriad of why the PS2 is trumping the PS3 for the time being.

JaFFa · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:40

Paranoid_Robot said:
What

I think I noticed that with the 3.3 million sales and why I said that the numbers were crazy (relating to Halo 3).

I was referring to "360 is looking really great in the USA at the moment." I thought you might think the sales figures for hardware were typical.

Scrutinize · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:16

Bengaboy said:
Spose so. I just wouldnt be able to justify spending money on an old piece of kit , when you can buy a ps3 and have the whole shabang. Granted it costs quite a bit more , but i think its worth it.

Parents buy the PS2 for the kids mainly as it still the primary kid friendly console with a large child friendly games lineup. Excellent as cheap B'day/xmas pressies.

It may be old but for 4/5/6 year olds etc its fine.

As for those figures..wow.

To me the defining point in sales figures will be when GTA4 is released on both consoles and the software sales figures are out for both formats. Such a massively popular game will give a fair representation of how sales are swinging and the user base (given the age rating etc)

Paranoid_Robot · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:21

JaFFa said:
I was referring to "360 is looking really great in the USA at the moment." I thought you might think the sales figures for hardware were typical.

No I know that this is the first time it's actually sold more than the Wii and DS.

I imagine it will probably stay below the Wii in hardware sales but have better software sales for the rest of this year.

Abooie · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:34

Paranoid_Robot said:
No I know that this is the first time it's actually sold more than the Wii and DS.

I imagine it will probably stay below the Wii in hardware sales but have better software sales for the rest of this year.

You'd have thought so but Nintendo are still supply constrained with the Wii and will be over the holidays so I expect the 360 to outsell it all the way through to Jan/Feb.

Bonjour · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:48

So just over half as many Americans own Halo 3 as own a passport.

That's nuts.

Abooie · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:52

The industry official reaction:

MS:

Xbox 360 Tops Console Sales in September and outsells PS3 5:1
o Xbox 360 sales built upon its growth from last month, showing a 50 percent increase for the month of September selling an average of 105,600 consoles per week. Total sales were more than 528,000 Xbox 360 consoles sold, compared to 501,000 for Wii and 119,000 for PS3.
o PS3 sales posted an average weekly decline of 27 percent.

Xbox 360 software revenue at retail outsold PS3's software portfolio 8:1 and Wii's 4:1, selling 3 times more than both platforms combined.
o For the month of September according to NPD, Xbox 360 software represented 74 percent of total software sales for the next generation market compared to 17 percent for Wii and 9 percent for PS3. Even without the sales of "Halo 3" the Xbox 360 portfolio outsold the PS3 portfolio 2:1.

Additionally, Xbox 360 is home to the best-selling games with the top-rated next-generation titles.
o According to the world-wide authority in entertainment reviews, Metacritic, Xbox 360 has 80 titles with a Metacritic review score of 80 or higher compared to just 31 for PS3 and 11 for Wii.
o Newly released title "The Orange Box" (Valve) and the highly anticipated title "Mass Effect" (Microsoft Game Studios) have both generated rankings of 97 and higher according to Metacritic. And not to forget "BioShock" (2KGames) which remains one of the year's highest rated games.

Xbox 360 held six spots in the Top Ten Console Games, led by initial sales of "Halo 3" Xbox 360
o In its first two weeks, the three editions of "Halo 3" placed #1, 2 and 3 overall for console title sales - for a total of more than $225 million in sales in the U.S. with 3.3 million units. Average unit prices were $69 per game. The $130 "Halo 3: Legendary Edition" alone sold twice as many units as the top title for PS3 "Heavenly Sword" (SCE); the helmet is mightier than the sword.
o Proving that Xbox 360 is the new home for sports gamers, "Madden NFL '08" (EA) on Xbox 360 was again the leading next gen platform with 173,000 units sold, compared to the PS3 at 62,000 and Wii at 58,000. To date, "Madden NFL '08" has sold 1.1 million units on Xbox 360, 87 percent more than other next-gen platforms combined.
o Xbox 360 exclusive "BioShock" has sold 641,000 units through the end of September and remains to be on track to sell more than 1 million units. While "Halo 3" and "Madden NFL '08" have led the way as the first of a string of titles that are expected to sell more than 1 million units between now and the end of the year.
o Rounding out the top titles for Xbox 360, "Skate" (EA) came in at #6. The Xbox 360 version of the innovative titles outsold the PS3 version 6:1.

Sony:

“According to NPD data, September 2007 was a strong month for the PlayStation brand, which showed a 13% increase in total retail dollars generated year-over-year in the US with total sales of $337 million for the month.

“PS3 continues to maintain an overall increase in sales, with 119K units sold at retail for the month. Also, with the new $399 40GB PlayStation 3 SKU hitting store shelves on November 2nd, a new $499 price point for the 80GB model effective immediately, and highly anticipated titles available this holiday, such as Racthet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Folklore, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the PS3 is poised for very strong performance through the holiday season and into 2008.”

slambo69 · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:57

According to the world-wide authority in entertainment reviews, Metacritic, Xbox 360 has 80 titles with a Metacritic review score of 80 or higher compared to just 31 for PS3 and 11 for Wii.

