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[Nirolak]

5 Week Month

Overall:

Retail Software Up 52%.

Hardware Down 13%.

Overall Retail Industry Up 27%.


Software:

Notes:
-GTA V represents over 50% of all dollars spent this month.
-GTA V was the highest opening for the franchise.
-NPD did not say it was the highest opening month ever, so it's quite possibly behind the highest CoD games.
-GTA V was the highest selling game in any September on NPD record.


Hardware:

3DS: Best selling platform.
PS3: Best selling console. The GTA bundle represented a large portion of its sales.
Xbox 360: Has sold 1.6 million this year so far. This gives us an estimate of 169K (thanks Aquamarine).
Wii U: Up 200% from last month. To note, a 200% increase means it's three times as much as last month. For speculation of what that number could be, go here. Any official numbers will be put in this spot as they come.


Other Information:

This month, Xbox 360 reached 80 million consoles sold to retailers worldwide* and maintained its lead as the number one selling console in the U.S. in 2013.

September 2013 NPD highlights:

September marked the biggest software sales ever for Xbox 360, with sales reaching $401.2 million the most for any console in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)
Xbox 360 continues to see strong consumer demand with an amazing lineup of titles. In fact, Xbox 360 held five of the top 10 consoles games during the month of September including: “Grand Theft Auto V,” “FIFA 14,” “Madden NFL 14,” “Diablo III” and “NBA 2K14.” (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)
Xbox 360 remains the number one selling console in the U.S. in 2013, with 1.6 million units sold this year. (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)

Xbox 360 is poised for another successful holiday with recently announced Xbox 360 holiday bundles available worldwide at select major retailers. The three holiday bundles are:

Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle with “Halo 4” and “Tomb Raider” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $249.99** USD (ERP).
Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Holiday Bundle with “Kinect Sports: Season Two” and “Kinect Adventures” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $249.99** USD (ERP).
Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Holiday Bundle with “Kinect Sports: Season Two,” “Kinect Adventures,” and “Forza Horizon” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $349.99** USD (ERP).

This holiday only, the Xbox 360 4GB Console is available for an incredible value of $179.99** USD (ERP). Now is the time to get a great deal on Xbox 360.

Looking ahead to Xbox One launch, we continue to see overwhelming demand for the console with pre-orders for Xbox One selling out quicker than any previous Xbox release; Xbox One pre-orders continue to outpace Xbox 360 pre-orders in the same time period. While we remain on track to honor all pre-order commitments, we do expect to sell every Xbox One we deliver to retail this holiday.

With the release of Xbox One, amazing new titles coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 and best-ever holiday offers available for Xbox 360, it’s going to be a great year for Xbox.

*Internal Microsoft data

**Games inside marked packages, while supplies last. Estimated retail price; actual prices may vary.

See participating retailer for details.

http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/xbox-360-sept-npd

Nintendo 3DS Repeats at No. 1, Wii U Responds Following Price Cut

Nintendo enters the critical holiday selling season with strong momentum, as Nintendo 3DS finished as the best-selling video game system in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive month and Wii U enjoyed new momentum following a price cut.

On Oct. 15, Nintendo revealed that Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, which launched globally on Oct. 12, combined to sell more than 4 million units worldwide during its first two days on the market. A full breakdown of U.S. sales for the games, as well as the new Nintendo 2DS handheld, which launched on the same day, will be included in next month's NPD report. In addition to the latest Pokémon adventure, Nintendo 3DS fans have two exciting games on the horizon, both launching on Nov. 22: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour.

On Sept. 20, Nintendo reduced the price of the Wii U Deluxe Set by $50 to a suggested retail price of $299.99 and introduced a limited-edition bundle that features a download code for a digital copy of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. Sales of Wii U hardware in September increased by more than 200 percent over sales in August, and that is with only 15 days of data being reported at the new price. Over the next few weeks and months, Wii U fans can look forward to playing Wii Party U (Oct. 25), Wii Fit U (Nintendo eShop, Nov. 1) Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Nov. 15) and Super Mario 3D World (Nov. 22).

*Data regarding physical sales of games in September are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendo's internal sales figures. All numbers, unless otherwise stated, are specific to the United States only.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/17/september-npd-grand-theft-audio-5-sales-boost-industry/

 

[ILoveBish]

Gta has returned

 

[Mokubba]

Wow Kingdom Hearts did well

 

[theprodigy]

oh boy hardware is gonna be interesting

 

[iammeiam]

Rayman RIP.

