Here it is, the numbers you’ve been waiting for!

NPD Group: April 2007

Industry Sales: $838.6 million (+20% over March)

Software Sales: $389.8 million (-1%)
–Console Software Sales: $248.3 million (-19%)
–Portable Software Sales: $141.5 million (+61%)

Hardware Sales: $338.4 million (+56%)
–Console Hardware Sales: $239.4 million (+56%)
–Portable Hardware Sales: $99 million (+43%)

Nintendo DS: 471,000
Wii: 360,000
PlayStation 2: 194,000
PSP: 183,000
Xbox 360: 174,000
Game Boy Advance: 84,000
PlayStation 3: 82,000
GameCube: 13,000

Pokemon Diamond (NDS), Nintendo: 1.045 M
Pokemon Pearl (NDS), Nintendo: 712K
Super Paper Mario (Wii), Nintendo: 352K
Wii Play w/remote (Wii), Nintendo: 249K
Guitar Hero 2 w/guitar (360) Activision: 197K
Guitar Hero 2 w/guitar (PS2) Activision: 142K
Spider-Man 3 (360) Activision: 117K
Spider-Man 3 (PS2) Activision: 105K
God of War II (PS2) Sony: 101K
MLB ‘07: The Show (PS2) Sony: 79K

NPD Group: Lifetime

PlayStation2: 38.2 million
Game Boy Advance: 35.7 million
GameCube: 11.7 million
Nintendo DS: 10.9 million
PSP: 7.4 million
Xbox 360: 5.4 million
Wii: 2.5 million
PlayStation3: 1.3 million

So Nintendo totally rocked that month, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total console hardware sales and taking the top four software spots. Onwards to May!

GameDaily