February NPD/CSFB Hardware + Software charts

[Perfect Stu]

February NPD/CSFB Hardware + Software charts

February Hardware Sales

PS2: 484,000 (+8% over January sales)
XBOX: 197,000 (+20%)
GCN: 164,000 (+103%)
GBA: 282,000 (+6%)

Cumulative Installed Base

PS2: 16,802,000
XBOX: 4,962,000
GCN: 3,828,000
GBA: 12,441,000

February Software Sales

Rank Title Publisher

1 PS2 THE GETAWAY Sony
2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive
3 PS2 THE SIMS Electronic Arts
4 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami
5 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom
6 PS2 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco
7 PS2 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai
8 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames
9 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts
10 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony
11 PS2 T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
12 GBA YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON DICE Konam i
13 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts
14 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 Sony
15 XBX T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
16 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft
17 PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 Sony
18 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOW ERS Electronic Arts
19 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway
20 XBX HALO Microsoft
21 PS2 TIGER W OODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts
22 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Square EA
23 XBX DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo
24 GCN METROID PRIME Nintendo
25 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo

Gamecube sales went up big time...but they're still behind XBox and way behind PS2. Nintendo is offering a free copy of GOTY 2002 Metroid Prime with the system, sells for $50 less and it still can't catch Xbox.

Also interesting to note that these sales figures seem to differ from the earlier ones posted. 4 Xbox games beating MP in sales, for example.

[Jonbo298]

I'm surprised at how much of a jump over Jan. that the 'Cube did. But I can understand with the whole free great game deal. And how are PS2's still being sold at such a high rate? I'd expect sales to slow since enough people own them, but then again, PS2's break down a lot faster then other consoles seem to. But thats just from seeing it first hand and hearing a few stories.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by Jonbo298
I'm surprised at how much of a jump over Jan. that the 'Cube did. But I can understand with the whole free great game deal. And how are PS2's still being sold at such a high rate? I'd expect sales to slow since enough people own them, but then again, PS2's break down a lot faster then other consoles seem to. But thats just from seeing it first hand and hearing a few stories.

exactly, Jonbo...the only reason the PS2 is selling better than the other systems is because 300,000 americans had to buy new PS2s to replace their broken ones in the month of February.

[DarkMaster]

wow, +103% for the GCN, thats quite the improvement. I still feel sorry for those people who bought The Getaway though...

[Shadow Fox]

Damn, Xbox is leading GCN by some 1 million units...

Wait a minute; the all GCN models sold about 3.4 million in January...so did the new bundle sell 167k, or 400k to reach 3.8 million?

Something doesn't sound right here...:unsure:

-Official Ninja of [coming soon]...

[BreakABone]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu
February NPD/CSFB Hardware + Software charts

February Hardware Sales

PS2: 484,000 (+8% over January sales)
XBOX: 197,000 (+20%)
GCN: 164,000 (+103%)
GBA: 282,000 (+6%)

Cumulative Installed Base

PS2: 16,802,000
XBOX: 4,962,000
GCN: 3,828,000
GBA: 12,441,000

February Software Sales

Rank Title Publisher

1 PS2 THE GETAWAY Sony
2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive
3 PS2 THE SIMS Electronic Arts
4 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami
5 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom
6 PS2 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco
7 PS2 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai
8 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames
9 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts
10 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony
11 PS2 T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
12 GBA YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON DICE Konam i
13 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts
14 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 Sony
15 XBX T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
16 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft
17 PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 Sony
18 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOW ERS Electronic Arts
19 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway
20 XBX HALO Microsoft
21 PS2 TIGER W OODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts
22 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Square EA
23 XBX DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo
24 GCN METROID PRIME Nintendo
25 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo

Gamecube sales went up big time...but they're still behind XBox and way behind PS2. Nintendo is offering a free copy of GOTY 2002 Metroid Prime with the system, sells for $50 less and it still can't catch Xbox.

Also interesting to note that these sales figures seem to differ from the earlier ones posted. 4 Xbox games beating MP in sales, for example.

I can explain the discrepancy between the numbers (while not actually numbers) this list is organized by the amount of money each game brought in, not the number sold, so well there were more Metroid Prime and Mario Party 4 sold than Xbox games, they were given away and only charged $.01 for each, the rest of the difference is made up of people who actually brought the game.

