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Wii

Start of Month

Hardware Sales

Software Sales

Unit Month

SW/UM

January

8,619,419

479,513

4,812,259

8,859,175.5

0.543

February

9,098,932

499,892

3,964,025

9,348,878.0

0.424

March

9,598,824

603,876

6,366,755

9,900,762.0

0.643

April

10,202,700

623,708

3,942,376

10,514,554.0

0.375

May

10,826,408

1,245,372

8,812,996

11,449,094.0

0.770

June

12,071,780

731,481

4,619,196

12,437,520.5

0.371

July

12,803,261

768,053

5,361,760

13,187,287.5

0.407

August

13,571,314

495,814

3,910,158

13,819,221.0

0.283

September

14,067,128

558,982

4,404,708

14,346,619.0

0.307

October

14,626,110

1,050,510

7,300,434

15,151,365.0

0.482

November

15,676,620

2,011,100

14,258,132

16,682,170.0

0.855

December

17,687,720

3,162,172

28,126,632

19,268,806.0

1.460

Average

0.577

PS3

Start of Month

Hardware Sales

Software Sales

Unit Month

SW/UM

January

3,510,255

331,419

2,146,486

3,675,964.5

0.584

February

3,841,674

331,631

1,908,009

4,007,489.5

0.476

March

4,173,305

240,733

2,287,179

4,293,671.5

0.533

April

4,414,038

191,503

2,021,191

4,509,789.5

0.448

May

4,605,541

289,387

4,177,299

4,750,234.5

0.879

June

4,894,928

342,399

2,867,852

5,066,127.5

0.566

July

5,237,327

282,496

2,616,071

5,378,575.0

0.486

August

5,519,823

241,962

2,263,562

5,640,804.0

0.401

September

5,761,785

191,468

1,937,859

5,857,519.0

0.331

October

5,953,253

299,010

3,781,543

6,102,758.0

0.620

November

6,252,263

439,695

5,490,153

6,472,110.5

0.848

December

6,691,958

740,675

8,795,939

7,062,295.5

1.245

Average

0.618

XBox 360

 

Start of Month

Hardware Sales

Software Sales

Unit Month

SW/UM

January

10,170,639

366,439

5,197,508

10,353,858.5

0.502

February

10,537,078

318,557

4,596,058

10,696,356.5

0.430

March

10,855,635

255,729

5,138,291

10,983,499.5

0.468

April

11,111,364

183,675

3,653,091

11,203,201.5

0.326

May

11,295,039

294,574

7,617,835

11,442,326.0

0.666

June

11,589,613

227,338

4,096,603

11,703,282.0

0.350

July

11,816,951

332,111

4,759,702

11,983,006.5

0.397

August

12,149,062

205,257

3,834,883

12,251,690.5

0.313

September

12,354,319

343,399

4,448,265

12,526,018.5

0.355

October

12,697,718

450,876

6,993,554

12,923,156.0

0.541

November

13,148,594

948,091

13,224,972

13,622,639.5

0.971

December

14,096,685

1,611,184

20,475,247

14,902,277.0

1.374

Average

0.558

Nintendo DS

 

Start of Month

Hardware Sales

Software Sales

Unit Month

SW/UM

January

20,049,832

587,995

4,301,277

20,343,829.5

0.211

February

20,637,827

615,330

3,308,019

20,945,492.0

0.158

March

21,253,157

581,608

3,453,171

21,543,961.0

0.160

April

21,834,765

696,601

3,819,098

22,183,065.5

0.172

May

22,531,366

768,937

4,946,742

22,915,834.5

0.216

June

23,300,303

827,762

4,825,895

23,714,184.0

0.204

July

24,128,065

982,878

5,374,390

24,619,504.0

0.218

August

25,110,943

633,808

3,805,803

25,427,847.0

0.150

September

25,744,751

601,662

3,720,805

26,045,582.0

0.143

October

26,346,413

780,092

5,250,756

26,736,459.0

0.196

November

27,126,505

1,669,191

11,065,576

27,961,100.5

0.396

December

28,795,696

3,128,572

25,986,103

30,359,982.0

0.856

Average

0.257

PSP

 

Start of Month

Hardware Sales

Software Sales

Unit Month

SW/UM

January

11,296,132

338,931

1,581,966

11,465,597.5

0.138

February

11,635,063

265,475

1,031,258

11,767,800.5

0.088

March

11,900,538

283,208

1,610,758

12,042,142.0

0.134

April

12,183,746

265,071

1,218,363

12,316,281.5

0.099

May

12,448,817

274,714

1,416,055

12,586,174.0

0.113

June

12,723,531

281,335

1,120,820

12,864,198.5

0.087

July

13,004,866

349,005

1,225,404

13,179,368.5

0.093

August

13,353,871

266,051

1,020,386

13,486,896.5

0.076

September

13,619,922

220,533

917,579

13,730,188.5

0.067

October

13,840,455

280,109

1,159,265

13,980,509.5

0.083

November

14,120,564

478,303

1,466,029

14,359,715.5

0.102

December

14,598,867

915,435

2,825,591

15,056,584.5

0.188

Average

0.106

 

Edit: The numbers should (mostly) speak for themself ... This is a measure of the number of units of software sold per-unit of hardware that existed for a particular month.

The home consoles all seem very similar, while the DS falls noticeably below the home consoles and the PSP trails far behind.