Sony PS3 vs Xbox 360 Sales: Hardware vs Software

It is no secret that the Sony PS3 is till outpacing the Xbox 360 in hardware sales, October sales taken from US NPD Group data show that Microsoft’s games console proved much better when it came to top ten software sales. The Xbox 360 claimed five of the ten slots, giving them 44 percent of the sales.

According to PC World, the Nintendo Wii is still the one to beat and is still ahead of both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, although its sales have seen a huge decline since the same period last year. October 2008 saw Nintendo Wii shift 803,000 units, October 2009 only saw 507,000 Wii units sold.

The Nintendo DS sold 458,000, PS3, 321,000, Xbox 360, 250,000, Sony PSP, 175,000 and finally the Sony PS2 shifted 118,000 in October.

It had been thought that games sales would still do well through the recession, but video game sales have also seen a decline. Sales were $573 million for October 2009, which is down 18 percent from the same period last year where sales were at $698 million.

It will be interesting to see how hardware and software sales will go through November, considered the busiest month due to Black Friday. Many gamers will be on a tighter budget than they were last year, so have held of purchasing games until November. However, that did not stop them purchasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in record numbers at the beginning of the week.

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