Wii Fit edges out individual Street Fighter SKUs in February NPD report
February’s figures for the US are in, and according to the NPD Group, total industry sales for the year so far are up 11%. February alone saw a total growth of about 10% in terms of earnings. An interesting thing to note, however, is that the average price of games and hardware has fallen in comparison to last year, and so that 9% increase in software earnings is really about a 14% increase in unit sales.
This of course was led in part by the continuing success of Wii Fit, which managed to move an additional 644,000 units in the US last month on top of about 750,000 Wii consoles. Those 644k Wii Balance Board bundles were enough to outsell the individual Street Fighter IV SKUs, with the 360 version selling about 446,000 copies whereas the PS3 version sold about 403,000. Not bad for a game that’s almost a year old.
Complete numbers after the break!
NPD Group: February 2009
Industry Sales: $1.47 billion (+10% from February ‘08)
Hardware Sales: $532.7 million (+11%)
Software Sales: $733.5 million (+9%)
Accessory Sales: $207.1 million (+13%)Wii: 753,000
Nintendo DS: 588,000
Xbox 360: 391,000
PlayStation 3: 276,000
PSP: 199,000
PlayStation 2: 131,0001. Wii Fit (Wii): 644,000 units
2. Street Fighter IV (360): 446,000 units
3. Street Fighter IV (PS3): 403,000 units
4. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 386,000 units
5. Killzone 2 (PS3) 323,000 units
6. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel (Wii): 263,000 units
7. Call of Duty: World at War (360): 193,000 units
8. Mario Kart DS (DS): 145,000 units
9. New Super Mario Bros. (DS): 144,000 units
10. Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii): 136,000 units
