September NPD: Halo 3 3.3 Million, yet Wii only within 27K of 360

Akira_EX | October 18, 2007 | Industry News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3

The September NPD numbers were released today, and many thanks to sonycowboy at NeoGAF and the NPD for reporting and the actual numbers.

The September NPD tracking period is a five-week period: September 2 - October 6. With the software sales, I will also put the release date of each title, so you have a frame of reference.

Without further ado:
Hardware Sales:
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
Game Boy Advance 75K

Software Sales (Top 10 SKUs):
01. 360 HALO 3* MICROSOFT (CORP) 3.3 million - Release: 09/25/07
02. WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 282K - Release: 02/12/07
03. NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 224K - Release: 10/01/07
04. PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 205K - Release: 08/14/07
05. 360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 175K - Release: 09/14/07
06. 360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 173K - Release: 08/14/07
07. WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 167K - Release: 08/27/07
08. 360 BIOSHOCK TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 150K - Release: 08/21/07
09. NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA 141K - Release: 08/20/07
10. PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY (CORP) 139K - Release: 09/12/07

First off, hats off to Bungie and Microsoft for 3.3 million copies sold for Halo 3 (360). It beats any game by an overly large margin. Wii Play (Wii) clocks in at 282k sold, in second. 224k for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) is a pretty good number, considering it is first week sales.

For the hardware numbers, it is quite shocking that even with the 3.3 mil Halo 3, the 360 only manages to sell 27k more units than the Wii this month: 360's 527.8k versus Wii's 501k. The PS3 still stands low at only 119.4k. If this were a normal four-week tracking period, the PS3 would still be hovering around that 100k threshold, at that rate.

DS is less than 2:1 on the PSP in sales, but it's close. The GBA is at a valiant 75k sold.

For comparison, this is the August NPD

HW Sales
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
Game Boy Advance 75K

SW Sales
360 HALO 3* MICROSOFT (CORP) 1 3.3 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2 282K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 224K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 205K
360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 175K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 173K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 167K
360 BIOSHOCK TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 8 150K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA 9 141K
PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY (CORP) 10 139K

Other #'s

Dollar Sales
Sep-06 Sep-07 YTD Sept 06 YTD Sept 07

Total Video Games $778.7 million $1.36 billion 74% $6.38 billion $9.37 billion 47%

Video Games Hardware
Console Hardware $145.5 million $418.6 million 188% $1.24 billion $2.69 billion 118%
Portable Game Hardware $98.4 million $126.25 million 28% $789 million $958.4 million 22%

Video Games Software
Console Software $335.8 million $550.5 million 64% $2.65 billion $3.35 billion 26%
Portable Game Software $109.6 million $103.1 million -6% $897.6 million $1.1 billion 23%

Video Game Accessories $89.5 million $157 million 76% $805.8 million $1.26 billion 57%

News Story attached to:

BioShock [PS3, XBOX360, PC]
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day [DS]
Halo 3 [XBOX360]
Heavenly Sword [PS3]
Madden NFL 08 [Xbox, PC, GC, XBOX360, Wii, PSP, PS3, PS2, DS]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [Wii]
Skate [XBOX360, PS3]
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass [DS]
Wii Play [Wii]

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Gogetenks | October 19, 2007

Interesting, so far, it's the biggest month of the year for both the Wii and 360. Both passed half a million units sold in just a month. I mean, besides Halo 3, what big releases were there? Maybe the Halo 3 hype attracted people into buying a new system, but I really am not sure. I expected other console sales to drop this month, not rise, due to Halo 3.

Those are some high sales for Halo 3, though. 3.3 million is incredible for the first month for any game, but seeing as it is Halo, I'm not surprised.
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  Akira_EX | October 19, 2007
  
  You got to keep in mind that Halo 3 is the 360's heavy-hitter. The Wii had a weak month in terms of releases, and its still toe-to-toe with a Halo 3-enforced 360.
  
  Then again, Halo 3 was only a part of this tracking period for 12 days. We'll see more definitive stuff next month.
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    Gogetenks | October 19, 2007
    
    Yes, I know, which is why I'm surprised that this is the Wii's best month of the year, as well. Like I said, I expected other consoles to have a decline in sales, but clearly the Wii has risen. Even the PS3 is in one of it's better months, as are the GBA and DS. Normally, a heavy-hitter will attract all the focus onto one console, but it seems that most of the consoles sold quite well this month. And, like I said, there weren't any big releases besides Halo 3, so why are other consoles (especially the Wii) performing better than ever?
    
    By the way, the line "Maybe the Halo 3 hype attracted people into buying a new system" was a bit vague, I was referring to other systems besides the 360. Obviously it would sell 360s, but it seems that console sales increased for all of them.
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Capn Droid | October 19, 2007

I can hear the fanboys now... coming with the chants of... Halo...

*crack*
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Incidnia | October 19, 2007

Funny thing is not only did Halo outsell Resistance in it's first day, but also has almost outsold Halo 2.
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  Seeker X | October 19, 2007
  
  Well that should've been obvious from the start, as Resistance was basically a new franchise, while Halo's been the hyped one since the very first one in the XBOX.
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Incidnia | October 19, 2007

Well, it's hyped because it's good. A bad game wouldn't get hyped up, would it? It's been known for games to be a letdown but hundred of thousands of people are on Halo 3 even when America is sleeping. It can peak at around 700,000 most nights. I don't think implying it's OVERhyped is very smart. It's just heavily appreciated.
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  Akira_EX | October 19, 2007
  
  I'm pretty sure that a bad game has been hyped up before.
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KingX2 | October 19, 2007

Ha! I knew from the first day I heard about Halo 3 that it was going to be #1 on sales for the 360. Magnificent sales and this list is quite amusing to me.
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Incidnia | October 19, 2007

Why is it amusing? Because it's such a good game?
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Auctoria | October 19, 2007

So, PS2 sold more that PS3?
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Sonic Flash | October 19, 2007

"PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K"

Someone's going to have to explain why people are still buying so many PS2s after all these years. Are you blowing your nose with them? Can you eat them? Power a car with them? Do they sell them for $2 and include a free sandwich?
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Xegaldis | October 22, 2007

Wow, interesting. I've heard it's a "perfect" game though..