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NPD: February 2011

The U.S. games industry was down 5% in January, but the pace has picked up again as February saw total sales climb 3% to $1.36 billion. Software actually dipped 5% to $601.4 million but hardware jumped 10% to $466.9 million. The category with the biggest growth was accessories (22% bump to $256.9 million), likely due to Kinect, which recently hit 10 million sold.

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donniebaseball5561d ago

Woot, nice start for Marvel vs Capcom!

labaronx5561d ago

yeah considering everyone i know with it hates it

its ok still feels dumbed down

sack_boi5561d ago Show
labaronx5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

it did ok..... for a good game

dont see why you needed to reply to me about that... favorite shooters are halo and resistance... also like battlefield

SoapShoes5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

Well it almost beat Bulletstorm and that is on three platforms so Killzone 3 did better than Bulletstorm on just 360, PC, or PS3 alone.

blitz06235561d ago

Indeed nice start for MvC3. But I'm really surprised to see Black Ops still topping the charts. You can't really blame Activision for releasing one CoD per year since it sells. KZ3 on the other hand also did well considering it released only 1 week before February end

ImHereNow5561d ago Show
sack_boi5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

Killzone 3 is selling less than it's predecessor everywhere; I guess people didn't get the memo : ITZ THA BEST SHOOTERZ EVA!!

Wait there's a demo? People tried it and thought it's even sh!ttier than that other game that N4G hates (Black Ops)? Really? Dum Dum Dum

Active Reload5561d ago

Maybe because I can see a game with my own eyes and can determine if a game is good--not falling for the hype--but no one should be happy that a game like KZ3 isn't doing well. If a developer is trying to bring forth quality don't try to tear them down.

DaTruth5561d ago

How bout if you save the Killzone trolling for the Crysis 2 threads!

Bad enough we can't even discuss Crysis 2 on its own merits, now we can't even discuss sales without it degenerating into a Killzone bashfest!

Dante1125561d ago

Everyone realize that Killzone 3 came out near the end of the month right? Don't forgot the similar situation with GT5 and how some people laughed, saying it didn't sell.

EVILDEAD3605561d ago

Killzone 3 + Bulletstorm only had 6 days on retail.

As predicted K3 definately won the NPD battle over Bulletstorm with K3 selling 279.9K and Bulletstorm selling 285.6K but combined on all systems.

What's crazy is Marvel vs. Capcom selling 790K multi..

Deads Space 2 and NBA 2K11 are hanging tough as well

paintsville5560d ago

This says it all. Pay special attention to the last paragraph.

http://www.industrygamers.c...

Oh keep holding on to the "Sales don't matter" fable.

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BreakNeckSpeed5561d ago

Xbox 360s best selling month in its 5 year history with a whopping 535,000 thousands units sold, alongside the 10 million Kinects sold.

There is no denying that Microsoft have outdone themselves.

Silly gameAr5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

Ziro you guys are so predictable man. Quiet all month but talk the loudest when NPD comes.

When the real numbers (worldwide) come in, you'll be quiet again. It happens every month.

Sorry wrong reply.

palaeomerus5561d ago

Cry MOAR Silly gameAr. LOL

ChristianGamer5561d ago

What worldwide numbers every month silly gamer?? Provided by whom?? Vgchartz?? If you don't want to see people cheering microsoft on, why do you come here? What did you expect to see??
What has he said that is so terrible that you feel the need to curb his excitement? You're being ridiculous

sikbeta5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

@ChristianGamer

"What worldwide numbers every month silly gamer?? Provided by whom??"

Well, we get sales numbers from Japan thanks to nintendoeverything.com as you can see HERE:

http://n4g.com/news/717209/...

"If you don't want to see people cheering microsoft on, why do you come here? What did you expect to see??"

It's OK if some crowd cheer MS, BUT this is not a xbox 360 related article only, NPD cover all Consoles :P

O-T

I can't see the numberz XD I find them latter :P

Silly gameAr5561d ago

@palaemerus

Hey man I'm good. I don't play the sales game, though I do have plenty of other games to play.

What is there to cry about?

Tbag5561d ago

I'm a 360 (only) owner and I'm loving the fact that MS smoked Sony this month. I don't care if my system doesn't have exclusive games. I'm too busy cheering for Microsoft as they roll in the $. In fact, I do this with every consumer product I get and it's how I decide what to buy. Right now I'm pumped because my Sunbeam toaster oven became the highest selling toaster oven in history!!!! I don't care that it burns the f*ck out of every sandwich I put in it. It's a freakin' juggernaut for Sunbeam!

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the_kutaragi_baka5561d ago

sack boi@

Sony's Killzone 3 placed eighth on the chart, but it released late in February and only had a few days of sales."

read the article you fanboy.

KingME5561d ago

Wait, I though KZ3 and Bulletstorm released on the same day.

I guess Cliffy was right when he said he wanted to Fck with killzone. lol

TripleAAARating5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

@ king me
Ummm, Bulletstorm is a multi platform title, 360, PS3, PC..... and please explain to me how did Cliffy "fuck" with Killzone?....

also I'm sure the most sales came from the 360 version, as its owners are desperate for games to play these days

sikbeta5561d ago

This is like for real guys, why some people here can't get it right, KZ3 is in 8th place and was released late in Feb, now BS is in 7th place BUT is a Multiplat Game for PC, PS3 and XBOX360, that's THREE platform while KZ3 is available in ONE platform, come on guys XD

YodaCracker5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

Killzone 3 released on 2/22/2011, so it had one week on this chart and sold 280,000.

Killzone 2 released on 2/27/2009. It had TWO DAYS on its chart and sold 323,000.

And back then, the PS3's install base was only a third of what it is now. There is no denying that Killzone 3's sales are ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC for a big, hyped exclusive FPS.

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likedamaster5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

Tears.Delicious.

Tainted Gene5560d ago

mmmmm......like sweet nectar

sry, could help myself

likedamaster5559d ago

I see I've entertained you. Here, have a bubble.

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Stealth20k5561d ago

shooters, shooters, shooters

boring

labaronx5561d ago

the next big fad genre like music games

goflyakite5561d ago

Black ops still at #1, lol sad.

Ninver5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

real sad indeed.

Fresh_N_New5561d ago

yeah sad trigger happy yanks.

Cheetos5561d ago

Just Dance 2 outsells Killzone 3?? What is wrong with people? Forget it, they can spend their money on whatever crap they want but I will be playing Dead space 2 and Little big planet 2 while they play Shovelware like Just dance

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3391d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905836d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5836d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905836d ago (Edited 5836d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5836d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5836d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5836d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495836d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5836d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5836d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3427d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One