February NPD: Xbox 360 Emerges Victorious

by Mike Bendel March 11, 2010 @ 6:05 pm


Victorious for the month of February, that is. While industry sales on the whole took another year-over-year slump, the latest figures from NPD paint a rosy picture for Microsoft. Throughout February, 422,000 Xbox 360 units were shifted across the US, edging past Nintendo’s venerable Wii by around 25,000 units.

Whether or not this strong momentum will continue remains to be seen. Next few months should prove to be interesting. See the complete breakdown of figures past the break.

Dollar Sales

Video Games    $1.26B
Video Games Hardware    $426.4M
Video Games Software    $624.4M
Video Game Accessories    $204.7M

Hardware Units

PlayStation 2    101.9K
PlayStation 3    360.1K
PSP    133.4K
Xbox 360    422.0K
Wii    397.9K
Nintendo DS    613.2K

Top 10 VG Console/Portable SKU’s February 2010

BIOSHOCK 2 – 360 – 562.9K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – WII – 555.6K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2*    – 360 – 314.3K
JUST DANCE – WII – 275.4K
SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* – WII – 272.5K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2*    – PS3 – 252.8K
MASS EFFECT 2 – 360 – 246.5K
DANTE’S INFERNO: DIVINE EDITION – PS3 – 242.5K
DANTE’S INFERNO – 360 – 224.7K
HEAVY RAIN – PS3 – 219.3K

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

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