October NPD: Uncharted 2 sells big

By Robert Purchese Published 13 November, 2009

DJ Hero, Brutal Legend miss out.

October's NPD results are in and a big winner is Uncharted 2, with 537,000 units sold.

But with exclusives like Wii Fit Plus in second (441,000) and Wii Sports Resort in fourth (314,000) Nintendo's Wii has regained dominance in the US, and shifted a meaty 506,900 units.

Last month's leader, Sony's PS3, finished as second best console (320,600), while Microsoft's Xbox 360 had to be content with third (249,700).

Borderlands proved to be a strong October seller in third (418,000), as did - predictably - NBA 2K10 (Xbox 360: 311,000 / PS3: 213,000), Halo 3: ODST (271,000) and Forza Motorsport 3 (175,000) - despite a late October launch.

DS game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is in ninth (169,000) and FIFA Soccer 10 drummed up surprising support (Xbox 360: 156,000) to finish 10th. Must be those college kids. Or David Beckham.

Elsewhere, PSP posted poor results (174,600) in the face of the PSPgo launch (1st October), and was easily trounced by Nintendo's DS (457,600). PS2, as old as the Earth itself, bottomed the pile (117,800).

October also represented a worrying start for Activision's DJ Hero campaign, as all four SKUs - PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 - combined to sell a measly 122,000 units.

Brutal Legend also missed out, but by a much slimmer margin (Xbox 360: 150,000 / PS3: 66,000).

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Comments (37) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Pedrolot #1 2 years ago

    Well deserved for Uncharted. Its a fantastic game!

  • rotmm #2 2 years ago

    Good news for Uncharted 2 and the team at ND.

  • twoism #3 2 years ago

    What is it with Tim Schafer's games and poor sales? Brutal Legend deserves much better. Does no one appreciate original quirky adventure games anymore?

  • king2001 #4 2 years ago

    @twoism

    I think you've answered your own question there!

  • woodnotes #5 2 years ago

    Poor showing for Forza 3. Seems to be doing well in the UK though.

  • MrTeatime #6 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:59:18 03-01-2012

  • Widge #7 2 years ago

    America likes to buy lots of dire sports games.

  • rotmm #8 2 years ago

    @woodnotes,

    I suppose it should be pointed out that F3 had 2 weeks less sales than U2, and that it was only on sale for 4 days of October in total.

    Not that I expect it to be a particularly huge seller for MS in NA.

  • Darren #9 2 years ago

    Does anyone know what the worldwide sales total to date is for Uncharted 2. I hope it has done really well because it's an exceptional game and one that stands, head, shoulders and torso above every other release this year IMO.

  • markymark22 #10 2 years ago

    The 360 sells a nice bit more multi format titles in the us. I'd love to know about the rest of the world cause i know here in ireland the ps3 seems to be running away with it at this time. Small country though. I assume the rest of europe is similar?

  • markymark22 #11 2 years ago

    The 360 sells a nice bit more multi format titles in the us. I'd love to know about the rest of the world cause i know here in ireland the ps3 seems to be running away with it at this time. Small country though. I assume the rest of europe is similar?

  • frunk #12 2 years ago

    "October also represented a worrying start for Activision's DJ Hero campaign"

    Although hardly surprising...
    Guitar Hero = Half the price
    RockBand/Guitar Hero World Tour = similar price but 3/4 player party game
    DJ Hero = one man and his deck for a fat wad of cash!

  • Ninja_Tino #13 2 years ago

    I wish Brutal Legend was more of a Zelda clone, know what I mean? Poor Tim and co.

  • uzivatel #14 2 years ago

    @woodnotes: it was released at the end of the month and the sales curve is probably going to be more flat compared to, say, ODST, but I guess Microsoft expected more

  • RobotRocker #15 2 years ago

    Everyone should remember that 216,000 sales overall isnt that bad and it has already eclipsed sales for Psychonauts in its first few months. And since 360 to PC porting is fairly straight forward, sales are decent and the RTS concept would do better on PC. I can see DF going ahead with a PC port.

    /Psychonauts is £6 on GOG at the minute for the PC. Go get it or its turtle soup for everyone
    //Soup made of turtles
    ///TURTLES THAT YOU LOVE!

  • Doctor_What #16 2 years ago

    EG: could you post the whole chart so we can see it in a glance please? The commentary is great, but sometimes I just want to see the numbers. Thanks!

