Npd april 2009

[saprano]

PLAYSTATION 3- 127,000
PlayStation Portable- 116,000
PlayStation 2- 172,000
Nintendo DS- 1,040,000
Nintendo Wii- 340,000
Xbox 360- 175,000

1 Wii Fit (Wii) 471,000
2 Pokemon Platinum (DS) 433,000
3 Mario Kart (Wii) 210,000
4 Wii Play (Wii) 170,000
5 The Godfather II (Xbox 360) 155,000
6 Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) 122,000
7 New Super Mario Bros (DS) 119,000
8 Mario Kart DS (DS) 112,000
9 Guitar Hero Aerosmith 110,000
10 The Godfather II (PS3) 91,000

Thats horrible for both ps3 and 360. im surprised though at ps3 being so close to 360 considering the price difference. and look how close ps2 is to 360, wow.

[Simplayer]

Well let's hope those PSThree rumours are true! Sheesh.

[daevv]

I bought one of those 175k 360's in April!

~d

[FinalEvangelion]

Terrible sales all around. Recession has really hit hard.

[Rike255]

PS2 price drop made a huge difference didn't it?

[Terjyn]

What is with the popularity of the DS?

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

What is with the popularity of the DS?

Pokemon.

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

What is with the popularity of the DS?

Dunno, but even my mother has one and she's pretty much a technophobe!

How does the Wii continue to sell so much, surely everybody has one by now!

[Simplayer]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

What is with the popularity of the DS?

The DSi came out April 4th.

[Terjyn]

The DSi came out. Who cares? I can't figure out who the people are who continue to make the DS sell insanely well every single month.

Does the DSi finally make the DS not an eye-strain?

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

The DSi came out. Who cares? I can't figure out who the people are who continue to make the DS sell insanely well every single month.

Does the DSi finally make the DS not an eye-strain?

No.

[Simplayer]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

The DSi came out. Who cares? I can't figure out who the people are who continue to make the DS sell insanely well every single month.

Does the DSi finally make the DS not an eye-strain?

800,000 people in the month of april care. Or there abouts.

[PH3AR]

PS3 will eventually have more sales then 360 wait to all the big name ps3 exclusives come out!

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Simplayer

800,000 people in the month of april care. Or there abouts.

Sure, but who are they? I can't remember the last time I've seen someone shopping for a DS, or DS games. Those sections of stores are always deserted, yet every single month the thing seems to be flying off the shelves somewhere. Where? To who? It just amazes me.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by PH3AR

PS3 will eventually have more sales then 360 wait to all the big name ps3 exclusives come out!

As opposed to the last couple year's worth of PS3 exclusives which sucked.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by saprano

Thats horrible for both ps3 and 360. im surprised though at ps3 being so close to 360 considering the price difference. and look how close ps2 is to 360, wow.

I dont think 50K in sales makes them close. The PS3 did pretty badly compared to the 360

[mightypen]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Sure, but who are they? I can't remember the last time I've seen someone shopping for a DS, or DS games. Those sections of stores are always deserted, yet every single month the thing seems to be flying off the shelves somewhere. Where? To who? It just amazes me.

DS had 7 of the top 20 in game sales, including #2 which doubled the sales of #3. A shitload of sales for an otherwise dreadful month in the industry.

I'm not sure why sales of the DS would amaze anyone anymore, the software available for the system is phenomenal. The square offerings alone make the purchase of dsl or dsi a nobrainer. My wife and I each have one, and I'm sure we'll get a dsi one of these days. I'm sure there are plenty of families with a dsl and copy of certain games for each child/family member.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Havok83

I dont think 50K in sales makes them close. The PS3 did pretty badly compared to the 360

Dude, they both sold under 200k.

[Terjyn]

You didn't even remotely answer my question.

I'm in no way claiming that the DS isn't worth buying.

I'm asking who the people are who are buying them now, having never done so before, and asking why I literally never see someone browsing the DS section in the Best Buys and Fry's and Targets of the world.

Maybe they are super popular at Toy stores, which I never enter. Maybe some type of store I'm not even thinking of is cranking them out by the dozens. I really don't know.

I would tend to say that the DSi is a non-issue, but I've never been a big fan of console/portable "upgrades"...and don't think I've ever purchased one. Not even a PS or PS2 slim.

[saprano]

Yeah i never see anybody buying a DS when i go to BB or gamestop. the way its selling you would think you'd see tons of people in the isle. maby nintendo is buying them all.