Gotta love them statistics. A bunch of numbers bandied about by market analysts and get picked up by fanboys who love nothing more than throwing them back and forth like a second-hand food fight. Like Homer said “Oh, you can use statistics to prove anything. 40% of all people know that!” In case you don’t see where I am going with this, the latest NPD numbers are in, and Microsoft and Nintendo are up there, cheering and waving to the crowd, while Sony sits in a dark corner, curled up in a fetal position and trying to cry itself to sleep. (Don’t worry Sony, you still got Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune!)

The October figures are now officially in and the industry is oh-so-happy that they’ve broken the billion dollar sales mark yet again. Well, duh! What else do they expect if they release blockbuster AAA titles all in one go, as if the universe was going to implode on January 1. Hit the jump for some crazy statistics that show that the Xbox 360 is again on top with software sales while the Wii leads the hardware sales, with Halo 3 trashing every other title that’s come out this year. That and Microsoft’s proud chest-thumping after leading the pack for both September and October.

NPD October 2007 Sales:

NPD October 2007 Top 10 Sellers:

Top Games for Year-to-date:

With numbers like these, Microsoft came up with their own statistics to show up the PS3 and the Wii. (Courtesy: GameDaily)

• For the month of October, Xbox 360 led in total revenue with $354 million compared to $246 million for Wii and $116 million for PS3.
• Xbox 360 software revenue at retail surpassed that of Wii and PS3 combined.
• For the month of October according to NPD, Xbox 360 software represented 54 percent of total software sales (at $162 million dollars) for this generation, compared to 30 percent for Wii and 16 percent for PS3.
• Xbox 360 was home to seven out of the top 10 rated games through the end of October according to Metacritic.
• Of all 3rd party U.S. software revenue in October, Xbox 360 generated more than double that of the PS3 and Wii. Xbox 360 weighs in at 57 percent with $130 million, compared to Wii with 28 percent and PS3 at 15 percent.
• PS3 and Wii combined had one third party title in the top ten console title list for the month, while Xbox 360 weighed in with 2. Since November, third party partners have seen their titles hit the top ten 29 times for Xbox 360, compared to 2 for PS3 and 2 for Wii.
• In last week’s earnings announcement from Electronic Arts, Xbox 360 represented 50 percent ($218 million) of their total revenue during the third quarter. In fact, EA titles on Xbox 360 outperformed those same titles on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii and DS combined.

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