It is that time of the month again, where fanboys from all three camps (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) get together to see just how their console has been doing in the market over the last month. The status quo for king of the hill remains, with Nintendo sitting comfortably in top spot while Microsoft and Sony jostle and tussle with one another fiercely for the distant second place. Sounds like Michael Phelps blowing everyone away at the Water Cube en route to his historic 8 gold medals in a single Olympics. Nintendo managed to move 555,000 Wii units in July, while the DS Lite did much better at 608,400 units. Of course, the latter is much cheaper than the former, and is easily found. How hard is it to get a Wii still in your area? Do leave a comment below after the jump.

Part of Nintendo’s success was due to new hot games released, including Guitar Hero: On Tour on the DS that moved a whopping 309,700 units while Wii play took the number 2 spot at 369,600 units with Wii Play staying two notches below at 284,000 units. Mario Kart Wii is at seventh place and Rock Band for the Wii stays comfortably at number 8. Interestingly enough, Rock Band for the Wii is the most watered down version, but it doesn’t look as though the market bothers too much about graphics. I suppose this is where the power of a huge user base comes in, reflected in the sales of software done.

Sony could only muster 224,900 PS3 units while the PSP hangs tough at number 4 with 221,700 units. Metal Gear Solid 4 amazingly did not break into the top 10 software sales charts, which is pretty disappointing since many people have claimed that this will help move more consoles. As for Microsoft, they aren’t too shabby either as the Xbox 360 takes fifth place at 204,800 units. The PS2 remains in last position, but it’s practically out of the equation now.

Source: Arstechnica

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