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[Nirolak]

Overall:

Overall retail sales are down 9% year over year.

Hardware sales were down 27% year over year.

Retail software sales were down 3% year over year.


Software:

1.) NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
2.) Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3) [Note: This is Madden's second month.]
3.) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
4.) FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
5.) Destiny: The Taken King (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
6.) Super Mario Maker (Wii U)
7.) Disney Infinity 3.0 (360, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
8.) Mad Max (PS4, Xbox One)
9.) NHL 16 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
10.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)

Notes:
-PS4 lead software sales.
-Best month in PlayStation Store (PSN) history.
-NPD: "for 8th generation software, NBA 2K16 had the best launch month ever for any Sports game". Note that NBA launched at the end of the month to boot.
-Animal Crossing sold nearly 115K (physical + digital)
-Mario Maker sold 445K physical + digital for a 500K+ LTD


Hardware:

PS4: Best selling console. Down from last year.
XB1: Down from last year.
Wii U: Up nearly 110% over August 2015.

Based on Nintendo statements, we work out that:

3DS < 129k
Wii U < 89k

Xbox One works out to:

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/september-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

“The majority of hardware platforms increased their sales from August 2015 to September 2015 when comparing sales on a per week basis,” said Callahan. “All eighth generation consoles [which includes PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U] experienced double-digit growth when comparing sales on a per-week basis.”

XB1 August weekly - 50.5K
XB1 September weekly - >= (50.5K * 1.1) or >= 278K

And PS4 is something above that but still down YOY.

Notes:
-"After 23 months on the market, combined PS4 and Xbox One sales are 40 percent higher than the combined 23 month totals for PS3 and 360,” said Callahan.
-3DS is up 25% year over year for the 9 month period from January through September.


Other Information:

https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/656224621662892032

“As we kick off the holiday season, we would like to take a moment to thank fans for making PlayStation 4 the best-selling console and #1 in software sales in September. PlayStation 4 was the number one console for NBA 2K16, Madden NFL 16, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and FIFA 16. Including the highly successful limited edition console bundle, PS4 also led retail sales for Destiny: The Taken King.”

“It was also a very strong month for PlayStation Network with September being the highest grossing month in PlayStation Store history. From PlayStation exclusives like the recently launched Uncharted Collection to partnerships with Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Star Wars Battlefront, we are committed to our community and to making PlayStation the best place to play this holiday.”

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/ps4-outsold-xbox-one/

The ability to create, play and share your own unique Super Mario levels was a dream 30 years in the making for Mario fans. Turns out it was also a great reason to jump into the Wii U experience. The Super Mario Maker game for the Wii U console launched in the U.S. on Sept. 11 and sold nearly 445,000 combined units in its first three weeks (Sept. 11, 2015 – Oct. 3, 2015), bringing the lifetime total to more than 500,000 combined units in the U.S. alone (Sept. 11 – Oct. 19, 2015). Perhaps the biggest impact however has been on hardware sales. For the full month of September, sales of Wii U hardware in the United States increased by nearly 110 percent over sales in August. Software sells hardware and no one sells hardware like Mario.

Other Nintendo highlights from September include:

Through the first nine months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by nearly 25 percent over the same time frame in 2014.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for the Nintendo 3DS system launched on Sept. 25 and sold nearly 115,000 total units in its first week on the market.

 

[Occam]

So PS4 won?

 

[Ryng_tolu]

"September 2015 hardware sales dropped by 23 percent due to a difficult comparison to the strong sales in September 2014, which were supported by the launch of Activision&#8217;s Destiny"

Sep 2014 = 1,204,000 ( PS4; XB1; 3DS; WIU; 360; PS3; PSV; WII)

927,000 total hardware sales then?

 

[roninwarrior92]

Guess PS4 won then. Destiny Bundle strikes PS4 retail to 2nd place again lol

 

[xxracerxx]

So PS4 won?

Sounds like it.

Go go, Super Mario Maker!!

 

[jmaine_ph]

Wow. 2k16 outsold Madden and MGSV? Damn.

 

[Danlord]

So PS4 won?

According to ZhugeEx's Twitter, yeah.

 

[Savantcore]

reserved.

Why?

 

[Abylim]

Hoped MGS would be higher

 

[hydrophilic attack]

So PS4 won?

According to that razor of yours, yes

 

[Somnia]

PS4 won September, but had a YoY decline (this is my guess). That should change in Oct with the price drop I'd assume.

