The U.S. video game industry in February, was up 10% from a year ago with sales of $1.47 billion. Led once again, by strong sales of Nintendo’s Wii and DS systems.
Nintendo’s moving of 753,000 Wii units push game hardware sales up 11% in February, to $481.4 million; Nintendo’s DS handheld also sold 588,000 units.
Microsoft sold 391,000 Xbox 360 consoles last month, while Sony’s PlayStation 3 sold 276,000 units.
The top-selling game in February was Capcom’s “Street Fighter IV,” which sold 446,000 units for the Xbox 360 and 403,000 for the PlayStation 3.
Nintendo’s “Wii Fit” sold 644,000 units last month.
Total game software sales were up 9% in February, to $673.3 million.
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