May 15^th, 2008 (5:02pm) - The Official NPD sales results for the month of March are in and, once again, the Wii is on the top of the charts, outselling both the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined, selling through 700,000 units. Despite the launch of the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, the Wii’s momentum failed to buckle.

Following the release Nintendo announced that it has sold a total of 9.5 Wii game consoles in North America alone and announcement had also been made by Microsoft that the Xbox 360 has been the first console to reach 10 million sold in the Americas. Despite the fact, it’s expected that the Wii will surpass the Xbox 360’s NA hardware total by next month.

The US hardware sales figures for the month of April were as follows:

1. Wii - 714,200
2. Nintendo DS - 414,800
3. Xbox 360 - 188,000
4. PlayStation 3 - 187,000
5. PSP - 192,700
6. PlayStation 2 - 124,000

Top 10 VG Titles - April’08

360 GTA IV 1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel 1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV 1.00mm
Wii Play 360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl 326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue 224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 202K
Wii Guitar Hero III 152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 141K