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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[NPD: March sales put Xbox 360 in passenger seat]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><img border="0" align="right" id="img1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/hardwarecycle.jpg" alt="" />After falling to third place in hardware sales for the months of January and February, Microsoft's Xbox 360 inched out the PlayStation 3 to land in their familiar second place spot behind the Nintendo Wii. After dropping 9.3% in sales versus February 2008, the PlayStation 3 ended the month selling 257,000 units against Microsoft's 262,000 units for a small gain of 2.8%.<br /><br />With the upcoming release of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gtaiv" style="font-style: italic;">Grand Theft Auto IV</a> console sales are expected to rise and the data from the next few months should indicate how the market will trend well into the Summer as the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Rockstar/">Rockstar</a> title gains steam at retail.<br /><br />- <strong>Wii</strong>: 721K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" alt="" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg" /> 289K (40%)<br /> - <strong>DS</strong>: 698K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" alt="" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg" /> 110.4K (15.8%)<br /> - <strong>PSP</strong>: 297K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" alt="" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg" /> 53.9K (18.1%)<br /> - <strong>Xbox 360</strong>: 262K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" alt="" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg" /> 7.4K (2.8%)<br /> - <strong>PS3</strong>: 257K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg" alt="" /> 23.8K (9.3%)<br />- <strong>PS2</strong>: 216K <img vspace="0" hspace="4" border="0" align="bottom" src="http://nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg" alt="" /> 135.8K (62.9%)<br /><br />[via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/march-npd-wii-smash-bros-on-top-software-sales-surge/">Joystiq</a>]<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>NPD: March sales put Xbox 360 in passenger seat</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/">NPD: March sales put Xbox 360 in passenger seat</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1171090/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/npd-march-sales-put-xbox-360-in-passenger-seat/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>hardware-sales</category><category>march-sales</category><category>npd</category><category>software-sales</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xav de Matos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
