Another month, another batch of hardware and software sales data estimates from the NPD Group. The February numbers show Nintendo hitting the competition with a one-two punch of hardware dominance -- nearly half a million DS units and a third of a million Wiis were sold in North America in February. The Playstation 2 continued its impressive afterlife with roughly 300K in sales, while Sony's new system continued its slow start, selling only 127K units for the month -- even less than the somewhat-defunct Game Boy Advance.On the software front, Crackdown was the top seller for the month, giving the Xbox 360 had the top selling game for the fourth month in a row (In January it was Lost Planet. In December and November, Gears of War). A free Wii remote sent Wii Play soaring to the No. 2 spot, while the DS rehash of Diddy Kong Racing premiered at No. 3. In more bad news for Sony, perennial favorite Guitar Hero 2 was the only game for a Sony system to make the top 10 this month.
Continue reading for a complete breakdown of the top-selling hardware and software for the month.
NPD North American hardware sales -- February '07
- Nintendo DS - 485K
- Nintendo Wii - 335K
- Sony PS2 - 295K
- Microsoft Xbox 360 - 228K
- Sony PSP - 176K
- Nintendo GBA - 136K
- Sony PS3 - 127K
- Nintendo GameCube - 24K
NPD North American software sales -- Feburary '07
- Crackdown (Xbox 360) – Microsoft – 427K
- Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) – Nintendo – 371K
- Diddy Kong Racing (DS) – Nintendo – 262K
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) – Nintendo – 130K
- Guitar Hero 2 w/ guitar (PS2) – Activision – 130K
- Gears of War (Xbox 360) – Microsoft – 119K
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (Xbox 360) – Take-Two – 113K
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360) – Capcom – 111K
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii) – Nintendo – 109K
- NBA Street Homecourt (Xbox 360) – Electronic Arts – 102K
