NPD April, released!

[awesome]

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by 06nbarnhill

Umm not really i would say there was more hype for GTA than MK by at least 4:1. You can't blame everything on install base.

I'm not trying to take anything away from the Wii, 'cause it kicked ass. You can't hardly discredit a 10-4 advantage, though. And it's not like MK wasn't one of the more anticipated games for the Wii as well.

[BCA]

Originally Posted by 06nbarnhill

I loled that Mario Kart Wii sold more copies than GTA for PS3.

No it didn't...

[Spindel]

As far as I've seen GTA IV release week was one of the better weeks for Wii sales (when speaking about console only). So I say like someone mentioned earlier in this thread: GTA IV does not move consoles.

[Xisiqomelir]

Originally Posted by awesome

This one is even better!

[iconoclast]

Since no one else seems to want to post them:

US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY - APRIL 2008
Software: $654.7m (+68%)
Hardware: $426.2m (+26%)
Accessories: $154m (+39%)
Total Games: $1.23b (+47%)

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - APRIL 2008
Wii--714,000
Nintendo DS--415,000
PlayStation Portable--193,000
Xbox 360--188,000
PlayStation 3--187,000
PlayStation 2--124,000

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - APRIL 2008
Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units*
1) Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) / Take-Two / April 2008 / 1.85M
2) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) / Nintendo / April 2008 / 1.12M
3) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) / Take-Two / April 2008 / 1M
4) Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) / Nintendo / Feb. 2007 / 360K
5) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) / Nintendo / March 2008 / 326K
6) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) / Sony / April 2008 / 224K
7) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS) / Nintendo / April 2007 / 202K
8) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS) / Nintendo / April 2007 / 202K
9) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) / Activision / Oct. 2007 / 152K
10) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) / Activision / Nov. 2007 / 141K

* Figures include Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

[Darth Daver]

The mighty Wii reins supreme, even with the massive boost that GTA4 didn't give the other consoles. That's pathetically low hardware for PS3 and 360.

[BCA]

Originally Posted by Spindel

As far as I've seen GTA IV release week was one of the better weeks for Wii sales (when speaking about console only). So I say like someone mentioned earlier in this thread: GTA IV does not move consoles.

GTA IV was out for like 3 days in April

[Darth Daver]

Originally Posted by BCA

GTA IV was out for like 3 days in April

It was out for 5, and those first few days are when 50%+ of the software is bought. Plus you'd expect a lot of people to buy a PS3 or a 360 in anticipation of the title.

[BCA]

Originally Posted by Darth Daver

It was out for 5, and those first few days are when 50%+ of the software is bought. Plus you'd expect a lot of people to buy a PS3 or a 360 in anticipation of the title.

I find it hard to believe that only 4 million GTA copies on the 360 and 2 million on the PS3 will be sold in the game's lifetime.