Kameo
04-20-2007, 12:58 AM
The NPD Group has released the March 2007 game sales data, and the number one slot in hardware sales shouldn't come as a surprise. The Nintendo DS is far and away driving the industry forward, racking up 508,000 units sold in the 31-day month. The Wii topped all next-gen consoles with 259,000 units reported as sold, though it wasn't the top-selling home platform. That honor went to the PS2, which moved another 280,000 consoles. Rounding out the top half of the hardware list, Microsoft sold another 199,000 Xbox 360s, and Sony sold 180,000 more PSPs.
The Game Boy Advance is also still making a strong showing, with 148,000 more handhelds sold in March. This is about 18,000 more than the PlayStation 3, which only sold 130,000 units. At least it sold more than the 22,000 unit performance of the GameCube.
Moving on to the software numbers, the game/remote combo that is Wii Play took the number four spot on the chart with 273,000 boxes sold. Spots six and seven went to two DS games, Diddy Kong Racing (189K) and Spectrobes (165K). The top selling game of the month might explain why the PS2 had such a strong showing: Sony's God of War II moved 833,000 copies, twice as many as the number two game for the month.
The Game Boy Advance is also still making a strong showing, with 148,000 more handhelds sold in March. This is about 18,000 more than the PlayStation 3, which only sold 130,000 units. At least it sold more than the 22,000 unit performance of the GameCube.
Moving on to the software numbers, the game/remote combo that is Wii Play took the number four spot on the chart with 273,000 boxes sold. Spots six and seven went to two DS games, Diddy Kong Racing (189K) and Spectrobes (165K). The top selling game of the month might explain why the PS2 had such a strong showing: Sony's God of War II moved 833,000 copies, twice as many as the number two game for the month.