 

[Megadragon15]

Interesting month.

 

[Amir0x]

Damn Minecraft STILL charting. Notch can probably build a castle out of gold bars at this point

 

[Syf]

Wow, Diablo 3 did much better than I expected. Nice to see.

 

[Lexxism]

I'm curious what W101 and WWHD did for August.

 

[MikeE21286]

Wow great for KH and Diablo!

 

[Aquamarine]

This month, Xbox 360 reached 80 million consoles sold to retailers worldwide* and maintained its lead as the number one selling console in the U.S. in 2013.

September 2013 NPD highlights:

September marked the biggest software sales ever for Xbox 360, with sales reaching $401.2 million the most for any console in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)
Xbox 360 continues to see strong consumer demand with an amazing lineup of titles. In fact, Xbox 360 held five of the top 10 consoles games during the month of September including: “Grand Theft Auto V,” “FIFA 14,” “Madden NFL 14,” “Diablo III” and “NBA 2K14.” (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)
Xbox 360 remains the number one selling console in the U.S. in 2013, with 1.6 million units sold this year. (Source: NPD Group, September 2013)

Xbox 360 is poised for another successful holiday with recently announced Xbox 360 holiday bundles available worldwide at select major retailers. The three holiday bundles are:

Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle with “Halo 4” and “Tomb Raider” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $249.99** USD (ERP).
Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Holiday Bundle with “Kinect Sports: Season Two” and “Kinect Adventures” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $249.99** USD (ERP).
Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Holiday Bundle with “Kinect Sports: Season Two,” “Kinect Adventures,” and “Forza Horizon” as well as one month free of Xbox Live Gold available for $349.99** USD (ERP).

This holiday only, the Xbox 360 4GB Console is available for an incredible value of $179.99** USD (ERP). Now is the time to get a great deal on Xbox 360.

Looking ahead to Xbox One launch, we continue to see overwhelming demand for the console with pre-orders for Xbox One selling out quicker than any previous Xbox release; Xbox One pre-orders continue to outpace Xbox 360 pre-orders in the same time period. While we remain on track to honor all pre-order commitments, we do expect to sell every Xbox One we deliver to retail this holiday.

With the release of Xbox One, amazing new titles coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 and best-ever holiday offers available for Xbox 360, it’s going to be a great year for Xbox.

*Internal Microsoft data

**Games inside marked packages, while supplies last. Estimated retail price; actual prices may vary.

See participating retailer for details.

http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/xbox-360-sept-npd

Microsoft PR.

 

[Into]

Diablo 3 doing pretty good, at least its high up, maybe we will get numbers. But Blizzard announced the PC expansion RoS, is coming PS4 and probably other platforms. So i bet that its a success and they are happy with it.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Gonna guess Square-Enix is going to go HD remake crazy now.

 

[wrowa]

3DS being the top-selling plattform despite not having a single noteable game in the top 10 is kinda amusing.

 

[Manmademan]

Wow Kingdom Hearts did well

pretty shocking, considering the series has been absent from consoles for about a decade, and this is just a re-release. a true KH3 will do massive numbers when it hits.

 

[Ridley327]

Good thing I wasn't expecting Rayman to chart, but it still hurts.

 

[H_Prestige]

How the hell is Kingdom Hearts up there

 

[LiquidMetal14]

No top selling console PR from MSFT? The Sony PS3 must have beat it this month.

How the hell is Kingdom Hearts up there

Just think, we are just starting to get the HD port-a-thon from then now. Now FF15 will be a late 2014/early 2015 Japan release.

 

[lefantome]

Wow at minecraft.

 

[Carl]

No Rayman or Windwaker? I thought they'd both be up there.

E: THought WWHD released in September in the US, sorry .

 

[UNCMark]

Good job, Blizzard. And very well-deserved (as long as 4th place carries with it high sales numbers).

No top selling console PR from MSFT? The Sony PS3 must have beat it this month.

More likely that Wii U did.

 

[Mileena]

I'm curious what W101 and WWHD did for August.

They both came out in September though?

creamsugar plz

 

[theprodigy]

Microsoft PR.

