October NPD: Fable II dominates, 360 sales up

It's that time again to look at the NPD sales numbers for October's video game sales in North America. And we must say, what a huge month October was for the Xbox 360.

360 hardware sales were stellar, moving 371,000 units in October which was nearly double the Playstation 3's 190,000 units, but far from the Wii's 803,000. As far a software goes, Fable II was the big sales winner, beating out all other game titles with its 790,000 units. In total, five Xbox 360 games made it into the top ten. Check out a complete listing of October NPD hardware and software sales after the break.

October NPD Hardware Sales
Wii - 803K
DS - 491K
Xbox 360 - 371K
PSP - 193K
PS3 - 190K
PS2 - 136K

October NPD Software Sales
1. Fable II - Xbox 360 - 790K
2. Wii Fit w/ balance board - Wii - 487K
3. Fallout 3 - Xbox 360 - 375K
4. Mario Kart w/ wheel - Wii - 290K
5. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii - 282K
6. Saints Row 2 - Xbox 360 - 270K
7. SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation - PS3 - 231K
8. LittleBigPlanet - PS3 - 215K
9. NBA 2K9 - Xbox 360 - 202K
10. Dead Space - Xbox 360- 193K

Reader Comments (23)

I wonder if the 360 will win this month??? hmmm i would go ahead and guess yes since gears 2 came out. What happened to Little big planet owning? and isnt this supposed to be "the year of the PS3"?

Good call, I thought that Little Big Planet would have sold alot more, maybe that whole controversy really slowed it down.

fallout 3 was a no brainer my local walmart sold out and they don't usually sell out of any game... too bad my 360 decided to randomly destroy my copy seriously randomly my 360 didn't fall over or anything but the disc looks like it did

yeah the whole "2008 is year of PS3" was a complete joke.

half the games they said were "coming out" this year, never did. Half either flopped in sales, were critically panned, or both (HAZE, Socom).

Hell, motorstorm 2 released 2 weeks ago and has sold a whopping 50,000 copies in the USA.

and im not sure just how the whole "exclusive lineup" of the ps3 even compared to the 360 lineup this winter... gears2+l4d alone take the effin cake.

360's will do that randomly. No moving or anything. Only because it was spinning.

After the 19th, be sure to ONLY play games you've installed to your HDD!

It could have been the year of the PS3 if MS didn't release Gears 2(GOTY) then L4D is gonna get some on the fence PC guys to get a console trust me I've convinced 10 at my job already...lol....Then Halo Recon next year its like MS doesn't stop......But Sony still has my Under cover GOTY next year which is Infamous....Im very interested in that title....

2008 is the Year of the Linux Desktop, duh!

excuse you, have u thought about how many new xbox owners that number involves?? because i'm sure a hell lot of people who owned xbox before and that their console fcked up on them....they bought a new one because it was cheaper.

I cannot even believe what I'm reading here. Sony sold over 130,000 PS2's last month? I knew it was still on the market and all but 130k??? Granted, this is the first time I've bothered to stop and look at these figures but wow...

How is that possible? Perhaps given that I only use the 360 at the moment I've tuned out Sony's game plans but that really suprises me.
I had no idea it was still going that strong. I have not played mine in over five years. I don't even know where it is, in some box in the basement I imagine.

Well... Good for them.

Its cheap and there's a Mount Everest size pile of games available for cheap as well. If you've never owned a PS2 and you don't have an HD tv, there's a ton of good gamin' to be had.

Yeah, it makes sense... And as I said, I knew it was still on the market. I just had no idea it was still going this strong. I mean, it's barely below the PS3 for god's sake. That's pretty impressive for a console that has been out for close to a decade.

Also, you need one to play ps2 games, since the ps3 doesn't play back compat games anymore.

Sony (most likley) took out the backward compatibility, so if you still wanted a decent size selection of games to play, you'd need to buy a PS2, which seem to break every 14 months..

Don't know if anyone remembers but the PS2's profits negated the losses on the PS3.. so in effect, PS2 keeps the PS3 afloat...

What I really don't get is why people are still buying into the Wii, I long got bored of mine.. I just haven't got around to offloading it yet.. in my opinion, it's best games were Wii Sports & Red Steel..

WOW. 360 is going strong. Referring to the previous post, LBP sales are a bit deceiving due to that being only 10 days worth of numbers right?

So has Fable II, and I think Fallout 3 also had less days on the market. LBP is disappionting considering all the hype about LBP being "HUGE".

Technically, LBP officially came out on the 27th. After the botched launch with the recall and everything. Very disappointing how Sony handled the whole thing, but I guess it was that or piss of some Muslims.

Correct me if i'm wrong but i heard a few months ago that this was supposed to be the year of the PS3........It seems that guy made a mistake in fact this will be the year of the X360, with more exclusives than any other console and that sweet NXE next week we had a really nice year !!!!

I'm eager to see the X-mas numbers !!!

I think LBP is really just suffering from a lack of marketing to anyone else but existing PS3 fans. The game is great, does some amazing things, but the typical person out there doesn't even know awhat it is.

And, really, Sony's commercials about making your Christmas list with an image of Sackboy mirrored in a window isn't exactly explaining it well.

Actually the typical person DOESN'T wanna know what it is....Honestly it looks t childish to get the Dads and moms to buy their Son the game...I know that sounds dumb but the PS3 is already a Mature system and kids who want a PS3 play sports games and GTA....So LBP wont appeal...Its a great game though.....I love it but nobody will really get to love it as much as I do.

What I get out of this? Want to sell a top 10 Wii game? Bundle it with an accessory.

well said

Hey Microsoft, where is my code for Fable 2 LE items?!?!!?

LittleBigFailure

October NPD: Fable II dominates, 360 sales up

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