October NPD: People still going crazy over Wii

by David Hinkle { Nov 14th 2008 at 12:35PM }

You know what? To be honest, we kind of wish the NPD numbers weren't so predictable each month. We crave some excitement in our lives. We're not saying we want the Wii and DS to give up their top spots or anything, but some kind of change in the usual rigmarole would be nice. Oh well, maybe next month ...

- Wii: 803K

116K (16.89%)
- DS: 491K

45.8K (-8.53%)
- Xbox 360: 371K

23.8K (6.85%)
- PSP: 193K

45.1K (-18.94%)
- PS3: 190K

42.4K (-18.24%)
- PS2: 136K

37.5K (-21.61%)

Top software sales for October were:

1. Fable II - Xbox 360 – 790K
2. Wii Fit w/ balance board - Wii – 487K
3. Fallout 3 - Xbox 360 – 375K
4. Mario Kart w/ wheel - Wii – 290K
5. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – 282K
6. Saints Row 2 - Xbox 360 – 270K
7. SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation - PS3 – 231K
8. LittleBigPlanet - PS3 – 215K
9. NBA 2K9 - Xbox 360 – 202K
10. Dead Space - Xbox 360 – 193K

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: business, hardware, north-america, npd, sales, sales-figures, salesfigures, software

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Antonio @ Nov 14th 2008 1:08PM

Wii Music didn't make the top 10. IIRC, Joystiq reports it only sold ~90k. Nice to see a little sanity in Wii customers.

il_duce620 @ Nov 14th 2008 1:24PM

Glad to see Mario Kart still selling strong... It's only going to go up in November due to Xmas sales...

shawn @ Nov 14th 2008 2:34PM

was anyone suprised that wii music didnt do well..i mean cmon waving your hands around conducting music,yea im gonna pay $50 for that surrrrre...i can conduct music for free :) get a stick and just pretend

Mr Khan @ Nov 14th 2008 2:37PM

But Wii Music's poor performance led to the console still selling 800k in a month?

The next two months are going to be insane, i'm thinking. 1million + confirmed, possibly?

leonus11 @ Nov 14th 2008 3:21PM

i'm not surprised about Wii music not selling well. hopefullly we'll see this happening with more Casual games thereby changing the Casual Audience into a Core Audience and seeing TONS more Core games out for the Wii (my favorite console). and YES i have seen the pipeline for 2009.

Todd @ Nov 15th 2008 9:09PM

Yeah, glad to see that wii music bombed. If people buy it nintendo will make it.

Anti-Villian @ Nov 29th 2008 10:23PM

1. Fable II - Xbox 360 – 790K
3. Fallout 3 - Xbox 360 – 375K
6. Saints Row 2 - Xbox 360 – 270K
9. NBA 2K9 - Xbox 360 – 202K
10. Dead Space - Xbox 360 – 193K

2. Wii Fit w/ balance board - Wii – 487K
4. Mario Kart w/ wheel - Wii – 290K
5. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – 282K

7. SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation - PS3 – 231K
8. LittleBigPlanet - PS3 – 215K

Xbox is dominating the market, apart from one sports game all it's top sellers are 'CORE' games appealing to the 'CORE' market of 'CORE' gamers... Nintendo could pay attention.