Official April 2008 NPD thread of massive disappointment if you're not Nintendo

[sonycowboy]

Many. many thanks to NPD for their continued support.

U.S. Video Games Industry - April 2008						
	April 2007	April 2008		YTD Apr 07	YTD Apr 08	
Video Games	$839 million	$1.23 billion	47.0%	$4.18 billion	$5.47 billion	31.0%
  Video Games Hardware	$339.2 million	$426.2 million	26.0%	$1.62 billion	$1.84 billion	13.0%
  Video Games Software	$389.4 million	$654.7 million	68.0%	$1.97 billion	$2.88 billion	46.0%
  Video Game Accessories	$110.4 million 	$154 million	39.0%	$584.4 million	$750.6 million	29.0%


Hardware
PlayStation 2	124.4K
PlayStation 3	187.1K
PSP	        192.7K
Xbox 360	       188.0K
Wii	      714.2K
Nintendo DS	414.8K
	
Top 10 VG Titles - April'08	
	Units*
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
	
*includes bundles, collector's editions, GOTY editions	

[WickedLaharl]

@ nintendo

[Bren McGuire]

The PS3 and 360 numbers are really low. Why was there no GTA boost at all?

[flintstryker]

OMFG @ Nintendo

[BenjaminBirdie]

We were so wrong to doubt you, sonycowboy. That is the most unbelievable thing I have ever seen.

[Raptor2155]

holy crap at PS3 and 360 difference

[_leech_]

Sub-200K for both the PS3 and 360 with five days of GTA sales?
GTA does 2.85 million in 5 days?
360/PS3 GTA split is 1.85:1?

Epic.

[NeoUltima]

Holy fuck... How the hell did the HD consoles sell so little, even with GTAIV....

[ICallItFutile]

Wii is a MONSTER!

[schuelma]

Wow..horrible horrible horrible 360 and PS3 numbers. I'm actually in shock. Good GTAIV numbers as expected, but nothing unexpected.

Wii? What to say? Truly amazing. P.S...Wii will most likely pass 360 in the U.S next month.

[Odysseus]

go ahead and order your "odysseus was right" t-shirts

[fly high ~ayunite~]

So the PS3 and 360 are pretty much on the same level now (hardware sales wise), right?

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

Nintendo: the power is in your hands !

[C4Lukins]

The 360 dominates the PS3 again!!! Holy shit those are terrible numbers for PS3 and 360. GTA4 destroys Next Gen confirmed.

[jman2050]

Oh lord

In before "statistical noise!" at PS3 < 360

[Ripclawe]

PlayStation 3 187.1K Xbox 360 188.0K

That seems way too low considering GTA came out.

[Deadly Monk]

Wow, PS3 and 360 were REALLY close.

[ZealousD]

[Dante]

So much for GTAIV moving consoles.

[Slamo]

I DON'T CARE!!!! FIRST TO 10M IN US WINS!!!

[SuperBanjo]

There are no words.

[Captain Smoker]

What The Fuck

[sillymonkey321]

.....wow. It's hard to even care about 360 "outselling" PS3 when both are so low. To all the people saying GTA would help move more PS3s than 360s......oh why bother nothing moved except Nintendo systems.

[Talamius]

Third parties ignore the Wii now at their own peril. At least Halo 3 pushed the 360 ahead for a month. This was Tyson vs Spinks.

[PataHikari]

Oh my gosh.

[MiamiWesker]

I am in shock, wtf.

Those GTAIV numbers are very low. Unless it sells exactly the same units if not more next month (with the full month of course) it will be a sales disappointment and wont reach the sales of the other GTA games.

[Grimm Fandango]

Holy hell @ Wii sales.

[skinnyrattler]

Wow, not in the same market indeed. I hope this NPD kills that shit real quick. Nintendo isn't in the same market the way Kia isn't in the same market as Toyota. Nintendo is killing shit and Wii is killing everything, including DS. DS has enjoyed massive sales above 500K for a few months and all of a sudden, drops? Why would 360 and PS3 drop so hard? GTA not a system seller? Sonycowboy is right. This shit is way out woah.

[squicken]

GTA4 isn't attracting existing PS2 owners into this gen. They are either Wii only or still waiting on price drop.

Man, these numbers are depressing. It's becoming increasingly clear the market can't support two core gamer systems. Going into next gen, I hope Sony and MS join forces. Let it be:

Nintendo=casual and nintendo games

Sony/MS=real games

[Ashhong]

The 360 dominates the PS3 again!!! Holy shit those are terrible numbers for PS3 and 360. GTA4 destroys Next Gen confirmed.

stupidest thing ive read all day. just all of it. not the facts, just the post.

what were people expecting to be the ratio for gta4?

[TheKingsCrown]

HOLY SHIT :O :O :O

[flipping_heck]

Wii> PS360.. omg, and this was the month for hardware sales to shine for those systems!!!

Nintendo is destroying EVERYTHING!!

[Jtyettis]

Depressing indeed.\


65/35 break for GTA IV, right in line.

[Divvy]

This is the first time I've actually laughed out loud at one of these threads

[cvxfreak]

What's up with the low 360/PS3 sales?

[flintstryker]

That seems way too low considering GTA came out.

GTA doesn't move consoles confirmed

[Scum]

:o

:O

[Arde5643]

Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin!


I can't wait to hear the spins.

[Kandrick]

$HOLY SHITITITITIT

[TwinsDad]

Um... . wow, tell me there is a typo there? No even 200K for the 360 or PS3?

Heck nothing over 200K except for Nintendo. I realize it's only about 5 days or so worth of GTA4 sales, but, still...

I think I get it now. SSMB and Wii Kart.

Not the 2:1 I was thinking for 360 vs PS3 GTA. Nice that it was closer.

[scottnak]

No way. That's... insane... Wow.

[itxaka]

Another win by the Playstation Fami...wait what?

Nintendo buying NA after Japan??

[Strike]

:O
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE....

[Grecco]

Wow. What an utter disapointment GTA wise.

[heliosRAzi]

Wow. Words cannot express how shocked I am. I thought that both the 360 and PS3 would've done more than that, but damn.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

Price cut on HD consoles need?

[Dante]

GO GTP :)

[C4Lukins]

stupidest thing ive read all day. just all of it.

It was obviously a joke post, well I guess not obviously.

[Akia]

oh snap

[schuelma]

Wii now about 550K behind 360, will most likely pass it next month. Shit