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Nintendo Is January’s Hardware Winner Once Again

Wii fever swept the United States in January, another 465,000 units of Nintendo’s white wonder snatched up by consumers. Hey, when you’re selling that many copies of New Super Mario Bros you’re gonna need a Wii to play it on.


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New Super Mario Bros Wii Was January’s Biggest Game In The US

Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii had a big January, following its 2.8 million copies sold in December ’09 with another 650,000-plus copies to Mario-hungry Wii owners in the United States.


January 20, 2010
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The Bestselling Game Of All Time In The U.S. Is Wii Play

The NPD Group has compiled fifteen years worth of video game sales in the United States, determining that Nintendo’s 2006 release Wii Play is the industry’s top seller, beating out Grand Theft Autos and Call of Dutys easily.


January 16, 2010
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The Nintendo DS Has Outsold The Game Boy Advance In The US

Nintendo had a very happy holiday in the United States, shattering sales records by selling more than seven million hardware units in December 2009 between the Wii and Nintendo DS. But Nintendo has a few more records to brag about.


January 15, 2010
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NPD: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Stomps The Competition

In December, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold another 2.82 million copies to US consumers, pushing the game past the four million mark in the United States, according to the NPD Group. That’s the start of good news for Nintendo.


December 1, 2009
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Nintendo Sold Over 1.5 Million Wiis, DSs Last Week

November will be a big month for Nintendo when all is said and done, based on the more than 1.5 million consoles and handhelds it sold in the United States last week.


October 21, 2009
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Scribblenauts Spells Sales Success In September

Though it didn’t make an appearance in the NPD Group’s top ten bestselling games in the U.S. for September, 5th Cell’s innovative Nintendo DS game Scribblenauts conjured up impressive sales.


October 20, 2009
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Halo 3: ODST Beats Out Madden, Mario & Marvel To Win September

The PlayStation 3 may have killed it in the hardware contest last month, but Xbox 360 software reigned supreme this September, thanks to Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST. The game dropped more than 1.5 million copies in its debut month.


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PS3 Price Drop Makes It September’s Bestselling Console

The newer, slimmer, cheaper PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 and Wii during the month of September, according to new data from the NPD Group, the first time the console has bested both of its console rivals in the U.S.


September 11, 2009
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Madden Tops Charts Again, But Sales Plummet On PS2, Wii

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello had a right to be discouraged by sales of the latest Madden NFL football game from EA Sports. While it managed to be August’s bestselling game in the US, sales were definitely down.