PS3>360 confirmed then

 

[chadboban]

Actually surprised to see Kingdom Hearts up there. GTAV is obviously the big winner this month. Congratulations R*. You deserve it.

 

[MikeE21286]

I'm curious what W101 and WWHD did for August.

WWHD wouldn't show up here for August. NPD is only physical games

 

[Tenki]

Rayman and TW101

 

[jbug617]

The Kingdom Heart package was nice. The price was also good.

 

[Myshkin]

creamsugar = ( WiiU > Vita ) ? "yoshio" : "boin!";
cout << creamsugar;

Spoiler

not much hope for the boin!

 

[SniperHunter]

Everything is up!! Good month

 

[idlewild_]

http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/xbox-360-sept-npd

Microsoft PR.

Guess that confirms that PS3 came out on top this month.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

PS3 outsold 360 since MS is using the YTD instead of the usual "____ months at best selling US console."

 

[SloaneRisette]

The Wonderful 101 was JUST shy of getting #11, right?

...R-Right guys?

Guys?

 

[Seda]

No Rayman or Windwaker? I thought they'd both be up there.

Wind Waker retail release wasn't until October.

 

[opticalmace]

No top selling console PR from MSFT? The Sony PS3 must have beat it this month.



Just think, we are just starting to get the HD port-a-thon from then now. Now FF15 will be a late 2014/early 2015 Japan release.

Beat me to it. The first bit.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Good job, Blizzard. And very well-deserved (as long as 4th place carries with it high sales numbers).



More likely that Wii U did.

That would be something but I think 360 outsold WiiU maybe.

 

[Mpl90]

http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/xbox-360-sept-npd

Microsoft PR.

As said in the other thread: references just to worldwide sales and to YTD US sales so far, as well as no sales number for the month = PS3 outsold 360 this time.

 

[NateDrake]

I'm curious what W101 and WWHD did for August.

WWHD was only digital in August so we won't know any figures.

 

[Into]

No top selling console PR from MSFT? The Sony PS3 must have beat it this month.



Just think, we are just starting to get the HD port-a-thon from then now. Now FF15 will be a late 2014/early 2015 Japan release.

Yep

Pach was right then on that one. I assume Sony will come fourth and talk about how their platform was the best selling home console in the US etc. They usually never comment on NA sales (for obvious reasons)

 

[sense]

gta 5 ps3 bundle was a really good value for people thinking about getting one. 500 gb for 269 with the game so no wonder it beat the 360 sales in september. I think Sony missed a trick by not doing a similar bundle for that price with last of us.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

No Rayman or Windwaker? I thought they'd both be up there.

No you didn't. The Wind Waker didn't come out until October, and many of us expected Rayman to bomb when Ubisoft delayed the game for no reason.

 

[bigkrev]

Did KH outsell NHL in it's debut month on fewer consoles? Impressive!

EDIT: And Disney Infinity?!?

 

[Ridley327]

WWHD wouldn't show up here for August. NPD is only physical games

I think that WWHD would have two days of results, as the reporting period ended on Oct 5.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

WWHD wouldn't show up here for August. NPD is only physical games

The last eshop numbers I saw put WWHD at 66k in North America. This was at the end of September.

 

[AstroZombie]

I wonder if GTA 5 broke Black Ops' record.

 

[sangreal]

No top selling console PR from MSFT? The Sony PS3 must have beat it this month.

something must've, there is no way they switched to '2013' otherwise. very interesting, especially if GTA sold more on 360 as the chart indicates (I know this is disputed but I don't know of any cases where it wasn't true)

e: oh right, hardware bundles excluded

 

[Lexxism]

They both came out in September though?

creamsugar plz

WWHD wouldn't show up here for August. NPD is only physical games

It should. September NPD is from Sept 1 to Oct 5. WWHD was released on Oct 4.

 

[jbug617]

Guess that confirms that PS3 came out on top this month.

I wonder if it was because of the GTA Bundle. They pushed it hard.

 

[V_Ben]

Keighley on twitter;

"PS3 was #1 selling console in September, breaking 32-month winning steak by Xbox 360. GTA bundle helped."

Combo breaker!

 

[Totobeni]

so FIFA 14 got released in September 24 and managed to be 5th in USA, EA must be super happy about this.

 

[antitrop]

GTA V is a monster.