Videogamer reports that DS sold 518,000 units in the territory last month – beating the previous record set by PS2 when in August 2002 it sold 454,300 units. It’s also the first time any console has sold over half a million units in August since NPD began keeping records.
The achievement is all the more impressive considering the growth slowdown felt by the games industry in the US.
August was a good month for Nintendo in North America, though it was Xbox 360’s sales victory over PS3 that made the headlines.
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