Forums > News > October Sales Wii top selling system; on Xbox360 Halo 3 outsells Guitar Hero 3
Jeanne (75944) on 12/1/2007 1:55 PM · Permalink · Report
After a hiatus at #1 in September due to the release of Halo 3, in which Xbox 360 beat Wii by some 25,000 units, Nintendo is back on top in October 2007 by a substantial margin. Wii sold 520,000 for the month, followed by Nintendo DS at 460,000. Xbox 360 fell to 370,000. PSP, PS2 and PS3 rounded out the rankings for the month.
- Wii - 519,000
- Nintendo DS - 458,000
- Xbox 360 - 366,000
- PSP - 286,000
- PS2 - 184,000
- PS3 - 121,000
- Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 434,000
- Guitar Hero III w/ guitar (Xbox 360) - 383,000
- Guitar Hero III w/ guitar (Wii) - 286,000
- Guitar Hero III w/ guitar (PS2) - 271,000
- Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) - 263,000
- Wii Play (Wii) - 240,000
- The Orange Box (Xbox 360) - 238,000
- Guitar Hero III (PS2) - 232,000
- FIFA Soccer 08 (PS2) - 130,000
- Brain Age 2 (DS) - 117,000
St. Martyne (3648) on 12/1/2007 4:23 PM · Permalink · Report
Wait! Do you mean you can play rock guitar on PC with something else than your Keyboard? I suddenly feel most sacred thing in my life threatened.
GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 12/1/2007 4:17 PM · Permalink · Report
I'm glad to see Nintendo back on top. What worries me is Nintendo might get all arogant again and lose thier edge and number one position. But I think after the N64 that's not likely to happen.
GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 12/1/2007 5:20 PM · Permalink · Report
That doesn't surprise me. Nintendo has always had a chokehold on the handheld market. And if the Wii does well, so does the DS.
GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 12/1/2007 5:22 PM · Permalink · Report
I'm surprised the PSP is doing better than the PS2. Looks like that system I begged for two years ago will be on its way out soon.
coenak (3627) on 12/1/2007 5:42 PM · Permalink · Report
Just a side note, if you ever are wondering on system/game sales, I have found this site to be most helpful: Video Game Chartz
Joshua J. Slone (4666) on 12/9/2007 1:53 AM · Permalink · Report
I wouldn't trust the accuracy of VGChartz. Since along with being a game credits nerd I'm a sales nerd, I used to hang out at the same message board as its founder. To begin with when he started his pre-VGChartz sites, he just fudged things a little. That is, he'd take data from multiple sales sources, shipment data, and then decide what the "real" number is, and use that on his site; even though he had no way of knowing his accuracy. However, more recently things have gotten worse.
He was just using slightly altered versions of the official NPD-released numbers for his US data, but obviously they had a problem with him doing this. So he decided to start giving weekly numbers for the US. However, these basically come from a combination of guessing and a few retail sources; when the real monthlies come out, VGChartz doesn't tend to be particularly close; my own guesses are usually better.