February NPD: Xbox 360 and BioShock 2 sales heat up

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg is thrilled with February's NPD numbers, and for good reason. The Xbox 360 took the top spot in home console sales last month, despite not being a Wii. According to the NPD, it's the first time this has happened since the Halo 3 launch in 2007.

BioShock 2 seems to have had something to do with the boost, with the Xbox 360 version topping the software charts (and the PS3 version absent from the top ten). Other notable software milestones: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now the third best-selling game of all time, and Just Dance seems to have made a better pact with Satan than even Dante's Inferno did. See the software top ten after the break.

-DS: 613K191K (45%)
-360: 422K89K (27%)
-Wii: 398K68K (-15%)
-PS3: 360K83K (30%)
-PSP: 133K33K (33%)
-PS2: 102K60K (143%)

1. BioShock 2 - Xbox 360 - Take-Two - 562.9K
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Nintendo - 555.6K
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Xbox 360 - Activision - 314.3K
4. Just Dance - Wii - Ubisoft - 275.4K
5. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Nintendo - 272.5K
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PS3 - Activision - 252.8K
7. Mass Effect 2 - 360 - EA - 246.5K
8. Dante's Inferno (Divine Edition) - PS3 - EA - 242.5K
9. Dante's Inferno - 360 - EA - 224.7K
10. Heavy Rain - PS3 - Sony - 219.3K