NPD: February sees 34 percent US sales spike

American game market bucks recession, beats analyst expectations with $1.33 billion haul; PS3 bests 360 for second month running; COD4, DMC4 top games.

With stocks falling, housing values plummeting, and the Federal Reserve dishing out emergency loans, most economists agree most parts of the US economy are on the verge of a recession. Conversely, the game industry is on the rebound, according to the latest report from the NPD group. After a mixed January, US retail sales of game software, hardware, and accessories shot up 34 percent in February, topping $1.33 billion and beating analyst expectations.

See that case? It's full of money.

"Even following a red-hot 2007, the video games industry shows no sign of letting up as year-to-date sales through February are up 12 percent over last year," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "Taking the extra week of sales included in the 2007 figures, on a comparable week's basis, 2008 is up approximately 26 percent over last year (through February)."

Of the various sectors, software generated the most revenue, rising 47 percent to nearly $669 million. The month's best-selling title was once again the Xbox 360 edition of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which moved 296,200 units during the month. Hot on its heels was the hellfire-kissed Devil May Cry 4, which sold 295,200 on the 360 (2nd) and 233,500 units on the PlayStation 3 (4th). DMC4's massive combined 528,7000-unit haul made it the best-selling domestic multiplatform game of the month, all but ensuring a Devil May Cry 5 somewhere down the line.

Coming in third was the ubiquitous Wii Play, which sold just shy of 290,000 units by virtue of being bundled with the Wii Remote. Another Wii game, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, came in fifth with 222,900 units sold. Rounding out the top 10 were Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS, 205,600 units), Lost Odyssey (360, 203,600 units), Turok (360, 197,700 units), the PS2 version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (183,00 units), and Rock Band (360, 161,800 units).

On the hardware front, Nintendo was once again the undisputed victor, with the DS selling 587,600 units and the Wii 432,000. However, the Xbox 360, the third-place finisher for most of 2007, finished at the bottom of the pack once again, coming in fifth with 254,600 units. It was bested by both the PlayStation 2's 351,800 units and 280,000 units of the Blu-ray-disc-playing PlayStation 3, which was boosted by the lighting-quick implosion of the rival HD DVD format last month. Last and, numerically speaking, least was the PlayStation Portable with 243,100 units.

"While hardware inventory issues at retail may still be lingering post-holiday, the fact that all now-gen systems generated significant year-over-year hardware sales increases indicates the situation is coming into balance faster than it did last year," said Frazier. "I was most surprised by the PS2 hardware sales numbers this month. While it certainly has earned its spot among the now-gen slate of console systems because of it staying power in the marketplace, the fact that it realized such significant growth this month is really a testament to its broad adoption and the response of consumers to promotional activity at retail."

Even before NPD released its report to the press, the big three console makers were filling inboxes worldwide with their own spin on the matter. Saying it was "extending its lead" in overall sales, Microsoft claimed that "$332 million was spent on the Xbox 360 platform this month, capturing 39 percent of this generation's ecosystem." The software giant also claimed that the US installed base for the 360 is 9.6 million versus the Wii's 8.1 million and the PS3's 3.8 million.

Unsurprisingly, Sony made much of the PS3's trumping of the 360 for the second month in a row, and played up that sales of the console have increased 120 percent year over year. It also reminded the world of several exclusives for the platform, Gran Turismo 5 prologue (April 15) and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (June 12). Sony also announced there are 3.3 million registered PlayStation Network visitors in North America who have downloaded 56 million pieces of content.

Finally, Nintendo took the obvious approach, noting that 47.6 percent of all hardware sold in the US in February bore its logo. Software sales weren't too shabby, either. "Nintendo DS games topped all software sales, with more than 3.6 million units sold," the company crowed in a statement. "Consumers purchased nearly 2.9 million software units for Wii. Four of every 10 games sold were for Nintendo systems."

