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According to a new post at GameLife, the NPD group is reporting stellar $1.7 billion in hardware and software sales for the month of March 2008. Nintendo took the biggest piece of the pie, with the Wii (721 thousand) and DS (698 thousand) and the insane sales of top title Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii), at a staggering 2.7 million units. The PSP also had an excellent month, with third place sales (297 thousand) and two games in the top ten sales chart (God of War: Chains of Olympus and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII).

Here are the charts, from the post:

HARDWARE
Wii   721K
Nintendo DS   698K
PlayStation Portable   297K
Xbox 360   262K
PlayStation 3   257K
PlayStation 2   216K

SOFTWARE
WII   SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL   NINTENDO OF AMERICA   2.7M
360   *TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2   UBISOFT     752.3K
360   ARMY OF TWO   ELECTRONIC ARTS     606.1K
WII   PLAY W/ REMOTE   NINTENDO OF AMERICA     409.8K
PSP   GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS   SONY     340.5K
PSP   CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII   SQUARE ENIX   301.6K
WII   GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK   ACTIVISION     264.1K
360   MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8   TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE       237.1K
360   *CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE   ACTIVISION     237K
PS3   ARMY OF TWO   ELECTRONIC ARTS   224.9K
*Includes collector’s edition, limited edition, or bundled SKUs

Overall, the post reports that March sales were up 51% from the preceding year. Traditionally, March (and for that matter, spring in general) is a bit of a down time for the industry, but it appears that that trend is no longer. Here’s to a very healthy game industry.

Read [GameLife]