NPD U.S. April 2009 Videogame Sales
US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY – APRIL 2009
Software: $510.74M (-23%)
Hardware: $391.63M (-8%)
Accessories: $129.45M (-15%)
Total Games: $1.03B (-17%)
TOP-SELLING HARDWARE – APRIL 2009
Nintendo DS: 1.04M (+151%)
Wii: 340,000 (-52%)
Xbox 360: 175,000 (-7%)
PlayStation 2: 172,000 (+34%)
PlayStation 3: 127,000 (-32%)
PSP: 116,000 (-40%)
TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE SKUs – APRIL 2009
Title / Publisher / Units**
1 Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii) / Nintendo / 471,000
2 Pokemon Platinum (DS) / Nintendo / 433,000
3 Mario Kart Wii with Wheel (Wii) / Nintendo / 210,000
4 Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) / Nintendo / 170,000
5 The Godfather II (360) / EA / 155,000
6 Resident Evil 5 (360) / Capcom / 122,000
7 New Super Mario Bros. (DS) / Nintendo / 119,000
8 Mario Kart DS (DS) / Nintendo / 112,000
9 Guitar Hero Aerosmith (360) / Activision Blizzard / 110,000
10 The Godfather II (PS3) / EA / 91,000
It was a heinous month for current generation hardware units with Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 posting paltry numbers. The economy is finally hitting this industry in full force. Nintendo DS units were up big due to the release of the DSi SKU. PS2 units did well with the recent price cut to $99.
It’s pretty sad to see New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS continue to dominate the charts years after their release. Guitar Hero Aerosmith probably made the top 10 because it went on fire-sale at $10 at many retailers.
So what do videogame stocks do off these punkish numbers? Rally of course. TTWO was up 7.6% on the news Icahn had bought more shares. ATVI was flattish. GME up 1.93% rebounding off a big correction in recent weeks. ERTS was up 4.7% on the news it actually had a top 10 selling game for once.