September was all about unleashing the Force. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed had moved 1.5 million copies in the United States by September 23rd, and you can check out how it fared for the month on the 360, PS3, and Wii platforms after the break.

Overall sales were down compared to last September because, well, Star Wars just isn’t Halo 3 to gamers. Luckily for us Nintenfolk, the lack of a Halo 3 launch doesn’t change a thing. Wii Fit and the Nintendo DS sold well over half a million each in the United States alone, and nearly 700,000 of the Wii systems flew off US store shelves last month.

NPD Group: September 2008

Industry Sales: $1.27 billion (-7% from September ‘07)
Hardware Sales: $497.98 million (-9%)
Software Sales: $616.09 million (-6%)
Accessory Sales: $152.59 million (-3%)

YTD: $10.55 billion (+32%)

Wii: 687,000
Nintendo DS: 536,800
Xbox 360: 347,200
PSP: 238,100
PlayStation 3: 232,400
PlayStation 2: 173,500

1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360): 610,000 units
2. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii): 518,000 units
3. Rock Band 2 (360) 363,000 units
4. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Wii): 353,000 units
5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3): 325,000 units
6. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (360): 297,000 units
7. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 243,000 units
8. Madden NFL 09 (360): 224,000 units
9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii): 223,000 units
10. Madden NFL 09 (PS2): 158,000 units

Last Month’s Data

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