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Charts: August 2009

September 12, 2009 Benny Wilkinson Leave a comment

The NPD Group have released the hardware and software charts for August 2009:

Hardware

DS – 552,900
Wii – 277,400
Xbox 360 – 215,400
PS3 – 210,000
PSP – 140,300
PS2 – 105,900

Software Top 10

(*) indicates a new entry for this month

(X) indicates last month’s position

(*) Madden NFL 10 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360) – 928,000
(1) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii) – 754,000
(*) Madden NFL 10 (Electronic Arts, PS3) – 665,000
(*) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix, Xbox 360) – 303,000
(*) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix, PS3) – 290,000
(*) Madden NFL 10 (Electronic Arts, PS2) – 160,000
(*) Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix, PSP) – 130,000
(4) Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 128,000
(5) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 120,000
(*) Fossil Fighters (Nintendo, DS) – 92,000

Gone from last month’s top 10:

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