NPD September Sales Revealed; PS3 shows massive Increase

Posted By | On 14th, Oct. 2011

It’s that day of the month, folks. We have the September numbers for you! Check them out below and flame away or support your favourite console. Well, not really but you get the gist. According to the numbers, PS3 performed really well and showed a 20% YoY growth, and the Xbox 360, unsurprisingly topped the charts again.

Numbers courtesy of the awesome, Neogaf.

Hardware

Xbox 360: 438K (PR) [-9.5%]
Playstation 3: 364K-374K (Calculations deduced from Sony and MS PR percentages) [+16.7-19.8%]
Nintendo 3DS: 260K (PR)
Wii: 240K (PR) [-5.5%]
Nintendo DS: 145K (PR) [-64%]

Software

01. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP)** Electronic Arts
02. Gears of War 3 (360)** Microsoft (Corp)
03. Dead Island (360, PS3, PC) Deep Silver
04. FIFA Soccer 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, 3DS) Electronic Arts
05. NHL 12 (360, PS3) Electronic Arts
06. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360, PS3, PC)** Square Enix Inc
07. Resistance 3 (PS3) Sony (Corp)
08. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Wii, NDS, 360, 3DS, PS3, PSP, PC) LucasArts
09. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC)** Activision Blizzard
10. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (360, PS3, PC) THQ

Madden beats Gears of War 3 and Resistance 3 starts off at 7th. It’s been a pretty good month for software but the retail sales are down by 6%. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.


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