October NPD is Out
 

And it is quite the story.

Wii 519K
Nintendo DS 458K
Xbox 360 366K
PSP 286K
PlayStation 2 184K
PlayStation 3 121K

Halo 3 proved to be quite the bump for the 360 in Sept but it seems like it was not much else. I mean Nov and Dec can prove me completely wrong.

Wii crushes the competition on a somewhat better Oct than their Sept release. DS is actually behind it by a bit which is quite telling. Don't know if for Wii or DS.

Ps3... well apparently.. the latest price drop won't be reflected until Nov so we shall save that for later.

Software proved to be a predictable story.

360 HALO 3 * MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) 1 433.8K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 2 383.2K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 286.3K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 4 271.1K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA SEP 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 262.8K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 239.7K
360 HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE 2 THE ORANGE BOX ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 MATURE (M) 7 238.4K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 8 231.7K
PS2 FIFA SOCCER 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 EVERYONE (E) 9 129.7K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 116.9K

Halo fell off but that was to be expected. Overall for a game that sold 3.3 million in it's first month, I think the number is respectable.

GH III doing well across platforms is not bad at all. And at least shows the Wii audience is willing to buy 3rd party stuff.
Also the number is a bit misleading as the Ps2 one is split across two SKUs.
So total sales for it are
Ps2> 360> Wii
I'm not sure if there was a Ps3 version?

Good to see the Orange Box doing well. It really is a terrific package. And the best deal in gaming right now.

Re: October NPD is Out
 

Whoa.

Whoa, 286.3K people got screwed with a version with mono sound.

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true. but everyone else got screwed over with a version without rumble :P

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Here are some more numbers...


NR Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3) 105,800
NR Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP) 98,100
NR Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) 74,500

I guess there was a PS3 version of GH III.
Also, ouch at Ratchet and Clank which was out for about 2 weeks for this.
It is a damn fine looking game. Would say doesn't bode well for platformers, but looks like Galaxy may top the charts this month.

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I never did see how Metroid 3 ended up doing in sales. Any figures on that?

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I've never known my guitar to give me physical feedback when I hit a cord.

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nope. and neither does it.


it gives you feedback when you get full star power.

does your guitar have star power and light all the notes up blue when its full and you tilt it up? thats why. :)

perhaps if you didnt buy such a cheap guitar, your guitar would also be as realistic as a guitar hero guitar..... i mean.. i bet your guitar doesnt even have buttons, probably has those cheap strings. ha!

Re: October NPD is Out
 

I'm not even sure if Null is being sarcastic or not anymore.

Anyhow, Metroid Prime 3 did about 45k for the month.

Think it sits at around 400k total for the year. Not that great.

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Metroid Prime 3 has only sold 400K? How is that possible?

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Uhh... no. It's split over a lot more than that. At a minimum:

Xbox 360 Game only
Xbox 360 Wireless Guitar
Xbox 360 Wired Guitar
Wii Wireless Guitar
PS3 Wireless Guitar
PS2 Game Only
PS2 Wireless Guitar

However, Target stocked exclusive versions of all the bundles, which I believe have their own SKU. I've also seen stores advertising a dual wired guitar bundle for PS2 which is likely another.

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I was just referring to the PS2 version actually...

So there are two SKUs.. and a store exclusive

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Maybe Nintendo will learn the importance of a marketing campaign now.

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At least. There might be a wired and a dual wired bundle as well.

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Since people want to be anal
Let me clarify my point.
I was just stating at face value the Wii bundle seems to have outsold all but the 360 version but when you look at combine totals for the PS2 bundled/non-bundled SKU it actually adds up to more.

It doesn't matter how many of these bundles exist, just that PS2>Wii

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Damn troll.