Don Reisinger:

"Each other. Too simple? After seeing yesterday’s NPD numbers and hearing about them from all the companies, each has their own spin on what went down last month. Nintendo (rightfully so) chose to gloat about how well the Wii is selling. According to NPD, the Wii outsold the 360, PS3, PS2, and PSP during April. Even better for the company, it held the number two spot in hardware sales with its DS platform.

On the other hand, Microsoft chose to discuss how well its platform has done so far and explained to me that its 10.1 million units sold mark is a major milestone for the company because the first console in each generation to hit 10 million units sold in the US has won the console war. When asked if it should be worried about Nintendo, Microsoft said it doesn’t see Nintendo as a competitor. When asked if it should be worried about Sony, the representative said it’s not worried at all and the company believes it’s in the best possible position right now.

Finally, we move to Sony. The company was barely beaten in hardware sales by Microsoft — a mere 900 unit margin separated the two companies — and it did relatively well in software sales. That said, it only captured 35 percent of GTA IV sales, which the company attributes to a smaller installed base. Of course, a more logical notion suggests the robust online component included in the Xbox 360 version was the main reason. Regardless, it contends that it’s coming on strong and can win the console war.

And as I examined what each company had to say about the numbers, it became quite obvious that not one understands the other."

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DarkZero: Disaster: Day of Crisis, which was supposed to be released in Japan on July 3rd this year has been delayed. It is now set for release in an unspecified date in the country. This most likely means the US and Europe wont get the game until much later as well, possibly sometime in 2009 at best.

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Despite the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 and PS3, the Nintendo Wii again managed to trample the competition in April U.S. video game sales

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Capcom Europe recently dropped a small hint of more Wii support to be announced in June.

Whilst discussing sales for Okami on Wii, Capcom’s Christian Svensson has revealed that the game has sold less than the PS2 version at this stage of release.

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Tom McShea writes:

”One of the launch titles for Nintendo’s new WiiWare downloadable games service, LostWinds is overflowing with unrealized potential. This is one of the relatively few games on the Wii that make legitimate use of the Wii Remote, striving to take the puzzle platforming genre to places previously unseen. Dishearteningly, it falls short of the lofty heights it could have reached. The sometimes sloppy controls and occasional camera glitches are the first evidence that something is not quite right here, but it’s the sleepy presentation and all-too-easy puzzles that ultimately doom LostWinds. Frontier Developments should be applauded for bringing something truly unique to the Wii, showing how motion controls can fundamentally change how a genre is played, but LostWinds just isn’t a good enough game to make people take notice.”

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DarkZero: Following recent reports that perfectly healthy child was labelled overweight by Wii Fit, an individual from the National Obesity Forum has spoken to condemn the game. He remarks that a BMI measurement is misleading when used with children.

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From CVG: A global survey has put the PlayStation brand on top, girls prefer the Wii

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Loot ninja writes:

"Seems like nowadays I cant really grasp what Nintendo is doing as far as their strategy. They have definitely focused on casual games and first party titles, they have neglected their online services and pretty much thumbed their noses at their user base."

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Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton says that the PS3 remains on course for a “breakthrough year” after Grand Theft Auto IV and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue drove April PS3 software sales past the two million mark.

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Nintendo has issued CVG its full statement regarding Wii Fit complaints: ""Nintendo would like to apologise to any customers offended by the in-game terminology used to classify a player’s current BMI status, as part of the BMI measurement system integrated into Wii Fit.

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