NPD Februaury 2009 - 2 days Killzone 2 figures inside!

[Maximus]

Wii - 753,000
Nintendo DS - 588,000
Xbox 360 - 391,000
PlayStation 3 - 276,000
PSP - 199,000
PlayStation 2 - 131,000


1. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii) - 644,000
2. Street Fighter IV (Capcom, Xbox 360) - 446,000
3. Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PlayStation 3) - 403,000
4. Wii Play w/Remote (Nintendo, Wii) - 386,000
5. Killzone 2 (Sony, PlayStation 3) - 323,000
6. Mario Kart w/Wheel (Nintendo, Wii) - 263,000
7. Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard, Xbox 360) - 193,000
8. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, DS) - 145,000
9. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo, DS) - 144,000
10. Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision Blizzard, Wii) - 136,000

11-20:

11. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Warner Interactive, Xbox 360)
12. Skate 2 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
13. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
14. NBA 2K9 (Take-Two, Xbox 360)
15. Halo 3 (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
16. Call of Duty: World At War (Activision, PS3)
17. Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga (LucasArts, Wii)
18. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision, Xbox 360)
19. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft, Wii)
20. Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks, Xbox 360)

Analysis

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier // NPD

Responding to the results, NPD analyst Anita Frazier noted: "The U.S. video games industry continues to post strong year-over-year comps despite the tough economy. Unit sales increased even more than dollar sales did, reflecting a slightly lower average retail price for all categories as compared to last year."

In hardware, she pointed out: "The Xbox 360 realized its biggest non-holiday sales month, save for September 2007, when the Halo 3 release brought in a large group of new owners. Compared to last month, the PS3 realized the greatest month-over-month unit sales increase of all platforms."

As for software: "Consumers picked up nearly 20 million units of video game software in February, a 14% increase over February 2008. The average retail price for games is 4% lower than last year, which is why the dollar sales increase is not quite keeping in pace with the increase in unit sales."

Looking forward, Frazier concluded: "March should be another great month for software sales between Pokemon Platinum, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Halo Wars, the two MLB titles and of course, Resident Evil 5, just to name a few of the key drivers. The sheer quantity of great content coming to market early in the year should keep industry sales humming throughout 2009."