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Latest NPD Hardware Figures (March 14, 2008)

The NPD sales numbers for February are in, and (apparently) they were pretty much in line with the market’s expectations for the month. Total hardware units were at 1.799 million units, which is 12.29% more than what was expected.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360, but both were dominated by the Nintendo Wii and DS.

(Do note that these are North American figures)

Sony PlayStation Portable – 243,100
Microsoft Xbox 360
 – 254,600
Sony PlayStation 3 
– 280,800
Nintendo Wii – 432,000
Nintendo DS – 587,600

Software numbers:

  1. 360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision – 296,200
  2. 360 Devil May Cry 4, Capcom – 295,200
  3. WII Wii Play, Nintendo – 289,700
  4. PS3 Devil May Cry 4, Capcom – 233,500
  5. WII Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Activision – 222,900
  6. NDS Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sega – 205,600
  7. 360 Lost Odyssey, Microsoft – 203,600
  8. 360 Turok, Touchstone – 197,700
  9. PS2 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Activision – 183,800
  10. 360 Rock Band, MTV/EA – 161,800

Via WIRED