The latest NPD charts from America have been released, and yet again it's good news for Nintendo with not only 4 Nintendo games on the top but the Wii and DS is still selling like hotcakes. Topping the software charts were of course the Pokémon games with Pokémon Diamond and Pearl selling a combined 1.7 million copies. After that Super Paper Mario sold great shifting 352,000 units with Wii Play rounding out the four with 249k. 360 and PS2 games filled the rest of the top ten with no PS3 games in sight. That, however, is not strange when you look at the total hardware sales for each console. More Inside.
Let's get this right out the way, the PS3 is selling well below what I'm sure many thought it would and it's still being out sold by the lowly Game Boy Advance. Moving onto positive news though, the DS has sold an impressive 471,000 units - no doubt being spurred by the Pokémon Games. The Wii, now in full supply (or less restrained), has sold through a huge 360,000 units. Great news for Nintendo, not so much for the rest. Hardware Nintendo DS 471k Wii 360k PlayStation 2 194k PlayStation Portable 183k Xbox 360 174k Game Boy Advance 84k PlayStation 3 82k GameCube 13k Top 10 Software Items NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 1.045 M NDS POKEMON PEARL VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 712K WII SUPER PAPER MARIO NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 352K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 249K 360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR ACTIVISION MAR 2007 TEEN (T) 197K PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR ACTIVISION NOV 2006 TEEN (T) 142K 360 SPIDER-MAN 3 ACTIVISION APR 2007 TEEN (T) 117K PS2 SPIDER-MAN 3 ACTIVISION APR 2007 TEEN (T) 105K PS2 GOD OF WAR II SONY MAR 2007 MATURE (M) 101K PS2 MLB '07: THE SHOW SONY FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 79K