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NPD Software Results:

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (3DS) (515,000 copies sold digitally and physically)
2. Evolve (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
3. Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
6. NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
7. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
8. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
9. The Order: 1886 (PS4)
10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS) (290,000 copies sold digitally and physically)

In-Depth NPD Software Report:

Nintendo is probably feeling pretty great right now. Zelda, one if its top franchises, outsold everything else in February. That includes two major new releases. This is good news for the company, which is going to release a brand new Zelda for the Wii U later this year that it is positioning as a system-selling game.

The two big new games that Zelda beat are Evolve and The Order: 1886. Evolve came out on Feb. 10, while The Order only had a week of sales after debuting Feb. 20. While both made the top 10, it feels like both didn’t perform as well as they should have. The Order was hammered with critical reviews, which likely hurt its sales.

In terms of surprises, Dying Light, which debuted in January, continues to sell well. The zombie-survival game is performing a lot like developer Techland’s previous game in this genre, Dead Island.

NPD Hardware Results:

- 395k 3DS Family Best-Selling Platform (N3DS XL, 3DS XL, 2DS, 3DS)
- PS4 Best-Selling Home Console
- ≈276k XBONE
- ≈94k Wii U

In-Depth NPD Hardware Report:

Platform holders typically keep their hardware sales numbers quiet, but Sony once again revealed that PS4 was the top selling system for the month.

“Demand for PlayStation 4 remains incredibly strong in the U.S. as it was No. 1 in hardware and software sales in February, according to the latest NPD report,” a Sony spokesperson said in a statement. “PS4 remains the cumulative leader in hardware sales with more than 20.2 million units sold to consumers worldwide demonstrating the fastest growth in PlayStation hardware history.”

Nintendo shared some its figures as well. In a statement, the company confirmed that all versions of the handheld combined to sell 395,000 units in February.

“The great majority of these sales were New Nintendo 3DS XL systems, which sold 130 percent more units in its initial frame than Nintendo 3DS XL did when it launched on Aug. 19, 2012,” a spokesperson said.

As for the Wii U, the company would only say that “hardware sales have increased by more than 20 percent” so far in 2015 over the same period in 2014.

MSFT PR Report:

“Xbox One’s fan base continues to grow with record February sales in the U.S. for Xbox One and 84 percent more consoles sold compared to January 2015. In February 2015, fans spent an average of 74 hours on Xbox Live in the U.S. – three times the amount of hours the average user spends on social networks*. And, Xbox Live set new records, quadrupling global gaming hours on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in February 2015 compared to February 2014. We are grateful to our fans for choosing to play on Xbox One. Offerings and experiences will continue to expand with Xbox One and 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' available together for $349, new games launching this month including 'ScreamRide' and 'Ori and the Blind Forest,' hundreds of new ID@Xbox games in development, and plans to make gaming even better on Windows 10 and Xbox.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

NTDOY PR Report:

Nintendo 3DS is Best-Selling Hardware Platform in February

The one-two-three punch of New Nintendo 3DS XL, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate helped Nintendo 3DS become the top-selling hardware platform in the United States in February. All three products launched in the United States on Feb. 13, and even with only 17 days of data being reported they were able to accomplish the following:

In its 48th month on the market, the Nintendo 3DS family sold nearly 395,000 units in the U.S. The great majority of these sales were New Nintendo 3DS XL systems, which sold 130 percent more units in its initial frame than Nintendo 3DS XL did when it launched on Aug. 19, 2012.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D was the top-selling title for the month with more than 515,000 combined physical and digital units sold. The game is now the fastest-selling Legend of Zelda hand-held title in U.S. history.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold more than 290,000 combined physical and digital units and is now the fastest-selling Monster Hunter title – across all platforms – in U.S. history. In addition, the game has the highest Metascore of any Monster Hunter title and is also Capcom’s fastest-selling title on the Nintendo 3DS platform in U.S. history.

Through the first two months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by more than 90 percent over sales in the same period in 2014.

Nintendo also saw strong results for Wii U, which had its best year ever in 2014 and has continued to build on that momentum in 2015. Specific achievements include:

So far in 2015, sales of Wii U hardware have increased by more than 20 percent over sales in the same period in 2014.
Life-to-date sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and amiibo have surpassed 1.5 million total units and 3.5 million figures, respectively, an attach rate of nearly 2.5 amiibo figures per game unit sold.

The momentum for Nintendo software and systems should continue over the next few months thanks to a strong lineup of software that includes Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (Nintendo 3DS, March 13), Mario Party 10 + Mario amiibo bundle (Wii U, March 20), Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (Nintendo 3DS, April 10) and Splatoon (Wii U, May).

Important Data:

- Majora's Mask 3D: 515k
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 290k
- amiibo LTD - 3.5 million
- Super Smash Wii U LTD - 1.5 million
- Super Smash 3DS LTD - 2.1 million
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire LTD - 2.9 million

Nirolak plz

http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/12/february-2014-npd-ps4-3ds/

 

[AstuteClass]

 

[Welfare]

Xbox One is 276k

Xenoverse doing good!

 

[Guevara]

So, did PS4 sell more than 395,000 or what?

 

[mreddie]

Chaos reigns.

 

[Pankratous]

Good stuff! Forgot tonight was NPD night.

