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Console sales are up 27 percent year to date, according to the latest figures released by NPD Group, and sales are also up across the board compared to March 2007, with the exception of the venerable PlayStation 2. Let's take a look at who made the biggest moves this month. Spoiler warning: Nintendo continues to rule the US with an iron fist.
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Nintendo sold 721,000 Wiis and 698,000 DSs during March. It looks like the shortages may not be so dire anymore; those are pretty amazing numbers for March. "Nintendo systems represented 58 percent of all video game hardware sold in March in the United States," Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing said in reaction to the numbers. "We expect our momentum to continue with big upcoming game launches like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit."
Nintendo also easily dominated the software numbers, with Super Smash Bros.: Brawl taking the number one slot with 2.7 million sold. Wii Play came in fourth place with 409,800 units sold, and Guitar Hero III came in seventh place with 264,100 units sold.
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Nintendo
Nintendo sold 721,000 Wiis and 698,000 DSs during March. It looks like the shortages may not be so dire anymore; those are pretty amazing numbers for March. "Nintendo systems represented 58 percent of all video game hardware sold in March in the United States," Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing said in reaction to the numbers. "We expect our momentum to continue with big upcoming game launches like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit."
Nintendo also easily dominated the software numbers, with Super Smash Bros.: Brawl taking the number one slot with 2.7 million sold. Wii Play came in fourth place with 409,800 units sold, and Guitar Hero III came in seventh place with 264,100 units sold.
click here for more