March Wii sales top 720,000 in US

[Shrygue]

via Eurogamer


Nintendo managed to sell a whopping 720,000 Wii consoles in the US last month.

Sales were boosted by the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 2.7 million copies were sold in March, three times as many as the game's nearest competitor.

According to NPD data Nintendo's name was on 58 per cent of all hardware sold across the US, with the DS shifting 698,000 units.

The Mario-maker expects the momentum to continue, too; Nintendo of America pointed to upcoming releases of Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii as potential gold mines.

Further down and there was just 5000 units difference between Xbox 360 and PS3 figures. Microsoft landed on top with 262,000 sales and Sony was just behind with 257,000.

Sony also managed to dish out 297,000 PSP handhelds during the month, plus 216,000 PS2 consoles.

In the software stakes, Xbox 360 versions of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Army of Two took second and third place respectively.

Wii Play kept up its phenomenal record to hold onto four, while PSP releases God of War: Chains of Olympus and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII took five and six respectively.

From there it was Guitar Hero III on Wii at seven, followed by Xbox 360 versions of MLB 2K8 and Call of Duty 4.

Army of Two on PS3 rounded out the chart at 10.

Hardware:

• Wii - 720,000
• DS - 698,000
• PSP - 297,000
• Xbox 360 - 262,000
• PS3 - 257,000
• PS2 - 216,000

Software:

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 2,700,000
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (360) 752,300
• Army of Two (360) 606,100
• Wii Play (Wii) 409,800
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) 340,500
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) 301,600
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) 264,100
• MLB 2K8 (360) 237,100
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) 237,000
• Army of Two (PS3) 224,900

[Shadowblind]

This is real tense in the nextgen wars scene. The 360 is leading overall sales against the PS3 by 9 mil, but the close numbers just make the next week think "Who just outsold?"

Lolz. The difference is even less then 10k each week. The only sad(annoying) part is knowing that it really doesn't matter...the Wii outsold all.

(It wouldn't be so annoying if half the stuff put out for the Wii wasn't pure ****.)

[mcdougall57]

(It wouldn't be so annoying if half the stuff put out for the Wii wasn't pure ****.)

yeah i own a wii and im fed up of the worst 3rd party titles ever that come with "waggle"

[JKKDARK]

wow the Wii and the DS kicked ass so badly. And good for PS3, finally they sold more than the PS2

[Mini Moose]

Heh, I bought a Wii just because Brawl came out. XD

[Eviltaco64]

wow the Wii and the DS kicked ass so badly. And good for PS3, finally they sold more than the PS2

It almost outsold 360 as well.
And PSP also outsold 360 (and has been neck to neck with DS in Japan)

[Joe88]

it was because of smash bros. which was a disappointment anyway

[sappo]

Wii for the Wiin!

[ICE]

it was because of smash bros. which was a disappointment anyway

Seriousy? Where you expecting it to make you breakfast in the mornings too lol? That game is amazing! What didnt you like about it?

[PlagueMusic]

add one more sale if you tell me where to find one :P