April NPDs – GTA IV on top

It’s that time of month again – the NPD group has released the hardware and software sales for April, and the results are anything but surprising. GTA IV had an incredible debut, sitting pretty at the top spot with 1,850,000 (Xbox 360 version) and the third spot with 1,000,000 (PS3). In between was Mario Kart Wii (Wii – duh) at 1,120,000. Hardware sales show the Wii and DS still on top, followed by the PSP, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2.

The full lists, from 1up:

April 2008 Software Sales

1. Grand Theft Auto IV (360) — 1,850,000
2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) — 1,120,000
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) — 1,000,000
4. Wii Play (Wii) — 360,000
5. Super Smash Bros. 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 (Wii) — 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) — 141,000

April 2008 Hardware Sales

Nintendo Wii — 714,200
Nintendo DS — 414,800
PlayStation Portable — 192,000
Xbox 360 — 188,000
PlayStation 3 — 187,100
PlayStation 2 — 124,400

The most notable mention on the hardware side is the drop in sales of the DS and rise in PSP sales from last month. Otherwise, it’s business as usual, and we’re all knee-deep in GTA IV.

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