05.15.08

April 2008 Hardware/Software Sales

Posted in Xbox 360 News, PS3 Related, Wii Related at 11:48 pm by UNSCleric

In summary, the Xbox 360 beat the PS3 in hardware sales, GTA sales, and Microsoft jumped from a little over 10 million Xbox Live subscribers, to 12 million, which is double what it was last year. GTA’s sales numbers are from only five days of reporting, since the cut-off for the April NPD occurred just a few days after its launch.

April Software

1. GTA IV – Xbox 360 – 1.85 million
2. Mario Kart Wii – Wii – 1.12 million
3. GTA IV – PS3 – 1.00 million
4. Wii Play w/ remote – Wii – 360K
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Wii – 326K
6. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue – PS3 – 224K
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness – DS – 202K
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time – DS – 202K
9. Guitar Hero III – Wii – 152K
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Xbox 360 – 141K

April Hardware

- Wii: 714.2K
- DS: 414.8K
- PSP: 192.7K
- Xbox 360: 188K
- PS3: 187.1K
- PS2: 124.4K

(Below: Microsoft Press Release)

By the numbers: Xbox 360 is the most significant contributor to industry spending and growth

- 188,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold in April. (April NPD data)

- Xbox 360 has a record-setting attach rate of 7.6 games per console, the highest attach rate in history for a console at this point in its lifecycle. (April NPD data)

- Consumers have spent more than $9.7 billion on the Xbox 360 experience. (April NPD data)

- *Xbox 360 titles accounted for $186 million of all third party game sales this generation, or 53% of share. (April NPD data)

- *Xbox 360 games accounted for three of the top ten games in April, and secured the #1 spot with “Grand Theft Auto IV.” (April NPD data)

- *Not only are we selling more games, games play better on the Xbox 360. Xbox 360 has 91 titles with a Metacritic review score of 80 or higher, compared to just 50 for PS3 and 22 for Wii.

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jdubdoubleu said,

May 16, 2008 at 5:44 pm

you know what doesnt make any sense to me is that we all hear how microsoft has the BEST online service with millions of subscribers and, the BEST games out of all three consoles. And the same games that come out between the ps3 and 360, the 360 always sells more copys. they also say microsoft has the highest attach rate of any consoles, also they say developers would rather make games on 360 first and then port it over to the ps3 because the 360 is a lot easier to develop for. im sure theres more reasons the 360 is better but, my question is why has there been nothing but talk ever since the ps3 came out that the ps3 is going to win the console wars? I DONT GET IT!!
UNSCleric said,

May 16, 2008 at 5:55 pm

Well the kind of analysts that talk like that are very out of touch. Look at this one from November 2006, when the Sony propaganda machine and all of its tentacles were in full swing:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/16/analyst-sony-to-win-big-in-long-run/

“Sony will win in the long run with almost 60 percent of the market by 2012. That’s the determination of research firm Strategy Analytics, whose Connected Home Devices service predicts Sony’s 121.8 million PS3s will dwarf Microsoft’s 59.7 million Xbox 360s in this console generation. The company sees the Nintendo Wii as almost a non-factor with only 23.3 million units sold through 2012.

Among the other predictions in the report:

* 9 million total consoles sold this holiday season
* 39.1 million consoles sold in 2007
* 204.8 million consoles sold through 2012
* 50 percent of all console sales coming from North America this generation.”

This report (which says PS3 will outsell the Xbox 360 2:1, says that the Nintendo Wii will only sell 21 million by 2012. It’s May 2008, and the Wii has nearly sold 21 million already. These predictions are just absolutely horrid, and are about as accurate as Fox News Channel on any given day.
Tyler said,

May 17, 2008 at 6:19 pm

“Not only are we selling more games, games play better on the Xbox 360. Xbox 360 has 91 titles with a Metacritic review score of 80 or higher, compared to just 50 for PS3 and 22 for Wii.”

Who would have thought that the 360 has more 80% or higher or scores? The 360 came out first. Also if you cut the 360’s total in half its only 45. So the ps3 has sold more 80% or higher games in one year. Besides that point the ps3 is not going to do well at all. The exclusives for that platform are decent(all two of them). The 360’s are by far the best. The only game I would like on the 360 would be Brawl.

I have to tell you guys about shitty Indiana 360’s. Out of eight 360’s seven have had the red ring and the other had a video card go out. Also have sent both of mine in about four times total and the drives are crap.
jdubdoubleu said,

May 17, 2008 at 7:11 pm

I live in Indiana too and I havnt had any problems with my 360…but then again i do have the newer model.

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