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Feb. NPD: Handhelds Keep Game Industry Afloat
Written by Justin Davis on Monday, March 13, 2006
The PSP continued to close the DS' lead, but both handhelds were big February winners...
NPD late last week released its latest Funworld TRSTS data, and the picture wasn't pretty. Total software sales were down 5%, with total current-gen console software down an eyebrow-raising 35%.
Handheld sales balanced out the console dip, however, and we were up 36%, thanks in large part to the sustained performance of Liberty Citty Stories and to a lesser extend Animal Crossing: Wild World and Mario Kart DS.
Hardware
DS = 142,000
PSP = 174,000
Xbox 360 = 161,000
PS2 = 299,000
Xbox = 88,000
GCN = 67,000
Software Top 25
1 360 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 Electronic Arts
2 360 CALL OF DUTY 2 Activision
3 PS2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 Electronic Arts
4 PS2 GUITAR HERO BUNDLE Red Octane
5 PSP GTA: LIBERTY CITY STORIES Take 2 Interactive
6 PS2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
7 PS2 ARENA FOOTBALL Electronic Arts
8 PS2 MVP 06 NCAA BASEBALL Electronic Arts
9 PS2 NEED SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
10 360 FULL AUTO Sega
11 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN! VS RAW 2006 THQ
12 360 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
13 360 DEAD OR ALIVE 4 Tecmo
14 NDS ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD Nintendo
15 PS2 NBA LIVE 06 Electronic Arts
16 360 NEED SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
17 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS VERSION 2.0 Take 2 Interactive
18 PS2 GRANDIA 3 Square Enix
19 PS2 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
20 NDS MARIO KART Nintendo<
21 PSP SOCOM: FIRETEAM BRAVO Sony
22 PSP NEED SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
23 GCN SUPER MARIO STRIKERS Nintendo
24 PSP MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
25 GCN SONIC RIDERS Sega
