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Found this on Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5217172/marchs-top+selling-games-accessories-by-platform , which found it on Wired : http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/04/march-2009s-top.html Top 20 Games Overall: 1. RESIDENT EVIL 5* 360 CAPCOM USA 2. POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3. HALO WARS* 360 MICROSOFT 4. RESIDENT EVIL 5* PS3 CAPCOM USA 5. WII FIT WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA 6. MLB '09: THE SHOW PS3 SONY 7. KILLZONE 2 PS3 SONY 8. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA 9. MARIO KART W/WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA 10. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9 360 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 11. GUITAR HERO METALLICA 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD 12. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD 13. STREET FIGHTER IV* 360 CAPCOM USA 14. MARIO KART DS NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 15. STREET FIGHTER IV* PS3 CAPCOM USA 16. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 17. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 18. MLB '09: THE SHOW PS2 SONY 19. HALO 3* 360 MICROSOFT 20. L...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358785 Data care of NPD Group PlayStation 2 112K PlayStation 3 218K PSP 168K Xbox 360 330K Wii 601K Nintendo DS 563K RESIDENT EVIL 5* (360) 938K POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION (NDS) 805K HALO WARS* (360) 639K RESIDENT EVIL 5* (PS3) 585K WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD (WII) 541K MLB '09: THE SHOW (PS3) 305K KILLZONE 2 (PS3) 296K WII PLAY W/REMOTE (WII) 281K MARIO KART W/WHEEL (WII) 278K MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9 (360) 205K (*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

This console generation in the United States is all about Nintendo for the casual / mainstream gamers, and Microsoft for the hardcore gamers. Here are the latest NPD figures for December 2008. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349076 ******************** Care of NPD Group PS2 410K PS3 726K PSP 1.02M X360 1.44M Wii 2.15M DS 3.04M WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 1.46M 360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 1.33M* WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 999K WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 878K WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR 859K* 360 GEARS OF WAR 2 745K* 360 LEFT 4 DEAD 629K NDS MARIO KART 540K PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 533K WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK 497K* *Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions Top selling games of 2008 WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 5.28M WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 5.00M WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 4.53M WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL 4.17M 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 3.29M* 360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 2.75M* 360 GEARS OF WAR 2 2.31M* PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 1.89M* 360 MADDEN NFL 09 1.87M*...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=345152 Playstation 2 206k Playstation 3 378k PSP 421k Xbox 360 836k Wii 2.04M DS 1.57M GEARS OF WAR 2* (360) 1.56 million CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* (360) 1.41 million WII PLAY W/ REMOTE (WII) 796K WII FIT (WII) 697K MARIO KART (WII) 637K CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (PS3) 597K GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* (WII) 475K LEFT 4 DEAD (360) 410K RESISTANCE 2* (PS3) 385K WII MUSIC (WII) 297K Top 20: **** Hardware LTD's: PS2: 42.948.000 NDS: 24.463.000 WII: 15.391.000 PSP: 13.227.000 360: 12.449.000 PS3: 6.062.000 **** Some other figures were posted on NEOGAF today: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13992167&postcount=3001 These include sales data on games that weren't listed in the top 20 of the November 2008 NPD Sales Figures. November 08: 360 FABLE II: ~185K PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET: ~140K PS3 VALKYRIA CHRONICLES: ~35K ----- Rough LTDs: WII MARIO KART WII: ~4.0 million WII WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA: ~3.5 million WII ...