| TheSource said: NPD Consoles (no GB, no DS, etc) May 1994 - 282,000 consoles sold May 1995 - 223,000 consoles sold May 1996 - 196,000 consoles sold May 1997 - 371,000 consoles sold May 1998 - 390,000 consoles sold May 1999 - 310,000 consoles sold May 2000 - 203,000 consoles sold May 2001 - 486,000 consoles sold May 2002 - 941,000 consoles sold May 2003 - 525,000 consoles sold May 2004 - 622,000 consoles sold May 2005 - 457,000 consoles sold May 2006 - 512,000 consoles sold May 2007 - 763,000 consoles sold May 2008 - 1,202,000 consoles sold May 2009 - 713,000 consoles sold May 2010 - 725,000 consoles sold May 2011 - 703,000 consoles sold May 2012 - 355,000 consoles sold May 2013 - 240,000 consoles sold (X360 - 114k, PS3 - 84k, Wii / Wii U - 70k?) May 2013 is down nearly 1,000,000 units from May 2008... |
GTA IV launched at the end of April 2008 and so did Mario Kart Wii in the U.S.....Wii sales were up over 300% in the first week: http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/39572/USA/ Really not a good comparison. And look at May 2000, way lower than this year.
