LITB Gaming News – Oh yeah it’s NPD day isn’t it?
Via NeoGaf it’s once again time for the NPD numbers, this time for the month of April.
PlayStation 3 180.8K
PSP 65.5K
Xbox 360 185.4K
Wii 277.2K
Nintendo DS 440.8K1. TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION* 360 UBISOFT Apr-10 486.1K
2. POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-10 242.9K
3. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 200.3K
4. POKEMON HEARTGOLD VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-10 192.6K
5. GOD OF WAR III* PS3 SONY Mar-10 180.3K
6. WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09
7. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-10 166K
8. WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09
9. JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT Nov-09
10. SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV PS3 CAPCOM USA Apr-10 143K*. SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 360 CAPCOM USA Apr-10 108K
Wow, those are some low numbers all around.
Also starting this month NPD is only giving out the exact numbers for the top five games instead of all ten, meaning gamers who really want to know how well a game at number 8 or 10 on the chart will have to beg people in the know for numbers at 6 and beyond; which is how the numbers for Street Fighter IV and Bad Company 2 came to light. Thanks to Microsoft for those tidbits.
The PS2 also is not being reported by the NPD anymore as well, though they’re still tracking it’s sales. If Sony wanted they could let gamers know every month how well the thing’s still doing. However the fact that the PS2 may very well have outsold the PSP this month in it’s ninth year on the U.S. market may not be something they’re that desperate to proclaim in their Press Release.
Those low PSP hardware numbers give the rumblings of a PSP2 being announced at Sony’s E3 presser next more strength, at least to me.
I just hope the PSP2 will have the ability to read UMDs, even if the games made for the device won’t come on them. The saddest part about the PSP situation is that there are actually some pretty high profile games coming out for the thing here in the U.S. this year. Peace Walker, that Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep game, heck even Ready at Dawn Studios is giving the system another gem with a second portable God of War title. There’s still life in the system, but what good is that if nobody is playing the last few hits for the thing? – The Ben