Xbox 360 close February NPD says-CNET

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is the No. 1.(Credit: Microsoft)

In February was the month for the Xbox 360.

The Microsoft Management Console has exceeded sales of hardware in the last month, according to market researcher NPD sales data source, how to play. The Xbox 360 console was trailed and PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, respectively.

Unfortunately, the NPD stopped providing the actual sales figures last year. But that does not stop Microsoft and Nintendo to release such information. Microsoft said the 535,000 for the Xbox 360 units it sold last month, representing 27% of the profit for the year, during the year. Nintendo says it sold 454,000 Wii units, will help push the US unit sales over the console 35 million.

Sony did not reveal any unit sales. However, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said in a research note today that Sony sold 403,000 PlayStation 3 units in the last month.

The video game industry as a whole was up slightly from year to year. Industrial contract line 1.36 billion dollars in sales in February vs. 1.33 billion dollars in February 2010, the NPD reported. Hardware sales were at the same time, when the materials easily bested in the last year, a total of 210 million dollar picture 256.9 million dollars in sales in the month of February, a total of 466.9 million to $ 10 per cent. However, the software, in whole or in part, the sales decreased by 8% in February, 637.44 million dollars.

Speaking of software, Call of Duty: Black Ops, again held the top spot on top of sales, NPD found. In addition, the Department that specifies the start date of the record sales last year and hit 1 billion dollars of the total sales volume of the availability of the first six weeks, has reached yet another milestone.

"It has now become the best-selling game in the history of the grape juice, comparison, Wii Play," said Anita Frazier, NPD's statement. The actual sales figures are not forwarded to the NPD.

At the end of the Black Ops in February was the Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of paper format, Just Dance 2, Wii, and NBA 2 K 11. Dead Space 2 is rounded out the top five.

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