The Dragon's Cave - Game Console Sales for April

I just got the hardware/software sales figures for the U.S. for April 2008. Keep in mind that GTA4 was only on the shelves for 5 days during April.

Hardware:
1. Wii - 714,200
2. Nintendo DS - 414,800
3. PSP - 192,000
4. Xbox 360 - 188,000
5. PlayStation 3 - 187,100
6. PlayStation 2 - 124,400

Software:

1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) - 1,850,000
2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 1,120,000
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) - 1,000,000
4. Wii Play (Wii) - 360,000
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 326,000
6. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) - 224,000
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS) - 202,000
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS) - 202,000
9. Guitar Hero III (Wii) - 152,000
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 141,000

To be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised. Nintendo is demolishing the competition, while the XBox 360 is essentially in a dead heat with the PS3. Here I thought that, once Blu-Ray won the Hi-Def war, the PS3 would start selling better. However, it looks like that hasn't panned out; the Wii is still out-selling the PS3 at nearly 4-to-1.

In other news, I'm getting really excited to attend Califur tomorrow. My two oldest boys are going to come with me for part of the time (kids under 10 get in free).

Both boys asked me to make dragon tails for them, so I used the leftover material from my tail to make smaller tails for them. I finished the main work this morning; all I need to do now is stitch some denim material to them for belt loops, and they'll be finished.