NPD April 2007 software sales charts: Super Paper Mario reigns supreme
Following up on IGN’s coverage of the NPD monthly report, we’ve spotted the North American game sales list for April 2007. For purposes known only to the NPD Group, these numbers do not exactly reflect sales in just the month of April, but also carries over from March and May.
For North America’s most favored console, Nintendo’s Super Paper Mario bests the top ten bestsellers. Not limiting itself to the Wii, it even tops the bestseller list across all other console platforms, followed by similarly fated Wii Play w/ Remote and tailing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, both also from Nintendo.
For the PlayStation 3, Sierra’s F.E.A.R. ranked top spot in sales, followed by SCE-published MotorStorm and Activision’s Spider-Man 3: Collector’s Edition. In the Xbox 360 side, Activision’s Guitar Hero II and Spider-Man 3 still rule the top two spots, while 2K Games’ Major League Baseball 2k7 holds on to number three.
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Following up on IGN’s coverage of the NPD monthly report, we’ve spotted the North American game sales list for April 2007. For purposes known only to the NPD Group, these numbers do not exactly reflect sales in just the month of April, but also carries over from March and May.
For North America’s most favored console, Nintendo’s Super Paper Mario bests the top ten bestsellers. Not limiting itself to the Wii, it even tops the bestseller list across all other console platforms, followed by similarly fated Wii Play w/ Remote and tailing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, both also from Nintendo.
For the PlayStation 3, Sierra’s F.E.A.R. ranked top spot in sales, followed by SCE-published MotorStorm and Activision’s Spider-Man 3: Collector’s Edition. In the Xbox 360 side, Activision’s Guitar Hero II and Spider-Man 3 still rule the top two spots, while 2K Games’ Major League Baseball 2k7 holds on to number three.
Top 20 Overall Best-selling Games of April 2007
- Super Paper Mario (Wii) Nintendo
- Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) Nintendo
- Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar (Xbox 360) Red Ocatane/Activision
- Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar (PS2) Red Octane/Activision
- Spider-Man 3 (Xbox 360) Activision
- Spider-Man 3 (PS2) Activision
- God of War II (PS2) Sony
- MLB ’07: The Show (PS2) Sony
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) Nintendo
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (Xbox 360) 2K Games
- Tom Clancy‘s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Xbox 360) Ubisoft
- God of War (PS2) Sony
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Wii) Electronic Arts
- Gears of War (Xbox 360) Epic
- F.E.A.R. (PS3) Vivendi
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PS2) Rockstar
- TMNT (PS2) Ubisoft
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (PS2) 2K Games
- Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii) Nintendo
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Xbox 360) Ubisoft
Top 10 Best-selling Games on Nintendo Wii as of April 2007
- Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
- Wii Play w/ Remote (Nintendo)
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’07 (Electronic Arts)
- Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (SEGA)
- Cooking Mama: Cook Off (Majesco)
- Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
- Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (Ubisoft)
Top 10 Best-selling Games on Xbox 360 as of April 2007
- Guitar Hero 2 (Activision)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (2K Games)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)
- Gears of War (Microsoft)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)
- Crackdown (Microsoft)
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)
- DDR Universe Bundle (Konami)
Top 10 Best-selling Games on PlayStation as of April 2007
- F.E.A.R. (Sierra)
- Motorstorm (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Spider-Man 3: Collector’s Edition (Activision)
- Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (2K Games)
- The Godfather: The Don’s Edition (Electronic Arts)
- Virtua Fighter 5 (SEGA)
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft)
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