Xbox 360 has best US February "ever" News

Its crazy to think that so many people are still buying consoles, I'd have thought most people who wanted one would have one by now

wow, +1 for the adult gamers I guess.

PS2 still manages to shift 100k. What a brilliant console. Just goes to show that true quality doesn't need "10 year plans", because true quality simply endures.

@shikasama Its crazy to think that so many people are still buying consoles, I'd have thought most people who wanted one would have one by now

Did you really just say that!!! There are plenty of reason for people to have not got next gen consoles yet, Cost and Having games they want being the main factors

PS2 has sold some 120 million units in it's life time and is still selling.

Not everyone can go out and buy something they want stright away!

360, wii and PS3 all did well really. Surprised PS3 is so high, after apparent shortages...Surprised 360 is so high too!

Lol Bioshock fail on PS3. Either PS3 owners really hate Bioshock or it is seen as a 360 game. I go for the latter!

Good to see Heavy Rain do well, too.

I'm just stunned that consoles continue to sell in the numbers that they do. I mean, you'd expect that February would be a slow month, but Nintendo sold over one million consoles in the United States alone, and you're talking $120-$200 a console there. And 400k+ Xbox Consoles at $300 isn't to be sniffed at either. That's a lot of money changing hands...

Oh, but the games industry is in trouble because sales were down 9% from 2008. Give me a break :P

Edit: @Shikasama Yeah, what you said.

"February had many reports of Wii/PS3 shortages, people buy 360's instead. Simples."

I don't think many people go shopping for that new console fix and take it where they get it. So, er, maybe you are simple, but not your assumed solution.

PS3 fans have such bad taste...poor Bioshock 2

Wii was supply constrained. Has been since December. Selling 3M in a month in one territroy alone will do that.

Impressive to see NSMB nearly clinch #1 again, 3 months after release.

In the immortal words of ZZ Top, she's got legs.

Moz - I know what you are saying but it is hardly a case of 'straight away' is it? It's even a not inconsiderable amount fo tiem since the latest price drop.

I wonder how much of it is student fed. Kids growing up and moving away from home and getting a console for themselves.

@Shikasama

True though If i'm not mistaken it was 3ish years into the PS2s life cycle when it started shifting silly numbers of units. Though the Wii effect has completely changed the shape of the market this anyway so comparison are hard to draw.

Though with talk of yet more hardware revisions for playstation and xbox we could see some hefty price drops later this (septemberish at a guess) which opens up the market even more to all those kids with tight parents ;)

Your student idea is also probably quite true too, though can probaly be expanded to all "new adults"

I think you can expect the 360 to do really well this year in the USA, might even outdo the mighty Wii.

Wow I thought with the release of the slim and the cut of the PS3 price to the same as the 360 the PS3 would dominate HD gaming in the US untill MS released a new machine of their own.

Sony must be kicking themselves, blu ray, free wifi, free online gaming etc and still getting their arse handed to them

ps2 still sells in us but you can`t get them in uk as looked everywhere

@enfilade

'Oh, but the games industry is in trouble because sales were down 9% from 2008. Give me a break :P '

Try earning a living from within the industry and your perspective might be somewhat altered.....

so... muscleblade =everyone

@muscleblade: Are you perhaps compensating for something?

When your 4ish year out of date console sells nearly as well as your current handheld, it may be time to get out of the hand held market and just leave it to Nintendo.

@Shikasama:

I still wait to pick up a Wii and a Xbox360.
I have plenty of games for them already (picked up cheap).
I wait for 1-2 more price drops before I bite since I have my PC to play.
Might even pick up the PS3 in a few years.

I love playing games sitting in front of my screen instead of sitting on a couch.
However I want to play the "must haves" of games so in the end I will end up with all the consoles.
Happened with the PS2, DC and GC as well that I all got for cheap to play the few must haves years later.
Since my friends don't play games I don't need Xbox Live etc. so there is no urgency to pick the consoles up as long as they are "in".
I'm probably not the norm but people like me do exist.

@paddy29 - Small ears maybe?

Who knows

I'd say I'm a fairly typical PS3 owner and I will definitely get Bioshock 2 eventually, but I need my pennies for Heavy Rain and God of War 3 at the moment.

@paddy29

Not really. I just needed some really good ones with noise cancelling because i hate background noise when i watch movies or play games. I dont live alone you see.

@TonyHarrison
Wow that explains it. I bet you are a very bright one in order to go buy a PS3 and end up leaving with a Wii/360 and a very selfaware consumer to think that way.

> muscleblade.
"Not everyone can go out and buy something they want stright away!

Why?? "


Sorry Muscleblade, but that was a bid of a crass comment.


The basic console / bundles may not be that expensive for certain people if you live at home with mummy (patronising comment) but most people in the UK have got more than enough bills coming in every month for gaming to be considered a luxury especially with new games coming in at nearly £40 a pop, plus broadband fee, second controller, wireless adaptor, live subscription.

I'm also sure with the UK economy heading for a cliff edge, households are going to be thinking twice were they spend their money.

Re sales declining.
Possible reasons for sales declining again apart from the economy, is the high price of new games @ £40 and the growth of the rental and second hand markets. It is worth considering you can rent 4 brand new games a month from Lovefilm for under a tenner compared to £160 it would cost to buy. For every Bioshock 2 , Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield BC2 there is plenty of tut out there (Dark Void anyone?)

