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Just ahead of NPD's U.S. video game retail sales figures for the month of April, Microsoft said its Xbox 360 led home console competitors for another month with sales of 297,000 units, up 60 percent compared to the same month a year ago.

Xbox 360 has been the top-selling home console at U.S. retail for 10 out of the last 11 months, Microsoft said, making it the best-selling home console for the year. It also saw the most growth of any current-gen home console on the market during the month.

Microsoft also noted strong performance of Kinect games, withKinect Sports selling over 3 million units worldwide to date, andDance Central selling over 2.5 million.

The company added, "in anticipation of another record year in 2011, Microsoft announced the size of the Kinect games portfolio will triple by the end of the year."

Microsoft said total retail spend on Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories during the month was $310 million, "still the highest among current generation consoles," the company said.

Top ten NPD games at U.S. retail for the month included Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, Crysis 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters and Michael Jackson: The Experience, all of which have versions on Xbox 360.

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sounds awesome for kinect users

lol when I heard about MSes new stuidos I was like finally MS is going to get into making some games but then I found out they are all working on kinect and actually laughed I feel sorry for 360 only owners 

Good! Kinect needs more games if they want it to help the 360's sales along more.

I'm so glad Playstation fans are worrying about the amount of games we have to play :) 

It's cute how they think we care 

Lol yep...

1.no games

2.no core games

3.working too much on kinect games

why can't just pick one

Isn't 2 and 3 the same thing?

Lol win xD

It's not too surprising. Microsoft has to focus on Kinect, or else it runs the risk of falling into obscurity. Ever since the device launched, it became a significant part of the console's future. If it fails, it would likely signal the end of the generation for Microsoft. The boost the console has received in the months since Kinect releases have been based both on titles available and also largely on titles yet to come. Everyone seems to have their own vision of what Kinect could be and are waiting for Microsoft to deliver, so they really don't have a choice but to try.