Exactly the reason I have and love the Xbox 360 and why the 360 is rated the best of the consoles. This autumn/winter might be the best I can remember, theres too many quality titles coming out on the 360 its unreal!

Abooie · 19 Oct 2007 at 14:24

And finally the latest weekly Japanese figures:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 78,746 | 87,535 | 5,656,737 | 19,662,416
2. PSP - 59,584 | 86,895 | 2,007,799 | 6,539,928
3. WII - 20,575 | 20,704 | 2,735,833 | 3,655,476
4. PS3 - 12,365 | 10,822 | 735,295 | 1,192,853
5. PS2 - 10,181 | 10,446 | 617,542 | 20,772,401
6. 360 - 6,161 | 1,547 | 158,497 | 423,199
7. GBA - 187 | 242 | 48,286 | 15,346,365
8. NGC - 79 | 109 | 9,973 | 4,179,441

The 360 has even seen a reasonable boost here with the most sold in one week this year and was 'only' outsold 2:1 by the PS3.

msmalls74 · 19 Oct 2007 at 14:33

Abooie said:
And finally the latest weekly Japanese figures:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 78,746 | 87,535 | 5,656,737 | 19,662,416
2. PSP - 59,584 | 86,895 | 2,007,799 | 6,539,928
3. WII - 20,575 | 20,704 | 2,735,833 | 3,655,476
4. PS3 - 12,365 | 10,822 | 735,295 | 1,192,853
5. PS2 - 10,181 | 10,446 | 617,542 | 20,772,401
6. 360 - 6,161 | 1,547 | 158,497 | 423,199
7. GBA - 187 | 242 | 48,286 | 15,346,365
8. NGC - 79 | 109 | 9,973 | 4,179,441

The 360 has even seen a reasonable boost here the most sold in one week this year and only half of the number of PS3s sold.

The launch of the Elite over in Japan has boosted the 360 sales big time! Interesting to see that the Wii was outselling the PS3 5-6 to 1 earlier this year, now its not quite 2 to 1. Not sure why the Wii sales have dropped a lot in Japan over last month or so, maybe with the PS3 price drops in Japan starting this week PS3 may even out sell the Wii (for once)

Abooie · 19 Oct 2007 at 14:36

msmalls74 said:
The launch of the Elite over in Japan has boosted the 360 sales big time! Interesting to see that the Wii was outselling the PS3 5-6 to 1 earlier this year, now its not quite 2 to 1. Not sure why the Wii sales have dropped a lot in Japan over last month or so, maybe with the PS3 price drops in Japan starting this week PS3 may even out sell the Wii (for once)

Ah yeah! Forgot about the Elite; that would explain it. The white PS3 will also do very well when it's released (2 weeks time?) and we might even see PS3>Wii that week.

JaFFa · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:13

Abooie said:
And finally the latest weekly Japanese figures:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 78,746 | 87,535 | 5,656,737 | 19,662,416
2. PSP - 59,584 | 86,895 | 2,007,799 | 6,539,928
3. WII - 20,575 | 20,704 | 2,735,833 | 3,655,476
4. PS3 - 12,365 | 10,822 | 735,295 | 1,192,853
5. PS2 - 10,181 | 10,446 | 617,542 | 20,772,401
6. 360 - 6,161 | 1,547 | 158,497 | 423,199
7. GBA - 187 | 242 | 48,286 | 15,346,365
8. NGC - 79 | 109 | 9,973 | 4,179,441

The 360 has even seen a reasonable boost here the most sold in one week this year and only half of the number of PS3s sold.

the ds is going to beat the ps2 in japan soon. Nintendo truly are back on top.

Abooie · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:30

Just saw this image on kotaku and it's quite staggering how far the 360 leads in NA for software sales. It looks like MS will be publishing profits sooner rather than later.

Mr Men · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:33

No real surprise really with the quality of games out on the 360 in the last few months, been hard to keep up and appreciate them all.

bigbilly50 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:37

Mr Men said:
No real surprise really with the quality of games out on the 360 in the last few months, been hard to keep up and appreciate them all.

You aint kidding, Ive been gaming for 20 years and never felt so spoiled for REAL quality games to play. The scary thing is there is soooo much more on the horizon. This is a good time

davetherave2 · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:49

the figures are just mind blowing for the 360 for last month.

Although next month will be a tough month for all consoles. With so many titles being released and various price drops happening. I think the PS3 may fair quite well. I still think 360 will have the edge in the software stakes with so many quality titles hitting the market but I'm sure Super Mario Galaxies and metroid prime (this month) will help the wii no end.

Things change I've changed · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:55

wow, those figures certainly are impressive,

HTMLHugo · 19 Oct 2007 at 22:03

why do the japs hate ms so much ?