Force Unleashed tops the September sales charts
Two big entertainment properties had strong Septembers in the videogame world, as "The Force Unleashed" hit no. 1 on the U.S. sales charts with 1.43 million units (across all consoles), while "Lego Batman" sold a solid 544,000 units, despite only being available for the last week of the year.
"Rock Band 2" also had a decent launch, selling 363,000 units as an Xbox 360 exclusive. That's just a little less than the original "Rock Band" sold on 360 and PS3 combined when it debuted last November.
Also noteworthy: In its fifth month on sale, "Wii Fit" was the no. 2 best selling game of the month, with 518,000 units. That's really remarkable and yet another sign of just how successful Nintendo is at selling non-traditional games to non-traditional players.
Overall industry sales were down 7% from last September, but that's mostly due to how well "Halo 3" did last year, rather than a dour sign about 2008. Also, Microsoft unsurprisingly got a health sales boost for the 360 thanks to the price but, though it's still far behind Nintendo's Wii.
Game Console Publisher Units sold in Sept.
Force Unleashed 360 LucasArts 610,000
Wii Fit Wii Nintendo 518,000
Rock Band 2 360 MTV/EA 363,000
Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 353,000
Force Unleashed PS3 LucasArts 325,000
Mercenaries 2 360 EA 297,000
Wii Play Wii Nintendo 174,000
Madden NFL '09 360 EA 224,000
Force Unleashed Wii LucasArts 223,000
Madden NFL '09 PS2 EA 158,000
Console Sept. unit sales Lifetime-to-date
Wii 687,000 12.7 million
DS 537,000 22.5 million
360 347,000 11.3 million
PSP 238,000 12.6 million
PS3 232,000 5.5 million
Category Sept. revenue Change Year-to-date revenue Change
Total industry $1.27 billion -7% $11.82 billion 26%
Hardware $498 million -9% $4.22 billion 16%
Software $616 million -6% $6.07 billion 36%
Accessories $153 million -3% $1.53 billion 21%





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Shouldn't your chart say 'Units sold in September' rather than 'Units sold in August' considering it's the most updated information.
Posted by: W | October 16, 2008 at 08:18 PM