Rockstar's latest pushes total industry growth in April to 47 percent; Mario Kart Wii lane-splits Xbox 360 and PS3 edition on sales charts.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
s the strongest multiplatform seller, but another of the month's new releases, Mario Kart Wii, actually came in second on the software sales charts. With 1.12 million copies tallied, Mario Kart Wii outsold the PS3 edition of GTAIV (1 million sold), but fell shy of the Xbox 360 edition's 1.85 million copies. Although it was beaten out by Mario Kart Wii, the third-place finish on the sales charts for the PS3 edition of GTAIV is the best yet for a game on Sony's latest console. Other strong new releases included

By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - US sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software

By Mike Antonucci Nintendo's Wii video-game console remained the red-hot choice of US consumers in April, posting sales that dwarfed the competition from

Nintendo had an amazing April, pushing over 700000 Wiis in the United States. That's a massive difference from its "current gen high definition console"

By Kris Graft Grand Theft Auto IV expectedly drove software sales significantly in April, with total industry monthly sales surpassing $1 billion in the US

GTA IV sold 1.85 million units on 360 vs. 1 million on PS3, while hardware sales for both platforms mysteriously failed to top 200K. Regardless, the Wii once again was in complete control.
Posted by James Brightman on Thursday, May 15, 2008
of 188K units and 187.1K units, respectively. Surprisingly, neither console topped 200K even with the talk of GTA IV boosting sales. In terms of hardware, Nintendo completely dominated once again. The GTA-less Wii sold 714.2K units while the DS sold 414.8K. Rounding out hardware, the PSP sold 192.7K and the PS2 sold 124.4K.

By Kris Pigna, 05/15/2008 We still haven't received the official NPD numbers for the month of April, but that hasn't dissuaded the requisite number-spinning

SAN FRANCISCO - The video games industry grew 47% in April compared to the same month a year ago, reaching $1.23 billion in sales of game devices, software and accessories.
The strong sales were led by the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV title, according to the monthly video games sales data from research firm, The NPD Group.
retail supplies become more plentiful we're seeing continued sales strength of Wii hardware," said Anita Frazier, an analyst with the NPD Group in a statement.

by Blake Snow | 05/15/2008 | 4:12:29 PM PST Despite the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 and PS3, the Nintendo Wii again managed to trample the

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has announced that its Xbox 360 beat out rival next-generation video game consoles from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Nintendo to become the first to sell over 10 million units in the U.S.
"History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle," said Don Mattrick, SVP of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft.
in DMW Daily, May 15, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it sold 714000 units of its Wii video game console in the United States in April.

By Walaika Haskins Microsoft's Xbox 360 is the first of its class to sell 10 million units in the US, though that likely has a lot to do with the fact that

By Ed Oswald, BetaNews While Microsoft is tooting its own horn over having the first console to sell 10 million units in the US market, Nintendo's own isn't

By Ben Kuchera | Published: May 15, 2008 - 09:55AM CT Today, Microsoft has sent word to the gaming press that the Xbox 360 has become the first console in

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia and New Zealand managing director Michael Ephraim on Australian PS3 sales, giving away consoles, and more.
By Dan Chiappini, GameSpot AU
lian] sales, and I can say that since Christmas 2007, PlayStation 3 has definitely increased in market share. We're definitely outselling one of our competitors.

GTA IV also helped boost the subscriber base to Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service to more than 12 million this month.
By Antone Gonsalves
versions for the Xbox and Sony's PlayStation 3.