September North American hardware sales

You wanted to see more sales numbers in North America and here they are, hot off the ... well, hot on your screen: hardware sales in North America for September. Guess who's in the lead?

Yeah. It's the Nintendo DS. That's right. We're not going to crack any little jokes about these numbers. We're not going to make up a story. We're just going to let the figures speak for themselves.

TOP SELLING HARDWARE (units sold)

1. NDS - 403,435
2. PS2 - 306,517
3. 360 - 259,458
4. GBA - 177,145
5. PSP - 153,353
6. NGC - 42,286
7. XBX - 6,495

For the month, sales blew up when compared to this time last year -- to the tune of a 38% increase in units sold for the month. That's a sizeable jump, and industry analysts predict that this may be gaming's biggest year ever. We Nintendo fans are proud to be a part of that powerhouse expansion program.

Check after the jump for software sales numbers.
TOP SELLING SOFTWARE (units sold)

1. PS2 - Madden NFL 07 ~ 507,000
2. 360 - Saints Row ~ 455,000
3. PS2 - Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy ~ 349,000
4. NDS - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team ~ 285,000
5. GBA - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team ~ 219,000
6. 360 - Madden NFL 07 ~ 218,000
7. GCN - Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy ~ 170,000
8. XBX - Madden NFL 07 ~ 166,000
9. NDS - Star Fox Command ~ 137,000
10. NDS - New Super Mario Bros. ~ 134,000

[Via Joystiq; thanks also to Fox for tipping us!]