US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY - FEBRUARY 2008

Software: $668.7m (+47%)
Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - FEBRUARY 2008

Nintendo DS 587,600
Wii 432,000
PlayStation 2 351,800
PlayStation 3 280,800
Xbox 360 254,600
PlayStation Portable 243,100

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - FEBRUARY 2008

Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units
1) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare* (360) / Activision / 7-Nov 296.2K
2) Devil May Cry 4* (360) / Capcom 8-Feb / 295.2k
3) Wii Play w/ Remote* (Wii) / Nintendo / 7-Feb / 289.7K
4) Devil May Cry 4* (PS3) / Capcom / 8-Feb / 233.5K
5) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock* (Wii) / Activision / 7-Oct / 222.9K
6) Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) / Sega / 8-Jan / 205.6K
7) Lost Odyssey (360) / Microsoft / 8-Feb / 203.6K
8) Turok (360) / Touchstone / 8-Jan / 197.7K
9) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock* (PS2) / Activision / 7-Oct / 183.8K
10) Rock Band* (360) / MTV Games, Electronic Arts / 7-Nov / 161.8K

*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

695 Comments

  • patton101

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:59 am PT

    the great thing about this gen of systems is there was no flat out loser. all the systems are doing well and the gaming industry as a whole. its really great to see.

  • scottyyd

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:57 am PT

    the real shortage is the 80gb ps3... none where i live, im waiting for the mgs4 bundle, or maybe a cheaper white 40gb, whichever comes fist...

  • flavort

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:56 am PT

    Darkride66

    I love The Orange Box by the way. The reviews I read will tend to lean toward the 360. Not all the time though. So you can get it on both systems but if they tend to have a advantage on one system thats what I would choose. I have the PS3 and I think it is great. You can get movies and shows on the 360 also but I got the systems for the games not for a dvd player or tv shows or whatever. So my point is price, games (opinion), even the ones on both systems I think are better for the 360. The cost of online is not a big deal to me, but you are right free is the best. I do like the achievements on the 360 because it gives you more of a goal to achievements to keep you in the game. They are not a big deal but it gets you involved with other players to achieve these objectives.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:54 am PT

    hotdork70minus1. Oh man! I'm with carljohnson3456. That's so cool that you've been to the future and played these games, but so bad that they suck! I can't believe it! Are they any other time travelling game reviewers out there that can corroborate this claim? It just seems unbelievable.

  • veggie530

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:52 am PT

    Two things.

    1.) ...and so it continues.
    2.) Uh-oh...spaghettio!

  • -GAZA-

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:50 am PT

    To all fanboys: The most important thing any of us can take from this article is not that the PS3 and PS2 both out sold the 360 but that the game industry is thriving in our current economic landscape. Also, you guys fight like as if you have some vested interest in who "wins" the console war. If your console of choice wins what do you get? Even if the 360 "wins" it will mean absolutely nothing in 3 to 4 years when the next gen is here. Think about it. The PS2 is the greatest selling console of all time but that has no bearing on this gen. So when the xbox720 and PS4 are here the sales numbers for the 360 will mean nothing. So quit wasting your time fighting and get out there and keep buying games for your system of choice. The worst thing that could happen is for the game industry to tank just like the rest of the economy.

  • painpas

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:48 am PT

    And yes the price of the PS3 was quoted incorrectly I appologize. But I'm still not wasting my money I'll wait for another price drop. But I want one just when the price is right or the games are there.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 14, 2008 11:48 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:48 am PT (hide)

    hotdork70minus1 asked "Stop adding multi platform games when you talk about PS3."
    Um...no. Why on earth would we not mention fantastic games that can be played on the PS3 just because they're also available on another system? That has no bearing on my ability to play and enjoy said games. Wait, unless I'm not supposed to be enjoying multiconsole games on a PS3. That sucks. Call of Duty 4 is awesome, and I've been playing it to death. It just feels so right, and somehow feels that much better knowing that there are suckers out there paying to play that game online when it costs me nothing!

  • rijahs

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:43 am PT

    What I see is the great improvement all round, both in hardware and software for the gaming industry... This will always make way for better and better games which is the ultimate dream of a real gamer...

    Software: $668.7m (+47%)
    Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
    Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
    Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

    Only one and major request I would like to make to the gaming companies would be not to to try and port games from one system to another... Like developing the game on Xbox 360 and port it to PS3 and vise versa.. Please try and develop the game for that console alone and this will allow the gamers to have good quality similar games on all the consoles that will lead to a even better game market...

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:43 am PT

    "hotdork70minus1 Stop adding multi platform games when you talk about PS3. You have 3 or 4 good exclusives. 360 has 3 or 4 good exclusives with in the next 2 months. MGS4 is great but it's not that huge, it wont sell millions of PS3's. Kilzone 2 is a joke."

    lol Wowy!!! I wish I could skip to the future and play Killzone 2 too!!! Too bad you didnt like the game when you played it, right? And you continue to disregard MGS4 and Killzone 2 the same way I'll disregard those "3 or 4 good exclusives" that the 360 has coming in the next 2 months.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 14, 2008 11:43 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:43 am PT (hide)

    flavort pointed out "There are stacks of PS3's everwhere I live."
    I missed something during this whole console war. When did keeping up with demand become a bad thing?

