The NPD Video Game Sales Numbers are out folks, and it’s a bag of mixed chips. PS3 realized a 30 percent increase in sales over last year, yet the industry suffered another month of decrease compared to 2009.
Xbox 360 went for the win nabbing the number 1 spot sending Wii down one notch to number 2. “DS sales continue to remain quite strong, even leading up to the launch of the Dsi XL later this month on March 28th, which will have 7 days of sales during our March reporting month.”
The full quencher’s below.
Hardware
PS2 – 101.9 K
PS3 – 360.1 K
PSP – 133.4 K
Xbox 360 – 422.0 K
Wii – 397.9 K
DS – 613.2 K
On the software side of things, 2K’s Bioshock 2 came in at number one selling 750K units at retail across all platforms, with the 360 version coming in as the top seller. Modern Warfare 2 has become the third fastest selling game of all time; now just shy of 10 million units sold.
Full Software Quencher’s Below.
Bioshock 2/Take-Two – 356.9K – Xbox 360
New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Nintendo of America – 555.6K – Wii
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/Activision/Blizzard – 314.3K – Xbox 360
Just Dance/Ubisoft – 275.4K – Wii
Wii Sports Resort With Motion Plus/Nintendo of America – 272.5K – Wii
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/Activision/Blizzard – 258.8K – PS3
Mass Effect 2/EA – 246.5K – Xbox 360
Dante’s Inferno: Divine Edition/EA – 242.4K PS3
Dante’s Inferno/EA – 224.7K Xbox 360
Heavy Rain/Sony – 219.3 – PS3
