Nintendo PWNS Everyone Again

[Legend]

Market research firm NPD Group has released its report on U.S. video game sales for the month of May. For a sixth consecutive month, Nintendo took the crown in hardware and software sales of both handheld and home consoles.

Once again, the Wii was the top-selling new console, with Nintendo selling 338,000 units of its $250 machine, more than twice the units sold by its nearest competitor, the Xbox 360, which sold 155,000 units. The PlayStation 3 only sold 82,000 units.

The best selling system was again the Nintendo DS with 423,000 units sold.

In what regards to software sales, Nintendo dominated the charts again with four first-party Wii or DS games crowding the Top 5. The best selling game was Pokemon Diamond, which sold 331,000 units, followed up close by Mario Party 8, which sold 314,000 units.

The video game software sales chart looks like this:

1.Pokemon Diamond - DS (Nintendo) - 331,000 units
2.Mario Party 8 - Wii (Nintendo) - 314,000 units
3.Spider-Man 3 - PS2 (Activision) - 249,000 units
4.Pokemon Pearl - DS (Nintendo) - 238,000 units
5.Wii Play - Wii (Nintendo) - 227,000 units
6.Forza Motorsport 2 - Xbox 360 (Microsoft) - 217,000 units
7.Guitar Hero II - Xbox 360 (Activision) - 184,000 units
8Spider-Man 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision) - 140,000 units
9Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts) - 138,000 units
10.Guitar Hero II - PS2 (Activision) - 131,000 units

Wow i'm really surprised the wii is beating the 360 and PS3 so badly i mean its been the same statistics month after month.Guess its more the a gimmick system.

[Dkg]

not surprising.

[hwbs]

wii has potential but no games....maybe 4-5 good titles...i dont care about reports..i just care bout gears of war and sawing someones face off..

[Coroner]

Nintendo and Super Nintento had great games. I was dissapointed by the games for the Gamecube that had much more potential than the PS2. Let´s see how far they go with Wii.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

I like the Wii, but until they come out with Unreal Tournament with their controllers I'm sticking with my pc

[odelay24]

You know currently PS3 is almost selling on par with Gameboy Advance.

But that's cause they have no good software yet.

As for Wii, Smash Brothers is coming soon, and Metroid should be out by January.

And the reason it's beating 360 is because everyone who was gonna buy one already has one.

[Legend]

I like the Wii, but until they come out with Unreal Tournament with their controllers I'm sticking with my pc

I remember someone from epic saying unreal engine will never be on the wii.

[Cat]

I like the Wii, but until they come out with Unreal Tournament with their controllers I'm sticking with my pc

I remember someone from epic saying unreal engine will never be on the wii.

Because the Wii couldn't handle it.

[hwbs]

except for the big nintendo titles , all of the other games have serious issues with the bluetooth sensitivety of the remote..its what really gives you a workout , lmfao...i will not buy another game from them until is gets the thumbs up from gamespot..im sure they will figure it out..

they had originally committed to do unreal but backed out...it cant play on that system..

[stillies77]

Im picking up my wii in a few weeks...and who said no good games...didnt anyone know about the Virtual Console? You can play tons and tons of classic games from every nintendo console and Genesis and Turbo Graphix...they said eventually every nintendo game will be on the Virtual Console...I am buying the Wii just for that, Zelda, and Smash Bros.