The NPD Group has announced the software and hardware sales figures for the month of March, revealing that the video game industry amassed a shocking $1.7 billion in software and hardware sales — up 57 percent from last year.

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo’s mega-sequel Super Smash Bros. Brawl topped the software charts with 2.7 million copies sold. The company’s hardware sales were nothing to scoff at either, pushing 721,000 Wii units and 698,000 units of its Nintendo DS handheld during the same timeframe.

Follow the jump for the rest of March’s NPD sales data.

Hardware Sales For March 2008

Wii 721,000
Nintendo DS 698,000
PlayStation Portable 297,000
Xbox 360 262,000
PlayStation 3 257,000
PlayStation 2 216,000

Software Sales For March 2008

WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2.7M
360 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT 752.3K
360 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS 606.1K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 409.8K
PSP GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS SONY 340.5K
PSP CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII SQUARE ENIX INC 301.6K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION 264.1K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 237.1K
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION 237K
PS3 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS 224.9K

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