The latest numbers, covering February, are in from the United States - the easily outstripping the with of 613,000 units last month.

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The biggest news, however, is probably the charting in second place - despite the release of big name titles like - with 422,000 sales.

The 360's impressive total pushed the into third with just shy of 400,000 sales, the PS3 fourth with 360,000 consoles shifted.

Then there's the well off the pace with 133,000 and the last with just over 100,000.

In software terms the big winners for February were 2, New Super Bros. Wii, 2, Just Dance, Wii Sports Resort, 2, and Heavy Rain. More on all this as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge