The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of October, representing sales for the United States for the four week period of October 7th to November 4th.

Notables this month:

• Wii has whopping sales numbers, clearly outselling all other consoles
• Fable II is the top seller in October for software

Hardware numbers:
WII: 830.0k (207.5k per week)
NDS: 491.0k (122.75k per week)
360: 371.0k (92.75k per week)
PSP: 193.0k (48.25k per week)
PS3: 190.0k (47.5k per week)
PS2: 136.0k (34.0k per week)

2008 Year-to-Date in US:
WII: 5,980,000
NDS: 5,341,100
360: 2,472,400
PS3: 2,440,800
PSP: 2,388,100

2008 Lifetime-to-Date in US:
NDS: 22,930,800
WII: 13,350,000
PSP: 12,900,100
360: 11,613,400
PS3: 5,688,800

The top ten software went as follows:
01. [360] Fable II (Microsoft) - 10/2008 - 790k
02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 05/2008 - 487k
03. [360] Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) - 10/2008 - 375k
04. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 04/2008 - 290k
05. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 02/2007 - 282k
06. [360] Saints Row 2 (THQ) - 10/2008 - 270k
07. [PS3] SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Confrontation (Sony) - 10/2008 - 231k
08. [PS3] Little Big Planet (Sony) - 10/2008 - 215k
09. [360] NBA 2K9 (Take 2 Interactive) - 10/2008 - 202k
10. [360] Dead Space (Electronic Arts) - 10/2008 - 193k

Some software LTDs:
[WII] Wii Play: 7,133,700
[WII] Mario Kart Wii: 3,387,700
[WII] Wii Fit: 2,832,900

Industry Sales:
Oct-07 - Oct-08 - Change - Year-to-date Oct 07 - Year-to-Date Oct 08 - Change
Video Games $1.12B - $1.31B - 18% - $10.50B - $13.13B - 25%
Video Games Hardware $470.47M - $494.74M - 5% - $4.13B - $4.72B - 14%
Video Games Software $514.60M - $696.79M - 35% - $4.98B - $6.76B - 36%
Video Game Accessories $130.81M - $120.19 - -8% - $1.40B - $1.65B - 18%

Things to point out:

• Nintendo had increased shipments of the Wii console on October
• Little Big Planet turned out not to be the system-seller that it was billed to be by both Sony and the hardcore gamer community
• Plateaus reached:
  • Wii surpasses 13 million sold in US, overtakes PSP
  • 360 overtakes PS3 in consoles sold year-to-date

Things to look for next month:

• Increased shipments from Nintendo
• Notable releases in November:
  • [WII/PS2] Sonic Unleashed
  • [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades
  • [360/PS3/WII/PS2] Call of Duty: World at War
  • [360/PS3] Mirror's Edge
  • [360/PS3/WII/PS2/NDS] James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace

[September 2008 NPD]