For a number of months Sony’s PlayStation 3 showed dominance in the US, taking the video gaming market by the scruff of the neck. Due to Solid Snakes return to Sony’s platform, the previously leading Xbox 360 had lost its second place crown.

Nintendo’s Wii might still be King of the now-gen consoles, but this month Microsoft’s Xbox 360 recaptured some ground and with recent price cuts it’s hard not to suppose more of the same before the end of the year.

US Hardware Unit Sales

PlayStation 3 185.4K
PlayStation Portable 253.0K
Playstation 2 144.1K
Xbox 360 195.2K
Wii 453.0K
Nintendo DS 518.3K

Top 10 SKU’s August 2008
(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
Publisher Release Date Rank # Units

360 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 1 1.0mm
PS3 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 2 643K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 3 424.5K
WII WII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 4 394.9K
WII MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 5 328.7K
WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 6 200.2K
360 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA Jul-08 7 174K
360 TOO HUMAN MICROSOFT Aug-08 8 168.2K
WII MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 9 115.8K
NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Jun-08 10 111.2K

Even though the PS3 lagged ever so slightly behind the Xbox 360 this month, NPD analyst Anita Fazier points out that compared to last August “the PSP and PS3 systems achieved the greatest percentage gain of all now-gen systems.”  Let’s hope LittleBigPlanet will live up to its “system seller” potential and give Sony’s console a much needed boost.

Tags: august npd, console-sales, hardware sales, software sales

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• Twitter and Facebook hitting the 360 before X-mas
• Even PS3 Owners Rate Xbox Live Best
• Rumor: Quieter Xbox 360s Incoming

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