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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.

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