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    Posted: 03-19-2009 at 8:14pm
NPD Sales Results for February 2009
Data care of NPD Group (From NEOGAFFFFFF)

Wii 753K
Xbox 360 391K
PlayStation 3 276K
PlayStation 2 131K

Nintendo DS 588K
PSP 199K


Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) 644K
Street Fighter IV* (360) 446K
Street Fighter IV* (PS3) 403K
Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) 386K
Killzone 2 (PS3) 323K
Wii Mario Kart with wheel (WII) 263K
Call of Duty: World at War* (360) 193K
Mario Kart DS (NDS) 145K
New Super Mario Bros (NDS) 144K
Guitar Hero World Tour* (WII) 136K

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)


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Dollar Sales figures

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Feb-08 Feb-09 CHG YTD Feb 08 YTD Feb 09 CHG
Video Games $1.34 Billion $1.47 Billion 10% $2.52 Billion $2.81 Billion 11%
VG Hardware $481.4 Million $532.7 Million 17% $861.9 Million $978.4 Billion 14%
VG Software $673.3 Million $733.5 Million 9% $1.29 Billion $1.41 Billion 10%
VG Accessories $182.8 Million $207.1 Million 13% $371.4 Million $418.6 Million 13%

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Analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier:
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.

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.

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.

A long-established video game franchise, the Street Fighter property continues to generate impressive sales results. The great performance of the new title, Street Fighter IV, on both the PS3 and Xbox 360, is a testament to the power of carefully cultivating evergreen properties.

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.

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