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Call Of Duty Leads February Game Sales
U.S. market research firm NPD released its February 2012 sales numbers today. Total game sales declined by 20 percent year-over-year. Total game sales fell from 1.33 billion to 1.06 billion. Xbox 360 lead all hardware sales for the month with 426,000 units sold.
The Wii sold 228,000 units. Sony has not released PlayStation 3 hardware sales at this time. “The best-selling hardware platform for the month was Xbox 360 for the seventh month in a row. While most hardware platforms posted declines versus last year, all current-generation platforms improved sales over January 2012 by more than 50 percent," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier.
"There are four days of retail sales reported for PlayStation Vita in this reporting period. Overall, hardware unit sales increased by 62 percent over January without the Vita included. Including PS Vita sales, that increase is 87 percent.”
For software, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was the only new franchise that charted in the top 10. Sony's reboot of Twisted Metal sold 221,000 units, according to NPD. “The top-selling PS Vita game for the month, not surprisingly, was Uncharted: Golden Abyss, which landed in the top 20 for overall title sales for the month," Frazier added.
February 2012 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)**
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, 360)**
3. UFC Undisputed 3 (360, PS3)
4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (360, PS3, PC)
5. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)
6. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, PSP, Wii, PC, PS2)
7. Soul Calibur V (360, PS3)**
8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)**
9. Twisted Metal 2012 (PS3)
10. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)**
**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
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