August NPD: 360 regains sales lead over PS3
video game sales numbers are in and, unlike the 360's depressing July NPD showing, there's actually some good news to report. That good news being that the Xbox 360 was finally able to outsell the Playstation 3 after months of taking the back seat in sales.
For the month of August, again Nintendo reigned supreme in both the handheld and console markets, selling 518,300 DS' and 453,000 Wiis. The battle for second place in the console market was heated, but like we said, Microsoft was able to sell 195,200 Xbox 360 consoles narrowly passing the PS3's 185,400 unites. Also, keep in mind that the 360's recent price cuts and their effect on sales are not part of August's NPD tabulations seeing the the cuts went to effect in September. And, quickly, looking at the software side of things, Madden 09 sold crazy well on all platforms and both Too Human and SoulCalibur IV made the top ten. Complete August NPD hardware and software sales after the break.
August NPD Hardware
Nintendo DS - 518.3K
Wii - 453.0K
PlayStation Portable - 253.0K
Xbox 360 - 195.2K
PlayStation 3 - 185.4K
Playstation 2 - 144.1K
August NPD Software
1. Madden NFL 09 - Xbox 360 - 1.0M
2. Madden NFL 09 - PS3 - 643K
3. Madden NFL 09 - PS2 - 424.5K
4. Wii Fit - Wii - 394.9K
5. Mario Kart Wii - Wii - 328.7K
6. Wii Play - Wii - 200.2K
7. SoulCalibur IV - Xbox 360 - 174K
8. Too Human - Xbox 360 - 168.2K
9. Madden NFL 09 All-Play - Wii - 115.8K
10. Guitar Hero: On Tour - DS - 111.2K
