NPD Results For October 2008

[OldJadedGamer]

Credit of course goes to SonyCowBoy over at GAF who has never... ever been wrong about NPD numbers in the past:

Hardware Unit Sales Oct-08

Wii 803K
Nintendo DS 491K
Xbox 360 371K
PSP 193K
PlayStation 3 190K
PlayStation 2 136K



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

[jacob.armitage]

i really though LPB and Dead Space would have done better. Socom is pretty high considering the awful reviews. I'm sure LPB will see strong sales through the holidays though.

[TheFlyingOrc]

Originally Posted by jacob.armitage

i really though LPB and Dead Space would have done better. Socom is pretty high considering the awful reviews. I'm sure LPB will see strong sales through the holidays though.

I'd say further proof that most people buying PS3s are buying a BluRay player, and that, outside of message boards, most of those buying a PS3 are not "gamers", per se.

[OldJadedGamer]

Originally Posted by jacob.armitage

i really though LPB and Dead Space would have done better. Socom is pretty high considering the awful reviews. I'm sure LPB will see strong sales through the holidays though.

I didn't think LBP would pass 200k in it's first month so I'm glad I'm wrong but yes, it's a game that has legs and doesn't blow it's load all up front with the hardcores like say a game like MGS4 does.

Also, Sony pulled a "WiiPlay" with Socom bundling the game with the headset. Looking at the sales of the game, it looks like it worked.

And man... the 360 is the third party king.

[hideouslywrinkled]

Yeah. I think LBP will do well over the holidays and, with the continuous new content, should have pretty long legs.

That 360 price drop seems to be working.

[Telefrog]

Originally Posted by hideouslywrinkled

That 360 price drop seems to be working.

Christ, is it ever. I can't wait to see the Nov and Dec sales numbers.

[Disgustipated]

Man, the 360 is destroying the PS3 in sales. Also, look at those Fable II sales! Awesome. Fable II deserves it. And that's only 10 days worth of sales for Fable II as well..

[Telefrog]

Also, where is Guitar Hero World Tour? Did the general public finally get tired of the franchise, or is it just a bad time for a $180 game?

[Gorvi]

And the PS3 needs a price drop. When you can buy 2 360s for the price of 1 PS3, yeah, there's a problem.

Keep in mind with LBP, that's only a couple of days worth of sales, probably only 3-4.

[OldJadedGamer]

Motorstorm 2 was no where to be found in the top 10 so it looks like the first one sold because of the post launch goggles were still on. Interesting to see how Resistance 2 sells next month. I'm sure it will make the top 10 but how high?

Yeah, IMO the PS3 won't start selling too well until it hits $299. If it's bad this month... it's only going to get worse in November and December. In this bad economy, things like Blu-ray players really aren't that big of a draw when you are pinching pennies.

[Siraris]

The PS3 needs a lot more than a price drop.

Pretty sad when LBP gets outsold by a downloadable shooter with all sorts of issues.

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by OldJadedGamer

Motorstorm 2 was no where to be found in the top 10 so it looks like the first one sold because of the post launch goggles were still on. Interesting to see how Resistance 2 sells next month. I'm sure it will make the top 10 but how high?

That's disappointing as well since the demo was a shitload of fun. I've heard nothing but great things about the full game, it just wasn't in my budget with everything else coming out.

[jacob.armitage]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

And the PS3 needs a price drop. When you can buy 2 360s for the price of 1 PS3, yeah, there's a problem.

Keep in mind with LBP, that's only a couple of days worth of sales, probably only 3-4.

oh, your right! playing the beta kind of messed my memory up on the release date.

[Urizen]

Since no one else will say it, congrats to Nintendo. Breaking the record they set last month for a non-holiday month console sales. Demand will outstrip supply once this season for the Wii, and Nintendo won't be able to snap historic sales figures in half by getting as much systems as they need to the retail channel...but that would only be a moral victory on top of an actual one at this point.

I think MS could have benefited from a Gears 2 bundle similar to Sony's MGS4 bundle. It's a shame they didn't. They'll be happy with their sales, though.

Sony looks like it's more concerned with Europe right now and will fight for the American gamer next year, which is fine.

[Telefrog]

Originally Posted by DaXIthR

I think MS could have benefited from a Gears 2 bundle similar to Sony's MGS4 bundle. It's a shame they didn't. They'll be happy with their sales, though.

I don't think MS is particularly worried about that.

By the way, here are the NPD LTD (Lifetime To Date) numbers:

WII: 13,351,000
360: 11,613,000
PS3: 5,684,000

[Ondo]

Originally Posted by DaXIthR

Sony looks like it's more concerned with Europe right now and will fight for the American gamer next year, which is fine.

While it's pretty rare to get solid European numbers, Gamasutra has an article here that lists and analyzes some from a Nintendo presentation.

[rinichanraar]

Originally Posted by DaXIthR

Since no one else will say it, congrats to Nintendo. Breaking the record they set last month for a non-holiday month console sales.

I was thinking the same. I was surprised no one had commented on the ridiculous Wii sales, but maybe it's just become the norm and everyone's used to it by now. Even still, that's a lot of Wiis.

[Iron Past]

Originally Posted by rinichanraar

I was thinking the same. I was surprised no one had commented on the ridiculous Wii sales, but maybe it's just become the norm and everyone's used to it by now. Even still, that's a lot of Wiis.

That's pretty much it. I'll take notice when it's not in the top spot by a substantial margin.

[jacob.armitage]

i love ninty and i love the wii but i'm so use to thier success that i generally just skip there numbers, but 800k is very, very impressive.

[OldJadedGamer]

Originally Posted by rinichanraar

I was thinking the same. I was surprised no one had commented on the ridiculous Wii sales, but maybe it's just become the norm and everyone's used to it by now. Even still, that's a lot of Wiis.

To me, I've given up on the Wii because they have zero games that interest me this year at all. It seems that they no longer care about me as a customer so I no longer care about their sales. I put them in the same class as N*Sync and Britney Spears. They sell a shit ton but not to me or anyone I know. Out of all my gaming friends, not one single person I know bought a Wii game this entire year (save SSBM which came out in January).

While it's impressive that they are selling to my middle-aged sister and her two young children, it's not impressive at all that they have ignored me and my gaming dollar.