dsfanboy11
May 16th, 2008, 23:20
Filed under: News (http://www.dsfanboy.com/category/news/), Sales (http://www.dsfanboy.com/category/sales/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dscgfreefall-main9999.jpg (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-gta-iv-mario-kart-drive-us-game-industry-sales-to-123-billion-in-april/?biz=1)Ouch! Only the Wii escaped a big drop in hardware sales this month (thanks, we suspect, to Mario Kart), with DS numbers tumbling a hefty 40.6% (perhaps that Metallic Rose model (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/16/metallic-rose-ds-lite-a-reality/) is arriving in the nick of time?).
Fortunately for Nintendo, every other rival platform chose this month for a dramatic plummet -- we can't be the only ones surprised that Grand Theft Auto IV didn't give the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 a bigger end-of-month bump?
Hardware sales
Wii: 714.2K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 6.8K (0.94%)
DS: 414.8K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 283.2K (40.6%)
PSP: 192.7K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 104.3K (35.1%)
Xbox 360: 188K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 74K (28.2%)
PS3: 187.1K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 69.9K (27.2%)
PS2: 124.4K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 91.6K (42.4%)Software figures are past the break.Continue reading April NPD: Freefall (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/16/april-npd-freefall/)
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2008/05/dscgfreefall-main9999.jpg (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-gta-iv-mario-kart-drive-us-game-industry-sales-to-123-billion-in-april/?biz=1)Ouch! Only the Wii escaped a big drop in hardware sales this month (thanks, we suspect, to Mario Kart), with DS numbers tumbling a hefty 40.6% (perhaps that Metallic Rose model (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/16/metallic-rose-ds-lite-a-reality/) is arriving in the nick of time?).
Fortunately for Nintendo, every other rival platform chose this month for a dramatic plummet -- we can't be the only ones surprised that Grand Theft Auto IV didn't give the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 a bigger end-of-month bump?
Hardware sales
Wii: 714.2K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 6.8K (0.94%)
DS: 414.8K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 283.2K (40.6%)
PSP: 192.7K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 104.3K (35.1%)
Xbox 360: 188K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 74K (28.2%)
PS3: 187.1K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 69.9K (27.2%)
PS2: 124.4K http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg 91.6K (42.4%)Software figures are past the break.Continue reading April NPD: Freefall (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/16/april-npd-freefall/)
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