superdeluxe

Also Hardware sales:

Wii 398,710 (+420%) 11,138,433
DS 154,044 (+1%) 22,617,845
PS3 145,196 (+76%) 4,878,758
Xbox 119,345 (+62%) 11,720,463


Everyone was in a buying mood, must have been those economic stimulus checks!

mr.snowmizer

Until NPD is releasing their numbers weekly, I'd put zero stock in anybody else's guesses.

superdeluxe

April NPD's numbers are in:

Hardware

Wii 714.2K
Nintendo DS 414.8K
PSP 192.7K
Xbox 360 188.0K
PlayStation 3 187.1K
PlayStation 2 124.4K


Software

360 GTA IV 1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel 1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV 1.00mm
Wii Play 360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl 326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue 224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 202K
Wii Guitar Hero III 152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 141K

CreatureX

Grand Theft Auto 4 had no impact on Wii console sales. It also looks like GTA4 didn't have any impact on PS3 or Xbox 360 console sales either.

It appears the Wii will overtake Xbox 360 in North American sales by next month. What an amazing job Nintendo!

Bluelitespecial

Is grand theft auto IV the first game to sell over a million copies for the PS3?

RichC2

No.

Call of Duty 4, Motorstorm*, Resistance, and Assassin's Creed have all sold over a million in the US alone.

* Includes "pack-in" offers, so it doesn't authentically count.

In terms of worldwide, 14 games have broken the 1m barrier.

Fandango

It certainly is the first game to sell a million the first week however.

Chris_D

Maybe not a million, but I think COD4 sold a ton early for the PS3.

Giantrobo

Big deal. Was GTA supposed to kill the Wii? Am I missing something? It's been pointed out time and time and time again to the point of annoyance that the Wii isn't going for the same gamers so why would this matter?

I'm glad the Wii is selling but it's not like it's money in my pocket.

Michael Corvin

I think, more or less, it comes down to the fact they sold 6 million copies of the game and it didn't increase console sales in the least like both companies seemed to be banking on.

PopcornTreeCt

I wonder if MGS 4 will be the big hardware seller for the PS3.

SmackDaddy

I guess you missed out on all the articles predicting that GTAIV would be the one thing that might slow down the Wii's momentum and spur sales of the 360/PS3. But, neither of those things happened.

Not directed at you, but in general. I wonder why so many gamers get offended when the Wii is even remotely compared to anything 360/PS3??? A thread at HardOCP on these sales figures turned into a Wii bashing free-for-all.

Michael Corvin

I'm going to say, no. Like GTA it will push a few extra, but most people buying into MGS4 already own a PS3.

shumway

Supposedly most if not all of the pre-orders for the 80gig PS3 MGS4 and Dualshock3 systems have been sold.

Neil M.

Who's taking pre-orders? All the places I went to said they can't.

Giantrobo

Ok, fair enough. I assumed I missed something like that and that's why I asked if I missed something.


For the same reason Wii fans are so "We sold more units! Nanna nanna na na!"

shumway

Gamestop, don't know about anywhere else.

superdeluxe

Yes.



http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/05/0...c_0502wii.html

Pretty much every step of the way, someone has found a way to try to hammer on Nintendo, and it keeps on chugging away. I wouldn't bet against a Nintendo product. Wii Fit is going to be massive.

Giantrobo

Nannah nannah na na. I hear you man. And hey, I'm not betting against Nintendo. I have a Wii too and I'm not trying to hammer on Nintendo.

superdeluxe

OH I wasn't including you..just in general.

Brent L

You can order it on Frys.com now:

http://shop3.frys.com/product/557318...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Until that, and I just noticed it yesterday, I hadn't heard of anywhere else offering it for pre-order. All of the stores around me, including GameStop, say that they likely wont be taking any pre-orders for it and you'll have to just come in and buy it when it's released.

I'm holding out for Amazon though since I have around $40 in credit in my account there.

EDIT:

Just saw this in a thread at NeoGaf:

superdeluxe

Holy crap at the Giant NPD thread over at GAF.

Everyone is flipping out at the numbers heh.

spainlinx0

I went over to see what everyone is talking about on that forum, and once again I thank God for DVDTalk. I don't know where I will go for adult discussions about gaming once IB destroys this community.