 

[Good Guy Gone Bad]

Color me surprised that MGSV didn't top the charts. I wonder if it did better than MGS4 managed on just the PS3.

 

[Dovahking]

where is forza 6 ?

 

[Sandfox]

Wow. 2k16 outsold Madden and MGSV? Damn.

The power of Spike Lee.

 

[Nirolak]

I wonder how much Madden sold given this is its second month.

Wow. 2k16 outsold Madden and MGSV? Damn.

This is Madden's second month.

 

[On Demand]

Interested in the MGSV sales split.

 

[Carl]

Nothing particularly surprising.

October will be interesting.

 

[xxracerxx]

Why?

His family and friends are coming later and need the space.

 

[Acquiescence]

So PS4 won?

Must be the case seeing as how it wasn't explicitly stated otherwise in the Xbox PR.

Microsoft is totally going to win October though. And then Sony is going to win November.

 

[RoKKeR]

2K absolutely dominates every year. Guess I shouldn't be surprised at this point.

Nice to see Mad Max up there. No Forza 6... :|

 

[BroBot]

Mario Maker in the top 10. Glad to see it. PS4 won this month. Sweet. The Destiny Bundles probably sealed the victory by a noticeable margin. I know a couple of people who were excited to get that bundle.

 

[Noobcraft]

Mad Max o.o

 

[Regiruler]

This is the end of video games

 

[jmaine_ph]

The power of Spike Lee.

Not just Spike Lee himself but his "Joint" as well.

 

[chubigans]

where is forza 6 ?

I thought it was an October release?

 

[VeryGooster]

The power of Spike Lee.

Dat Frequency Vibrations

 

[rhandino]

Super Mario Maker! YAY!

 

[Phediuk]

Disappointing for MGS5.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Until Dawn?

 

[shwimpy]

Hardware sales down 27% yoy overall but The One was up and Sony still beat them? Something's not adding up.

 

[Savantcore]

His family and friends are coming later and need the space.

Bloody Germans leaving their towels everywhere.

 

[funkystudent]

NBA 2K16 must have done gangbusters.

It was out at the very tail end of September.

Hardware sales down 27% yoy overall but The One was up and Sony still beat them? Something's not adding up.

Well last year Sony had that Destiny bundle and did ridiculous numbers for September. They did around 500k if I remember right. That explains the drop.

 

[oti]

So PS4 won?

Roule of thumb: If A comes up with weird figures and doesn't outright state that they won then B beat them to it.

So yes.

Although Microsoft tends to be extra creative with their "victories".

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Madden in its second month outsold Metal Gear? God dang that franchise is a monster.

 

[GeoramA]

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/ps4-outsold-xbox-one/

Highest grossing month in PlayStation Store history, wow.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

Looks like Mario Maker sold great... now, let's see the numbers!

 

[Occam]

According to that razor of yours, yes

Yeah
Microsoft not saying "we won" = Sony did.

 

[kenta]

Whoa, MGSV got chumped by sports games in its debut month?

That $179m figure is looking questionable... (I know it's worldwide and estimated by Adobe of all people, but still)

 

[roninwarrior92]

I thought it was an October release?

9.15.15 guess Destiny obliterated any hope for it. It didn't even chart. Not to mention it was exclusive. Didn't do it any favors.

 

[Phediuk]

Hardware sales down 27% yoy overall but The One was up and Sony still beat them? Something's not adding up.

360/PS3/3DS/Wii U have all fallen off a cliff.

 

[KingBroly]

That Star Wars DI 3.0 deal didn't help out the PS4 version at all.

 

[jmaine_ph]

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/ps4-outsold-xbox-one/

Highest grossing month in PlayStation Store history, wow.

Destiny hype.

 

[Bear Force One]

Disney Infinity baby! Toys 2 life champ!

 

[Dovahking]

I thought it was an October release?

No September 15 :/

 

[hydrophilic attack]

So if XBO one was up yoy, and console hardware was considerably down yoy, I guess the PS4 must be down quite a bit?

 

[TsuWave]

i'm assuming ps4 took this month as well then

 

[viHuGi]

Damn

 

[IAmRandom31]

Wish they would show more then just the top 10

 

[DoubleTake]

Wait is there a reason NPD is out on a Monday?

 

[Asd202]

Must be the case seeing as how it wasn't explicitly stated otherwise in the Xbox PR.

Microsoft is totally going to win October though. And then Sony is going to win November.

I wouldn't be so sure all things point to it being it close.