October sales numbers released

by Cory Birdsong on

Despite an almost total lack of interesting software releasing this fall, the Wii continues to dominate hardware sales. Nintendo also finds a respectable position on the software chart – in fact, the entire chart seems to have shuffled around Nintendo’s games with “Wii” in the title. October 2008 Hardware

*** Wii — 803,000

* Nintendo DS — 491,000**

* Xbox 360 — 371,000

* PlayStation Portable — 193,000

* PlayStation 3 — 190,000

* PlayStation 2 — 136,000

October 2008 Software

  1. Fable 2 (360) — 790,000 2. Wii Fit (Wii) — 487,000

  2. Fallout 3 (360) — 375,000

**4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) — 290,000

  1. Wii Play (Wii) — 282,000**

  2. Saints Row 2 (360) — 270,000

  3. SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3) — 231,000

  4. Little Big Planet (PS3) — 215,000

  5. NBA 2K9 (360) — 202,000

  6. Dead Space (360) — 193,000

Hit the jump for to compare October to September’s numbers.

September 2008 Hardware

*** Wii — 687,000

* Nintendo DS — 536,800**

* Xbox 360 — 347,200

* PlayStation Portable — 238,100

* PlayStation 3 — 232,400

* PlayStation 2 — 173,500

September 2008 Software

  1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360) — 610,000

2. Wii Fit (Wii) — 518,00

  1. Rock Band 2 (360) — 363,000

4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) — 353,000

  1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3) — 325,000

  2. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (360) — 297,000

7. Wii Play (Wii) — 243,000

  1. Madden NFL 09 (360) — 224,000

9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) — 223,000

  1. Madden NFL 09 (PS2) — 158,000