USA Retail Sales Preview for February 2010 - News
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 10 March 2010 / 3,610 Views
With NPD set to release their monthly data for February 2010 on Thursday, we present a summary of VGChartz data for the same period for as a preview and for comparison.
Monthly Highlights:
- Hardware revenue dropped 23% year over year on lower pricing and lighter volume.
- Eighteen games sold over 100,000 units.
- All hardware, save for PS3 and X360 decreased year over year. Total hardware sales dropped 17%.
- Software volume increased slightly from February 2009, but revenue remained flat on lower pricing.
- Bioshock 2 sold nearly 800,000 units across X360 and PS3, with sales heavily in favor of X360 as expected.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold 5,000,000 in the USA. The game has penetrated nearly 20% of the US Wii base in little more than three months.
Hardware sales were down for February, but still strong. Nintendo sold over half the hardware for the month.
Console |
Feb-10 |
Jan-10
|
M/M |
Feb-09 |
Y/Y |
Wii |
518,836 |
614,420 |
-16% |
736,386 |
-30% |
DS |
463,782 |
545,780 |
-15% |
511,923 |
-9% |
X360 |
352,421 |
310,640 |
13% |
346,267 |
2% |
PS3 |
286,260 |
317,205 |
-10% |
241,046 |
19% |
PSP |
102,158 |
153,528 |
-33% |
187,388 |
-45% |
PS2 |
50,120 |
78,273 |
-36% |
110,668 |
-55% |
Total |
1,773,577 |
2,019,846 |
-12% |
2,133,678 |
-17% |
For the month, Wii, PS2, DS, and PSP dropped year over year. That should continue for a few months. Starting in April 2009 though, Wii sales softened, and so Wii should return to year over year growth mid year on its strong lineup of games. PSP and DS could probably return to positive growth against 2009 with price drops in the Spring as well.
With hardware sales now essentially driven by four platforms in the USA, Wii, DS, X360 and PS3 were the only systems to see games chart in the top thirty for February. Total software sales for February were up by nearly a million units from February 2009. March 2010 should be an even stronger month for software with titles like God of War 3 and Final Fantasy XIII.
POS |
Game |
Platform |
Publisher |
10-Feb |
Total |
1 |
BioShock 2 |
X360 |
Take-Two Interactive |
541,993 |
541,993 |
2 |
Wii Sports |
Wii |
Nintendo |
518,836 |
27,909,602 |
3 |
New Super Mario Bros. Wii |
Wii |
Nintendo |
439,826 |
4,990,809 |
4 |
Mass Effect 2 |
X360 |
Electronic Arts |
336,502 |
968,818 |
5 |
Wii Fit Plus |
Wii |
Nintendo |
312,702 |
4,091,034 |
6 |
Aliens vs Predator |
X360 |
Sega |
258,950 |
258,950 |
7 |
BioShock 2 |
PS3 |
Take-Two Interactive |
227,563 |
227,563 |
8 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
X360 |
Activision |
221,183 |
5,774,602 |
9 |
Dante's Inferno |
PS3 |
Electronic Arts |
205,350 |
205,350 |
10 |
Dante's Inferno |
X360 |
Electronic Arts |
194,975 |
194,975 |
11 |
Just Dance |
Wii |
Ubisoft |
189,394 |
645,241 |
12 |
Wii Sports Resort |
Wii |
Nintendo |
184,963 |
5,145,063 |
13 |
Heavy Rain |
PS3 |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
181,479 |
181,479 |
14 |
MAG: Massive Action Game |
PS3 |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
171,828 |
344,929 |
15 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
PS3 |
Activision |
170,858 |
3,146,141 |
16 |
Aliens vs Predator |
PS3 |
Sega |
159,489 |
159,489 |
17 |
Mario Kart Wii |
Wii |
Nintendo |
130,309 |
8,166,361 |
18 |
White Knight Chronicles: International Edition |
PS3 |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
122,965 |
122,965 |
19 |
New Super Mario Bros. |
DS |
Nintendo |
83,443 |
7,113,280 |
20 |
Wii Play |
Wii |
Nintendo |
78,829 |
12,163,922 |
21 |
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010 |
Wii |
Activision |
75,732 |
739,671 |
22 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition |
Wii |
Activision |
74,618 |
587,339 |
23 |
Assassin's Creed II |
X360 |
Ubisoft |
71,343 |
1,777,012 |
24 |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games |
DS |
Sega |
68,653 |
816,157 |
25 |
Assassin's Creed II |
PS3 |
Ubisoft |
65,755 |
1,203,189 |
26 |
Mario Kart DS |
DS |
Nintendo |
64,223 |
6,008,590 |
27 |
Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout |
Wii |
Ubisoft |
62,143 |
526,622 |
28 |
The Biggest Loser |
Wii |
THQ |
62,061 |
463,314 |
29 |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games |
Wii |
Sega |
61,636 |
1,088,735 |
30 |
Madden NFL 10 |
X360 |
Electronic Arts |
60,150 |
1,936,687 |
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MAG was not a complete flop, it was a brand new series with only online...it will prob get 1.1-1.3 million sales lifetime...I am sure that a 2nd one would reach 2 million.
M.A.G. Flop
That chart is confusing, which side is this year.
"It has excuses, but what would it take for you to say Wii had a bad month?"
The Wii is still selling close to what the other two consoles sell combined and it takes up three of the Top 5 selling software titles. If that's a bad month then when do you call every month for every other console since launch?
For me, a bad Wii month would at least be one where one of the other current gen consoles beats it in sales. A reduction from "mercilessly ravaging competition with no mercy, compassion or lubrication" to "mercilessly raving the competition with no compassion but KY" isn't a bad month imo.
Wii is d00med.
Seriously though, pretty good overall, except PSP. Then again, what else is new... it's really on its last legs.
I doubt one can call it a bad month for the Wii when it is the #1 selling system.
Numbers come with a little asterisk though - PS3 and Wii suffered from shortages all month.
^ It's down 30% YoY. It has excuses, but what would it take for you to say Wii had a bad month?
Impressive Month for Wii.
12 Wii games, WOW! Wii is still at the top! Watch out when April will come... sales gonna explode!
"360 is so amazing at selling software that its bioshock 2 sales had to be split!!!
" lol
I remember a time when the PS3 was lucky to have 1 game in that list, not no more, 7 games!
360 is so amazing at selling software that its bioshock 2 sales had to be split!!!
7 is incorrect. Should be for the PS3!!!!
bioshock 2 ps3 needs correcting
You have Bioshock for 360 twice
