Halo 3 Sells 3.3 Million Units

NPD has released their statistics for the month of September for the bustling game industry. Obviously, Halo 3 lead the charge along with the Xbox 360. Halo 3 moved 3.3 million units in shortened month with the next closest on the list being Wii Play w/ Wii Remote, moving 282K thousand units. As a whole, the video game industry swelled to $1.4 billion for the month. Software totals increased 64% to $550.5 million. Hardware sales saw the biggest jump of 188% to $418.6 million, but the Xbox 360 only outsold the Wii by 27,000 units at 527K and 500K, respectively. Here's the list of the top ten titles:

1. HALO 3 (360) - 3.3 million units
2. PLAY W/ REMOTE (Wii) - 282,000
3. LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS (DS) - 224,000
4. MADDEN NFL 08 (PS2) - 205,000
5. SKATE (360) - 175,000
6. MADDEN NFL 08 (360) - 173,000
7. METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION (WII) - 167,000
8. BIOSHOCK (360) - 150,000
9. BRAIN AGE 2 (DS) - 141,000
10. HEAVENLY SWORD (PS3) - 139,000

It's been a great year thus far for gaming and the total sales stand at $9.37 billion, up 47% from last year.