Halo 3 Helps Xbox 360 Outsell the Wii
- Scribbled on October 18th, 2007 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Microsoft Xbox 360, Press Release, Shooter
1UP has posted the NPD numbers, and they prove the awesome selling power of Master Chief. Not only did Halo 3 sell 3.3M units - and keep in mind it only started selling on September 25 - in the month of October, but for the first time, a console outsold the Wii.
September 2007 NPD Hardware Sales
Click “Read more” for the games sold, and how Halo 3 sold 11 times more than the nearest competing game (3.3M to 282K).
September 2007 Software Sales 1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) — 3.3 million 2. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) — 282,000 3. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS) — 224,000 4. Madden NFL 08 (PlayStation 2) — 205,000 5. Skate (Xbox 360) — 175,000 6. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360) — 173,000 7. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) — 167,000 8. BioShock (Xbox 360) — 150,000 9. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo DS) — 141,000 10. Heavenly Sword (PlayStation 3) — 139,000
October 18th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Anyone really surprised by this? MC pwns.
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