Nintendo's camera touting DSi handheld is making quite the splash in North America, having accounted for a whopping 31 percent of total industry unit sales in April. Combined with DS Lite sales, the platform shifted 1.04 million units.
Elsewhere across the spectrum, retail performance took a dive - as is expected for April. Overall sales incurred a hefty hit compared to March as well as on a year-over-year basis. On the console front, Wii numbers totaled 340,000 while Xbox 360 came in at second place with 175,000 units sold, barely inching past the price-cut driven PS2 which managed 172,000 units.
Although it is a factor, the crippled economy cannot be blamed entirely for a decline in sales on most formats. According to NPD, a recently conducted Consumer Spending poll found that the category of video games is one consumers are least likely to stop spending disposable income on.
See the full listing of numbers for April past the break.[blockquote2]Hardware
PlayStation 2 172K
PlayStation 3 127K
PSP 116K
Xbox 360 175K
Wii 340K
Nintendo DS 1.04M
Software
FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 1 471K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 2 433K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 3 210K
PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 4 170K
THE GODFATHER II ELECTRONIC ARTS 360 5 155K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 6 122K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 7 119K
MARIO KART DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 8 112K
GUITAR HERO AEROSMITH* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) 360 9 110K
THE GODFATHER II ELECTRONIC ARTS PS3 10 91K[/blockquote2]