May 16, 2009

A Play On NPD Sales Numbers

Stephen Totilo, new editor over at our friends site Kotaku, has come up with a variation on the NPD Group’s monthly sales data. Ok, so this might not be very exciting, but I’m sure stat fans will be excited to see the daily breakdown of sales for each console over the month! Unsurprisingly, the DS(i) came out best in April, shifting 38,519 units per day. That’s up 22,433 from the previous month.

For the full breakdown of every console, follow the link now!

April 2009 U.S. Video Game Hardware Sales – NPD-PD version
Daily averages based on the March NPD date range: 4/5/09-5/2/09

Nintendo DS- 38,519 units/day (+ 22,433)
Wii – 12,593 units/day (- 4,578)
Xbox 360 – 6,481 units/day (- 2,948)
PlayStation 2 – 6,370 units/day (+ 3,170)
PS3 – 4,704 units/day (- 1,525)
PSP – 4,296 units/day (- 504)