February NPD: Nintendo, PS3 FTW
February has come and gone and we’re left with some hard data. Sales numbers to be exactly for the month for the game consoles and software. After January’s retail lull, gaming has bounced back for everyone but Microsoft it seems. They keep saying something about a hardware shortage to blame for Sony’s PS3 beating them out for the second month in a row. So the question now, is there truth behind Nintendo’s constant cry of system shortages or was Microsoft trying to get in on the system shortage action to drum up demand. If so, it didn’t work. Full exciting numbers after the break.
- Nintendo DS — 587,600
- Wii — 432,000
- PlayStation 2 — 351,800
- PlayStation 3 — 280,800
- Xbox 360 — 254,600
- PlayStation Portable — 243,100
Software numbers for February.
- 360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision — 296,200
- 360 Devil May Cry 4, Capcom — 295,200
- WII Wii Play, Nintendo — 289,700
- PS3 Devil May Cry 4, Capcom — 233,500
- WII Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Activision — 222,900
- NDS Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sega — 205,600
- 360 Lost Odyssey, Microsoft — 203,600
- 360 Turok, Touchstone — 197,700
- PS2 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Activision — 183,800
- 360 Rock Band, MTV/EA — 161,800