Nintendo Sales | Wii & DS Storm France, Germany, Spain & Italy!

It is not that often that we get firm sales data from countries around Europe, by the hardware numbers for March have now been revealed for France.

According to French magazine 'Les Echos', the numbers for January to March are as follows:

1.) Nintendo DS - 260,000
2.) Wii - 144,000
3.) Playstation 2 - 92,000
4.) PlayStation Portable - 90,000
5.) PlayStation 3 - 81,000
6.) Xbox 360 - 43,000

Remembering that the PlayStation 3 launched at the end of March, that is quite an impressive start for Sony's next generation platform. However, Wii and DS were still the clear victors, with Microsoft's platform struggling as much as reports from elsewhere around Europe have previously suggested.

Add in the latest software chart from tracker GfK and you will see the picture that is being painted:

French Top 20 (All Format) - 2nd-8th April, 2007

1.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - Up Two
2.) Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi (Wii, Atari) - Down One
3.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) - Re-entry
4.) Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) - Up Five
5.) MotorStorm (PS3, Sony) - Down Three
6.) Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) - Up One
7.) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo) - Up Five
8.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - Up Five
9.) Final Fantasy XII (PS2, Square Enix) - Down Three
10.) Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3, Sony) - Down Six
11.) nintendogs: Labrador & Friends (NDS, Nintendo) - Up Seven
12.) Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3, Sega) - Down Seven
13.) Rayman Raving Rabbids (NDS, Ubisoft) - New Entry
14.) Spectrobes (NDS, Disney) - Up Two
15.) F1: Championship Edition (PS3, Sony) - Down Seven
16.) Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Bandai Namco) - New Entry
17.) Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii, Ubisoft) - Down Three
18.) Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo) - Re-entry
19.) Medal of Honour: Vanguard (PS2, EA) - New Entry
20.) Pok