PlayStation 3 Still Beating Xbox In Console Sales

November 13, 2009 By Geoff Duncan

Although the Nintendo Wii remains the top-selling console, NPD says the PS3 continued to outsell the Xbox 360 in October.

Media metrics firm NPD has released its figures for October sales of video games and video game systems in the United States, and the news was again good for Sony. During the month, the PlayStation 3 continued to outsell Microsoft’s Xbox 360, moving 321,000 units during the month compared to 250,000 units for the Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii still remains the console to beat—selling some 507,000 units during the month—but the Wii looks to have peaked: compared to October of 2008, saled of the Nintendo Wii are down 37 percent.

“Hardware sales were down 17 percent in units for the month,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier, in a statement. “Compared to last month, which was a five-week month as compared to four weeks this month, Wii, PSP, and NDS sales increased on an average sales per week basis, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 declined.”

Amongst handheld gaming units, the Nintendo DS continued to massively outsell the PSP, with the DS moving 458,000 units during the month compared to 118,000 for the PSP.

However, while the Xbox 360 might now be bringing up the rear in console sales (beating only the PlayStation 2), Microsoft’s Xbox 360 did account for five of the 10 top-selling software titles for the month: Borderlands, NBA 2K10, Halo 3 ODST, Forza Motorsport 3, and FIFA Soccer 10 for the Xbox 360 accounted for 44 percent of all units sold. However, the top-selling titles for the month were Uncharted 2 for the PS3 (moving 537,000 units) and Wii Fit Plus (which sold 441,000 units).

Overall, the PlayStation 3 was the only console to see year-on-year growth in sales, although that may have more to do with the PS3′s previously weak sales than anything else. A bright spot for Nintendo was that about half the sales of Wii Fit Plus will full versions with a Balance Board, indicating many buyers were new to to franchise.

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Jaeron at 2:06pm 17th November 2010 "Wii already caught-up and passed them both if I remember correctly." Wii has always been way ahead of both, and is pretty much out of reach for both systems. If you combine the number of units sold for PS3 and 360, they've barely sold more than Nintendo. And 360 has sold a ton of extra systems due to the RROD crap as well. Funny thing is, Sony AND Microsoft both acknowledged every time it replaces a dead system to warranty, they count it as another unit sold. So even with cheating they can't compare to the sales of the Wii. But articles such as this will never even mention how far ahead the Wii is. It's like the US President of Sony says: "Well the PS3 is the number 1 selling system in its class every month since it was released! Great success!" When called out by the press in the crowd about the 360 and the Wii both outselling it, his reply was "We don't consider those two systems to be in the same class." What a joke.
dang at 9:58am 16th December 2009 Wii already caught-up and passed them both if I remember correctly.
sharma_deepak at 9:18am 16th December 2009 [Fart in your face] that is my reaction to your comment dude.
Gemi at 12:31am 16th November 2009 If you haven't noticed Play stations history and how long consoles usually last, it will be like 2-5 more years this stuff will be out. Ps2 did the same thing that PS3 is doing now, Once it get started it normally out sales Xbox at the end by alot. Proof is that PS2 was still selling when PS3 had already came out while xbox wasn't. Though people were selling xbox 360s. Also remember Xbox came out first. Give Wii and PS3 a little time to catch up. PS2 came out in like 1999 and didn't get only until 2006/2007. We got a few more years until our systems get old. And I hope so cause I wont be buying a new one for a while. So much games I'm waiting for.
Johnny at 9:49pm 15th November 2009 lol ps3 sales finally start, too bad the next gen console will be out within a year or 2 most likely.

and then again the ps4 will be far behind the xbox3
Andrew at 9:02am 15th November 2009 The only downside to the PS3 is that many more people still have an xbox as their sole gaming console. Has anyone run into any issues, like having trouble getting enough people together for online games?
bill at 5:15pm 14th November 2009 that's right suck my ps3 fail-box fans!
Ricky at 11:26pm 13th November 2009 Awesome
Pablo at 12:01pm 13th November 2009 The PS3 is finally making its rise.

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