L'istituto di analisi delle vendite del mercato videoludico statunitense NPD ha diffuso i nuovi dati relativi al mese di Settembre: ancora ottime notizie per Microsoft, che vede Xbox vendere di più di PS2 per il terzo mese consecutivo, e con una prestazione eccezionale di Fable che ha venduto 600.000 copie in soli 15 giorni, preparandosì cosi a superare il milione di copie entro fine anno. Inoltre, i due titoli multipiattaforma Star Wars: Battlefront e Burnout 3 hanno venduto maggiormente su Xbox che sulla console Sony, nonostante la maggiore base installata di quest'ultima. Di seguito i dati al completo.

HW
GBA $42,023,530 527,133
XBX $39,379,728 265,067
PS2 $38,046,609 253,295
GCN $11,387,827 114,789

ALL PLATFORMS
1 GBA POKEMON FIRERED W/ADP $21,065,130 684,283
2 XBX FABLE $29,948,580 604,084
3 GBA POKEMON LEAFGRN W/ADP $17,103,620 556,065
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 $14,226,930 288,747
5 XBX SW: BATTLEFRONT $13,395,470 275,186
6 PS2 SW: BATTLEFRONT $12,949,310 267,465
7 PS2 STAR OCEAN: TILL END $11,053,760 222,986
8 PS2 NBA LIVE 2005 $8,106,411 203,322
9 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 $3,956,769 203,101
10 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2005 $8,297,772 169,657
11 PS2 NASCAR 2005:CHASE CUP $7,129,704 143,611
12 GCN PIKMIN 2 $6,583,169 132,618
13 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 $2,481,845 128,226
14 XBX BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN $6,164,830 124,327
15 GCN WWE DAY OF RECKONING $6,070,188 122,168

XBX
1 FABLE $29,948,580 604,084
2 SW: BATTLEFRONT $13,395,470 275,186
3 ESPN NFL 2K5 $2,481,845 128,226
4 BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN $6,164,830 124,327
5 MADDEN NFL 2005 $5,091,888 102,886
6 ESPN NHL 2K5 $1,922,700 97,983
7 TIGER WOODS PGA 2005 $4,425,786 90,158
8 HALO $2,609,295 87,529
9 NBA LIVE 2005 $3,266,275 81,958
10 ESPN NBA 2K5 $1,599,382 80,437
11 X-MEN: LEGENDS $3,817,020 76,829
12 STREET RACING SYNDCTE $3,498,198 70,415
13 NASCAR 2005:CHASE CUP $3,467,849 69,852
14 DEF JAM: FIGHT FOR NY $3,314,719 67,136
15 SHELLSHOCK: NAM '67 $2,730,086 54,837

GBA
1 POKEMON FIRERED W/ADP $21,065,130 684,283
2 POKEMON LEAFGRN W/ADP $17,103,620 556,065
3 DRAGONBALL Z: BUU'S $1,752,800 59,085
4 YU-GI-OH! RESHEF $1,288,909 42,417
5 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 $1,178,754 40,479
6 MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 $1,177,994 38,906
7 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG $987,152 31,746
8 SUPER MARIO CLASSIC $627,966 31,599
9 TEENAGE MUTANT TURTLE $331,434 28,711
10 POKEMON RUBY $909,743 27,327
11 NAMCO MUSEUM $392,329 26,996
12 SONIC ADVANCE 3 $771,602 26,224
13 POKEMON SAPPHIRE $861,662 26,151
14 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO $507,598 25,557
15 SHREK 2 $686,001 23,765

GCN
1 PIKMIN 2 $6,583,169 132,618
2 WWE DAY OF RECKONING $6,070,188 122,168
3 DONKEY KONGA W/BONGOS $2,053,434 41,932
4 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE $1,091,327 36,422
5 TALES OF SYMPHONIA $1,680,868 33,852
6 MADDEN NFL 2005 $1,658,302 33,441
7 SONIC MEGA COLLECTION $631,538 32,454
8 X-MEN: LEGENDS $1,466,533 29,463
9 SPONGEBOB: BATTLE $468,156 23,403
10 MARIO KART: DOUBLE $1,108,446 22,374
11 SOUL CALIBUR II $444,007 22,200
12 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 $983,515 20,671
13 SONIC ADVENTURE 2 $396,458 19,796
14 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND $390,054 19,553
15 SUPER MONKEY BALL 2 $381,227 19,198

PS2
1 MADDEN NFL 2005 $14,226,930 288,747
2 SW: BATTLEFRONT $12,949,310 267,465
3 STAR OCEAN: TILL END $11,053,760 222,986
4 NBA LIVE 2005 $8,106,411 203,322
5 ESPN NFL 2K5 $3,956,769 203,101
6 TIGER WOODS PGA 2005 $8,297,772 169,657
7 NASCAR 2005:CHASE CUP $7,129,704 143,611
8 SLY 2:BAND OF THIEVES $4,742,280 119,539
9 DEF JAM: FIGHT FOR NY $5,720,625 115,861
10 STREET FIGHTER ANNIV $3,328,188 111,680
11 BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN $5,198,917 104,545
12 STREET RACING SYNDCTE $4,840,836 97,316
13 ESPN NHL 2K5 $1,897,349 96,566
14 SHELLSHOCK: NAM '67 $4,774,473 95,837
15 X-MEN: LEGENDS $4,126,100 82,905