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu
exactly, Jonbo...the only reason the PS2 is selling better than the other systems is because 300,000 americans had to buy new PS2s to replace their broken ones in the month of February.


:lol:


I was waiting for jonbo to reply saying "that's exactly what i mean!"

:lol:

[tarakan69]

Well if Sony starts bundling games, or drop prices at E3... Dan dis will get REALLY UGLY.

[Tombor]

Originally posted by tarakan69
Well if Sony starts bundling games, or drop prices at E3... Dan dis will get REALLY UGLY.

I don't see Sony actually doing that simply because they lead everybody by such leaps and bounds. There really wouldn't be a point to simply because they're beating the **** out of everyone already at a similar price point with NOTHING included...

You sure that's not based on money earned, rather than sales for that month BreakABone? Its completely feasible DOAXVB outsold Mario Party 4 or Metroid Prime in Feburary. I would think the free copies of MP with hardware sales wouldn't count as indivdual game sales. All the Xboxes that sold with Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future would mean that both those games, either individually as a two pack, would be constantly showing up on monthly sales lists.

And don't just think that a console that's $50 less and includes a game would outsell the established player and the player with the deepest pockets. Hello Dreamcast? Even when Sega was selling DCs for $99 and included two stellar, big time selling sports games no one was biting. What's so different from Nintendo doing the same thing with an apparently stellar, apparently stellar selling game? Maybe the sales are a good indication that potential console owners actually DO care about strong third party support and market presence and not lower prices and a small smattering of first party titles.

[TheGame]

I don''t think it's ONLY the bundle that's helping... maybe it's the fact that there is also a free Zelda game and the new Zelda is on the horizon.

[ominub]

Originally posted by Jonbo298
I'm surprised at how much of a jump over Jan. that the 'Cube did. But I can understand with the whole free great game deal. And how are PS2's still being sold at such a high rate? I'd expect sales to slow since enough people own them, but then again, PS2's break down a lot faster then other consoles seem to. But thats just from seeing it first hand and hearing a few stories.

well it seems you really hate sony

[Joeiss]

Naw... he's just in love with Nintendo, and feels the need to protect it at all times, lol.

[Jason1]

My friends PS2 busted on him and he had to buy a new one...Who's to say this hasnt happened to a lot of other people?

Just a thought...

[Crono]

Originally posted by Jason1
My friends PS2 busted on him and he had to buy a new one...Who's to say this hasnt happened to a lot of other people?

Just a thought...

If all of a sudden 1000's of PS2s just stopped working, I think we would have heard about it by now.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Crono
If all of a sudden 1000's of PS2s just stopped working, I think we would have heard about it by now.

Not to mention I think some of those people would just get it repaired or something instead of buying a whole new one... Sony does have a repair thingy place for PS2s, right?

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by DeathsHand
Not to mention I think some of those people would just get it repaired or something instead of buying a whole new one... Sony does have a repair thingy place for PS2s, right?

yes. not to mention people should have their heads out of their asses far enough to realize that a warranty is a good investment in almost any high-priced product

[Tombor]

Originally posted by DeathsHand
Not to mention I think some of those people would just get it repaired or something instead of buying a whole new one... Sony does have a repair thingy place for PS2s, right?

As of last year when I was a slave for EB, it would cost you roughly $160 to repair a PS2. Faced with that reality most people just went ahead and bought a new one.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by Tombor
As of last year when I was a slave for EB, it would cost you roughly $160 to repair a PS2. Faced with that reality most people just went ahead and bought a new one.

that's why you don't go to EB, unless you have a warranty.

my friend told me that his cousin or something didn't have a warranty, so he phoned and complained to Sony and they told him to ship it to this place and he got it back all fixed and only had to pay for S&H

[TheGame]

Well, I had one Ps2... and the Disc tray broke... it's still in my room, and still not repaired. I purched a second one (refurbished so it doesn't count as an official sell) and I sold it to my brother. Then I got a third one (this time new) for myself.

But my case is much worse than anything I have ever heard of.

Hell, even with my GCN... I sold it last fall, again to my bro (he lives out of town) then I got a new one for Xmas as a gift.. Just recently I sold that one for store credit so I could get a platnum GCN.

So I have had 3 GCN's to count as official sells, and 2 Ps2's to count as official sells :)