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sonycowboy · Nov 13, 2008

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HW Sales
Hardware Unit Sales
Oct-08
PlayStation 2 136K
PlayStation 3 190K
PSP 193K
Xbox 360 371K
Wii 803K
Nintendo DS 491K

Top 10 SW
Publisher Release Date Rank # Units
360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K
360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K
360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K
PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K
PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K
360 NBA 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) Oct-08 9 202K
360 DEAD SPACE ELECTRONIC ARTS Oct-08 10 193K

Industry Sales

Dollar Sales Oct-07 Oct-08 CHG YTD Oct 07 YTD Oct 08 CHG
Video Games $1.12B $1.31B 18% $10.50B $13.13B 25%
Video Games Hardware $470.47M $494.74M 5% $4.13B $4.72B 14%
Video Games Software $514.60M $696.79M 35% $4.98B $6.76B 36%
Video Game Accessories $130.81M $120.19 -8% $1.40B $1.65B 18%

Anita Frazier said:
Overall:

"The video games industry grew an impressive 18% year-over-year in the first month of the critical fourth quarter. With 10-months under its belt, the video games industry is still poised to top $22B in annual sales in 2008."

"The sales results are mixed this month, however. The console portion of the market made significant gains at 26% across hardware, software and accessories, while the portable side of the market stalled, declining 14%. Year-to-date the portable segment of the market is still up 7%."

Hardware:

"The greater supply of Wii hardware at retail is evident in the sales figures for the month with the Wii enjoying its best sales month outside of last November and December."

"The price reduction on the Xbox 360 is paying dividends at retail as the platform realized a 7% unit sales increase over September. Keeping in mind that September was a 5-week month while October had four, the sales pace increased 33%."

"The PS3 realized the greatest year-over-year monthly unit sales increase at 57%."

Software:

"Console software sales realized the greatest percentage gain year-over-year of any category. This month, Fable II captured the top spot selling 790K units across the standard and limited edition SKU's."

"The expanding variety of content available for consumers to play is clearly paying off for the industry. Looking at the top 10 games for the month, half are "M" rated games while the other half are "E" rated games and they span disparate genres. There is something for everyone on this list"

Accessories:

"Accessory sales are down for the month but we should expect this category to pick up again with the anticipated increases in hardware sales for the holidays."

TheGreatDave · Nov 13, 2008

Oh shit.

ViperVisor · Nov 13, 2008

Count Dookkake · Nov 13, 2008

803!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fad limps on!

gregor7777 · Nov 13, 2008

oh shit, 360 much closer to Wii than I expected lulz

That is just fucking silly. Bravo, Nintendo.

Kandrick · Nov 13, 2008

Damn

PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K

yoopoo · Nov 13, 2008

"PlayStation 3 190K"

Wait till..............?

dialmydrive · Nov 13, 2008

That was fast!

Gaborn · Nov 13, 2008

WOW!!

pickwick · Nov 13, 2008

OMGGG ! 803 ???

botticus · Nov 13, 2008

Uh... no Guitar Hero?

BenjaminBirdie · Nov 13, 2008

Holy FABLE.

I can't believe PS3 Fallout didn't make the cut.

DogWelder · Nov 13, 2008

Well, fuck. This thread is going to be a long one.

Private Hoffman · Nov 13, 2008

Great sales for LBP.

I predicted 200k. Seems like I was dead on.

Great news that it managed to make the top 10 in such a competitive month.

Guled · Nov 13, 2008

wtf at Socom, I guess it was the headset that got people to buy it

Sadist · Nov 13, 2008

Wii: WTF
360: Nice
PS3: No comment

Scum · Nov 13, 2008

WWIIIII PLAAAAYY!!! :lol

Frillen · Nov 13, 2008

Oh shi! Wii screwed my prediction

adelante · Nov 13, 2008

wow fable 2...niceeee!

Archie · Nov 13, 2008

No Guitar Hero OR Rock Band? I wonder if the recession is affecting the sale of $190 band bundles.

Kandrick · Nov 13, 2008

Wow at the low PS3 numbers.

Accident · Nov 13, 2008

Guitar Hero bomba...

Agent Icebeezy · Nov 13, 2008

A bit early to the show this time. Everything looks expected

Jewbacca · Nov 13, 2008

ouch. PSTRIPLE COMING FROM DA REAR YALLL WURD UP.

Private Hoffman · Nov 13, 2008

Oh, and WOW @ 360 sales.

That price drop sure as hell did help in October. That's an amazing result for them, honestly.

Stoney Mason · Nov 13, 2008

What's the full year system sales update on 360 versus PS3?

donny2112 · Nov 13, 2008

Only 803K Wiis were sold in October. That's not a lot. *falls over*

:lol

Guitar Hero IV was a complete bomba. Oh, my. Excellent sales for the 360, though.

TheGreatDave · Nov 13, 2008

This is what happens when we move to $180 video games! Poor GH.

kay · Nov 13, 2008

Guitar hero didn't do too well.

Kifimbo · Nov 13, 2008

Wow, Guitar Hero World Tour is a major bomb ?

EDIT: Wow at Wii Fit in second place with so many new release. This is crazy.

Kagari · Nov 13, 2008

LBP wasn't a system seller. lolz.

Y2Kev · Nov 13, 2008

PS3 did atrocious. Socom wtf? How come no GH?

Jason's Ultimatum · Nov 13, 2008

WTF at PS3's numbers. :lol :lol :lol

HOLY CRAP at Wii's numbers! :lol :lol

Mike Works · Nov 13, 2008

jesus christ, the wii nearly sold as much as the PS2, PS3, PSP, XB360 combined...

good lord

schuelma · Nov 13, 2008

Wii hardware is just ridiculous :lol :lol

Jammy · Nov 13, 2008

No Guitar Hero at all?!

botticus · Nov 13, 2008

This has to mean GH SKUs were separate. I can't imagine that for 360, PS2, or Wii, game-only + band bundle + guitar bundle didn't break 200k.

pickwick · Nov 13, 2008

190k PS3

Ouch...

It seems that PS3 will have hard time this winter...

Basileus777 · Nov 13, 2008

SOCOM, really? 231k bought what was basically a beta?

pilonv1 · Nov 13, 2008

True gamers win, Saints Row 2 > LBP

So in 1 month 360 wins back all the "momentum" PS3 had and then some.

BishopLamont · Nov 13, 2008

Wii is a fucking monster.

BenjaminBirdie · Nov 13, 2008

Accident said:
Guitar Hero bomba...

GHWT came out in October?!?

Wow.

Not good, man.

Not the hell good.

Oblivion · Nov 13, 2008

PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K

No, NO NO NO GODDAMNIT NOOO!!!

gregor7777 · Nov 13, 2008

WTF is going on with the PS3.

That's a miserable showing.

The Librarian · Nov 13, 2008

Fable 2 did really good.

Congrats on such an awesome game, Lionhead.

WrikaWrek · Nov 13, 2008

PlayStation 2 136K

PlayStation 3 190K

Nintendo DS 491K.............................PSP 193K

Xbox 360 371K

Wii 803K

Almost had it in the predictions. Good shit.

Fable 2,

I WANTED MORE!!!!!!!

TheRagnCajun · Nov 13, 2008

Those are some damn low PS3 numbers son.

plank · Nov 13, 2008

Seems like pretty low numbers for Wii.

Karma · Nov 13, 2008

360 is back in the lead YTD in the US now. Great month.

MiamiWesker · Nov 13, 2008

*sigh*

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