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[B]U.S. Video Games Industry - April 2008[/B]						
	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%


[B]Hardware[/B]
PlayStation 2	124.4K
PlayStation 3	187.1K
PSP	        192.7K
Xbox 360	       188.0K
Wii	      714.2K
Nintendo DS	414.8K
	
[B]Top 10 VG Titles - April'08	
	Units*[/B]
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 · May 15, 2008

@ nintendo

Bren McGuire · May 15, 2008

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

flintstryker · May 15, 2008

OMFG @ Nintendo

BenjaminBirdie · May 15, 2008

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

Zombie James · May 15, 2008

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.

Raptor2155 · May 15, 2008

holy crap at PS3 and 360 difference :lol

NeoUltima · May 15, 2008

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

A Human Becoming · May 15, 2008

Wii is a MONSTER!

schuelma · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

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

fly high ~ayunite~ · May 15, 2008

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

Mithos Yggdrasill · May 15, 2008

Nintendo: the power is in your hands !

C4Lukins · May 15, 2008

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

jman2050 · May 15, 2008

Oh lord :lol

In before "statistical noise!" at PS3 < 360

Ripclawe · May 15, 2008

PlayStation 3 187.1K
Xbox 360 188.0K

That seems way too low considering GTA came out.

Deadly Monk · May 15, 2008

Wow, PS3 and 360 were REALLY close.

ZealousD · May 15, 2008

Dante · May 15, 2008

:lol So much for GTAIV moving consoles.

Slamo · May 15, 2008

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

SuperBanjo · May 15, 2008

There are no words.

Captain Smoker · May 15, 2008

What The Fuck

Owzers · May 15, 2008

.....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 · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

Oh my gosh. :lol

MiamiWesker · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

Holy hell @ Wii sales.

andthebeatgoeson · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

C4Lukins said:
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 · May 15, 2008

HOLY SHIT :O :O :O

flipping_heck · May 15, 2008

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

Nintendo is destroying EVERYTHING!!

FrankT · May 15, 2008

Depressing indeed.\

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

Divvy · May 15, 2008

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

cvxfreak · May 15, 2008

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

flintstryker · May 15, 2008

Ripclawe said:
That seems way too low considering GTA came out.

GTA doesn't move consoles confirmed :lol

Scum · May 15, 2008

Arde5643 · May 15, 2008

Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin!

I can't wait to hear the spins.

Kandrick · May 15, 2008

$HOLY SHITITITITIT

TwinsDad · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

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

itxaka · May 15, 2008

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

Nintendo buying NA after Japan??

Strike · May 15, 2008

:O
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE....

Grecco · May 15, 2008

Wow. What an utter disapointment GTA wise.

heliosRAzi · May 15, 2008

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 · May 15, 2008

Price cut on HD consoles need?

Dante · May 15, 2008

GO GTP

C4Lukins · May 15, 2008

Ashhong said:
stupidest thing ive read all day. just all of it.

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

Akia · May 15, 2008

oh snap

schuelma · May 15, 2008

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

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