Feb NPD Figures (Software/Hardware)

Windle · 16 Mar 2007 at 01:27

Believe these are for America...

HARDWARE

Nintendo DS............485,000
Wii........................335,000
PlayStation 2...........295,000
Xbox 360................228,000
PlayStation Portable..176,000
Game Boy Advance...136,000
PlayStation 3...........127,000
GameCube.................24,000
Xbox............................480

SOFTWARE

360 CRACKDOWN 427K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 371K
NDS DIDDY KONG RACING 262K
WII LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS 130K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 130K
360 GEARS OF WAR 119K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K7 113K
360 LOST PLANET: EXTREME CONDITION 111K
WII WARIOWARE: SMOOTH MOVES 109K
360 NBA STREET HOMECOURT 102k

*Source - The NPD Group

"andy" · 16 Mar 2007 at 01:38

is it true nintendo make a profit on all there consoles too ? they must be rolling round in pits of money at nintendo HQ

XPE · 16 Mar 2007 at 02:15

PS2 sold more than the 360 impressive, the Gameboy advance selling more than the PS3 even more impressive

Tho i will admit i didnt think Diddy Kong racing would sell as well.

barnettgs · 16 Mar 2007 at 04:56

Nice to see PS2 selling well.

It shows that people are not bothered by fancy technical specification but games!

Funny thing is that inferior console will always sell better than 'superior' console as PS1 & PS2 have done...Nintendo gave up the graphic race and look at them now!

kkelly · 16 Mar 2007 at 06:48

only reason it sells more David is due to broke drives on them

, xbox's are replaced for free therefore no new sales

XPE · 16 Mar 2007 at 07:44

kkelly said:
only reason it sells more David is due to broke drives on them

So that’s why their sales are so high, what a cunning stunt.

JUMPURS · 16 Mar 2007 at 07:48

My word i see 480 people escaped an asylum

See GH2 is still selling well even though the xbox360 version is around the corner. Wonder if it will still stay so high when it is out.

Abooie · 16 Mar 2007 at 09:04

What stands out to me is the total software sales for each (ok this is just the top 10).

360 - 872,000
Wii - 480,000
PS2 - 130,000
PS3 - 0

360 gamers are buying and playing a lot of games and this has to be influencing publishers strategies. I'm surprised Virtual Fighter 5 hasn't topped 100,000 sales and so must Sega.

There's a big rumour doing the rounds at the moment that MS are trying to get exclusive rights to RE5. They're offering a big splash of cash for a huge promotional campaign and are offering a 'window' free from Microsoft Game Studios titles so it's 'The title to own' for that month. They've demonstrated with Lost Planet, Crackdown and GoW that this strategy works and Capcom have got to be looking at the figures and be seriously contemplating it.

It was momentum that won the last generation console war for Sony. Momentum of sales which got publishers which got exclusives which drove sales etc etc. Sony are in danger of letting the 360 achieve this this generation. March / April are big months, with some great games coming out for the PS3 they need to demonstrate to publishers they can shift games in large quantities.