Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 2:1
by Matt Gibbs
The August NPD results are in and what can we say... although the Nintendo Wii took out the top spot (go the Wii360 alliance), The Xbox 360 outsold the Playstation 3 by 2:1.
Microsoft in fact sold a massive 63% more Xbox 360's in August than the did the previous month, and this is in stark contrast to the 18% decline for the PS3 and the 5% decline for the Nintendo Wii. Not only that, more Xbox 360 games were sold than both the PS3 and Wii sales combined! It seems clear that the Xbox 360 price cut, along with the impending release of Halo 3, are doing wonders for the popularity of the console.
Breaking down the game sales even more, Madden NFL 08 took out the top spot (with coincidentally more Xbox 360 versions of the game being sold than any other platform), and Bioshock came in third (behind Madden NFL 08 on the Playstation 2).
Overall, aside from the Wii selling just over 400,000 consoles as opposed to the 276,000 Xbox 360 console sold, August was a pretty good month - and it's only going to get better!
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