US Software in October 2008
Rank | Platform | Title | Units Sold | Last Month | Lifetime to Date
01 360 Fable II 790,000 n/a 790,000
02 WII Wii Fit 487,000 518,000 2,82,900
03 360 Fallout 3 375,000 n/a 375,000
04 WII Mario Kart 290,000 353,000 3,376,000
05 WII Wii Play 282,000 243,000 7,131,396
06 360 Saints Row 2 270,000 n/a 270,000
07 PS3 Socom: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation 231,000 n/a 231,000
08 PS3 Little Big Planet 215,000
09 360 NBA 2K9 202,000 n/a 193,000
10 360 Dead Space 193,000 n/a 193,000
US Hardware in October 2008
Rank | Platform | Units Sold | Last Month | Lifetime to Date
01 Nintendo Wii 803,000 687,000 13,462,700
02 Nintendo DS 491,000 536,800 22,930,100
03 Xbox 360 371,000 347,200 11,580,400
04 Playstation Portable 193,000 238,100 12,898,600
05 Playstation 3 190,000 232,400 5,686,900
06 Playstation 2 136,000 173,500 42,922,300
Fable II looks to be the big winner for the month of October in terms of game sales, but Fallout 3′s numbers are a bit off with it releasing so close to the end of the month. Little Big Planet also got delayed due to the religious controversy, but I would have expected it to sell a lot more than 215,000 considering it was marketed to be Sony’s big exclusive title this holiday season. We’ll probably see some spillover in terms of sales for both Fallout 3 and Little Big Planet to make their way into November, but it looks like PS3 sales did not increase with Little Big Planet’s release – in fact, they decreased last month.
Also interesting is that Guitar Hero: World Tour did not make it on the list for any system it was released for – maybe the music peripheral gaming market has finally become over-saturated? I know I skipped out on it myself since I’m happy with Rock Band 2.
The usual Wii “must-have” titles continue to sell month over month, as many of them probably went along with the 800,000 Wii units sold last month. All in all, a good month as usual for Nintendo, decent for Microsoft and the software sales, but Sony must be having a hard time since Little Big Planet is not the system seller they might have expected it to be.
Official October 2008 NPD Results [NeoGAF]
