NPD: Nintendo tops in the US

NPD Group and internal Nintendo figures have revealed that the Wii was July’s best selling video game system in the US. Despite various pricing shifts in the game industry, the Wii also scored its highest weekly sales rates since December.
Nintendo continue to dominate with the Wii and Nintendo DS remaining the top two best selling video game systems in the US. Together the two systems outsold all other hardware.
For those of you who are interested in the ebb and flow of the gaming industry, here are some other Nintendo facts:
Nintendo remained the top US game publisher for the sixth consecutive month.
So far this year, Nintendo titles claim six of the industry’s top 10 best sellers, including the top three: Pokemon Diamond (overall No. 1) and Pokemon Pearl (No. 3) for Nintendo DS, and Wii Play (No. 2) for Wii.
Nintendo DS, with more than 300 titles available, has the largest game library for any current generation system.
Wii has added new titles (averaging nine per month since launch) at a faster rate than any other new home system.
Including an ever-increasing library of classic titles available for download on the Wii Shop Channel, American owners of Nintendo DS and Wii will have a combined selection of nearly 800 games to choose from by year end.
Nintendo expects momentum for both systems to continue, given the Aug. 20 launch of Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS and the upcoming Aug. 27 launch of the hugely anticipated Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for Wii.