NPD: March sales put Xbox 360 in passenger seat
After falling to third place in hardware sales for the months of January and February, Microsoft's Xbox 360 inched out the PlayStation 3 to land in their familiar second place spot behind the Nintendo Wii. After dropping 9.3% in sales versus February 2008, the PlayStation 3 ended the month selling 257,000 units against Microsoft's 262,000 units for a small gain of 2.8%.
With the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV console sales are expected to rise and the data from the next few months should indicate how the market will trend well into the Summer as the Rockstar title gains steam at retail.
- Wii: 721K
289K (40%)
- DS: 698K
110.4K (15.8%)
- PSP: 297K
53.9K (18.1%)
- Xbox 360: 262K
7.4K (2.8%)
- PS3: 257K
23.8K (9.3%)
- PS2: 216K
135.8K (62.9%)
[via Joystiq]
Software sales for the Xbox 360 continue to be strong in the month of March with four of the top ten titles coming from the Microsoft platform. Well behind the success of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl was Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and EA's Army of Two at second and third respectively while MLB 2K8 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare rounding out the Xbox 360 effort at eigth and ninth.
March Software
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 2.7 million
2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360) - 752.3K*
3. Army of Two (Xbox 360) - 606.1K
4. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) - 409.8K
5. God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - 340.5K
6. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) - 301.6K
7. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) - 264.1K
8. Major League Baseball 2K8 (Xbox 360) - 237.1K
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 237K*
10. Army of Two (PS3) - 224.9K
* - Includes bundles and special editions
