The NPD numbers for April have arrived, and things are looking good for Microsoft ... depending on how you look at it. Microsoft managed to sell 174,000 Xbox 360s in the month of April, more than doubling the 82,000 PS3s sold (incidentally, the Game Boy Advance sold 84,000). If you buy Microsoft's interpretation of the console war -- as in: our competition is the PS3, period -- then the Xbox 360 is kicking ass. Still, Sony and Nintendo have something to smile about, as the PSP, PS2, Wii, and DS all outsold the Xbox 360 in April. It's worth noting though, that the gap between the Xbox 360 and PS2 is significantly smaller than it was in
March. It will be interesting to see if the revelation of
Halo 3's
release date will have an effect on Xbox 360 sales.
- Nintendo DS: 471K (10.9 million total)
- Nintendo Wii: 360K (2.5 million total)
- Sony PlayStation 2: 194K (38.2 million total)
- Sony PSP: 183K (7.4 million total)
- Microsoft Xbox 360: 174K (5.4 million total)
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance: 84K (35.7 million total)
- Sony PlayStation 3: 82K (1.3 million total)
- Nintendo Gamecube: 13K (11.7 million total)
- Microsoft Xbox: N/A
[Via Joystiq]
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5-19-2007 @ 11:11AM
Bestof BothWorlds said...
You no whats funny im not saying ps3 is better but the ps3 is selling better when compared to the the 360 and its first quarter and 360 had no competitition with the Wii(Last gen console for last gen price $255) or the ps3 plus what did the 360 have to play in the first 6 months Hmmm? the same as the ps3(nothing) but you have to admit perfect dark fails in comparison to resistance. I know what your saying resistance fall of man had more time to develop but then we would have to argue that the 360 had a year before everyone else and also throw out the fact that they sold 10 million. i think if the 360 came out on the same day as the ps3 a lot more people would of bought the ps3 over the 360 even with the price as high as it is and if Microsoft had the same bugs as the thier release date then there would be far less 360s. SO I SAY STO P THE WAR BY BOTH!!! BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY CAPCOM IS A REAL BITCH RIGHT NOW I MEEN WANT2CROSS PLATFORM BUT THEY CANT(WONT).ANY GAMES THAT CAME OUT FOR THE 360 WILL NOT BE PORTED TO THE PS3.THE SIXAXIS WITH LOST PLANET OR DEAD RISING !!!
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5-19-2007 @ 2:22PM
Chuck said...
DAMN! WHAT a BURN!! LoL
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