NEWS / GAMING

Nintendo's Wii Again No. 1 New Game Console

21 Apr, 2007, 12:22 pm IST | by Reuters | Gaming

Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii was again the No. 1 current-generation video game console, selling 259,000 units in the United States in March, according to market research firm NPD.


The Wii, which remains in short supply, uses a motion-sensitive controller that has been popular with mainstream gamers as well as new audiences like senior citizens and very young children.

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 U.S. unit sales were 199,000 in March to outpace Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 unit sales of 130,000.

Sony's last-generation PlayStation 2 continued to see strong sales with consumers picking up 280,000 units.

In the hand-held category, sales of the Nintendo DS hit 508,000 in March, ahead of Sony's PlayStation Portable, or PSP, with 180,000.

Tags: Nintendo , Wii , PS2

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