  • painpas

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:42 am PT

    Eliminate the argument over the stock issues and view the true inner dilemma. What games are worth buying right now for the system. I mean i could do what I did before and wait till that thing sells for like $250. Whoever can convince that as a game system only with the games it has available is worth buying you're ridiculous. Honestly I wanted to get it. Free online, BR, Backward capability WIFI enabled console from the outset with the 80gig model. Great specs show me the games to play on it now. At that price there's no way there getting my hard earned money. It's just a opinion calm down I played PS1 PS2 PSP DS1 DS lite 360 Gamecube WII when I get SNES Master system first system ever. Fanboy? No I'm not. If your happy with a PS3 great hope to be an owner soon when there is a reason IMO.

  • ShadoweaverCode

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:40 am PT

    painpas - You might not want to listen to me, as my views are highly biased because I hate Sony with a flaming passion and I openly admit it, and will most likely get 4 or more thumbs down on this post.

    You made a good choice, unless you want to watch Blu-ray movies your not going to be missing out on much. Sure, you might miss out on MGS4, but it's not the end of the world. Instead of spending that tax return on a nearly useless PS3, get more games for your 360 if you already have one. There's a lot of good games for 360 out there and you'll get a lot more out of your money by getting 8 new games or so, rather then a clunky black Blu-ray player.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:39 am PT

    flavort mentioned "The thing is that is the only reason to get a PS3 over the 360, but then I think Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo and all of the ones you mentioned on both systems, the 360 beats it overall, except maybe Burnout. The is just the better choice and the numbers show it."
    But that's not the point at all. While the Orange Box is slightly better on the 360, most reviewers didn't have any problems at all and gave it great scores and owning the Orange Box myself I've noticed an annoying stutter with Team Fortress which they're fixing. That's it. The other multiconsole games are almost identical. You may miss out on Gears and Halo (Mass Effect 2 looks to be coming to the PS3 after a "short exclusive" period on the 360 according to Bioware) If you can live without those, you get free online, upscaling, Blu-Ray, DivX (I didn't think I'd use it but I use it for downloaded TV shows all the time now), wireless etc, etc. Really, the decision to purchase a console right now comes down to "The PS3 has lots of games, just not as many as the 360, but it does all this other stuff!" Like I've said before, if you have two consoles, both play great games and have strong line-ups and one feeds my cat, you can argue "It's a games console, it shouldn't feed cats!" and you'd be right but at the end of the day, Dude, it feeds my cat too.

  • flavort

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:37 am PT

    Carljohnson3456

    You may have a point but he does also. There are stacks of PS3's everwhere I live.

  • YourDaddy88

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:32 am PT

    Painpas - the 80GB PS3 is $499, not $599. And walmart, kmart, target, best buy and circuit city where I live all have plenty of 360s in stock. The shortage is a bunch of bologne - even if one store's out, anyone can find a 360 within an hour's drive if they hit the yellowpages and start calling. And you can always order online.

  • hotdork70minus1

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:30 am PT

    Stop adding multi platform games when you talk about PS3. You have 3 or 4 good exclusives. 360 has 3 or 4 good exclusives with in the next 2 months. MGS4 is great but it's not that huge, it wont sell millions of PS3's. Kilzone 2 is a joke.

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:27 am PT

    "painpas I was just at a Walmart near by. There are no Wiis and no 360s there are tons of 40gig and 80gig PS3."

    I know you arent being a fanboy, but that's the worst observation of the game industry, by judging the stock shelves at your local retail store. I've read that 1,000 times from fanboys of every system on here, and it's just a really weak argument. Like I said, I know you didnt mean anything by it, but to base the state of the industry by your local Wal-Mart would be like basing the state of the world by the North Pole.

