Interesting Things For you Late @ Night 2: Nintendo: Wii Sells 714,000 in U.S. in April news from 1UP.com

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Nintendo: Wii Sells 714,000 in U.S. in April news from 1UP.com

Total U.S. Wii sales up to 9.5 million to-date.
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 from kicking off a little early. Nintendo announced Thursday that they sold 714,000 Wiis (wait, let's restate that with more appropriate urgency: 714,000 Wiis) in the U.S. during the month of April. That, according to Nintendo, puts it in the lead for the month amongst all hardware sales, with the Nintendo DS reportedly coming in second (although specific figures weren't released).
This announcement brings the total number of Wiis sold in the U.S. to 9.5 million, which is just 500,000 short of the 10 million mark Microsoft so proudly bragged about 24 hours ago.
In other staggering Nintendo sales news, they also reported that Mario Kart Wii sold 1.1 million units, bringing it in at number two overall for the top selling games of the month. We're not sure if Nintendo counts the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Grand Theft Auto IV as separate releases (although NPD does), so whether this means one version came in at number one and another came in at, say, number three is impossible to deduce yet.
But however that turns out, Nintendo still dominated software sales, claiming six of the top 10 selling games of the month: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play (No. 4), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9). And lastly, as if to put an exclamation mark on the whole thing, it was also revealed that Smash Bros. Brawl has sold 3 million units in the U.S. to-date.
"Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing. "Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week."
So what do Microsoft and Sony have to say about Nintendo's number-stroking? Their sales figures haven't been announced yet, but don't be surprised if they come in any minute now. Let the forum bickering begin!