It's that time again when corporate execs are held accountable for their actions, sales figures are calculated and the North American "digits" are revealed. It's time for April NPD! W00t!Last month's video game competition was a heated race between Microsoft and Sony as the Xbox 360 was able to move 188,000 units narrowly beating out the PS3's 187,100. That news on top of Microsoft announcing the 360's 10 million U.S. milestone make it a pretty good month for team Microsoft. Though, Nintendo's Wii continues to dominate even without Grand Theft Auto IV's help moving an amazing 714,200 consoles. Speaking of GTAIV, it rocked the final week of April selling a jaw-dropping 1.85 million units on the 360 alone which is nearly double that of the 1 million units it sold on the PS3. And that's always good to hear. Check the break for a complete rundown of the April NPD hardware and software data.
[Via Joystiq]
April Hardware Sales
1. Wii - 714,200
2. DS - 414,800
3. PSP - 192,700
4. Xbox 360 - 188,000
5. PS3 - 187,100
6. PS2 - 124,400
April Software Sales
1. GTA IV – Xbox 360 – 1.85 million
2. Mario Kart Wii – Wii – 1.12 million
3. GTA IV – PS3 – 1.00 million
4. Wii Play w/ remote – Wii – 360,000
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Wii – 326,000
6. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue – PS3 – 224,000
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness – DS – 202,000
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time – DS – 202,000
9. Guitar Hero III – Wii – 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Xbox 360 – 141K
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-16-2008 @ 9:53AM
DjDATZ said...
LOL...GTA IV for POS3 got pwned by Mario Cart. Just LOL.
Wiis are selling like CRAZY! Nothing new there though...lol
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5-16-2008 @ 9:53AM
DjDATZ said...
Excuse me, that wasn't supposed to be POS3, but PS3.
And yes, I know what POS3 stands for, but that was not the intention.
5-16-2008 @ 9:56AM
xboxrulez1985 said...
I thought 360 was supposed to have a landslide win over ps3 in April....oh well, i got both, so I dont care.
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5-16-2008 @ 12:45PM
haukke said...
the larger point if you look at the sales is not that the wii sold more or the ps3 sold less which it did but the amount of software that the 360 sold was still more.it sold 3 times less hardware then the wii but more software and gta sold more then by itself then all the ps3 software combined.it may not move the hardware like nintendo but sells games like crazy.
5-16-2008 @ 10:17AM
adam said...
the point is msft stole sonys one game that even matters.On top of that sold more copys and consoles moved well as well.
msft won the battle now all sony has left is mgs4 which doesnt look that good at all and killzone2 while msft has banjo gow2 ng2 too human penny arcade.
2008 is 360's year period.
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5-16-2008 @ 10:30AM
DjDATZ said...
I would have to agree. In 2007, 2008 was shaping up to be Sony's year because of MGS4, FF XIII, Home, and Killzone 2, but with Microsoft's recent stream of announcements on Fable 2, GoW 2, NG2, Too Human, Penny Arcade Adventures, and the GTA IV DLC, I would say that it'll be a VERY VERY interesting year and that NO ONE can guarantee that this is Sony's year. I would go as far to say it will be the 360's year...again.
Oh, and not to mention the results of the GTA IV sales...in which case it's exactly how you said it. Microsoft and the 360 stole one of Sony's and the PS3's most important games.
5-16-2008 @ 11:05AM
Ray said...
dont forget viva pinata 2!!!! lol
5-16-2008 @ 11:06AM
adam said...
You know i have been gaming since i was 6 years old.Im now 24 years old and i have never been into the metal gear series.Not one of my gamer friends through life has really ever been except i kid i knew in 4th grade that was from japan.Now when i look at all my friends that owned games like gow "all of my friends" and gta "everyone i know" i just dont think that mgs series appeals in the u.s to that many people.
People in the u.s love competition they love shooting and blowing shit up.The u.s will be the 360's market when its all said and done.And thats ok because its a american console.With a company like ms the home territory should be all that matters.Sega was a huge phenomenon in the u.s during the genesis days and japan and most of europe was snes territory.
I loved sega because they had more of what i liked.They had games that appealed to american gamers and im american.Thats why i love microsoft.
5-16-2008 @ 1:12PM
haukke said...
they also have left 4 dead and a couple of announcements at E3.there is nothing wrong with viva pinata 2...the first one was a good game, but did not get the recognition it should have.i thought killzone 2 was january.