  • painpas

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:23 am PT

    I was just at a Walmart near by. There are no Wiis and no 360s there are tons of 40gig and 80gig PS3. I just got my tax return and was going to purchase the system. But I don't know why. It feels like the system is hype driven. I looked on the wall of games and not one that interested me or that is not released on the 360 already. I'm not a fanboy of any system just a true gamer that gets every system. IMO there was no reason to get the PS3 but for the BR drive inside. The worst thing is that I was so looking fwd to getting it today. I've supported Sony the most out of any company in the past I have every system they sold. I just can't justify the purchase of this thing and I want Backwards capability so I want the 599.99 PS3 plus 13% tax. Then were looking at a lot of money spent and the only game that interests me is to rent the good short games they have like Heavenly Sword and Uncharted then what. Purchase Oblivion again? But I want Ridge Racer 7 since its a budget title it wouldn't hurt the pocket that much. But I just couldn't plunk down that money to have the system sit there until 1 or 2 exclusives trickle out. I'll be looking at GT5 more than playing it. Forza 2 is for playing the game, tuning your car buying parts and seeing all the different designs you can buy and yes MGS4 my last hope. There better be revolutionary written all over that game because that is it or blow me away at E3. Little big planet, Wipeout, etc..... are great but is it worth the money when at this moment the 360 offers very similar experience and in some cases a better one with multiplatform games. Sorry I don't buy game systems for movies its just a bonus and PS3 will sell for that reason now that HD DVD lost. But I am a gamer and games matter so justify the price I stood right in front of the glass looked in at what Sony had to offer and rejected it its just not worth the money right now as a gamer IMO.

  • flavort

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:23 am PT

    Darkride66

    flavort said "really makes the PS3 a waste unless you want to play the only 3 games worth playing on that system. "
    Ug! Again with the "No Games" myth. When will this one die? Flavort, check metacritic, look at PS3 games. There's over 140 games reviewed for the PS3, 62% of which are rated 70% and up. I'd highly recommend Orange Box, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, R&C, Warhawk, COD4, DMC4, Burnout's awesome, Army of Two, Oblivion, RFOM, plus there's some sports titles or something, not really my thing, MLB The Show is supposed to be the best baseball game. Period. If you've only tried 3 PS3 titles there's something wrong with you.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The thing is that is the only reason to get a PS3 over the 360, but then I think Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo and all of the ones you mentioned on both systems, the 360 beats it overall, except maybe Burnout. The is just the better choice and the numbers show it.

  • AngelCage

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:21 am PT

    carljohnson3456

    As for your RROD comment, I haven't got the RROD on my 360, but it may be because I didn't have the money to buy the 360 when it first launched. I bought mine around April of last year and it's still doing great. As well as 4 other 360's that my friends have, no one has had the RROD.
    .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-..-.-

    my brother keeps himself of buy a x360 -even when he want one badly- cause the rrod thing, then when elite launches he buy one (he wok on gamestop), he run like an idiot to house, plugs the thing on TV reads manual, turn on and then: RROD!!!!!

    Then he sent the unit to tech service and... i haven't ask him if the replacement system was ok or not... he have some bad luck history

  • painpas

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:20 am PT

    I was just at a Walmart near by. There are no Wiis and no 360s there are tons of 40gig and 80gig PS3. I just got my tax return and was going to purchase the system. But I don't know why. It feels like the system is hype driven. I looked on the wall of games and not one that interested me or that is not released on the 360 already. I'm not a fanboy of any system just a true gamer that gets every system. IMO there was no reason to get the PS3 but for the BR drive inside. The worst thing is that I was so looking fwd to getting it today. I've supported Sony the most out of any company in the past I have every system they sold. I just can't justify the purchase of this thing and I want Backwards capability so I want the 599.99 PS3 plus 13% tax. Then were looking at a lot of money spent and the only game that interests me is to rent the good short games they have like Heavenly Sword and Uncharted then what. Purchase Oblivion again? But I want Ridge Racer 7 since its a budget title it wouldn't hurt the pocket that much. But I just couldn't plunk down that money to have the system sit there until 1 or 2 exclusives trickle out. I'll be looking at GT5 more than playing it. Forza 2 is for playing the game, tuning your car buying parts and seeing all the different designs you can buy and yes MGS4 my last hope. There better be revolutionary written all over that game because that is it or blow me away at E3. Little big planet, Wipeout, etc..... are great but is it worth the money when at this moment the 360 offers very similar experience and in some cases a better one with multiplatform games. Sorry I don't buy game systems for movies its just a bonus and PS3 will sell for that reason now that HD DVD lost. But I am a gamer and games matter so justify the price I stood right in front of the glass looked in at what Sony had to offer and rejected it its just not worth the money right now as a game IMO.