 

[Blablurn]

Not bad Sony

 

[JeffGrubb]

Best February ever for Microsoft:

“Xbox One’s fan base continues to grow with record February sales in the U.S. for Xbox One and 84 percent more consoles sold compared to January 2015. In February 2015, fans spent an average of 74 hours on Xbox Live in the U.S. – three times the amount of hours the average user spends on social networks*. And, Xbox Live set new records, quadrupling global gaming hours on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in February 2015 compared to February 2014. We are grateful to our fans for choosing to play on Xbox One. Offerings and experiences will continue to expand with Xbox One and 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' available together for $349, new games launching this month including 'ScreamRide' and 'Ori and the Blind Forest,' hundreds of new ID@Xbox games in development, and plans to make gaming even better on Windows 10 and Xbox.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

 

[Mato]

Zelda, fuck yeah.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Does MH4 count the bundles?

 

[Vieira]

Go nintendo, go!

 

[Good Guy Gone Bad]

Not good for the order. At all.

 

[dragonfart28]

Nice MH4 sales.

 

[Skux]

 

[Derpyduck]

You gotta put MS's PR statement in the OP. Everyone deserves a good laugh.

 

[Conduit]

Reposting :

So what are the excuses for The Order going to be?

- It came out on the 20th
- It was bundled (it wasn't)
- 9th isn't THAT bad

In addition - slayed by gaming journalist! In the end 9th place is NOT THAT BAD!

Anyway, if PS4 is above 400k, then dayum!

 

[BY2K]

Zelda hype is still very much real.

 

[Savantcore]

Oh god I was just getting ready for bed. BAM NPD thread.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Good numbers for MH4U

 

[Guevara]

So 1886 is top ten but Sony's got to be unhappy with... The Order.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

So does Nintendo assist NPD by sharing digital numbers? How do they know digital sales if not by that?

 

[The Artisan]

Xbox One is 276k

Xenoverse doing good!

nice, but how did you figure that?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Zelda beating out those releases is unsurprising. The Monster Hunter thing is interesting. Didn't realize it was big in NA.

 

[Blobbers]

Don't forget this is merely pre-season, people.

 

[Occam]

I miss Aqua already, and the thread has only just started.

 

[Various Artists]

I wonder what ps4 sales will look like if they drop the price.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Lol dat MS PR

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

PS4 is above 395k?

 

[piccio_ssl]

nice, but how did you figure that?

Xbox One sales up 84% in February 2015 compared to January.

 

[bananafactory]

Not bad for The Order considering it's only on a single platform. Still probably not what Sony hoped it would do.

Evolve seems to have done well too. Nintendo just killing it tho

 

[Eusis]

Nice to see Monster Hunter landed there! I'm hoping it does well enough to encourage future international support even if they can't capture all of Japan's success, doubly so without the disadvantage DQ can have (mounds upon mounds of text to translate.)

 

[Ridley327]

Zelda beating out those releases is unsurprising. The Monster Hunter thing is interesting. Didn't realize it was big in NA.

It wasn't, which is why this result is such a nice surprise. That's a really great debut for the game.

 

[HanaChie]

Xbox One is 276k

Xenoverse doing good!

Where did ya get that number from?

 

[Rymuth]

Great month for Ninty and good month for Sony.

 

[terrisus]

I bought a PS4 this month for The Order.

Spoiler

Both of them were used through the GAF B/S/T though >.>

Also bought a New 3DS XL and Majora's Mask
I did my part :þ


Edit: Actually, my PS4 stuff is this month, so it would be next month's NPD.

Spoiler

Not that it counts for it anyway >.>

 

[Pankratous]

So 1886 is top ten but Sony's got to be unhappy with... The Order.

AYYYYY

 

[Frillen]

So 1886 is top ten but Sony's got to be unhappy with... The Order.

Well, they didn't mention the title in the PR, so probably.

 

[N.Domixis]

Best February ever for Microsoft:

“Xbox One’s fan base continues to grow with record February sales in the U.S. for Xbox One and 84 percent more consoles sold compared to January 2015. In February 2015, fans spent an average of 74 hours on Xbox Live in the U.S. – three times the amount of hours the average user spends on social networks*. And, Xbox Live set new records, quadrupling global gaming hours on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in February 2015 compared to February 2014. We are grateful to our fans for choosing to play on Xbox One. Offerings and experiences will continue to expand with Xbox One and 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' available together for $349, new games launching this month including 'ScreamRide' and 'Ori and the Blind Forest,' hundreds of new ID@Xbox games in development, and plans to make gaming even better on Windows 10 and Xbox.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

Using record sales when its only the second February is silly.

 

[Wagram]

Doesn't seem like that price cut is helping all that much.

 

[GobFather]

You gotta put MS's PR statement in the OP. Everyone deserves a good laugh.

I had to re-read it twice. lol

 

[USC-fan]

Is the title correct? Sucks to not get real numbers.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Xbox One is 276k!

Yup. Makes sense.

 

[Derpyduck]

Where did ya get that number from?

Extrapolating based off of the percentage increase MS provided in their PR statement.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Monster Hunter top 10, nice.

 

[bananafactory]

Also, for those wondering there was indeed a bundle for The Order on Amazon.com

 

[ShyMel]

Great for Zelda and PS4. Honestly I did think that The Order would be higher on the chart.

 

[Dante]

Sony killing it in Hardware.

Also surprised to see The Order get in when something universally praised like Sunset Overdrive could not chart.

 

[kuroneko0509]

So does Nintendo assist NPD by sharing digital numbers? How do they know digital sales if not by that?

I guess the digital copies no. are from the hardware bundles, not eshop purchase.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

What was first month and LTD for MH3U?

 

[Akai__]

nice, but how did you figure that?

Where did ya get that number from?

How'd you get that?

Sales are up 84% from last month. Calculate that with the number from last year and you have the number.