Xbox 360 + PS3 = Wii in US E-mail
by Mike Bantick   
Friday, 18 April 2008
March NPD sales are in and the supply woes seem to be over for Microsoft as the Xbox 360 creeps ahead of the PS3.  But nothing can touch the Wii

According to Microsoft, the aberration that was the January and February sales figures for the Xbox 360 has been rectified simply by solving the supply issues supposedly squeezing sales against their arch-rival Sony’s PlayStation 3.

March has seen the Xbox 360 sneak back ahead of the PS3 in the U.S.

Shifting 262,000 units put the Xbox 360 marginally in advance of the 257,000 PS3 but none can compare to the continuing might of the Nintendo Wii which out sold the combined efforts of its more fancied competitors by entering 721,000 U.S households during March

There is of course light at the end of this sales tragedy for both Microsoft and Sony with the impending release of Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360 and PS3.  Could this be a chance to thumb their respective noses at Nintendo during the May sales period?

Other points of note from the March figures, courtesy of gamesspot saw Super Smash Bros. Brawl top the software charts:

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - MARCH 2008
Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units
1) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) / Nintendo / March 2008 / 2.7M
2) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2* (360) / Ubisoft / March 2008 / 752.3K
3) Army of Two (360) / Electronic Arts / March 2008 / 606.1K
4) Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) / Nintendo / Feb. 2007 / 409.8K
5) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) / Sony / March 2008 / 340.5K
6) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) / Square Enix / March 2008 / 301.6K
7) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) / Activision / Oct. 2007 / 264.1K
8) MLB 2K8 (360) / Take-Two Interactive / March 2008 / 237.1K
9) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare* (360) / Activision / Nov. 2007 / 237K
10) Army of Two (PS3) / Electronic Arts / March 2008 / 224.9K
*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions
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