Though we’ve lost a couple of statistics, NPD still brings us what we want to know this month.
Hardware
NDS – 440,800
Wii – 277,200
360 – 185,400
PS3 – 180,800
PSP – 65,500
Software
1. 360 – Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction, 486,100*
2. NDS – Pokémon SoulSilver, 242,900
3. Wii – New Super Mario Bros. Wii, 200,300
4. NDS – Pokémon HeartGold, 192,600
5. PS3 – God of War III, 180,300*
6. Wii – Wii Sports Resort*
7. 360 – Battlefield: Bad Company 2, 166,000
8. Wii – Wii Fit Plus*
9. Wii – Just Dance
10. PS3 – Super Street Fighter IV, 143,000
*Number includes all SKUs except those bundled with game systems.
^The numbers on the right represent units sold.
This month, NPD is only offering up sales numbers for the top five games; the Bad Company 2 and SSFIV numbers come from 1Up. Additionally, they’ve stopped announcing PS2 sales, though frankly I imagine that the PS2 outsold the PSP this month.
While Nintendo dominates the list this month, the entire gaming industry saw a sharp decline versus this same time last year; notably, the DS sold far fewer unions, since the launch of the DSi in April 2009 caused sales of over a million units. Additionally, Easter happened in March this year, instead of April like it did in 2009, and on the whole, casual games had a poorer showing than last year. Nevertheless, the industry is not in any sort of state of emergency, and the DS is still on track to become the best-selling system in history, topping the Playstation 2.
