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[VideoMan]

It would seem that those who predicted GTA4 would give PS3 a bigger hardware bump than 360 were spot on.

 

[DiddyBop]

good month for the ps3. the tides are finally turning in its favour hardware-wise(in comparison to the 360,the wii is a lost cause)

 

[perfectchaos007]

I figured Nintendo would pump more Wii Fit into the market than that.

Unless they did and it all didn't sell through.

It has been sold out everywhere I've been. And I think Ellen DeGeneres took most of them

 

[flipping_heck]

No real hardware bump for 360/ps3, shame to see that.

Nintendo dominates as usual

 

[Odysseus]

The console numbers are strange when looking at the software numbers. GTAIV on the 360 outsold the PS3 by a large margin, but the PS3 outsold the 360 by a small margin.

you forget 360 userbase exceeds ps3 userbase by a large margin

 

[Somnia]

Good lawd....Nintendo domination. 5 WII titles and 2 DS titles...good god.

 

[Moray]

360 needs a price cut asap.

 

[JavyOO7]

MARIO KART WOOHOOO!!!

 

[batbeg]

For some reason I was expecting cataclysmal level Wii Fit numbers, so I'm kind of underwhelmed Next month should prove to be interesting either in numbers or meltdowns though.

 

[Toy Soldier]

I'm glad to see Mystery Dungeon had a nice launch (figuring in that brief period it was available in April alongside these May numbers), it's an awesome game - more deserving of sales than any other Pokemon spin-off.

 

[Karma]

GTA 360 did end up 2:1 over the PS3 version.

 

[phalestine]

damn only one HD game in the top ten.

 

[tak]

you forget 360 userbase exceeds ps3 userbase by a large number

yes, I did, but lets not talk about that openly.

 

[Wes]

Nice for the PS3! Wii and DS numbers still astronomical too!

 

[No6]

wow @ Iron Man PS2

no really, what the hell?

 

[IAmtheFMan]

So did Wii officially, and unequivocally take #1 in the North American Market this month?

 

[rage1973]

Microsoft should just give up. They don't even want to compete any more. One $50 price drop in 2.5 years means their 3rd place is well deserved.

 

[mabuza]

wonder if 360 had shortages again :lol

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[watership]

Hooray! (apply where needed)

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Wii software and hardware are crazy!

PS3 and 360 sales are pretty sad compared to the Wii, which is also in itself kinda sad.

 

[sphinx]

numbers are.... low... aren't they?

Wii beating the crap out of the competition and nearly selling double COMBINED sales of PS3 and 360.....in GTA4's month.... historic..

 

[Ramenman]

HD gaming :lol

Haha, tell me about it, only "HD game" in the top ten is GTA :lol

 

[Walshicus]

Hey look at that Microsoft, you needed a price drop in April! Tards.

If they're going for market share, I guess. It does seem like the consumer base for current-gen consoles at their present prices is drying up, though. I mean... GTA! Where's the bump?

 

[ksamedi]

Wii is going for 180 million worldwide.

 

[farnham]

Good lawd....Nintendo domination. 5 WII titles and 2 DS titles...good god.

slowly but surely nintendo is constituting a japan like situation in NA

oh yeah and Wii is now on par with 360 LTD right..?

 

[schuelma]

More observations- Wii takes 5/10 of the top spots..impressive

Impressive hold for MK Wii


Underwhelming for GT4 PS3.


Why Microsoft hasn't delivered a price drop is just mindboggling- if someone had said 6 months ago that the month after GTA4 360 hardware wouldn't even reach 200K they would have been laughed at.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Lowered expectations?

Terrible 360 numbers.

Nah, I just didn't expect PS3 beating Xbox by that margin.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Wii down, PS3 up. THE TIDE IS TURNING!

Surprised that GTA is still so high (Yeah yeah 5 April NPD days and all that jazz) MK Wii was expected, Wii Fit heavily supply constrained (And probably will be for the next year at least!)

Overall, a pretty dull NPD. The only thing of note really is how much the 360 version of GTA4 outsold the PS3 one, despite the fact that PS3 H/W>360 H/W

Oh and GH3 Wii is a freaking zombie!

 

[X26]

more of the same from the grim reaper of gaming

 

[dawnXjustice]

Iron Man :lol

Mario Kart outsold Wii Fit? :O

 

[Dabookerman]

I predict 800,000 for PS3 next month.

 

[shas'la]

Look at the differences between the two GTA formats, i wonder what that changes the tie ratios to?

 

[jjgames]

Man WiiFit sure was supply constrained. I thought it would sell more than that. Interesting to see what it does when Nintendo starts shipping more.

GTA IV for 360 might be at the top of the chart 3 months in a row.

 

[nli10]

WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2008 2 787.4K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 3 687.7K

Gaming wins

As people have said though, I guess we in Europe did get decent Wii Fit allocation after-all (UK sold 300k so far I think).

 

[FirewalkR]

So, everyone was wrong about ps3/360?

 

[szaromir]

Bad month for 360 hardware.
GTA4 360S3 is 1,97:1

 

[Dama]

PS2 numbers?

 

[Toy Soldier]

It has been sold out everywhere I've been. And I think Ellen DeGeneres took most of them

Same here. I've only seen Wii Fit at retail once, and that was on a Sunday morning immediately after that Wal-Mart put their new shipment out. I went back that night and they appeared to be sold out.

Didn't Reggie say they'd have a million for the NA launch, or am I making that up?

 

[Liquid]

npd is starting to get boring

 

[ag-my001]

Hopefully this won't get lost in the early reactions:

How many days was WiiFit on the market for this NPD period?

 

[titiklabingapat]

Btw, Wii Fit and Mario Kart, along with the Wii console is sold out everywhere.

Get used to a Wii dominated top ten from now on with Fit, Kart and Play leading the way.

 

[Leonsito]

It's funny that the banned salez site didn't have this data until sonycowboy posted it here http://********.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=29423 as you can see is copy pasted from here directly :lol

 

[SuperBanjo]

Wii 675.1K
Nintendo DS 452.6K

:lol :lol

Everyone expected much bigger for Wii and Wii Fit, that's what I was getting at. Still impressive obviously, but still...

 

[Moneyhats2k5]

PlayStation 3 208.7K > Xbox 360 186.6K

Sony is back! + MGS4 bundle sails = 250k June

 

[harSon]

good month for the ps3. the tides are finally turning in its favour hardware-wise(in comparison to the 360,the wii is a lost cause)

Lets not get ahead of ourselves

 

[TwinsDad]

I also thought Wii Fit would be more then that. Also thought MS would see more of a boost to 360 sales. Was this month less weeks then last, hence still a "bump"?

Edit: reading the estimates thread, it the same number of weeks, and almost dead on for the console sales. No bump it seems. for the 360 anyways.

 

[Stumpokapow]

LTDs:
PS3 - 4,450,000
Wii - 10,180,000
X360 - 10,270,000

Wii Play - 5,760,000
Brawl - 3,190,000
Guitar Hero 3 Wii - 2,200,000
Mario Kart - 1,907,000
GTA4 360 - 2,721,000
GTA4 PS3 - 1,442,000

PS3 will outsell the 360 in 21 years.

 

[AlexMogil]

Man I really expected better numbers for PS3 and 360. And I guess the 2:1 for GTA was mostly true. This whole year is going to be remembered as "Wait until ______."

 

[Barrett2]

The unstoppable Pokemon brand continues to print $$$

 

[nbcjr]

amazing numbers