The sales numbers are in for March 2009 and it was another major month for game releases. Resident Evil 5 topped 1.5 million in combined sales of PS3 and Xbox 360, while Pokemon Platinum nearly became the latest Nintendo DS game to top 1 million in sales. Year-to-year software sales were down 17 percent from March 2008.
1. Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) – 938,000
2. Pokemon Platinum (DS) – 805,000
3. Halo Wars (Xbox 360) – 639,000
4. Resident Evil 5 (PS3) – 585,000
5. Wii Fit – 541,000
6. MLB ’09: The Show (PS3) – 305,000
7. Killzone 2 (PS3) – 296,000
8. Wii Play – 281,000
9. Mario Kart Wii – 278,000
10. Major League Baseball 2K9 (Xbox 360) – 205,000
On the hardware side the Wii surprised no one by topping the charts for another month. Nintendo DS followed with sales of over a half million units. The stalemate between Xbox 360 and PS3 continued that has separated the two systems by approximately 100,00 units.
1. Wii – 601,000
2. Nintendo DS – 563,000
3. Xbox 360 – 330,000
4. PS3 – 218,000
5. PSP – 168,000
6. PS2 – 112,000