  • xentar #17 2 years ago

    I bet the original UC got a spike in sales too, I am buying it after completing UC2 and some of my friends who bought PS3 this fall are doing the same :)

  • Ninja_Tino #18 2 years ago

    xentar, don't feel too spoilt when you play the first one, or you'll be sorely disappointed. It's not a patch on its sequel (although don't get me wrong, it's still a fantastic game).

  • xentar #19 2 years ago

    i played the demo for UC1 befre laying my hands on Uncharted 2 and I liked it, i know it wont be as much eye candy but i want it for the story

  • TruWari3r #20 2 years ago

    @twoism

    Brutal Legend isn't an adventure game, it's an rts.

    @ninja

    Yeah I had hoped more normal gameplay a la gta instead of the rts things. Also hoped on what more humor.

    @robotrocker

    Psychonauts would have been one of my favorite all time games if it hadn't been for the last level. Still the milkman conspiracy is my favorite level in a game.

  • ZeroAX #21 2 years ago

    oh my god poor brutal legend.

    but dj hero deserved even worse sales imo. stupid idea. make a harp hero next (how i met your mother reference)

  • uzivatel #22 2 years ago

    @markymark22: Probably, then again some European countries are all about PC gaming and UK seems to be more 360-friendly...

  • TonyHarrison #23 2 years ago

    So.... Nintendo aren't so doomed after all.

  • makeamazing #24 2 years ago

    Excellent of UC2... currently GOTY for me, after being disappointed by MW2, only AC2 can beat it... hope its good regardless :)

  • Eraysor #25 2 years ago

    Great to see DJ Hero do badly, hopefully the next one will be cheaper.

  • twoism #26 2 years ago

    @ TruWari3r
    I see it more as an action adventure with RTS elements, but it is first and foremost an adventure game, much like TS' other titles, which is what SHOULD be giving it broad appeal, and yet it doesn't. Despite a lot of gamers being fans of rock music and Jack Black promoting it like crazy. But who knows, maybe most are waiting to pick it up during after-xmas sales.

  • dingo75 #27 2 years ago

    Yes Tim! Brilliant idea to screw the PC gamers.
    The ones that MADE you in the first place!

    Enjoy your console sales...

  • uzivatel #28 2 years ago

    @dingo75: If Borderlands sales are anything to go by, he is not missing out...

  • des #29 2 years ago

    500k is big?

    Next NPD EG title will be then MW2 sells big big big big...big big big....big big big...

  • muscleblade #30 2 years ago

    Brutal Legend was a good game - not great. 7/10 from me.

    Borderlands was better imo.

  • El-Dev #31 2 years ago

    Well done ND.

    Shame Donnie is banned, he would have loved this thread.

  • VMerken #32 2 years ago

    Surprising, as will be the next month, I'm sure.

  • ronuds #33 2 years ago

    @ des

    For a PS3 exclusive - yes, that's big.

    For any other platform, though....not so much.

  • makeamazing #34 2 years ago

    @ronuds, yes but the game has done 1.4 million copies in a matter of weeks, so its not just the 500k figure, which is still very nice. UC2 is going to get to 2 million no problem.

  • ronuds #35 2 years ago

    @ makeamazing

    The original sold 2.5m, so I should hope the sequel can at least sell 2m!

    That's decent, but compare that to the highest selling games this generation and it pales in comparison.

  • makeamazing #36 2 years ago

    Guess i wasnt clear, what i meant was its going to do 2m very soon...the original had been out quite a while...

    That's decent, but compare that to the highest selling games this generation and it pales in comparison.

    Well if we look at the highest selling games of this generation, the majority of them are Wii games, so I'm not sure of the comparison :). If we look at other games, yes that maybe the case forsome top selling games, anything over 1.5 million is considered pretty good these days... , but are you saying that its a failure because it doesnt match something like MW2 or GTA etc etc? Selling over 2m would suggest commercial success and its pretty much had critical success. I tip it to be a close call between this and MW2 to be game of the year (imho MW2 doesnt deserve it, but others might disagree).
    Edited by 1 at 13/11/09 @ 22:56

  • man.the.king #37 2 years ago

    @makeamazing

    "...after being disappointed by MW2..."

    I was a bit disappointed by MW2 as well, although I think the real reason for this was that I was kinda spoilt by the superlative experience afforded by Uncharted 2 (imo one of the best and most entertaining games of this generation), and for me, the experience of playing MW2 (both SP & MP) paled in comparison with that of Uncharted 2 (SP & MP).