NPD figures show Halo: Reach at 3.3m US sales in

Microsoft has slipped out the NPD figures for September’s US sales with Halo: Reach flexing a strong 3.3 million units for its launch month.

At 2nd place in the top ten software list is EA Sports’ Madden NFL 11, followed by Capcom’s Dead Rising 2. Modern Warfare 2 holds on 10th place.

The NPD will no longer be posting all their software and hardware data freely as they have been doing, so it’s up to platform holders to start spewing out the figures. Naturally Microsoft was elated to give out September’s performance thanks to Halo: Reach.

Here’s the top ten US games (all physical boxed copies, includes PC):

Halo: Reach (Microsoft - Xbox 360) 3,300,000
Madden NFL 11 (EA - 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP)
Dead Rising 2 (Capcom - 360, PS3, PC)
NHL 11 (EA - 360, PS3)
FIFA Soccer 11 (EA - 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, NDS)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix - PSP)
Mafia II (Take-Two - 360, PS3, PC)
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Activision - PS3, 360, NDS, Wii)
Metroid: Other M (Nintendo - Wii)
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision - 360, PS3, PC)

Halo: Reach gets its first ever DLC this November 20th in the form of the Noble Map Pack which includes new achievements worth 250 Gamerscore, and it costs 800 MSP. The downloadable content will include 3 new multiplayer maps.