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September 2007 Sales Numbers

They have arrived.

Xbox 360 Tops Console Sales in September and outsells PS3 5:1

As the holiday season heats up, September 2007 is sure to go down in history as one for the record books. The launch of one of the greatest properties in entertainment history, “Halo 3” (Microsoft Game Studios), was largely responsible for driving the biggest month in US video game history with consumer spending on games reaching an all time high for 2007.

Hardware Sales
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K (weekly sales decline of 27%)
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
Game Boy Advance 75K

Software Sales
1. 360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) 3.3 million
2. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 282K
3. NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 224K 4. PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 205K
5. 360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 175K
6. 360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 173K
(360’s Madden launched last month with 800,000+, an all-time record)
7. WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 167K
8. 360 BIOSHOCK TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 150K
9. NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA 141K
10. PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY (CORP) 139K

  • In spite of the unprecedented success of “Halo 3,” Xbox 360 continued to drive third-party games sales across all platforms. PS3 and Wii had ZERO third party titles in the top ten console title list for the month, while Xbox 360 weighed in with 3. Since November, third party partners have seen their titles hit the top ten 27 times for Xbox 360, compared to 2 for PS3 and 1 for Wii.

    • As you can see, Sony is in last and second last place, just barely beating out the ancient Game Boy Advance.  Then, PS3’s big game for the year barely makes the top ten list, still being beat out by months old games.  It’s clear to see why Sony is so desperate right now, I don’t think any of us know how truly afraid they must be right now.  These numbers tell the whole story, and this story is not going to have a good ending for Sony.

    This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:03 pm and is filed under Nintendo Wii News, Playstation 3 News, Xbox 360 News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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