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| by Mike Bantick | |
| Wednesday, 04 March 2009 | |
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Is a video game console something that falls into that category? Probably not, given the initial outlay of funds, plus, what is considered exorbitant pricing in software. It is a little early to check February’s sales figures, but in the UK at least the PS3 exclusive Killzone 2 has emerged on top of the pile with the Xbox 360 exclusive, released on the same day as Killzone 2 picking up second place. This knocked off the previous leader Street Fighter IV . * 01 Killzone 2 * 02 Halo Wars * 03 Street Fighter IV * 04 Wii Fit * 05 Professor Layton and the Curious Village * 06 Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection * 07 FIFA 09 * 08 Call of Duty: World at War * 09 Ben 10: Alien Force * 10 Mario Kart Wii Undoubtedly those top two titles also shifted a few pieces of console hardware as they both had PS3 and Xbox 360 bundles associated with them. But what of console sales? January in the US saw the following numbers released by the NPD group * Wii - 679,200 * NDS - 510,800 * X360 - 309,000 * PS3 - 203,200 * PSP - 172,300 * PS2 - 101,200 Not too shabby, but when contrasted to those of December 2008: * Wii - 2.15 million * NDS - 3.04 million * X360 - 1.44 million * PS3 - 726,000 * PSP - 1.02 million * PS2 - 410,000 And November: * Wii - 2,040,000 * Nintendo DS - 1,570,000 * Xbox 360 - 836,000 * PSP - 421,000 * Playstation 3 - 378,000 * Playstation 2 - 206,000 The January figures don’t look so hot. CONTINUED on Page 2 |
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