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NPD February 2009 : SF IV & Killzone 2 are no match for Nintendo

By daniel_beck_90 March 19, 2009 27 Comments

The group of NPD just released their February sales data .

Based on the report the video gaming industry on the whole has been affected by the recession . Last year the industry seen a 34% growth while this number has reduced to 10% in February . Although 10 % growth is quite impressive on its own considering the other falling businesses and industries .

Xbox 360 's sales were increased 54% which is indicative of the Xbox 360 's popularity in between gamers and also shows that price cut always increases demand . PS3 's sales however , was reduced by 2% which is not a good sign since one of PS3 's biggest titles (Killzone 2 ) was released in February . This means that people who already possess this expensive console are willing to buy new games and applications for their systems . It is quite apparent that Sony needs to announce a price cut in order to compete with Microsoft in this tough market .

Street Fighter IV and Killzone 2 were among the best selling games but in fact neither could reach the first place and Nintendo's Wii fit remains as the number one just like previous months .

Titles like FEAR 2 : Project Origin and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand were not successful . As an interpretation we can assume in the current economy mid-level hard core titles simply aren't selling.

Nintendo is still dominating the market and its titles never cease selling well despite the fact that many of these games are quite old . Suffice to say that "Mario Kart DS," is on the top 10 over three years after its debut .

FEBRUARY NPD HARDWARE

Nintendo Wii - 753,000 (+ 74% )

Nintendo DS - 588,000

Xbox 360 - 391,000 (+54%)

PlayStation 3 - 276,000 (-2%)

PSP - 199,000 ( -18% )

PlayStation 2 - 131,000

FEBRUARY NPD TOP 10 SOFTWARE

1. Wii Fit - 644,000

2. Street Fighter IV (X360) - 446,000

3. Street Fighter IV (PS3) - 403,000

4. Wii play - 386,000

5. Killzone 2 - 323,000

6. Mario kart Wii- 263,000

7. Call of Duty : world at war (X360) - 193,000

8. Mario kart DS - 145,000

9. New super Mario bros DS - 144,000

10. Guitar hero : World tour (WII) - 136,000

Video game revenues

Total sales: $1.47b

Hardware sales: $532.7M

Software sales: $733.5 M

Accessories: $207.1 M

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