System and game sales for April 2008 in the USA

April’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month past year, it shows an unchanged result: The Nintendo Wii outsold all other systems, and this time it’s extra suprising that eventhough Grand Theft Auto IV was out for five days after launch on Xbox 360 and PS3, it didn’t move any extra consoles. Total hardware sales were up 27% to over $426.2 million compared to the same month last year.

Video game hardware overview:
1. Nintendo Wii — 714,200
2. Nintendo DS — 414,800
3. PlayStation Portable — 192,700
4. Xbox 360 — 188,000
5. PlayStation 3 — 187,100
6. PlayStation 2 — 124,400

Video game sales totals for the month were $654.7 million. That’s an increase of 68% over last years already historic number! Most notable were Grand Theft Auto IV’s launch in America with 1.85 million sales on Xbox 360 and 1 million sales on PS3! Mario Kart Wii also launched in America with 1.12 million sales.

Video game software overview top 10:
1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) — 1.85 million
2. Mario Kart Wii with wheel (Wii) — 1.12 million
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) — 1 milion
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: Legends of Rock (Wii) — 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 141,000

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