4- week month; reporting period 10/3/10 through 10/30/10
Software:
01. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, WII, PC) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
02. Fallout: New Vegas **(360, PS3, PC) BETHESDA SOFTWORKS - 1,117,000
03. Medal of Honor **(360, PS3, PC) ELECTRONIC ARTS
04. Fable III **(360) MICROSOFT - 580K - Second highest individual SKU
05. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II **(360, PS3, WII, PC, NDS) LUCASARTS
06. Halo: Reach **(360) MICROSOFT - 315K
07. Just Dance 2 (WII) UBISOFT - 286K
08. FIFA Soccer 11 (PS3, 360, WII, PS2, PSP, NDS, PC) ELECTRONIC ARTS
09. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, WII, PS2, PSP) ELECTRONIC ARTS
10. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 (PS3, 360, PS2, WII, PSP) THQ - 225K
**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
15. Rock Band 3 (All Platforms)
Fallout: New Vegas Xbox 360 SKU Only - 679K - Top individual SKU
Fallout: New Vegas (PC) -- 107K (Retail Only)
Fallout: New Vegas PS3 -- 331K (via math)
Hardware:
Nintendo DS - 342k+
Xbox 360 - 325k, is now the best selling console year to date, only console that's up year over year
PS3 - Under 250k
Wii - At least 204k
PlayStation Move sold less than the Xbox 360 points card again.
Notably Missing: Thus, less than 225K.
-Rock Band 3
-Castlevania
-Enslaved
-Vanquish
-Kirby's Epic Yarn
-NBA Jam
-Super Scribblenauts
-Wii Party
The industry as a whole saw $1.07 billion in new hardware, software and accessory sales for the month, down from $1.11 billion in October 2009. For the year as a whole, the industry has generated $11.07 billion in new sales, roughly $900 million, or eight percent, behind the pace set by 2009.
Hardware
A severe 26 percent drop in year-over-year revenue from new hardware sales drove the overall decline in the October report. Sales of home and portable consoles brought in just $280 million in October2010, compared to $381 million for the same month last year.
While NPD no longer breaks down hardware sales for specific systems, the group did reveal that the Nintendo DS was the month's best selling system.
NPD confirmed that this number makes the Xbox 360 the best-selling home system so far in 2010, while the Nintendo DS remains the best-selling system for the year overall.
Software
Sales of new, boxed software were up six percent year-over-year in October, representing $605 million in revenue in 2010. The increase wasn't enough to help 2010 software sales on an annual basis, however, which currently sit at $5.54 billion and still trail those at the same point in 2009 by seven percent.
Sales of online-enabled games seem to be driving the industry for the month. "Interestingly, unit sales of online playable console games were up 16 percent while sales of those that are not online playable were down 2 percent versus last October," NPD analyst Anita Frazier noted. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31493/NPD_Results_October_2010_Industry_Dips_4_Percent_On_Slow_Hardware_Sales.php