Microsoft Xbox 360 has beaten Nintendo Wii in February to ask for the Top Ranking U.S. monthly sales for the first time in over two years, analyst at NPD Group, said Thursday. In general, the industry has had a poor months of total sales 15 percent since February last year.
‘Honestly, I expect the industry to do something better than this month, “said Anita Frazier, an analyst for games on the N PD, in a statement.
Total sales for the month that includes software, hardware and devices have been $ 1.26 billion, sales of the console up to 20 percent to 426 million.
The Xbox 360 has sold 422,000 units during the month compared with 397,900 units of the Wii. This PlayStation 3 sold 360,100 units, while enough for third place is only an increase of 30 percent in February 2009. The previous generation PlayStation 2 sold 101,900 units produced, NPD said.
Space in the game of Nintendo DS handheld was the biggest seller of the device. It had sales of 613,200 units against 133,400 units of its PlayStation Portable.
Software revenue declined 15 percent to 624 million dollars, but the increase in retail prices helped mask a sharp decline in volumes sold.
The best-selling game of the month was Take 2 of “Bioshock 2″, which has sold 750,000 copies on all platforms. The Xbox 360 has sold 562,900 units the rest of claiming first place in sales charts. ”Nintendo New Super Mario Bros.” in second place with sales of 555,600 units.
“Activision Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ was another strong months, selling 567,100 units, giving the third place. Now the game has become the third largest selling video of all time, NPD said, with sales period of nearly 10 million units.
Top 10 in games sales in the United States in February were, according to The NPD Group:
1) Bioshock 2, Xbox 360, 562,900 units
2) New Super Mario Bros., Wii, 555,600 units
3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Xbox 360, 314,300 units
4) Just Dance, Wii, 275,400 units
5) Wii Sports Resort, Wii, 272,500 units
6) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, PlayStation 3, 252,800 units
7) Mass Effect 2, Xbox 360, 246,500 units
Dante’s Inferno: Divine Edition, PlayStation 3, 242,500 units
9) Dante’s Inferno, Xbox 360, 224,700 units
10) Heavy Rain, PlayStation 3, 219,300 units