While the NPD Group recently reported that the retail video game software sales in the month of April were rather lackluster, Microsoft has reported that ‘Splinter Cell: Conviction’ – an Xbox 360 exclusive – sold nearly half a million copies during the month; thereby notching the top slot among rivals.

According to Microsoft, the sales of Conviction managed to beat both Nintendo’s portable Pokemon remakes, as well as Sony’s God of War III – a PS3 exclusive game which had moved over one million units a month earlier.

In addition, Microsoft has also revealed that ‘Halo: Reach’ public beta – which ends May 19 - was a “blockbuster” sensation, claiming the participation of more than one million unique players on its debut day.

Microsoft further added that while its Xbox 360 gaming console was only up 6 points year-on-year in terms of hardware units sold, the company’s software attach rate was 8.8 points. In all, the Xbox 360 platform’s total $204 million across software, hardware, accessory sales, turned out to be “more than any other platform.”

Meanwhile, underscoring Sony PS3’s sales growth in the three categories, with NPD analyst Anita Frazier said that “the PS3 platform is the only one to have enjoyed growth over last year for both the month of April and year-to-date.”

http://topnews.net.nz/content/24074-microsoft-xbox-platform-s-april-sales-more-any-other-platform

I wonder if XBL subscriptions are accounted for in that number as well, and if so, how they are counted.

hehe...i thought 360 beat Wii at HW

I love the cherry picking spin of marketing - nothing quite like it. Good to see decent SC sales though, I've always liked the series but felt it dipped a bit, I might check out Conviction after all.

If the 360 made $204m in just april in US alone i think it is now safe to say the price cut really is iminent. That is a lot of cash which means they can obviously go lower and still make cash.

$204 million in April! Wow, selling defective products and accessories for exponents of their value is good business!

errr there were no rivals in April, what a crazy spin

Generating revenue is a large part of the business. Looks like MS is doing well in that regard.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think they sold the PS3 / Wii in April.

So they generated more revenue than any the other 3 publishers in April. I don't think this means they outsold the Wii in April.

Pretty well spun, but congrats to Microsoft anyhow.