NPD February VG Results: We Fall Down But We Get Up

Published on March 11, 2010, by Ernice Gilbert - Posted in NPD 7

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

February 18, 2011 — NPD Software Numbers – Call Of Duty: Black Ops Still Tops, Just Dance And Dead Space 2 Follow
November 17, 2010 — October NPD Results: Xbox 360 Wins Again
October 12, 2010 — For The NPD, No More Monthly Hardware Sales Report
September 10, 2010 — NPD Software Sales Results For August 2010 – MADDEN NFL 11 Holds Steady

Author: Ernice Gilbert View all posts by Ernice Gilbert

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7 Comments on "NPD February VG Results: We Fall Down But We Get Up"

coffeewithgames March 12, 2010 at 3:17 am -

I don’t think the Heavy Rain numbers are impressive considering how much that game cost to develop. Maybe it’ll be a slow burn title.
Ernice Gilbert March 12, 2010 at 7:00 am -

Slow burn I’m guessing, I thought it did better numbers but…
Ernice Gilbert March 12, 2010 at 7:03 am -

It’s doing great worldwide however, so I guess that balances out things, but over $20 million was invested in said title’s development, I just hope they realize a profit, a decent one at that.
RespawnAction March 12, 2010 at 8:04 am -

Sony games are always slow burns. When the next cod comes out and MW2 sales start to slow, ppl will still be getting MAG. It’s true, I mean look at LBP. Still going strong. GOW3 may not be as huge a seller as it is being made out to be but will sell constantly each month.
Ernice Gilbert March 12, 2010 at 10:56 am -

True.
Phil Michaels March 12, 2010 at 5:22 pm -

To be fair, Heavy Rain was only out for less than a week.
newyearnewrule March 12, 2010 at 5:37 pm -

Well if that’s the case, it’s doing mighty fine then.