Video Game Sales Plummet 17% in April?

12.05.2009

175,000 - PlayStation 3

120,000 - PlayStation 2

150,000 - PlayStation Portable

Translation: Wii demand-to-supply is finally in balance, while there's increasing demand for Xbox 360s and PS3s. The beginning of the end of the Wii craze? Maybe. Or just the end of the beginning, if Nintendo releases its rumored high-def refresh add-on or standalone part.

How'd Nintendo's new DSi, which launched April 5, fare in all this? Nintendo claimed their stylish camera-enabled handheld refresh bagged around 435k units in US sales per its first week, so expect big numbers -- WM's forecast of 800,000 units suggests an increase in overall DS sales of 93%.