NPD Sales February 2008
While the supposed shortages continue, the Xbox 360 still manages to perform well in any other area beyond hardware. For the second consecutive month, the Xbox 360 remained last in consoles sold with 255,000 in February. However, that didn’t stop the software machine from dominating another Top 10 in software sales.
Microsoft also shared their take on February’s sales below which includes an impressive 9.6 million installed base here in North America that outshines the competition by a good margin. Check out the numbers and then read up on a few more tidbits concerning the Xbox 360.
February 2008 Hardware Sales
Nintendo DS- 587,600
Nintendo Wii- 432,000
PS2- 351,800
PS3- 280,800
Xbox 360- 254,600
PSP- 243,100
February 2008 Software Sales
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) – 296,200
2. Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) - 295,200
3. Wii Play – 289,700
4. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) – 233,500
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) – 222,900
6. Mario & Sonic Olympic Games (NDS) – 205,600
7. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) – 203,600
8. Turok (Xbox 360) – 197,700
9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) - 183,800
10. Rock Band (Xbox 360) - 161,800
Consoles:
- $332 million was spent on the Xbox 360 platform this month, capturing 39 percent of the generation’s ecosystem, $235 million was spent on the PS3 and $283 million was spent on the Wii. (February NPD data)
- The Xbox 360 platform now has a U.S. installed base of 9.6 million; the PS3 has 3.8 million, the Wii has 8.1 million. (February NPD data)
- February NPD data shows a new Xbox 360 software attach rate of 7.2, nearly twice that of the PS3 or the Wii. (February NPD data)
- 255,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold during the month of February. (February NPD data)
Content:
- Xbox 360 leads in games, with six out of the top 10 best selling console games in February. (February NPD data)
- Xbox 360 “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” (Activision) was the best-selling console game across all platforms, outselling the PlayStation 3 version by 2:1. (February NPD data)
- Xbox 360 has the top selling games on its platform. According to February NPD, Xbox 360 sold $184 million in games, with PS3 selling $97 million and Wii $130 million.
- Third party partners find more success on Xbox 360. In February, Xbox 360 accounted for $159 million of all third party game sales this generation, or 45 percent of share. (February NPD data)
- Xbox 360 has more games available than any other platform, and more than twice the games available on PS3. (February NPD data)
March 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am
With 5 out of 10 for the best sellers in games. That’s great to hear month after month and I own 2 out of the 5 listed too. Xbox 360 FTW!!!!
March 14th, 2008 at 10:02 am
yeah software is a big draw but really…at what point will they look to do something different and not just maintain in the race? i don’t see anything different really from year to year that says “we want to be #1″. late price cuts, supposed supply issues? wtf ya know.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:22 am
You don’t believe a shortage in supply? Last I checked the arcade sku was the only thing available close to me. I know a goal for them is to sell titles and that’s working. I’ve got a nice little collection growing in just my 1st year of owning an Xbox 360 and the lists keep growing of titles I’d like to get. I think I’ll be doing my share to keep titles in the top 10.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:30 am
i never believe shortage supplies lol. Nintendo’s, Sony’s etc. billion dollar companies are never caught off guard. i’m not too sure what’s going on but i do know it needs to be addressed quickly…heck it may even be too late that it matters.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Go to any Best Buy or Circuit City and it’s obvious the shortage is real. I haven’t seen a Premium or Elite in stores for months. I’ve seen an Arcade box once, and my friend who works at Best Buy in the gaming section reports the same. I think you should do a pre-recorded show and do a Five Calls segment and get to the bottom of this.
Oh yeah, about the sales numbers, the Xbox 360 is DESTROYING the PS3, and the PS3 will never catch up, no matter how many times Sony drops and raises the price on their blu-ray player. If they think that giving away MGS4 for free is going to give them any kind of substantial boost, they’re ignorant. MGS is not that high of a system seller, GTA is. I’ve never heard a single person in real life mention MGS4, and I talk gaming with many, many people.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Fourzerotwo is swimming in a pool of money right now lol. And its good to see Lost Odyssey selling well. Usually JPRPG’s dont fair well here unless its stamped with Final Fantasy on the box.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
i think a Five Calls is in order most definitely.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I think DB means that company’s never have shortages, they make shortages as part of some master plan. All the new 360′s coming on the market should be fresh and longer lasting.
The PS3 barley outsold the 360 and they’re rare at the moment. XD
The only time I can see the PS3 selling at decent numbers is when MGS4 comes out and FF13 (I think that’s what it’s up to). O and GO LOST ODYSSEY!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Party at my place yall bring the food cause we gotz none.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
i think it is because everyone who wanted a 360 already got one cause they new its the best and now people are trying out the other systems.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I wonder what % of that PS3 sales is to people who are buying the PS3 for BR movies. I keep reading on forums about people buying the PS3 for BR movies 1st, then maybe games 2nd. The question is going to be will those PS3 sales # generate GAME sales. I don’t see that happening. With the 360 sales #s you know people are going to buy the games. Just look at CoD4. It’s owning PS3 sales.
MSG4, FF13, GTA IV will not save the PS3.
March 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
man these medals look so good in U360 Green lol
March 17th, 2008 at 7:52 am
As far as I am concerned, Sony and MS are neck and neck in this crazy console battle. I think the next console will be the one that changes gaming in a far more significant way than ever before. I really think by the time it hits (2010?), many folks will no longer collect discs with movies or games on them. They’ll DL them at very fast rates on their true next gen entertainment console. They will giggle at those crazy memories of people arguing about which movie format will be the next best thing and having to wait in lines for the next Halo. They’ll simply select “Download Halo 4 When Available” and that’s that.
I also don’t think it is too far fetched to believe that game developers will start developing games for one type of console for the next generation. It just doesn’t make much sense to me (and I really don’t know anything about developing video games) that a company would develop the same game for PC, PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP, etc…
On the other hand, I might be full of poo and none of this will happen.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
i’m in shock and awe at those ps2 numbers. what nubs are still buying ps2,s?
April 5th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
oh, that was supposed to be an apostraphe not a comma. oh well, lolz.