[sonycowboy]

Many thanks to NPD for their continued support

Another world shattering NPD. It's becoming so commonplace it's easy to forget how historic these numbers are.

SW totals were $668.7M!!!! That's an increase of 47% over last years historic number.

The hardware is steller as well. Units were up 19% to over 2.1M systems combined (and that's compared to last year which was up 60% over the prior year). The "less technically advanced" systems were phenomenal. DS, PS2, & Wii all showed remarkable level of sales. 360 & PS3 sold quite well and there sales are quite respectable, but compared to the other systems don't seem to impress quite as much.

Hardware

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

Top 10 SW
Top-Selling VG Software - February 2008
RELEASE TOTAL U.S. RANK
TITLE PUBLISHER DATE UNITS

360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE* ACTIVISION 7-Nov 296.2K 1
360 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 295.2K 2
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7-Feb 289.7K 3
PS3 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 233.5K 4
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK* ACTIVISION 7-Oct 222.9K 5
NDS MARIO AND SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA OF AMERICA 8-Jan 205.6K 6
360 LOST ODYSSEY MICROSOFT 8-Feb 203.6K 7
360 TUROK TOUCHSTONE 8-Jan 197.7K 8
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK* ACTIVISION 7-Oct 183.8K 9
360 ROCK BAND* MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS 7-Nov 161.8K 10

[Firewire]

wow!

[JoeMartin]

Wow.

[Chumly]

OMG

[DayShallCome]

Typo: February not January.

[AlteredBeast]

You mean February, right?

Turok, Lost Odyssey and COD4 sold better than I anticipated! Man, Activision is rolling in dough with COD!!

[Psychotext]

Holy shit PS2! How?!?

[WarLox]

wow

360 LOST ODYSSEY MICROSOFT 8-Feb 203.6K

[Quazar]

Awesome LO broke 200K+

[akachan ningen]

PS3 outsold PSP, that's new.

[WinFonda]

[Dante]

Goooooooooooo Sony!

[laserbeam]

Wow Wii and DS are monsters again

[Kagari]

HOLY SHIT. DMC4 is so close between 360 and PS3.

I was right, you bitches.

[Agent Icebeezy]

WE ARE HERE!

[Grecco]

Holy Shit at those Wii numbers. (They were supposed to be in shortages till March)...

[schuelma]

Wow..nice DS, Wii and PS2 numbers

PS3 numbers are also very impressive IMO. Actually went up from last month, something I wasn't expecting. I'm almost ready to say Sony has turned a corner..

[Second]

Wow @ DMC4 difference.

[BigBlackGamer]

those are some awesome numbers for sony. damn.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

wow im glad to see LO over 200k

[AniHawk]

SMG out of the top ten, Wii Play, M&S, and GHIII remain. Ruh-roh.

[Xisiqomelir]

~600k DS

[Count Dookkake]

So has Nintendo officially won this generation yet?

[Shalashaska]

Excellent

[Firestorm]

360 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 295.2K 2 PS3 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 233.5K 4

oh my

360 LOST ODYSSEY MICROSOFT 8-Feb 203.6K 7

but but but jrpgs don't sell on 360

[Talamius]

Wii continues it's domination, but the PS3 is climbing back into the fight for 2nd. 280k is a damned good February number, 360 shortages or not.

[Oblivion]

Super Mario Galaxy not on the list? :(

[Reilly]

Turok? In the top 10? Really?

[DKnight]

GO PS2 GO!!!! fuck next gen!

[KZObsessed]

PS2 really surprised me.

[captive]

360 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 295.2K 2
PS3 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 233.5K 4

Very close.

[Ryu1999]

Holy shit PS2! How?!?

Ninety Nine US Dollars

[TomServo]

Holy shit PS2! How?!?

This.

[Penguin]

Go go ps2
The little toaster that could.

[jetjevons]

Holy shit at Wii and DS. Un-fucking-stoppable. And go PS2!

Who was saying the PS3 was going to outsell Wii this year?

[fortified_concept]

360 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 295.2K 2 PS3 DEVIL MAY CRY 4* CAPCOM USA 8-Feb 233.5K 4

HOLY SHIT! X360 has three times PS3's userbase and still DMC sold almost the same.

[satori]

Nice numbers on all accounts...

[MobiusPigeon]

wtf 360 dmc outsold ps3 dmc? THATS a suprise!

[sonycowboy]

.

"Even following a red-hot 2007, the video games industry shows no sign of letting up as year-to-date sales through February are up 12% over last year. Taking the extra week of sales included in the 2007 figures, on a comparable weeks basis, 2008 is up approximately 26% over last year (through February)." "As one would expect moving into this portion of the console lifecycle, the focus is once again upon software sales. Software sales are up 47% for the month of February and 43% for the year on a comparable weeks sales basis. With several marquee titles still to come in the front half of the year, the industry is poised to achieve another year of record-breaking sales despite difficult economic conditons." "While hardware inventory issues at retail may still be lingering post-holiday, the fact that all now-gen systems generated significant year-over-year hardware sales increases indicates the situation is coming into balance faster than it did last year." "I was most surprised by the PS2 hardware sales numbers this month. While it certainly has earned its spot among the now-gen slate of console systems because of it staying power in the marketplace, the fact that it realized such significant growth this month is really a testament to its broad adoption and the response of consumers to promotional activity at retail."

[Scum]

o_O

[beerbelly]

DMC4 sold so little, wow. Lost Odyssey broke 200k 8-)

[zoku88]

What's wrong with PS3 owners? Why aren't you guys buying games >_< (besides DMC4..)

[methodman]

Pretty freaking impressive numbers for Wii, I bet every one on sale is getting sold out now.

[schuelma]

I kind of expected higher DMC numbers to be honest.

And PS3 version pretty close to 360..

[Agent Icebeezy]

oh my but but but jrpgs don't sell on 360

THey will if you advertise them

[Narag]

Nice to see DMC4 being readily accepted by the owners of both systems!

[Chumly]

Ok what the FUCK at the DS and PS2 numbers

[CitizenCope]

PS2!!!!
"Zoinks Scoob!"

[Kosma]

Hahahahhahahaa

[Otheradam]

Glad to see Lost Odyssey did decent.