@Kamil: my was simple data only.
Italians love the brand PS, it's usefull for uderstand italian market ;)

@CrazzyMan: yes, MGS4 could be the reason, but i'm not so sure.
MGS4 will come 12/june, GTA release was 30/april... "MGS4 effects" start 1 month and half before the relese???

Italy, week ended May 18
01 GTA IV (PS3) [13.800]
02 GTA IV (360) [9.100]
03 Wii Fit (WII) [6.050]
04 Wii Play (WII) [5.350]
05 Cooking Mama 2 (DS) [4.000]
06 Brain Training (DS) [3.250]
07 Stelle Sul Ghiaccio (DS) [2.850]
08 Training For Your Eyes (DS) [2.700]
09 GTA San Andreas Platinum (PS2) [2.500]
10 Mario Kart (WII) [2.400]
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ITALY

Hardware April (31 March 2008 at 27 April 2008)
1 NDS: 58.500 (90%)
2 WII: 41.500 (90%)
3 PSP: 37.000 (90%)
4 PS3: 30.500 (90%)
5 PS2: 23.500 (90%)
6 360: 16.000 (90%)


Hardware total 2008 Italy (27th April 2008)
1 NDS: 259.000 (90%)
2 PSP: 148.500 (90%)
3 PS2: 146.500 (90%)
4 PS3: 118.500 (90%)
5 WII: 95.500 (90%)
6 360: 63.500 (90%)

Hardware total Italy (27th April 2008)
1 PS2: 5.168.000 (90%)
2 NDS: 1.886.000 (90%)
3 PSP: 1.052.000 (90%)
4 PS3: 452.500 (90%)
5 360: 362.500 (90%)
6 WII: 353.000 (90%)
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Thanks Prosugno.

Big month for Wii hardware in April, it might catch 360 soon, but 360 should get a GTA IV boost in May.

Yup, thanks Pro

As expected Wii sales improved vastly in April. It is its third month of very high growth (was 90% in March and 72% for February). GTA4 didn't increase HD consoles' sales a lot but at least they didn't drop as hard as NDS, PSP and PS2.

This month changes:
NDS: - 25.5%
Wii: + 40.7%
PSP: - 10.8%
PS3: + 7.0%
PS2: - 28.8%
X360: - 8.6%

Console	VGC April	GfK April	Total
	81,624	58,500	2,038,835
	42,408	41,500	366,716
	42,822	37,000	1,107,888
	34,740	30,500	470,450
	30,604	23,500	5,256,349
	22,359	16,000	393,507

Comparison seems to show DS being overtracked.

Although if someone could explain the 90% thing again I would apreciate it, do the GfK figures represent only 90% of the market, or are they 100% but based on extrapolations from tracking 90%?

If it is the former (numbers only represent 90%) then VGC was spot on with all hardware but DS/Wii...a little high on DS and low for Wii. (for April anyway)

If the latter then all consoles are a little higher (but not worryingly so as it might be a date issue or a wave effect like VGC was lower for March and is now higher for April) although DS is then alarmingly high.

kamil said: GTA4 didn't increase HD consoles' sales a lot but at least they didn't drop as hard as NDS, PSP and PS2.

 GTA IV wasn't released in this period. It will be in May's data.

@BKK: Oh, I made a mistake. GTA4 launch week was covered in April NPD data so I thought it was the same in Italy. But you're right, it's only up to 27th of April, so we'll see GTA4 effect next month.

@TWRo0

Those numbers are non-extrapolated. We should get extrapolated numbers tomorrow. The exact percentage varies depending on console, so these aren't exact but rough extrapolated LTDs will be somewhere around:

PS2: 5,356,000
NDS: 2,103,000
PSP: 1,154,000
PS3: 487,000
360: 401,000
Wii: 379,000