Nintendo Tops US Sales for March, 2010

The latest US sales data for the month of March has now been release by the NPD Group. The big winner this month was Nintendo on the hardware front, with the DS and Wii storming the hardware charts, even amidst talk of there still being some Wii shortages. As for the software side, God of War III slams home at No.1 on PS3, whilst the Pokémon duo of SoulSilver and HeartGold sold a combined amount of 1,781,200 units, beating the first month total of Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, which sold 1,757,000. The dual system launch of Final Fantasy XIII helps the franchise achieve its highest ever first month sales, with the PS3 edition almost doubling the Xbox 360 version.

Check out all the data below:

NPD Group US Hardware Data, 28th February-3rd April, 2010
1.) Nintendo DS - 700,800
2.) Wii - 557,500
3.) Xbox 360 - 338,400
4.) PlayStation 3 - 313,900
5.) PlayStation Portable - 119,900
6.) PlayStation 2 - 118,300
XX.) Nintendo DSi XL - 141,000 after just one week of release

NPD Group US Software Data, 28th February-3rd April, 2010
1.) God of War III (PS3, Sony) - 1,100,000
2.) Pokémon SoulSilver (NDS, Nintendo) - 1,020,000
3.) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix) - 828,200
4.) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360, EA) - 825,500
5.) Pokémon HeartGold (NDS, Nintendo) - 761,200
6.) Final Fantasy XIII (360, Square Enix) - 493,900
7.) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 457,400
8.) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3, EA) - 451,200
9.) Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 429,600
10.) MLB 10: The Show (PS3, Sony) - 349,200
11.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
12.) Just Dance (Wii, Ubisoft)
13.) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (360, Activision Blizzard)
14.) Major League Baseball 2K10 (360, Take Two)
15.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
16.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
17.) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Activision Blizzard)
18.) God of War I & II Collection (PS3, Sony)
19.) Heavy Rain (PS3, Sony)
20.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - >100,000

Demand for Nintendo fun continues unabated. We’re glad so many people are able to get their hands on our systems as we prepare for the May launches of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Wii and Picross 3D for our Nintendo DS systems. Four of the top 10 best-selling games in March play only on Nintendo systems. These include Pokémon SoulSilver at No.1 with more than 1.01 million units sold, Pokémon HeartGold at No.5 with more than 761,000 units sold, New Super Mario Bros. Wii at No.7 with more than 457,000 units sold, and Wii Fit Plus with Wii Balance Board accessory at No.10 with more than 339,000 units sold.
- Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing.