but halo didnt sell 100k either... those are vgc saying what they were expecting npd to say and vgc overestimated

This is what the OP links..Where does it say that KZ2 did 58k?..

[In his regular, in-depth look at April 2009's NPD numbers, Gamasutra's Matt Matthews examines the disappointing month from multiple angles, from Sony's results and theorized price cut plans, through the numbers behind the software sales drop.]

Commonly characterized as “recession-resistant”, the video game industry finally appears to be feeling the global economic downturn that has affected so many other parts of the economy.

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According to the NPD Group, which tracks retail sales in the United States, video game sales in April 2009 were down 17% from the same period last year.

There are a lot of reasons for the drop, and the recession is merely one possible factor. From the dynamics of the hardware market (including the phenomenal Nintendo DSi) to the doldrums of the software charts, from hardware pricing to a hidden trend in accessory sales, we'll try to give the context necessary for understanding where the industry stands right before the biggest trade show of the year, E3 2009.

Nintendo Tops Hardware Sales

As we reported last month, midnight launch sales of 58,000 Nintendo DSi units were recorded by the NPD Group as part of the March 2009 figures. Those initial sales were literally the tip of the iceberg for what appears to be another very successful Nintendo system.

According to Michael Pachter, analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, an additional 827,000 units of the Nintendo DSi were sold during April 2009, or 206,750 units per week. That is an exceptionally strong launch, especially during what is typically a slower month in the videogame industry.

Combined, the Nintendo DS Lite and the Nintendo DSi sold more than 1.04 million systems for the month (260,000 units per week).

Compared to the previous month (March 2009) sales of the Nintendo DS Lite were down 57%, but at 215,000 units one could consider it the third best-selling system of the month, behind the DSi and Nintendo Wii.

Roughly speaking, sales of the original Nintendo DS, launched in November 2004, probably topped out around 5 million units.

The first revision, the Nintendo DS Lite, has just reached 25 million units while the second revision, the DSi, was just under 900,000 at the end of April and has probably reached well over 1 million as of this writing.

The second-best selling system in April, the Nintendo Wii, moved 340,000 systems for the month, or 85,000 systems per week. That figure is the weakest for the Wii since January 2008, when the system suffered a severe post-holiday shortage.

Because it is still selling strong...

For whatever reasons you want to give, it is still selling strongly, while shooters like Fallout 3, Gears of War 2,  Riddick, Wanted, etc. are falling off the charts. You can't compare Halo 3 to Killzone 2, as if every shooter on 360 released over a year ago is still selling strongly, meaning there is something wrong with Killzone 2. That is like saying Forza or Gran Turismo bomb when Mario Kart Wii beats them in it's 2nd year on the market, it shouldn't be done.

I believe it's on the 5th page. It also states that Halo 3 sold between 57k - 74k.

Errmmm.....What?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/strongly

Sorry...But I still don't get why Halo 3 is an exception..Just seems like your a Ps3 fanboy that does not want to realize that Halo 3 is a must own FPS

Atomic failure. OUCH! Might not even beat Left 4 Dead ever

^ im pretty sure its already getting there. L4D = 2.5 million shipped PC + 360 KZ2 = ? shipped but at least i know 1.1million in europe.

These are the Vg numbers on Xbox 360 only...Were are you getting your Numbers?

Region	Japan	America	Others	Total
Total Sales	0.03m	1.78m	0.35m	2.16m
Week 1	17,701	304,599	55,489	377,789
Week 2	5,640	182,468	36,597	224,705
Week 3	2,587	122,770	26,174	151,531
Week 4	1,480	150,705	26,184	178,369
Week 5	1,201	192,066	30,666	223,933
Week 6	984	165,568	26,137	192,689
Week 7	956	83,667	14,446	99,069
Week 8	805	67,132	13,093	81,030
Week 9	609	73,028	9,635	83,272
Week 10	452	69,189	8,777	78,418