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March NPD Numbers Released – PS3 Sales Lower Then Expected, RE5 Top Game

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The NPD group has released the numbers for the month of March and the figures are very surprising. On the hardware front, Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 sales werent enough for the PLAYSTATION 3 as it came in at 218k units. The Wii sold over 600k while the Xbox 360 sold over 330k. Meanwhile, the DS sold 563k, the PSP sold 168k and the pricecut did not help the PlayStation 2 when that sold 112k

Resident Evil 5 for the 360 comes in as the software no. 1 with 938k. However surprisingly, Halo Wars, which was thumped last month by Killzone 2, its sales went up to 639k units while Killzone 2 came in, just under 300k, at 296k sold. Even worse on the PS3 software front was that the PS3 version of RE5 was outsold by Halo Wars when that sold 585k.

Worst still for the PS3, its flagship title was outsold by another PS3 exclusive, MLB 09: The Show when that sold 305k.

Full software and hardware numbers are after the jump.

Hardware:
PlayStation 2 112K
PlayStation 3 218K
PSP 168K
Xbox 360 330K
Wii 601K
Nintendo DS 563K

Software:
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 1 938K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 2 805K
HALO WARS* MICROSOFT 360 3 639K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA PS3 4 585K
WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 5 541K
MLB ‘09: THE SHOW SONY PS3 6 305K
KILLZONE 2 SONY PS3 7 296K
WII PLAY W/REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 8 281K
MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 9 278K
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 360 10 205K

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