  • Stryder_18

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:17 am PT

    And just think I helped with that DMC4 figure, got the PS3 version, but still I helped none the less!!

  • Ubersj

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:17 am PT

    I am utterly shocked at the numbers this year. January february are typicaly really bad months, yet we are seing such high growth from last year. Also console sales seem on par with that of oct-nov. Could it be spill over from all the people that didn't buy in the fall? i mean how maby people skiped COD4 in favore of bioshock, mass effect. GHII ect ect is that why its still selling so well post holiday? I want another console hmmm but too many games to buy for the current one hahaha.

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:16 am PT

    "Autolycus seriously people wake up. sony is not god. ms is not the devil. ms donates more money then any company on the planet (over 2 BILLION dollars)..."

    lol No one was considering Microsoft the devil, and Sony God. People are saying the 360 is faulty, Sony has "no games", etc. Where you thought you were making a rational, relative point there beats me. Besides, a company donating money is hardly worth getting a console for... maybe that's the direction you were going with that statement... ?

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:10 am PT

    Autolycus "sony is not god. ms is not the devil. ms donates more money then any company on the planet (over 2 BILLION dollars)..."
    I didn't think anyone is discussing the good/bad of the actual companies themselves. I hear a lot of "I hate Sony" on this site, but I've never felt that this argument has been about the companies themselves being good or bad. Certainly both companies have had their share of negative press over the years.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:04 am PT

    ShadoweaverCode. When my 3rd console instantly started scratching disks the MS rep helpfully asked "Are you moving the unit while playing?" Yes, I've perfected playing with one hand while I jab at my console with a 7 foot long stick in the other hand. You don't think that's the problem, do you? You'll notice I'm not hard on the 360, but I will defend the nonsense that's been directed towards the PS3. If you're going to knock a console, knock the lack of friend management, or it's price point. Don't focus on a handful of slighlty differerent ports or sales figures which are the exact same as the console your defending in the same time frame. It's madness.

  • IIBlackknightII

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 11:00 am PT

    I amazed with selling of hardware, Nitendo DS still leads & even Ps2 too.Nice to see the numbers of ps2 & DS.

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:59 am PT

    "ShadoweaverCode carljohnson3456 -

    As for your RROD comment, I haven't got the RROD on my 360, but it may be because I didn't have the money to buy the 360 when it first launched. I bought mine around April of last year and it's still doing great. As well as 4 other 360's that my friends have, no one has had the RROD. That's not to say it doesn't exist, of course it does. But your RROD comment holds no water with me, because I based nearly everything on things that I have experienced, and 0 out of 5 360's have quit working.
    Also, didn't you hear about the new Zephyr boards that come with the new 65nm architechture? They were first putting those in the elite models and I have heard that they have been putting those same boards in the regular 360's to help eliminate the RROD issue."

    Well thats great man, and I sincerely hope your 360 never does die on you. You spent alot of money on it, and you deserve to get your money's worth. But your experinces are completely opposite to me. I had 2 360's die, and literally, and I mean, literally every person I know who has owned a 360, whether they're a friend or just someone I've talked to, it has died on them, some twice. That's only about 8 people, but still, that's a quite a bit. Yesterday me and some guy who I work with started talking about gaming, and this guy is in no way, shape, or form a fanboy, (he's hardly an informed gamer) and he was telling me about how when he had his 360 in the first week, "that half the power light, like, turned red and started blinking". It's a shame, it really is. I've said it before, I love the 360 for what it should be, but hate it for what it is.

  • rijahs

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:59 am PT

    What I see is the great improvement all round, both in hardware and software for the gaming industry... This will always make way for better and better games which is the ultimate dream of a real gamer...

    Software: $668.7m (+47%)
    Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
    Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
    Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

    Only one and major request I would like to make to the gaming companies would be not to to try and port games from one system to another... Like developing the game on Xbox 360 and port it to PS3 and vise versa.. Please try and develop the game for that console alone and this will allow the gamers to have good quality similar games on all the consoles that will lead to a even better game market with better results...

  • rijahs

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:57 am PT

    What I see is the great improvement all round, both in hardware and software for the gaming industry... This will always make way for better and better games which is the ultimate dream of a real gamer...

    Software: $668.7m (+47%)
    Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
    Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
    Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

    Only one and major request I would like to make to the gaming companies would be not to to try and port games from one system to another... Like developing the game on Xbox 360 and port it to PS3 and vise versa.. Please try and develop the game for that console alone and this will allow the gamers to have good quality similar games on all the consoles that will lead to a even better game market with better results...

