For the month of April 2010 the #1 selling game was Splinter Cell: Conviction. Well done!
“Splinter Cell: Conviction” takes #1 spot: Xbox 360 exclusive “Splinter Cell: Conviction” was the #1 selling console game in April with 486,000 units sold. “Splinter Cell: Conviction” joins two other Xbox 360 titles, “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” (166,000 units sold) and “Super Street Fighter IV” (108,000 units sold), in the list of top 10 selling console games for April.
In other news, more than one million unique players participated in the “Halo: Reach” public beta on its opening day, an amount greater than the total number of participants in the “Halo 3” beta. The massive amount of feedback collected from fans around the world through May 19 when the beta concludes will help Bungie refine “Halo: Reach”.
Xbox 360 hardware sales topped 185,000 units in April, up six percent year-over-year compared to April 2009. Combined with strong software and accessory sales, Xbox 360 console sales contributed to $204 million in total spend on the Xbox 360 platform in April, more than any other platform.
Nintendo’s April Showers = Flood of Sales
Nintendo hardware outsold all other gaming hardware in the United States during the month of April. Even before the announcement of the new Wii hardware package, U.S. sales of the Wii console topped 277,000 for the month. Meanwhile, the Nintendo DS family of hand-held systems sold more than 440,000 units nationwide. Together, Nintendo video game system sales represented 60 percent of all hardware sold in the United States in April.
Six of the top 10 best-selling games of April play on Nintendo systems. These include:
- Pokémon SoulSilver Version at No. 2 with nearly 243,000 sold
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii at No. 3 with more than 200,000 sold
- Pokémon HeartGold Version at No. 4 with more than 192,000 sold
- Wii Sports Resort with Wii MotionPlus at No. 5 with more than 179,000 sold
- Just Dance by Ubisoft at No. 8 with more than 144,000 sold
- Wii Fit Plus with the Wii Balance Board accessory at No. 10 with more than 130,000 sold.
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