Topic: NPD Numbers for October Shows Wii Back on Top

[NWR_pap64]

Wii hardware sales are up and Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort take the second and fourth spots in software sales.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=20312

 The October NPD sales data show that the Wii has once again reclaimed the number one spot in hardware sales, with the DS following behind.    

The Wii managed to sell 506,900 units, while the DS moved 457,600 units. The recent price drop, as well as a strong software lineup, helped the console regain its sales strength after a few months of slow sales. In September, the Wii was the third best selling console at 462,800 units, putting it behind the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS.    

Wii Fit Plus saw an impressive debut, coming in at number two behind Sony's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the PlayStation 3. The update to the best selling Wii Fit sold 441,000 copies, including both the standalone version and the $100 Balance Board bundle.    

Wii Sports Resort appeared at number four with 314,000 copies sold, and the lone DS title in the top 10, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, came in at number nine with 169,000 copies sold.    

October 2009 Hardware Sales  

Wii -- 506,900

   

Nintendo DS -- 457,600

   

PlayStation 3 -- 320,600

   

Xbox 360 -- 249,700

   

PlayStation Portable -- 174,600

   

PlayStation 2 -- 117,800

   

October 2009 Software Sales    

Uncharted 2 (PS3) -- 537,000

   

Wii Fit Plus (Wii) -- 441,000

   

Borderlands (360) -- 418,000

   

Wii Sports Resort (Wii) -- 314,000

   

NBA 2K10 (360) -- 311,000

   

Halo 3: ODST (360) -- 271,000

   

NBA 2K10 (PS3) -- 213,000

   

Forza MotorSport 3 (360) -- 175,000

   

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) -- 169,000

   

FIFA 10 (360) -- 156,000

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

So many numbers!  big ones, too!

[N-World]

Nintendo?  Is?  Doomed?

Oh wait, I'm thinking of that huge gap in sales that'll probably be erased any week now in Japan.

[Stratos]

Now to hope sales figures leak for games. I want to see how several titles like Extraction and Muramasa did this month.

[Mop it up]

I want to know how A Boy and His Blob is faring, though I probably already know. Sadly I don't think the number is more than four figures.

[TJ Spyke]

This supports what every non-Sony fanboy knew, the PlayStation 3 only beat the Wii in September because of a temporary sales boost from its price-cut. Things are back to normal.

[AV]

i want to see specific numbers for PSP Go and DSi, however how the system is set up it gets lumped together.

[broodwars]

This supports what every non-Sony fanboy knew, the PlayStation 3 only beat the Wii in September because of a temporary sales boost from its price-cut. Things are back to normal.

To play Devil's Advocate, I see no evidence that the Wii didn't just beat the PlayStation 3 in September because of a temporary sales boost from its price-cut.

It's incredibly likely that you're right and the PS3's boost was temporary and short, but your theory is no better supported by evidence than those of the Sony faithful last month.

[cubist]

Both Sony, MS, and Nintendo will do fine.  As a Wii fan, the hardware numbers non longer translate to more third party support.  I think they've given up on the Wii's ability to produce profits for them. 

Wouldn't it be awesome if Modern Warfare Reflex put up some serious numbers?  What's next...a Bioshock with downgraded graphics? 

[Stratos]

Both Sony, MS, and Nintendo will do fine.  As a Wii fan, the hardware numbers non longer translate to more third party support.  I think they've given up on the Wii's ability to produce profits for them. 

Wouldn't it be awesome if Modern Warfare Reflex put up some serious numbers?  What's next...a Bioshock with downgraded graphics? 

I would honestly take a port of Bioshock or any number of other HD/PC/PS360 games. I don't jump on many PC releases until a while down the road so if a decent late port for Wii comes up by then I'll go for the Wii one. I'm not much of a graphics whore so good controls tend to trump when weighing these decisions.

[Mop it up]

I still want a port of DOOM 3!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I still want a port of DOOM 3!

I think that would port just fine.

[Mop it up]

That's exactly why I want it. No sacrifices and better controls. I've never played it before but I've always liked the original Doom games so I'm curious about it.

[BlackNMild2k1]

If they can port it to Xbox, then a Wii port should look and run better (no slowdown) with enhanced motion/pointer controls. It would be the definitive console version. ID has left money on the table as have many other capable 3rd party developers.

[GoldenPhoenix]

That is all the Wii needs a port of a game that is older then Rygar.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

But personal computators were leagues ahead of consoles at that time.  Consoles can finally catch up this way.

[Mop it up]

Technically the Wii doesn't need anything besides Nintendo's own games to sell it, so any other game is really just filler.

[BlackNMild2k1]

That is all the Wii needs a port of a game that is older then Rygar.

I didn't mean to port it now, but to have ported it 3 years ago. It would have made a great launch title.
Flashlight mechanics are just now becoming popular on Wii and Doom3 would have been way ahead of the curve.

[TJ Spyke]

This supports what every non-Sony fanboy knew, the PlayStation 3 only beat the Wii in September because of a temporary sales boost from its price-cut. Things are back to normal.

To play Devil's Advocate, I see no evidence that the Wii didn't just beat the PlayStation 3 in September because of a temporary sales boost from its price-cut.

It's incredibly likely that you're right and the PS3's boost was temporary and short, but your theory is no better supported by evidence than those of the Sony faithful last month.

Maybe, but the Wii had been outselling the PS3 every month before the PS3 pricecut in September. It's the same way that the Wii outsold the Xbox 360 every single month of 2007 other than September (when Microsoft released Halo 3) or how the only month that PS3 outsold Wii in 2008 was June (when Konami released Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots).

[KDR_11k]

That's exactly why I want it. No sacrifices and better controls. I've never played it before but I've always liked the original Doom games so I'm curious about it.

Doom 3 is a fairly generic FPS in the vein of Quake (i.e. fairly small encounters) but more linear. What I liked about it was how they eliminated the use button (you got a cursor on the screen you were interacting with) and how projectiles were interceptable in mid-flight (especially in Rise of Evil where you had a grav gun to catch and return the projectiles, Doom 3 enemies throw more catchable projectiles than HL2 ones). What I didn't like was how high you had to set the gamma to see enemies.

[NWR_Lindy]

That is all the Wii needs a port of a game that is older then Rygar.

Hey, don't diss Rygar!  That's one of my all-time faves.