April 17th, 2009

The Wii home console of Nintendo and also the Nintendo DS portable video game system comfortably led the U.S. sales last month. Giving a closer look to the data received from the independent NPD Group Pokémon Platinum Version for Nintendo DS has been the No. 2 video game in March. Nearly 805,000 units of this game has been sold. NPD Group tracks video game sales in the United States.

The Nintendo Wii tallied sales of about 601,000 last month where as Nintendo DS sold over half a million, even in advance of the April 5 launch of the new Nintendo DSi system. Both the game extended their lead as the best-selling video game systems of the present generation.

Cammie Dunaway, vice president (Sales & Marketing) of Nintendo of America said, “Nintendo systems accounted for 58.4% of the video game hardware sold in March, more than all other systems combined.” He also added that consumers continue to be attracted to the great value of Nintendo systems.

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