Halo 3 Sells 3.3 Million Copies In September

We posted the other day about Halo 3 sales numbers, but now they are officially official thanks to the NPD group. During the 12 days of September that the game was on sale, it managed to sell over 3.3 million units, which includes all three editions. That’s more than the other nine games in the top ten combined and doubled. According to the same report, over 527,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold as well, being the first console to beat out both of Nintendo’s offerings in quite some time.

“Halo 3 posted phenomenal results for just 12 days of sales in the month of September. True to its name, the game rubbed off on hardware sales too – the Xbox 360 realized it’s best month ever in unit hardware sales outside last holiday season,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “If ever there was a doubt that great content drives hardware acquisition, this should put that doubt to rest.”

Source: IGN Xbox 360