5-16-2008 @ 10:34AM
Neuromancer said...
It's hard to compete against all the soccer moms and octogenarians that just have to have a Wii for the novelty of wagging a little white stick in the air. ;)
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5-16-2008 @ 11:00AM
adam said...
The wii is like a ds.I thing nintendo looked at how well there underpowered handhelds sold.I think they felt that the majority of adults prefered the gameboy series to the hardcore gamegears lynxs and psps.The sales alone showed that.The world wants simple they knew this hell my dad couldnt even program the vcr.
Nintendo is in the game for the average consumer that wants simple.msft and sny are in it for the people that want hardcore.
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5-16-2008 @ 11:11AM
Bravo6 said...
The Wii sales are mind boggling. I bought one, played it while my 360 was in the shop, never touched it again once the 360 came back. I need to go ahead and sell it, hasn't been touched in probably 6 months.
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5-16-2008 @ 12:24PM
Huey2k2 said...
You just described my experience with my Wii to a tee.
5-16-2008 @ 11:13AM
joey said...
Are we all forgetting the fact that Xbox has a larger install base?
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5-16-2008 @ 11:21AM
dancingtosirens said...
Exactly.
Fanboys always forget to actually think for themselves it seems.
With Microsoft's year lead equaling more consoles in the wild.... Of course it's gonna sell more on that system.
The fact is, it didn't sell that much more.
Of course, Dustin will always try to fuel the fanboy fires with any sort of information to belittle the PS3 no matter what.
Which is annoying as hell and why hes my least favorite writer on any of the fanboy sites.
5-16-2008 @ 12:11PM
Van Faulk said...
But I thought that GTA was a playstation franchise? And as such would obviously sell more on the ps3 because it just 'felt right'. That's what sony fanboys have been saying.
What is significant is that even with GTA4, the ps3 couldn't catch the 360. Even with presumeably all those GTA fans jumping onboard to the next gen, it still couldn't quite do it. pachter even said that the ps3 would outsell the 360 this month and look what happened.
5-16-2008 @ 11:15AM
slick said...
what losers, how can you mantion bango kazzo as a killer app, lets be real and none of you have played too human so i wonder how you know it will be crazy and for you people that say metal gear doesnt mean anything check your #'s it sold most of its copies in america, and europe, you see they is only one type of game that represents you system and that is shooters how inovativem i just cant wait intil 6/12/08 to see that look on your faces when you see how well recieved the game of the year will be, then after that i will play your once exclusive bioshock, that little big planet( inovation) that resistance 2, which as a launch title was almost on par with gear, so keep thikng that it is you year when we all know whoes it is
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5-16-2008 @ 11:25AM
adam said...
Dude seriously lbp innovation?
Banjo has more innovation infinity customizable vehicles with no limits incorperated into a platformer.
KZ2 aint coming this year sadly and even that game with a ps3 controller doesnt scream play me.
Resistance only sold becuase the ps3 had no games at launch its not a proven title period.People dont even consider it when fps games are mentioned.So a sequal wont even matter.
mgs series is not huge in the united states period.It will sell ok and graphically it looks worse than cod4 sadly.I laughed at the new in game footage and now even all the sony fans wont throw its graphical potential out there anymore.Now there graphical killer is kz2 which imho has nothing on gow2.
360 is satisfying every genre this year from rpg to shooter to platformer to games like ng2.
the 360 is where its at and i suggest you
JUMP IN
2008 YEAR OF THE 360
5-16-2008 @ 11:20AM
slick said...
and one last thing you look at the sales on GTAIV, lets break it down like this Xbox 10million innstalled base in usa it sells 1.8 million, ps3 4.5 million installed base in usa sells 1 million and you people screem victory brak down teh numbers you idiots it sold better on teh ps3 if you people know what attaced rate means, you might me as neive and that fat greenbuurg guy and you sold 900 more xboxs and you are cocky about that the tide is shifting and you cant handle it
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5-16-2008 @ 11:31AM
adam said...
Your not getting the point.They outsold them in hardware.They took a franchise that would have sold them what the 360 sold in software increasing there console sales at a alarming rate.The millions on 360 would have been millions on the ps3.
They won plain and simple they stole there piece of the pie.Now whats going to happen in 08 is a 200 dollar 360 while sony is trying to push a 600 dollar 40gb ps3 with mgs4.
You and sdf are in for a big surprise period.