James Delahunty
15 Sep 2007 19:15
According to figures from the NPD group, Nintendo's home console, Wii, and handheld console, DS, have maintained their strong sales in the U.S. during the month of August. The Wii console sold a strong 403,600 units with the Nintendo DS moving along behind at 383,200 units, bringing the total number of Wiis sold in the U.S. to over 4 million and the total number of DS sold to 12.7 million.
Microsoft had a decent month for the Xbox 360 console, moving 276,700 to bring its total figures for the U.S. to 6.3 million. The 360 version of Madden NFL 2008 was the best-selling console game, selling a very strong 896,600 units. BioShock also made the top ten, at number 3.
Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) console continued to move slower than its competitors with 130,600 units, down from last month's 159,000. This brings the number of PS3s sold in the U.S. to about 1.75 million units. The company's PlayStation 2 (PS2) continued to carry it through the rough times with 202,000 sales (39.1 million overall) and the PSP had a good month with 151,200 units sold.
Source:
Ars Technica