3DS Is Best Selling Game System In The US For Third Month Running

<p>Nintendo has announced that their latest portable handheld&comma; the Nintendo 3DS&comma; is the best selling game system in the United States for the third month running&excl; This means that the little console has sold more than the Xbox 360&comma; PS3&comma; Wii and &lpar;ugh&rpar; the Wii U each month consecutively for nearly a quarter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whilst Nintendo did not provide specific sales data&comma; they cited NPD data which said that the 3DS hardware sales rose 14&percnt; year-over-year whilst software sales had increased by a huge 45&percnt; compared to July last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Animal Crossing&colon; New Leaf had sold a combined 150&comma;000 physical and digital units in July whilst Luigi&&num;8217&semi;s Mansion&colon; Dark Moon had increased to 820&comma;000 units&period; What is arguably equally impressive is that Wii U platformer New Super Mario Bros&period; U has also sold a combined 830&comma;000 copies across both physical and digital format&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;npd-3ds-was-julys-top-selling-system-in-us-6413060">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;97914379-05d7-4f43-a6ab-c980d75cbaaf" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;