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Xbox 360 has become the leader in sales of consoles in the U.S.

Xbox 360 became the best selling console in America up to July 2010, reports GameSpot, with reference to the monthly report NPD Group. Over the past month, U.S. gamers have purchased 443.5 thousand units.

Thus, the game system Microsoft has overtaken the sales of main competitors - the portable DS (398,4 thousand) and Wii (253,9 thousand). Fourth place in the ranking took PlayStation 3 (214.5 thousand), followed by PSP (84000). According to analysts the company, this success is due to the Xbox 360 launch of the new thin model and lower cost of old consoles $ 50.

Top selling games in July, led the American football sim NCAA Football 11 from the company Electronic Arts - the game sold 368 thousand copies for the Xbox 360. Version of NCAA Football 11 for PS3 has taken a second line of the rating (298.8 thousand). Third place went shooter Crackdown 2 for Xbox 360 (208.8 thousand copies), followed platformer Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii (193,000 copies), and closes the top five rankings Fantasy Adventure LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 for DS (141,7 thousand copies).

Also in the top ten best-selling games in July included Red Dead Redemption (sixth place), the version of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Console Wii (seventh place), Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (eighth place). The ninth place ranking took platformer New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and the last line got shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Total revenues from sales of consoles in the U.S. totaled 313.8 million, up 12 percent higher than the same period last year. Sales of games, by contrast, fell by eight percent and income from them amounted to 403,3 million dollars. Total sales of the game industry has fallen by only 1 per cent and amounted to 846,5 million dollars.
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