The second hand market has also grown massively. Apart from high street retailers cashing in on the second hand market, (with no benefit to the publisher or developer), it is also much easier to get rid of used games on Ebay etc. No wonder publishers are pushing DLC at us with virtually every game these days.

Excellent sales figures for the 360 I also thought it might have reached saturation in the US but obviously I was wrong.

Does anyone not think with such an impressive release shedule of top titles PS3 gamers have bioshock on their list but probably not at the top. Also many PS3 owners (myself included) also own a PC and I'll be getting the PC version of bioshock for obvious reasons.

@muscleblade: Do you know any pairs that do the same thing only not as good for about £150? Ones that cover the ear and are comfy for long periods?

What about Sennheiser RS 170 Wireless ones?

Well done MS, very nice numbers for 360.
Well done Sony, even with supply constraints they are 30% up YoY.
Nintendo... ummm... big slip...

since the ps3 and 360 are so close in what they offer minus blu-ray, its easy to see why somone looking to buy a ps3 plumps for the 360 if its unavailable. not only tht, but the sales include arcade units which are cheaper. having said tht, ps3 still did pretty fantastic considering this time there were very real supply shortages. unlike 3 years ago at launch where some sony ppl think shit sales were down to low stock and not the fucking mental price tag! :P

I still can't believe the DS still sells so many units. How many have they now sold world wide I wonder? I reckon it must be getting close to an average of every 4th household in 1st world countries having one, or is that a bit over the top.

Enough of damage controll kids.

I was going to have a cofee but since I'm out of it, I'll just take a piss.

Not a good month for Wii, those numbers don't look bad but I bet they were selling a hell of a lot this time last year.

its kind of sad to see the ps2 numbers so low these days. i still look back fondly on the many years of joy it provided me with. having bought it back in 2002, i still remember thinking what a beast i have sitting underneath my telly. it looked so futuristic and sexy with its sliding disc tray and slick interface. playing gran turismo 3 on it felt unreal. gaming relly cudnt get better than this i thought...and it hasnt sadly. not living off nostalgia or anythhing, but this gen has been dominated by fps 'me too's' and dumbing down of genres to appeal to wider audiences. the truely great games for me this gen tht remind me of the quality of old are gears of war, uncharted, batman, bioshock 1, mass effect and heavy rain.

notice tht theyre all single player games? single player games are seriously borked for the 'online experience' these days. uncharted 2 and gears are the only games tht stand up IMO. they both have excellent SP and MP. but honestly, bar a select few games mentioned, this gen we've jus had recycled shit thrown at us. the worst part is, as ppl continue to buy it, it will stay tht way

Bioshock 2 is overrated anyway. It's full of plot holes and inconsistencies and nowhere near the quality of Bioshock 1. The fact that the graphics haven't improved all since the first part is damning as well. The same jarring lowres textures that are really not necessary these days, not even to mention the widescreen issues which already were in the original game for crying out loud.

It has gotten the same overhyped review scores most console games get these days.

PS. it's good to see that heavy rain did really well. Something different I wish was available on the PC, I loved Fahrenheit.

"Sorry Muscleblade, but that was a bid of a crass comment. "

I know. Im sorry im just in that kind of mood today.

@NewbieZilla @doulema

Don't underestimate the stupidity of a random mother buying a console for little Timmy. She won't care what it is as long as she gets something, so if she goes to a store and only one is in stock, and there's no knowledge of when supply for the other two will come in, it's obvious what is going to happen...

People like us who know what we want wouldn't do such a thing, but pretending the above doesn't happen is naive at best.

@paddy29

Im not the right person to ask im afraid, i had a friend helping me picking them out for me. The brand is Bose i dont remember more. I tried them in the store and was amazed at how quiet it became when the noise cancelling was turned on. I didnt notice how noisy everything was before using them. That made me drop the huge amount to get them. I felt the money was well spent since i spend atleast 15.-20 hours playing games or waching movies each week.

edit. Now i dont need to install games to reduce the noise from my 360 either. I still do though because of loading times.

Nintendo sold over one million consoles in the United States alone

The US has a population of over 300 million so, at the same time, they only sold a machine to 0.003% of the market. Perspective is key.

In other news, zero Dreamcasts were sold in february. Sega blames shortages and second hand market.

I hate that bloddy compare the meerkats advert, thats why I marked you down Tony Harrison.

Btw, just in case anyone thought I was bashing Nintendo for fun, remember that this months Wii figure is down 47% YoY.
That's a very substantial drop, and would be a cause for concern for any platform holder.

When your 4ish year out of date console sells nearly as well as your current handheld, it may be time to get out of the hand held market and just leave it to Nintendo.

PSP has sold more than 60 million units worldwide. Under what circumstances could that possibly be considered a failure?

Wow. January. middle of the worst recession in years.

MS - best-selling console and biggest-selling game
Nintendo - shifted a million
Sony - shifted over 600k despite reported stock shortages.

Impressive stuff all round

love how myclub jus copied and pasted minanims comment from the 1st page

*rolls eyes*

Nice to see Mass Effect selling at a steady rate. WHO IS BUYING ALL THOSE PS2?!

^ People who want to play PS2 games?