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April proved to be yet another lucrative month for the ol’ gaming biz, with total industry sales reaching $1.23 billion, reports GameDaily. Software sales in particular grew to $654.7 million, an increase of 68% carried on the fine leather seats of Grand Theft Auto IV’s recently stolen convertible. Rockstar’s urban riffraff romp sold 2.85 million copies — that’s 1.85 million on Xbox 360 and 1 million on PS3 — while Nintendo’s Wii took the top spot in hardware sales. Mario Kart Wii, however, had to settle for second place.
Things that will surprise you
It was a photo finish for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the photographers had likely packed up and left for the day by the time the steeds reached the finish line. Selling 188K and 187.1K units respectively, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were thoroughly bested by the systems that didn’t have GTA IV. We’d feel a bit silly if we were them.
- Wii: 714.2K 
6.8K (0.94%)
- DS: 414.8K 283.2K (40.6%)
- PSP: 192.7K 104.3K (35.1%)
- Xbox 360: 188K 74K (28.2%)
- PS3: 187.1K 69.9K (27.2%)
- PS2: 124.4K 91.6K (42.4%)
You’ll find the top ten in software sales after the break.
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