March NPD: Nintendo duo dominate

By Chris Greenhough

While its opponents largely stumbled and stuttered through March like rundown old carthorses, the magnificent Nintendo stallion romped to an emphatic victory. In any typical month, the DS might have been expected to lead the charge, but March was the month of Brawl, and there was much rejoicing. Not for the first time, the Pacht-meister was right on the money.

  • Wii: 721K 289K (40%)
  • DS Lite: 698K 111K (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%)

For software sales, follow past the break.
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) — 2.7m
2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360) — 752.3K*
3. Army of Two (Xbox 360) — 606.1K
4. Wii Play (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

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