October 2008 NPD sales data coverage: October 5 to November 1. Released on November 13, 2008.
Wii sales of 803,000 is the largest non-holiday NPD month for any console. Altogether, the video games industry grew an impressive 18% year-over-year in the first month of the critical fourth quarter. After October's NPD, Xbox 360 took the lead over the PS3 in YTD sales. Guitar Hero World Tour sold about 534K combining all SKUs. Wii Music had a poor debut compared to the other titles in the Wii Series franchise, selling a disappointing 81,000 units. LittleBigPlanet, as a new IP and a late October release, had a solid debut with sales of 215,000. In addition, the Xbox 360 the only system with third-party titles charting.
October hardware sales (courtesy of Chartget)
Sales trends (courtesy of Niceskybox.com)
Cumulative hardware sales October 2008 (courtesy of Niceskybox.com)
Notable releases[]
- Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3, 360, Wii, PS2)
- Wii Music (Wii)
- Saints Row 2 (X360)
- Fable 2 (X360)
- Fallout 3 (PS3, X360)
- LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
- Dead Space (PS3, X360)
- Rock Band 2 (PS3)
Hardware sales[]
- Wii - 803,000
- Nintendo DS - 491,000
- Xbox 360 - 371,000
- PlayStation Portable - 193,000
- PlayStation 3- 190,000
- PlayStation 2 - 136,000
Top 20 software sales[]
- Fable II (X360) - 790k
- Wii Fit W/ Balance Board (Wii) - 487k
- Fallout 3 (X360) - 375k
- Mario Kart W/ Wheel (Wii) - 290k
- Wii Play W/ Remote (Wii) - 282k
- Saints Row 2 (X360) - 270k
- Socom: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation (PS3) - 231k
- Little Big Planet (PS3) - 215k
- NBA 2K9 (X360) - 202k
- Dead Space (X360) - 193k
- Guitar Hero: World Tour (360) - 191,000
- Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii) - 183,000
- Kirby Super Star Ultra (NDS)
- Fallout 3 (PS3)
- Dead Space (PS3)
- Rock Band 2 (PS3) - 118,559
- NBA 2K9 (PS3)
- Far Cry 2 (360)
- FIFA 09 (360)
- Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3) - 96,657
Other sales[]
- Wii Music - 81K
- Guitar Hero World Tour (all SKUS) - 534K [1]
- X360 version: 191,000 [2]
- Wii version: 183,000
- PS3 version: 96,657
- PS2 version: 63,462
- Rock Band 2 (LTD) - 600K (including September NPD)
- X360 version: 119,569
- PS3 version: 118,559
Video game revenues[]
- Total sales: $1.31B
- Hardware sales: $494.74M
- Software sales: $696.79M
- Accessories: $120.19
NPD market share (courtesy of Chart Get!)
Analysis[]
See also[]
External links[]
- Fable II takes October NPD
- NPD: October Sales Up 18% As Wii, Fable II Top Charts
- October NPD sales: the console market is all about pricing
- NPD: Behind The Numbers, October 2008
- The Farmer Report: October 2008 NPD Analysis
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