360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales [Slashdot]

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GameDaily has the NPD numbers for September, and they're impressive if only because for the first time in months Nintendo isn't dominating the top of every list. Total sales across the industry hit $1.36 billion (a 74% bump over last year), mostly fueled by Halo 3 sales. The game (across all skus) sold some 3.3 million units, while Xbox 360 platforms hit about 528,000 units sold last month. Ironically, the Wii had it's second best month ever and the DS sold big numbers thanks to Phantom Hourglass. "Nintendo's Wii, despite not really having any significant new software releases, was close behind with 501K units sold. The DS handheld also did quite well, selling another 495.8K. Looking at Sony's platforms, the PS3 sold just 119.4K units, while the surging PSP sold 284.5K and the PS2 maintained healthy sales at 215K." The piece also offers up analysis from an NPD researcher, who feels Microsoft is likely to maintain some good momentum through the holidays.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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[Poofta!]

id say the wii surge is because of availability going up. i got to the local gamestop (3 in the mall...) every lunch break and they started having them in almost every day...

[UniHamachi]

I thinks it's nuts that MS put out the biggest game of this year and next and the Wii, with only MP3 being the nearest marquee game (without anywhere near the anticipation nor promotion) was able to pull within 27K units sold. It's a good bump for them, but unless they keep this up (say, another 300K for Oct), maybe Reggie was right and most of the prople who wanted Halo3 already bought Halo3. I also wonder if they sold nearly every Wii they shipped and that the only reason MS ended on top was supply and not demand (it was the second highest number of Wii's sold in a month).

I'm curious as to how the Wii will do with SMG and the holidays coming up. I think the perception/reality of scarcity will mean that Nintendo will sell every Wii they ship.

[Nebagram]

Yep to above poster. 360 has fired its big gun and only got its nose in front of the Wii- which has still got some serious ammunition in reserve. As with everything in retail, it'll be the Christmas sales that'll really tell the story.

[diskoboy]

Good.

I'm about to sell my Wii.

I'm very disappointed with the system and the games I have played (including MP3), The VC games are overpriced, the controllers novelty wore off after about 2 weeks, Nintendo seems to be sticking to their kiddie mantra.... It just not worth the $250, and the hell I went through just to get it.

I'm pretty much done with Nintendo. The Wii was Nintendo's last straw, with me, and they've totally blown it. I probably won't buy ANY future Nintendo console.

[Zap!]

Good.

I'm about to sell my Wii.

I'm very disappointed with the system and the games I have played (including MP3), The VC games are overpriced, the controllers novelty wore off after about 2 weeks, Nintendo seems to be sticking to their kiddie mantra.... It just not worth the $250, and the hell I went through just to get it.

I'm pretty much done with Nintendo. The Wii was Nintendo's last straw, with me, and they've totally blown it. I probably won't buy ANY future Nintendo console.

Why were you disapointed with a game that got rated 9's everywhere (MP3)? And like them or not, motion controllers are here to stay. All the new systems (PS4, Xbox 720, next Nintendo) will include them.

[Kroogah]

Good.

I'm about to sell my Wii.

I'm very disappointed with the system and the games I have played (including MP3), The VC games are overpriced, the controllers novelty wore off after about 2 weeks, Nintendo seems to be sticking to their kiddie mantra.... It just not worth the $250, and the hell I went through just to get it.

I'm pretty much done with Nintendo. The Wii was Nintendo's last straw, with me, and they've totally blown it. I probably won't buy ANY future Nintendo console.

Sell it to me, I'm gonna need one by February 10th. :D

[Rob2600]

Nintendo seems to be sticking to their kiddie mantra.

Yes, games like The Godfather, Manhunt 2, Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime 3, Medal of Honor, Red Steel, Prince of Persia, and Scarface are way too kiddie.