Depending on which way u look at it, ps3 is one of the few who got higher sales :D Sorta. Except March was a 5-week month (for whatever boneheaded reason). So everything fell. The DS number is the only one that's really impressive.

I am very confident that the Wii will hit 400k in the US in April. I have no doubt consoles were diverted to Japan & Europe over March (PS3 launch, etc..), plus possibly held back as 6m were shipped (etc..).

... PS3 sales fell - not rose. You can't compare 5 weeks to 4.

...and yes, the 360 sales also fell (and fell more than the PS3 did). But in the end, you HAVE TO compare the numbers - 130k PS3, and 200k 360. Which did better?? Which has been out for a year, and which was released a few months ago?

As long as the 360 keeps outselling the PS3 MS will be very happy. Even if this only happens in the US.

(we still don't have enough information to see how the PS3 will do in Europe & Japan long term - except that the 360 has done real badly in Japan). 

Look at it from Nintendo's point of view. From a financial point of view, is it better to say:

 - US March 350,000 units
 - US April 350,000 units

or

 - US March 250,000 units
 - US April 450,000 units

Its also a great start to their financials for the next year. Its not in Nintendo's interest for financials in 06-07 to be another 5% higher (again), and make it harder to match these figures for the next FY. Stability, and ability to accurately predict their financials are what they want.

They also have Pokemon & Paper Mario out in April - and will push to get more sales of Pokemon Wii when it launches. 

Why was this not posted? (credit to Stopsign)

Xbox 360

1) Guitar Hero 2 With Guitar - $25,578,100 grossed; 291,434 units sold
2) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighting Battleperson 2 - $23,343,680 grossed; 394,481 units sold
3) Major League Baseball 2K7
4) Def Jam Icon
5) Crackdown a.k.a. The Halo 3 Beta Game
6) Gears of War
7) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
8) Armored Core 4
9) NBA Street Homecourt - $3,069,938 grossed; 51,368 units sold
10) Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - $2,614,490 grossed; 43,887 units sold

Wii

1) Wii Play With Remote - $13,573,160 grossed; 272,919 units sold
2) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - $6,048,062 grossed; 121,428 units sold (out less than a month)
3) Sonic And The Secret Rings (80-90k would be a safe estimate)
4) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
5) Warioware: Smooth Moves
6) Cooking Mama: Cook Off
7) Rayman Raving Rabbids
8) SSX Blur
9) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $1,454,085 grossed; 29,226 units sold
10) Call of Duty 3 - $1,114,600 grossed; 25,347 units sold

Playstation 3

1) MotorStorm - $11,896,100 grossed; 199,075 units sold
2) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - $4,463,276 grossed; 75,138 units sold
3) Def Jam Icon
4) Resistance: Fall of Man
5) NBA Street Homecourt
6) Major League Baseball 2K7
7) Virtua Fighter 5
8) The Godfather: The Don's Edition
9) Formula One Championship Edition - $1,361,988 grossed; 22,792 units sold
10) Armored Core 4 - $1,207,098 grossed; 20,220 units sold

Playstation 2

1) God of War II - $41,531,780 grossed; 833,209 units sold
2) Guitar Hero 2 With Guitar - $11,329,750 grossed; 143,399 units sold
3) Major League Baseball 07: The Show
4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5) God of War
6) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
7) Major League Baseball 2K7
8) Guitar Hero
9) WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 - $1,735,801 grossed; 35,377 units sold
10) DDR Super Nova Bundle - $1,735,405 grossed; 29,039 units sold

GameCube

1) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - $2,257,489 grossed; 45,212 units sold
2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $1,046,565 grossed; 26,253 units sold
3) Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
4) Super Smash Brothers Melee
5) Lego Star Wars
6) Mario Kart: Double Dash
7) Paper Mario: Thousand Doors
8) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
9) Super Mario Strikers - $403,854 grossed; 13,485 units sold
10) Mario Superstar Baseball - $370,920 grossed; 12,369 units sold

Xbox

1) Halo 2 - $1,463,830 grossed; 49,214 units sold
2) Major League Baseball 2K7 - $827,138 grossed; 27,936 units sold
3) Need For Speed: Carbon
4) Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
5) Call of Duty 3
6) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
7) Scarface: The World Is ****ing Yours
8) NBA Live 07
9) Lego Star Wars - $264,743 grossed; 14,135 units sold
10) Fable - $254,491 grossed; 12,813 units sold

Overall Top 30

1) God of War II - Playstation 2
2) Guitar Hero 2 With Guitar - Xbox 360
3) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 - Xbox 360
4) Wii Play With Remote - Wii
5) MotorStorm - Playstation 3
6) Guitar Hero 2 With Guitar - Playstation 2
7) Major League Baseball 2K7 - Xbox 360
8) Def Jam Icon - Xbox 360
9) Crackdown - Xbox 360
10) Major League Baseball 07: The Show - Playstation 2
11) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Wii
12) Gears of War - Xbox 360 (one of only 2 games released last year to still be ranked among the top 20, impressive.)
13) Sonic And The Secret Rings - Wii
14) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Playstation 3
15) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii (the other only game still in the top 20 released last year)
16) Warioware: Smooth Moves - Wii
17) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas - Xbox 360
18) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Playstation 2
19) Def Jam Icon - Playstation 2
20) Armored Core 4 - Xbox 360
21) Resistance: Fall of Man - Playstation 3
22) NBA Street Homecourt - Xbox 360
23) NBA Street Homecourt - Playstation 3
24) Major League Baseball 2K7 - Playstation 3
25) Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Xbox 360
26) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Xbox 360
27) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Xbox 360
28) God of War - Playstation 2
29) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories - Playstation 2
30) DDR Universe Bundle - Xbox 360

Hardware Sales

1) Nintendo DS - 508,000 units
2) PlayStation 2 - 280,000 units
3) Wii - 259,000 units
4) Xbox 360 - 199,000 units
5) PlayStation Portable - 180,000 units
6) Game Boy Advance - 148,000 units
7) PlayStation 3 - 130,000 units
8) GameCube - 22,000 units
9) Xbox - 0,000 units

Source = VooDoo

Video game sales are up a whopping 54% for the first quarter of this year over the first quarter of 2006. In large part that has to do with the casual gamer. Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the PS2 at this point, are what the casual gamer is buying, and they're the top selling systems. On the other hand the three hardcore systems: the 360, PS3 and PSP, are selling a bit less, though 360 software is quite remarkable. Nintendo deserves a lot of the credit for that 54% increase year over year. They've engaged the casual gamer more and have brought people who don't play games into the market.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169937.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0 Top 10 for every platform

 Li Mu Bai, we can't have those kinds of numbers here because they show the PS2 and Xbox 360 game sales in a more favorable light than the almighty Wii.  Numbers that use dollar amounts are just too controversial.  It's far more fair to compare sales of a $600 console to a $250 using a weight of 1:1 (actually $200 since it comes with a $50 game), and it's the same with game sales.  So see that's why we don't use numbers like the ones you posted.

So if I make a $10,000,000 console and sell 1 vs 40,000 at $200 which is the  better seller?

Now that it is almost time for April NPD i was just wondering - did we ever get any leaked numbers? Bunkum?

Well the number will most probarbly start coming in around thursday...(hardware first and the software)