The NPD has released the October 2009 (U.S.) sales figures, with overall sales down from last month by around $200 million in both hardware and software sales. Not exactly a good sign in my book, with the holiday season coming up so quickly.
For October, the Wii took the #1 spot back (from the PS3 and DS), which I’m sure the price drop to $199 helped to achieve. The DS/DSi dropped to 2nd place, and the lower priced PS3 is in 3rd place, but a decent amount above the Xbox 360. The remaining follow of course.
NPD figures for October 2009 are:
Hardware:
- Wii = 506,900 units sold! (up 9%)
- NDS/DSi = 457,600 (down 14%)
- PS3 = 320,600 (down 53%)
- 360 = 249,700 (down 41%)
- PSP = 174,600 down 9%)
- PS2 = 117,800 (down 24%)
Software (top games for October 2009):
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – PS3 = 537,000 units sold
- Wii Fit Plus – Wii = 441,000
- Borderlands – 360 = 418,000
- Wii Sports Resort – Wii = 314,000
- NBA 2K10 – 360 = 311,000
- Halo 3:ODST – 360 = 271,000
- NBA 2K10 – PS3 = 213,000
- Forza Motorsport 3 – 360 = 175,000
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 – DS = 169,000
- FIFA Soccer 10 – 360 = 156,000
The 360 took half the top ten games for October, but it didn’t get the top two spots. Uncharted 2 for the PS3 got the #1 spot, with Halo for the 360 dropping to 6th place. Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus was the 2nd place game, doing well in replacing the original fitness game. The only spot for the DS was with Kingdom Hearts in 9th place. The rest is a nice mixture, but lite on Wii or DS games for the month.
In all, software sales #’s were about half of what they were a month ago. Let’s hope they pick up as we get much closer to Xmas (just a little over a month away).