NPD U.S. October 2009 Videogame Sales
US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY – OCTOBER 2009 (Oct. 4-31)
Hardware: $380.74 million (-23%)
Software: $572.73 million (-18%)
Accessories: $118.88 million (-2%)
Total Games: $1.07 billion (-19%)
TOP-SELLING HARDWARE – OCTOBER 2009
Wii: 506,900
Nintendo DS: 457,600
PlayStation 3: 320,600
Xbox 360: 249,700
PSP: 174,600
PlayStation 2: 117,800
TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE SKUs – OCTOBER 2009 (not combined sales)
Title / Publisher / Units**
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) / Sony / 537,000
2. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) / Nintendo / 441,000
3. Borderlands (360) / Take-Two / 418,000
4. Wii Sports Resort w/ Wii Motion Plus (Wii) / Nintendo / 314,000
5. NBA 2K10 (360) / Take-Two / 311,000
6. Halo 3: ODST (360) / Microsoft / 271,000
7. NBA 2K10 (PS3) / Take-Two / 213,000
8. Forza Motorsport 3 (360) / Microsoft / 175,000
9. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) / Square Enix / 169,000
10. FIFA Soccer 10 (360) / Electronic Arts / 156,000
11. Demon’s Souls / Atlus
12. Brutal Legend (360) / Electronic Arts / 150,000
13. FIFA Soccer 10 (PS3) / Electronic Arts
14. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Ins. Story (DS) / Nintendo
15. WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2010 (360) / THQ
16. Tekken 6 (PS3) / Namco Bandai
17. Borderlands (PS3) / Take-Two / 113,000
18. Madden NFL 10 (360) / Electronic Arts
19. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: EoS (DS) / Nintendo
20. Mario Kart (Wii) / Nintendo
Music genre $53 million vs. $137 million last year