GTA 4 360 Tops U.S. Console Sales in April

Sales-tracking firm NPD Group has released its U.S. sales figures for April, showing Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV as the month's top-selling console title and the Wii as the month's best-selling hardware.

While the Xbox 360 version of GTA 4 sold 850,000 more copies than the PlayStation 3 edition, the hardware race between the two consoles was far closer--the 360 outsold its shiny black competitor by a mere 900 units.

April hardware sales in the United States were as follows:

1. Wii - 714,200

2. Nintendo DS - 414,800

3. PSP - 192,700

4. Xbox 360 - 188,000

5. PlayStation 3 - 187,100

6. PlayStation 2 - 124,400

Meanwhile, April's best-selling console games in the U.S. were:

1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar, X360) - 1,850,000

2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 1,120,000

3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar, PS3) - 1,000,000

4. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 360,000

5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo, Wii) - 326,000

6. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Polyphony Digital, PS3) - 224,000

7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Chunsoft, NDS) - 202,000

8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Chunsoft, NDS) - 202,000

9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Vicarious Visions, Wii) - 152,000

10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward, X360) - 141,000

"It's unusual for three games to exceed the 1-million mark in a non-holiday month which just goes to prove that great content can succeed regardless of when it is launched," noted NPD analyst Anita Frazier.