  • rijahs

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:55 am PT

    What I see is the great improvement all round, both in hardware and software for the gaming industry... This will always make way for better and better games which is the ultimate dream of a real gamer...

    Software: $668.7m (+47%)
    Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
    Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
    Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

    Only one and major request I would like to make to the gaming companies would be not to to try and port games from one system to another... Like developing the game on Xbox 360 and port it to PS3 and vise versa.. This will allow the gamers to have good quality similar games on all the consoles that will lead to a even better game market with better results...

  • brianpoetzel

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:55 am PT

    Why does this always turn into a "my console is better than yours" debate? And can't people say "congrats sony" without showing their obvious dislike for the other consoles?

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:54 am PT

    "KC_Hokie carljohnson3456 - "Again, that large margin you speak of is the year headstart the 360 had on the PS3. The PS3 wasnt out yet, so of course the 360 is ahead of the PS3. Why doesnt any 360 fan see that???".... You mean the same 'head-start' the PS2 had over the xbox to win that generation battle? "

    Ha, you think the head start of the PS2 was the reason the PS2 went on to sell 100,000,000 units (literally) more than the Xbox? The Xbox only sold 24,000,000 units and the PS2 sold 120,000,000 units. That wasnt why the PS2 won last generation, and I guarantee you that the 360 wont have that kind of success. Thanks for pointing that out though.

  • ShadoweaverCode

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:53 am PT

    blackace - "Component video is capable of carrying signals such as 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p, although most TVs do not support 1080p through component video."

    Good find, I was quite sure artson was wrong about that, I was just too lazy to go look for a link. =P

  • bmanva

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:52 am PT

    It's not surprising that people are escaping to video games when reality of the world is so grim.

  • blackace

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:52 am PT

    darkride66 carljohnson3456 mentioned "And if the 360 was designed to play games... why is that it crashes with games like Bully, and the good ol' fashioned anytime hit, the RROD???"
    Indeed. How's the lawsuit going over Halo3 crashing a huge number of 360's, and being accused of being designed to be more than the console could handle? I know Bioshock was the one that sent my 2nd of 4 360 consoles to an early grave. What really sucked is that Bioshock was my favorite game last year and I was afraid to play it least it fry another console. Gamers shouldn't fear their consoles, consoles should fear their gamers!
    ********************************************************
    This is the only lawsuit I've seen about Halo 3. I haven't heard of anyone else having this issue. None of my friends have had any problems with Halo 3 and most of them got the collectors edition. This issue wasn't widespread. I haven't had any issues with Bioshock on my XBox 360 either. Sounds like a few gamers just had some faulty XBox 360's. Nothing new. There have been faulty PS3's as well with Disc_Read and HDD issues. It happens. The Bully game was a development issues, not a XBox 360 issue.

  • Col_Swamp

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:51 am PT

    i find it funny how the WII sells so many consoles yet there are barely any games on the top selling lists. the attachment rate must be low as heck for the wii. maybe w/ brawl released this past week we will see another title finally make a big mark on software sales.

  • Autolycus

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:48 am PT

    seriously people wake up. sony is not god. ms is not the devil. ms donates more money then any company on the planet (over 2 BILLION dollars)...

  • AncientDozer

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:41 am PT

    So. . . the PS3 has sold more hardware but the 360 has more software sold. . . In other words, any slackjawed doofus declaring victory is still a slackjawed doofus that doesn't know his left from his right.

    Wait a few more years.

  • ShadoweaverCode

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:40 am PT

    darkride66 - Ouch! Sorry to hear about your horrible 360 experience. That is by far the worst thing story i've heard about malfunctioning 360's. You no doubt have every right to complain about that. It just seems like anyone who has had the RROD, and has had a story like yours, gets more attention then people who don't have any issues with their 360's, so it's easy on a forum like this for people to think that RROD's happen to every 360 and they don't. So while your definitely excused, it's more of the Sony fanboys that throw the RROD topic around repeatedly when trying to defend their console that annoys me.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:37 am PT

    blackace mentioned "The PS2 also outsold the PS3. Something you forgot to mention for some reason. LMAO!!"
    Sony making enough money to choke a camel amuses you? I think it's great the PS2 still sells. It deserves to, it's a great system. People don't seem to realize that no one is going into a store looking for a PS3 or 360 and walking out with a PS2. PS2 sales don't hurt the 360 or PS3 anymore than PSP sales do. It's just gravy for Sony at this point in the game. Mmmm. Gravy....

