Charts: April NPD 2010

It’s that time again. The hardware chart isn’t too impressive and PS2 figures weren’t included in the data:

• DS – 440,800 (down on March 2010, down on April 2009)
• Wii – 277,000 (down on March 2010, down on April 2009)
• 360 – 185,000 (down on March 2010, up on April 2009)
• PS3 – 180,000 (down on March 2010, up on April 2009
• PSP – 65,500 (down on March 2010, down on April 2009)

April wasn’t so big on releases compared to March, primarily being just the new Splinter Cell on 360, Monster Hunter on Wii and Super Street Fighter IV on the HD consoles, which didn’t do much for sales. For some reason NPD only included sales figures for the top five this time around instead of top ten:

1. Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft, 360) – 486,100
2. Pokémon Soul Silver (Nintendo, DS) – 242,900
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 200,300
4. Pokémon Heart Gold (Nintendo, DS) – 192,600
5. God of War III (Sony, PS3) – 180,300
6. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii)
7. Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts, 360)
8. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii)
9. Just Dance (Ubisoft, Wii)
10. Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3)

Of the new releases, Monster Hunter on Wii and Super Street Fight IV on 360 both failed to place.

Sources:

Hardware – VG247

Software – VG247