Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/18/us_consoles_sales_april/
Nintendo's Wii continues to dominate sales of the last game consoles in the US, raining on the parades of both Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 during April, the latest market research shows.
Figures from US market watcher NPD put Wii on top with 360,000 sales, followed by the Xbox 360 on 174,000 units. The PS3 brings up the rear, Sony having shifted 82,000 units - fewer than half the number of Xbox 360s and less than a quarter of the number of Wiis sold last month.
The apparent big delay (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/17/metal_gear_set_back/) to the launch of Metal Gear Solid 4, a major PS3 release, isn't going to help the next-gen Sony platform going forward. The hoopla surrounding Halo 3 (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/16/ms_names_halo3_day/), on the other hand, is likely to give that platform a boost in the coming months.
US buyers continue to favour previous-generation machines and handhelds, with the Nintendo DS the most popular games machine purchased in April - some 471,000 units were sold that month and the PSP racking up sales of 183,000. Around 194,000 PS2s were bought last month, making it more popular than the now not-so-new Xbox 360.
Halo 3 hits one million pre-orders (13 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/13/halo_3_million_preorders/
Nintendo launches face training game (6 July 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/06/nintendo_face_game/
Six Wiis sold for every PS3 purchased in Japan (3 July 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/03/wii_sales_outstrip_ps3/
US PS3 sales hold up as Wii, Xbox 360 numbers dip (15 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/15/us_may_console_sales/
Sony claims more than a million PAL PS3s purchased (13 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/13/sony_sells_1m_pal_ps3s/
Nintendo Wii widens sales gap with Sony PS3 (7 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/07/wii_beats_ps3_in_japan/
'Partial nudity' said to hinder M-rated Halo 2 release (25 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/25/is_halo_2_partially_nude/
Sony to release PS3 firmware update today (24 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/24/sony_to_update_ps3_today/
BT, Sony to turn PSP into a phone (23 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/23/bt_sony_to_turn_psp_into_phone/
Sony announces 80GB PS3 (21 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/21/sony_reveals_80gb_ps3/
MS stops hacked hardware accessing Xbox Live (18 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/18/ms_hacked_xbox_ban/
Metal Gear Solid 4 delayed until 2008? (17 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/17/metal_gear_set_back/
MS names Halo 3 day (16 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/16/ms_names_halo3_day/
Sony says public to test Home for PS3 this summer (2 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/02/sony_ps3_home_open_beta/
Kutaragi to pilot PlayStation development? (1 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/01/kutaragi_ponders_ps4/
Nintendo pledges to pour out more Wiis (27 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/27/nintendo_to_boost_wii_production/
Sony spies Eye toy for PS3 (26 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/26/sony_eyes_eyetoy_3/
Nintendo nudges sales forecast upward (5 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/05/nintendo_ups_sales_forecast/
PS3 UK sales rocket... then plummet (4 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/04/ps3_uk_sales_slide/
Wii wins in US during February (2 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/02/us_wii_sales/