Thu, May 14, 2009 | 23:33 BST
April NPD – All the figures
Hardware Units
Apr-09
PlayStation 2 172K
PlayStation 3 127K
PSP 116K
Xbox 360 175K
Wii 340K
Nintendo DS 1.04M
Top 10 SKU’s April 2009
Publisher Platform Rank # Units
FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 1 471K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 2 433K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 3 210K
PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 4 170K
THE GODFATHER II ELECTRONIC ARTS 360 5 155K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 6 122K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 7 119K
MARIO KART DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 8 112K
GUITAR HERO AEROSMITH* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) 360 9 110K
THE GODFATHER II ELECTRONIC ARTS PS3 10 91K
19 comments
#1
Psychotext
14/05/09, 11:24 pm
Wow… everything is fucked except for the DS.
That’s just… woah.
#2
Syrok
14/05/09, 11:25 pm
PS2 seems to be doing alright.
#3
Psychotext
14/05/09, 11:27 pm
I’ll punch some percentage changes in here in a sec…
#4
Whizzo
14/05/09, 11:32 pm
Were all the shops shut during April or something? The economic downturn seems to have finally made an impact on games sales by the looks of things.
Well apart from the DS, looks like the DSi had a good launch.
#5
Psychotext
14/05/09, 11:37 pm
Based on weekly numbers for each period…
04/2009 Vs 04/2008
Wii : -52.39%
PS3 : -32.12%
360 : -6.91%
PSP : -39.80%
NDS : +150.72%
PS2 : +38.26%
04/2009 Vs 03/2009
Wii : -29.28%
PS3 : -27.18%
360 : -33.71%
PSP : -13.69%
NDS : +130.91%
PS2 : +91.96%
Excuse the formatting… not a lot I can do about it. PS2 up because of price cut, NDS up because of the DSi release.
#6
Patrick Garratt
14/05/09, 11:42 pm
Bloody hell. 360 and PS3 all over the place.
#7
The Benny
14/05/09, 11:42 pm
Yup, all the others are at their lowest for twelve months. April 2009 is being compared to the release month of Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii though, which hardly makes for a fair comparison considering barely anything was released.
#8
No_PUDding
14/05/09, 11:55 pm
What the fuck!?
Jesus fuckign christ…Unspeakable ‘R’ am here.
#9
Mike
14/05/09, 11:56 pm
Aye. Quiet month. If MS and Sony have good E3′s, the sales’ll pick up again.
#10
Stephany Nunneley
14/05/09, 11:56 pm
@Whizzo One reason could be because America pays its taxes in April.
#11
No_PUDding
14/05/09, 11:56 pm
Man that is depressing….
EDIT: Ahh tax month… Fun fun fun. Hope that’s the reason…
#12
Psychotext
15/05/09, 12:06 am
Perhaps… but Easter fell into the April reporting period this year so it should have offset it somewhat vs March. =/
#13
No_PUDding
15/05/09, 12:08 am
Oh god. Well next month will tell.
There’s so much spinnage.
#14
The Benny
15/05/09, 12:15 am
This is the first year-on-year decline for the 360 since the price cut, isn’t it? Not a big one (188,000 down to 175,000) but it’s still a decline.
#15
Psychotext
15/05/09, 12:21 am
That’s right.
#16
The Benny
15/05/09, 1:12 am
Predicted PR reactions then:
Microsoft – Healthy software sales, several games in top ten, WAIT FOR E3 DAMN IT.
Nintendo – DSi is ridiculously great, Nintendo save the industry from looking completely pathetic again.
Sony – The PS2 did good! That counts, right? Oh, and we have a ten year plan!
#17
anasui
15/05/09, 1:28 am
*sits and smirks*
ps3forums am coming for a laugh. Not that it makes any difference with the community here
#18
OrphanageExplosion
15/05/09, 6:20 am
Lack of decent new 360 and PS3 software is probably a factor if The Godfather 2 is the biggest new seller.
#19
pracer
15/05/09, 1:26 pm
The way our tax codes/paychecks/dependants stuff works, most of the average/middle classers here in the states get a refund. My wifes and mine was combined around 4000usd. Some what comonplace. Plus we got that in late early march, electronic filing and all.
My take? Too many shooter, sequels, and “me too” games. Console prices are still too high, handhelds are cheaper with cheaper software. And handhelds aren’t drowning in online shooters. The Godfather and RE5 are the only games close to shooters in the top ten. Food for thought.