  • Fondness posted Mar 14, 2008 10:35 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Fondness

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:35 am PT (hide)

    Sony won against Microsoft in terms of sales.

  • YourDaddy88

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:31 am PT

    hotdork70minus1 said:
    "After Toshiba called it quits Sony jacked up the price of Blue Ray players...except the PS3. Figure it out for yourselves."

    Where?

  • blackace

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:27 am PT

    enoslives7 WOW !!! PS2 outsold the xbox360 ....... microsoft should take the Sega way out and just make games for Sony and Nintendo, they could make alot more money. It looks like the PS3 is really getting into the groove. Winning the next-gen movie-format war with Blu-Ray will give Sony another crown. This is really history in the making. No company has ever dominated 3 generations of video games. Props also to the DS, its inferior technology, but people love it.
    *****************************************************
    Last I checked the Wii was dominating the PS3 2:1 and has continued to do so since it launched more then a year ago. The PS2 also outsold the PS3. Something you forgot to mention for some reason. LMAO!!
    --===============================================
    @artson1966 iT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET 1080P THROUGH COMPONENT CABLES 1080P IS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH HDMI FOOL....MAX RES YOU CAN GET FROM COMPONENT IS 720P AND 1080I
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    No, that's not true at all. Go do some research son. You can get 1080i and 1080p using component cables. This is a FACT. I've already researched at least 1/2 a dozen times. Here is a quote from Wikipedia about component cables using 1080p.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video
    "Component video is capable of carrying signals such as 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p, although most TVs do not support 1080p through component video."
    So as long as you have a HDTV that can read the 1080p signal through component cables, you can do it.

  • KOSMOSEngineer

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:26 am PT

    Who is still buying PS2s? Does that really mean these people haven't had a PS2 up until now?

  • hotdork70minus1

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:23 am PT

    After Toshiba called it quits Sony jacked up the price of Blue Ray players...except the PS3. Figure it out for yourselves.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:21 am PT

    ShadoweaverCode. The reason I'm so bitter about RROD is simply based on my own personal experience. I've had to pay $170 twice for 2 of my 3 returns, I had to fight to get them to take my 3rd console back (scratching disks isn't a problem worthy of warranty coverage, but thankfully I bought an extended warranty through MS after console #2) and both times I had to fight with them after they extended the warranty to give me both my $170 fees back. It worked out in the end but this took countless hours on the phone as well as 2 1/2 months in total with no 360. And the problems aren't fixed yet, after almost 3 years now! Count yourself lucky you and you're friends have so far been spared this nightmare. I love my 360, the games are excellent, but this is a particular sore spot to those that have suffered through this. This is usually when someone throws in "yeah, but the PS2..." that's ancient history, and clearly Sony learned from it. MS still has yet to learn. Gamers don't want warranties, they want reliable hardware. They don't want to be afraid to play Bioshock for more than 2 hours like I am for fear their console will fry again.

  • SambaLele

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:17 am PT

    So... what's going to happen once MGS4 is out? Not to mention Tekken 6, GT5P, WKC, etc...

  • twistedhades

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 10:12 am PT

    The PlayStation 3 came in at number four position with 280,800 units sold, beating sales of the Xbox 360 by a hefty margin. The PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4 was a strong seller at number four on the software charts with 233,500 units moved. Not as good as the 360 version, but with the system's smaller installed base, it's an impressive achievement. Capcom did a great job of making sure both versions of the title were strong, and it paid off. Developers take note: the PS3 can move third-party games, and this is proof.

    Other good news for Sony is the sales of the PlayStation 2. The system has historically done very well at retail, but in February Sony sold 351,800 units of the hardware; that puts the PlayStation 2 in third place for hardware sales, behind only the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS. The PlayStation 2 is also a strong system for the Guitar Hero series, as Guitar Hero 3 charted at number nine in the software charts with 183,800 units sold. Those are very impressive numbers for the nearly eight-year-old system.

    The PSP continues to do well with sales of 243,100 units in February. Sony's portable continues to be a destination for some great games, as proven by Patapon, Wipeout Pulse, and now God of War: Chains of Olympus. Expect as good, if not better, sales for next month

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