Locked: The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

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Sqrl on 15 May 2008

zeross said:
TITLE ACTUAL UNITS EXPECTED UNITS % FROM EXPECTED
Nintendo Wii 714,200 688,100 --
Nintendo DS 414,800 600,100 --
PlayStation Portable 192,700 257,700 --
Xbox 360 188,000 335,000 --
PLAYSTATION 3 187,100 320,600 --
PlayStation 2 124,400 -- --
Total Hardware Units 2,201,500 --

Formatted:

Title	Actual	Expected	% Diff

Wii	714,200	688,100	--
DS	414,800	600,100	--
PSP	192,700	257,700	--
360	188,000	335,000	--
PS3	187,100	320,600	--
PS2	124,400	--	--
Total	2,201,500	--	--

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azrm2k on 15 May 2008

Haha I bet all the people who usually yell for ioi's head to up the PS3 numbers after NPD comes out are going to be real quite this time.

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BKK2 on 15 May 2008

U.S. Video Games Industry - April 2008
April 2007 April 2008 YTD Apr 07 YTD Apr 08
Video Games $839 million $1.23 billion 47.0% $4.18 billion $5.47 billion 31.0%
Video Games Hardware $339.2 million $426.2 million 26.0% $1.62 billion $1.84 billion 13.0%
Video Games Software $389.4 million $654.7 million 68.0% $1.97 billion $2.88 billion 46.0%
Video Game Accessories $110.4 million $154 million 39.0% $584.4 million $750.6 million 29.0%

Hardware
PlayStation 2 124.4K
PlayStation 3 187.1K
PSP 192.7K
Xbox 360 188.0K
Wii 714.2K
Nintendo DS 414.8K

Top 10 VG Titles - April'08
Units*
360 GTA IV 1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel 1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV 1.00mm
Wii Play 360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl 326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue 224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 202K
Wii Guitar Hero III 152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 141K

*includes bundles, collector's editions, GOTY editions

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DonWii on 15 May 2008

DAMN!

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FelmanX on 15 May 2008

when do the numbers come in?

edit: holy crap that was fast

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psrock on 15 May 2008

zeross said:
TITLE ACTUAL UNITS EXPECTED UNITS % FROM EXPECTED
Nintendo Wii 714,200 688,100 --
Nintendo DS 414,800 600,100 --
PlayStation Portable 192,700 257,700 --
Xbox 360 188,000 335,000 --
PLAYSTATION 3 187,100 320,600 --
PlayStation 2 124,400 -- --
Total Hardware Units 2,201,500 --

seriously, i'm speechless, angry and quite frankly:

I WILL NOT BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS. GOOD DAY!

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WiiStation360 on 15 May 2008

Xbox 360 DESTROYS the PS3 in HD video game console sales again! Epic win!

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Lingyis on 15 May 2008

hmm... i was wondering why NTDOY went up a little bit today after weeks of moving sideways. people must have gotten wind of this before the data is public.

the Wii is an epidemic.