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October NPD sees Wii back on top


Rejoice!

The Wii has managed to skedaddle back on top, enjoying the comfortable cushion of the NPD throne. In resting its behind in the big chair, you can see the Wii made sure that the Xbox 360's time at the top was short-lived. Welcome back, Nintendo. We've missed you.

The hardware sales:

  • Nintendo Wii: 519K (5 million total)

  • Nintendo DS: 458K (13.6 million total)

  • Microsoft Xbox 360: 366K (7.1 million total)

  • Sony PSP: 286K (8.8 million total)

  • Sony PlayStation 2: 184K (39.4 million total)

  • Sony PlayStation 3: 121K (1.9 million total)

The top 10 software sales:

  1. Halo 3 (all three SKUs - Xbox 360) -- 433.8K

  2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Xbox 360) -- 383.2K

  3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Wii) -- 286.3K

  4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (PS2) -- 271.1K

  5. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) -- 262.8K

  6. Wii Play (Wii) -- 239.7K

  7. The Orange Box (Xbox 360) -- 238.4K

  8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock standalone (PS2) -- 231.7K

  9. FIFA Soccer '08 (PS2) -- 129.7K

  10. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS) -- 116.9K

[Via Joystiq]