February was very kind to Nintendo, as U.S. consumers brought home over three quarters of a million Wiis home with them, making the motion controlled console the bestselling hardware last month.
The Wii’s take of 753,000 units in February was a huge boost over its take from the same month last year. In February of 2008, the Wii moved 432,000 consoles, an astounding increase of 74%. That’s also up from January 2009, when the Wii sold 679,200 units to the U.S. video game buying public.
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Wii – 753,000
Nintendo DS – 588,000
Xbox 360 – 391,000
PlayStation 3 – 276,000
PSP – 199,000
PlayStation 2 – 131,000
Total hardware spend was $532.7 million, up 11% from February last year.
“The U.S. video games industry continues to post strong year-over-year comps despite the tough economy,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “Unit sales increased even more than dollar sales did, reflecting a slightly lower average retail price for all categories as compared to last year.”
“The Xbox 360 realized its biggest non-holiday sales month, save for September 2007, when the Halo 3 release brought in a large group of new owners. Compared to last month, the PS3 realized the greatest month-over-month unit sales increase of all platforms.”
