Nintendo Still Going Strong - Tops Sales Charts

15 Mar

Posted by stuart as DS, Handheld, Industry, News, Nintendo, Wii

NPD reports that Nintendo has had extremely strong sales in the month of February, including nearly half a million Wii Hardware Units and over 500,000 DS system sales in the U.S. Nintendo was #1 in hardware sales for both the console and portable gaming sales charts last month. Check the full numbers after the break.

Analysts believe that Nintendo would have had a successful month regardless, and that the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl had nothing to do with it. The Nintendo DS is the best selling portable gaming system, and seems to gain even more momentum each month. Both systems topped hardware sales in the U.S last month.

February sales, according to NPD, in the United States:

* Nintendo sold more than 1 million hardware units combined, accounting for nearly half (47.6 percent) of all hardware sold.
* Nintendo DS games topped all software sales, with more than 3.6 million units sold. Consumers purchased nearly 2.9 million software units for Wii. Four of every 10 games sold were for Nintendo systems.
* Three games in the top five sellers for February play on Nintendo systems, including two from third-party publishers.
* Nearly 1.7 million accessories were purchased for Wii, more than for any other system. More than 1.2 million accessories were sold for Nintendo DS as well.

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