"PlayStation 2 (PS2)" of SONY continued to 3rd place.

NPD of the investigation group : according to the dissemination lingua investigation on the 14th.
The game software in the United States in April and the top line of the video game machine became the billion 30 million dollars of the this moon proportion 17% previous year decrease, and became drastic dropping serial for two months.

The top line of game software is 510.7 million dollars of the this moon proportion 23% previous year decrease, hardware is 391.6 million dollars of 8% decrease to the break-down, and the accessory is 15% decrease.

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2nd place is 175,000 of 7% decreases in "Xbox360" of Micro Soft of U.S..
"PlayStation 2 (PS2)" of SONY continued to 3rd place.

A portable game machine sold one million or more by new model DS "NINTENDO DSi" of Nintendo released in the United States on April 5, and pulled PlayStation portable of SONY (PSP) apart greatly.

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