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NPD April 2011 Sales Results [Update 6: Nintendo DS Hardware, Pokemon LTD]

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robotnjik

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Major Nelson on twitter:

"Just saw some April NPD Data. Xbox continues to be the best selling console of 2011."

and

"To give some context, Xbox 360 sales are up 60% over this time last year"
 
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Screenboy

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EviLore said:
09. Pokemon White Version (NDS) Nintendo
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Wallach

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Mortal Kombat continues to be a great performer. Wonder what the actual number was for them. Probably enough that even with Steam sales included it would have tracked at top spot.
 
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Lagspike_exe

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"Games that would appear in the top ten ranking on a SKU basis for April include "NDS POKEMON BLACK VERSION," and "PS3 SOCOM 4: U.S. NAVY SEALS." If sales of the SOCOM Move accessory bundle were combined with software sales, this game would have ranked in the top ten titles as well."


Accessories

"On a year-to-date basis, video games accessories realized the greatest year-over-year percentage increase of all categories. The best-selling accessory item in April was the Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points Game Card."

"Sony's SOCOM 4: Full Deployment Bundle, which included the Sharpshooter as well as the Move, was the top new accessory release."
 
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Ridley327

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Guess I was wrong about MK after all!

I sure hope that Sony is taking a long hard look at their Kevin Butler campaign because I'm pretty sure the awful ad SOCOM 4 got did not do it any favors.
 
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Old Gimlet Eyes

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Mortal Kombat dominating. Just under 900k for its first month, noice.

NBA 2K11 still selling great. With NBA2K12 having no competition this year, I can see the franchise continuing to sell mega numbers. Bring back more classic players and teams/scenarios please.
 
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Mileena

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Ridley327 said:
Guess I was wrong about MK after all!

I sure hope that Sony is taking a long hard look at their Kevin Butler campaign because I'm pretty sure the awful ad SOCOM 4 got did not do it any favors.
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I'm sure it had more to do with the god awful beta. Common man.
 
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FrankT

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timetokill said:
That would be crazy -- that the steamplay for PSN didn't really add up to enough to overcome the 360's sales, though I guess PSN could have had a part to play there.
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Well with nearly 60/30 splits in the UK the US a lot of times mirrors such. Probably not that high, but still think 360 was on top. However on the listing I just have no idea why they would list PS3 first on one then 360 on the rest then Wii for legos. It somewhat makes sense.
 
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fernoca

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woodypop said:
I wonder how high Mortal Kombat will chart in May since that's when the Toys R Us deal started.
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Same with Portal 2, though Portal 2 was on sale..everywhere. And still is.
K-mart put MK at $40 this week.
 
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user_nat

THE WORDS! They'll drift away without the _!
I think this month just about confirms that the SKU order does mean something.
 
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Carl

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Lagspike_exe said:
"Games that would appear in the top ten ranking on a SKU basis for April include "NDS POKEMON BLACK VERSION," and "PS3 SOCOM 4: U.S. NAVY SEALS." If sales of the SOCOM Move accessory bundle were combined with software sales, this game would have ranked in the top ten titles as well."


Accessories

"On a year-to-date basis, video games accessories realized the greatest year-over-year percentage increase of all categories. The best-selling accessory item in April was the Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points Game Card."

"Sony's SOCOM 4: Full Deployment Bundle, which included the Sharpshooter as well as the Move, was the top new accessory release."
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Wow that is pretty good.
 
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Megadragon15

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Ridley327 said:
Guess I was wrong about MK after all!

I sure hope that Sony is taking a long hard look at their Kevin Butler campaign because I'm pretty sure the awful ad SOCOM 4 got did not do it any favors.
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Why wouldn't the PSN outage be the cause of SOCOM 4 not charting?
Edit: Never mind after seeing the post above this.
 
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gillty

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Wallach said:
Mortal Kombat continues to be a great performer. Wonder what the actual number was for them. Probably enough that even with Steam sales included it would have tracked at top spot.
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no.
 
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Road

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"Total spending on video games including game systems, games and accessories in April hit $961.2 million, 20% more than in April 2010, according to The NPD Group. Games sales rose 26% to $503.2 million; hardware rose 12% to $280 million."

Was April last year so bad?
 
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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
Cday said:
Yuck. I got the PS3 version because of the D-Pad not some forced, out of place exclusive character.
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Maybe YOU did, but if you have to choose between two versions, and they're the same and one has an extra character, which do you choose?

I mean Soul Calibur 2 sold best on Gamecube, because Link was there. There's precedent for this.
 
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