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PlayStation 2 131K
PlayStation 3 276K
PSP 199K
Xbox 360 391K
Wii 753K
Nintendo DS 588K


Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) 644K
Street Fighter IV* (360) 446K
Street Fighter IV* (PS3) 403K
Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) 386K
Killzone 2 (PS3) 323K
Wii Mario Kart with wheel (WII) 263K
Call of Duty: World at War* (360) 193K
Mario Kart DS (NDS) 145K
New Super Mario Bros (NDS) 144K
Guitar Hero World Tour* (WII) 136K

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)


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Dollar Sales figures

                Feb-08         Feb-09         CHG YTD Feb 08     YTD Feb 09     CHG
Video Games     $1.34 Billion  $1.47 Billion  10% $2.52 Billion  $2.81 Billion  11%   
VG Hardware     $481.4 Million $532.7 Million 17% $861.9 Million $978.4 Billion 14%   
VG Software     $673.3 Million $733.5 Million  9% $1.29 Billion  $1.41 Billion  10%   
VG Accessories  $182.8 Million $207.1 Million 13% $371.4 Million $418.6 Million 13%

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Analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier

The U.S. video games industry continues to post strong year-over-year comps despite the tough economy. Unit sales increased even more than dollar sales did, reflecting a slightly lower average retail price for all categories as compared to last year.

The Xbox 360 realized its biggest non-holiday sales month, save for September 2007, when the Halo 3 release brought in a large group of new owners. Compared to last month, the PS3 realized the greatest month-over-month unit sales increase of all platforms.

Consumers picked up nearly 20 million units of video game software in February, a 14% increase over February 2008. The average retail price for games is 4% lower than last year, which is why the dollar sales increase is not quite keeping in pace with the increase in unit sales.

A long-established video game franchise, the Street Fighter property continues to generate impressive sales results. The great performance of the new title, Street Fighter IV, on both the PS3 and Xbox 360, is a testament to the power of carefully cultivating evergreen properties.

March should be another great month for software sales between Pokemon Platinum, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Halo Wars, the two MLB titles and of course, Resident Evil 5, just to name a few of the key drivers. The sheer quantity of great content coming to market early in the year should keep industry sales humming throughout 2009.

 

[HylianTom]

(Photos edited out.. sorry, folks)

(edit: Mama, that's incredible. :lol )

 

[artredis1980]

WOW! 1st post

 

[joey_z]

Good numbers for 360.
Sony...why do you even bother?
Killzone 2...heh...at least it looks good.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

 

[Frillen]

Wowowowow!

 

[schuelma]

Pretty nice hardware all around..but holy shit at Wii :lol :lol :lol :lol


Thought KZ2 would do better.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Holy crap at SF4, how close is that! Everything else is right in line.

 

[gregor7777]

SF4 did a lot better than I thought it would. Given the Live lists and all.

Good show all around.

 

[DrForester]

 

[Stoney Mason]

Hardware

PlayStation 2 351.8K
PlayStation 3 280.8K
PlayStation Portable 243.1K
Xbox 360 254.6K
Nintendo DS 587.6K
Wii 432K

Last Feb for comparison.

 

[xaosslug]

go, go KZ2!!!!

 

[Deadly Monk]

Go Nintendo. Crazy sales for Feb. 360 did better than I thought. KZ 2 : (

 

[Jocchan]

 

[gray_fox224]

It begins.

 

[Mejilan]

Ahh, this explains the 500s. Whatever DID happen with the server upgrade?

 

[botticus]

SFIV 360 is better than I expected, but SFIV PS3 is WOW.

Console hardware is better than I predicted all around.

 

[hemtae]

Yay for Street Fighter 4

 

[rexor0717]

Oh no.
Edit: Oh wait, KZ2 was only out for 2 days, never mind.

 

[Askia47]

Great SF4 numbers!

Good Killzone numbers too!

 

[Wes]

Mario Kart DS and NSMB FOREVER

 

[Johann]

Goodness gracious.

 

[Mrbob]

Wat @ combined SF4 sales.

Damn.

 

[JavyOO7]

Man, MK DS and NSMB on the top ten after how many years of being released? Awesome. So awesome.

And Mario Kart Wii still taking prisoners. Such an awesome game.

 

[Shalashaska]

SF IV close on both.

 

[AndresON777]

IN-DE-STRUC-TA-BLE!

Pretty close numbers between the 2 platforms, fix your dpad microsoft. Relatively impressive for Killzone 2 since it's only 2 days of sales.

 

[WickedLaharl]

 

[jett]

SF4 did good, 800k!

Killzone 2 did what I expected, 300k on a couple of days. I hope word of mouth catches on for next month.

woooooooooooooo

 

[Dead Prince]

oh. I read that as ps3 with 131K :lol

 

[Doubledex]

Killzone 2...heh...at least it looks good.

Got brain?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Nintendo - Pure Dominance

edit- Good thing Wii supply is finally matching demand. "Day one" starts now.

 

[goldenticket]

wii fit is a monster

 

[adamma666]

no Star Ocean

 

[ViperVisor]

Spring has sprung early.

 

[AndersTheSwede]

Pretty good 360 numbers. Wii crazy as usual.

Killzone beaten my SFIV? Hmm.

Where's Halo Wars? MS has said it shifted a million copies.

 

[Frillen]

Bu... But 2 dayzzzzz!

 

[Kagari]

SF4 closest multiplatform game release in the States yet?

 

[cw_sasuke]

LOL@Wii sales...its friggin february...

sf4 sales

 

[gregor7777]

:lol :lol

Brilliant!

 

[Captain AHat]

The thing that puzzles me the most about Wii sales numbers is even after all this time I'm still suprised by the sheer magnitude of it all.

 

[chubigans]

I thought for sure KZ2 would sell below 150k this month. Huh.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

Nice. Hardware numbers were higher than expected all around. About what I expected for K2, but SF4 tie ratios were closer than expected.

 

[Slurmer]

wow @ sf4 ps3

 

[Dead Man]

Awesome!

 

[Frillen]

Bu... But 2 dayzzzzz!

 

[VeritasVierge]

Totally predictable numbers. Wish I could see the top 10 for just DS games though.

 

[burgerdog]

Wow, SF4 and KZ2 did well, awesome.

 

[exarkun]

Good numbers all around. KZ2 and SF4 performing well. And Wii...just a monster I guess.

 

[SabinFigaro]

I'm actually surprised SFIV numbers are so close.

 

[Il Comodino]

Thought KZ2 would do better.

why? Kilzzone sell only 2 days