Nintendo Ltd.'s Wii console outsold rival video-game hardware devices from Sony Corp. and Microsoft for the second month in a row, according to data issued by market research firm NPD Group late Thursday.
The Wii sold 335,000 units for the month, down from 437,000 units sold in January, which saw a big boost in sales from post-holiday shopping and an extra week during the month. By contrast, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft (MSFT :
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