Amidst gas prices that are set to hit 4.00 dollars nationally by summer and a declining dollar, We here in the USA are showing that one industry will not only not go down but prosper. Forget china's 12% growth, video game sales are up 47% (1.23 Billion for the month of April). While Microsoft announced its 10 million mark for 360's sold to date, Sony is projecting to sell the very same number of PS3's this year. Not to be outdone the Wii has sold a shocking 9.5 million units and demand is still as strong as ever (just go out and try to buy one).
While GTA IV was key factor since it launched just two days before the end of month and racked up 2,850,000 between the 360 & PS3 versions, several other titles also did extremely well for the month according to sales data released today by the NPD Group
1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) - 1,850,000
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo Wii) - 1,120,000
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3) - 1,000,000
4. Wii Play (Wii) - 360,000
5. Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii) - 326,000
6. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) - 224,000
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness (DS) - 202,000
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time (DS) - 202,000
9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) - 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) - 141,000
And here are the Hardware figures for April:
1. Wii - 714,200
2. Nintendo DS - 414,800
3. PSP - 192,700
4. Xbox 360 - 188,000
5. PlayStation 3 - 187,000
6. PlayStation 2 - 124,000
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