September sales show that Microsoft’s move to become cheaper than Nintendo’s Wii last month was a much needed one. It wasn’t enough to push it past the Wii, but it did rank 3rd topping all of Sony’s hardware offerings.
Hardware Sales
1. Wii - 687,000
2. DS - 536,800
3. Xbox 360 - 347,200
4. PSP - 238,100
5. PS3 - 232,400
6. PS2 - 173,500
Software sales after the jump… Continue reading »
Madden, Madden, Madden. Oh, and that’s not a chant — just the top three selling games in the month of August. Madden NFL 09 blew up on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii, respectively in order of sales, in the latest NPD report.
Software Sales:
1. Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360) - 1,000,000
2. Madden NFL 09 (PS3) - 643,000
3. Madden NFL 09 (PS2) - 424,500
4. Wii Fit (Wii) - 394,900
5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 328,700
6. Wii Play (Wii) - 200,200
7. Soulcalibur IV (Xbox 360) - 174,000
8. Too Human (Xbox 360) - 168,200
9. Madden NFL 09 (Wii) - 115,800
10. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) - 111,200
Surprisingly, Soulcalibur IV put in a respectable performance edging, slightly, over Too Human. Hmm…upwards of 900,000 demos were downloaded of the latter game on Xbox Live. We don’t know too much about these things, but a 9:1ish conversation rate doesn’t spell out “success” for us.
Hardware Sales:
1. Nintendo DS - 518,300
2. Wii - 453,000
3. PSP - 253,000
4. Xbox 360 - 195,200
5. PlayStation 3 - 185,400
6. PlayStation 2 - 144,100
Nintendo rules all yet again. We know, we know. More interestingly, the Xbox 360 got itself out of the PS3’s shadow in August after being behind for the last three months. Wonder what the recent price cut will do to next month’s numbers…
The latest report by the NPD, which tracks video game sales in America, has come in and with it some interesting results.
One of the things speculated from last month’s sales numbers was that the console-selling boost GTA IV was supposed to provide Microsoft and Sony would happen this month, as Rockstar’s game arrived late in April.
This wasn’t so as the Xbox 360 and PS3 sold about the same this month, which lends some credibility to the prediction that the people who bought the game already had either system long beforehand. Wii, as its been doing since launch, reigns supreme…
Hardware Sales:
1. Wii - 675,100
2. DS - 452,600
3. PS3 - 208,700
4. Xbox 360 - 186,600
5. PSP - 182,300
6. PS2 - 132,700
For software sales, hit the break…
In a recent interview with Microsoft product management director Aaron Greenberg, Gamasutra caught up with the spokesperson just in time to do some post-NPD talking.
Unsurprisingly, Greenberg goes on about attach rates, getting to the 10 millions system served mark, and console “with the most games, and the biggest online community.” Simply turning the cogs of that spin machine, but in what’s surely to set aflame the fanboy community, Greenberg said the following about GTA IV DLC turning up on PS3:
“It’s not possible as far as I’m aware, but that would be a good question to ask Rockstar. Rockstar and Xbox have only said there are exclusive episodes coming this fall to Xbox 360. I might put that up for a bit of wishful thinking on their end.”
Hmm…just “exclusive episodes,” huh? We might just see something along the lines of DLC for GTA IV on PS3, after all.
Via Gamasutra
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