Already riding a streak as America's No. 1 seller of video game consoles, No. 1 seller of portable game systems and No. 1 publisher of video games, Nintendo added more chips to its pile in April-with not just one, but the country's four best-selling games.
According to independent sales data gathered by the NPD Group, the two best-selling games in April were Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, exclusively for the Nintendo DS hand-held game system, followed by Super Paper Mario and Wii Play for the Wii home video game system. Combined sales for the two related Pokemon titles exceeded 1.75 million units in just 14 days of availability during the reporting period.
The DS remained the most popular game system of any kind in April, with projected sales of more than 470,000 units. At the same time, the Wii from Nintendo, despite nearly universal sold-out status, was still purchased by twice as many consumers as any other home game console, according to the NPD data. Unit sales of 360,000 Wii systems in April bring the console's installed base in America to nearly 2.5 million in less than six months on the market.
"Nothing is more valuable in the entertainment world than an evergreen franchise," says Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO, Nintendo of America. "These new Pokemon titles have cemented their place alongside the most enduring intellectual properties of the book, music and movie industries. And that appeal will expand even further with the introduction of Pokemon Battle Revolution to our Wii home console next month."
U.S.A.: NPD Sales Numbers April 07
- Nintendo DS 471,000
- Wii 360,000
- PlayStation 2 194,000
- PlayStation Portable 183,000
- Xbox 360 174,000
- GameBoy Advance 84,000
- PlayStation 3 82,000
- Nintendo Gamecube 13,000
Canada: NPD Sales Numbers April 07
- Wii 42,100
- Nintendo DS
34,900
- PlayStation 2 18,000
- Xbox360 12,800
- PlayStation Portable 12,100
- GameBoyAdvance 7,900
- PlayStation 3 7,200
Japan:
Media Create Sales Numbers May 7th - May 13th
- Nintendo DS Lite
163,785
- Wii 52,544
- PlayStation Portable
34,433
- PlayStation 2 10,414
- PlayStation 3 8,839
- Xbox 360 2,105
- GameBoy Advance Micro
408
- GameBoy Advance SP
343
- Nintendo Gamecube
315
- Nintendo DS
39
- GameBoy Advance
18
Sources: Nintendo, NPD
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