leading global market research company, NPD Group revealed that
Nintendo sold more high-end video game consoles in the U.S. in the
month of March than Sony and Microsoft combined.
According to NPD, Nintendo sold 721,000 units of Wii, Microsoft sold
262,000 units of Xbox 360, and Sony sold 257,000 units of PlayStation
3. Nintendo Wii sales surged due to the launch of the hit game Super
Smash Bros. Brawl -- a Wii exclusive. The game sold 2.7 million copies
in March, which made it the month's top selling title. God Of War:
Chains Of Olympus, and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII were two other
Wii titles that were listed among top five games sold in March.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Army Of Two, the two Xbox 360
titles grabbed the second slot among top sellers, but neither crossed
the one million sales mark.
The global market research firm articulated that Nintendo also
dominated the portable system market. It sold 698,000 Nintendo DS
units. Sony's PlayStation Portable counted sales of 297,000. Sony also
sold 216,000 PlayStation 2 systems in March.
