March NPD Sales Show Continuing Trends

GameDaily has coverage of the NPD numbers for March, which show a general continuation of trends we've seen since the Wii and PS3 were released last year. Overall, sales are up 54% across the industry, with the DS leading the pack by a healthy amount. "The [DS] sold through 508K units for the month. The PS2, likely fueled by God of War II, came in second with 280K units. The Wii followed with 259K — quite respectable but far lower than certain analyst forecasts, which had pegged it at around 400K. The Wii now stands at 2.1 million in the US. Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold another 199K, bringing its life-to-date total to 5.3 million in the U.S."

Re:O rly?

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That's the rumor that's been all over the place, but here it is almost the end of April and I still can't find a Wii anywhere. If they were holding units back so they could dump them on the market in April, the second part of their plan isn't working so well.

I think the "stockpiling units until April" rumor is more wishful thinking than anything else.