NPD February 2003

[Teasy]

Hardware sales:

PS2 - 488,934
GBA - 291,112
Xbox - 198,531
GC - 165,417

Top 10 Selling Games for PS2 for February 2003 (Retail Sales $)

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 THE GETAWAY Sony $12,060,060 304,069
2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive $9,079,400 182,837
3 THE SIMS Electronic Arts $8,520,829 171,142
4 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami $7,339,460 147,493
5 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom $5,750,466 116,067
6 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco $5,723,964 114,896
7 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai $4,687,284 95,066
8 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames $3,955,401 81,724
9 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts $3,752,919 75,419
10 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony $3,568,924 59,647

Top 10 Selling Games for Xbox for February 2003 (Retail Sales $)

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft $2,898,458 60,606
2 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft $2,891,552 59,508
3 HALO Microsoft $2,608,724 54,857
4 DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo $2,357,513 47,886
5 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts $1,642,945 33,521
6 INDIANA JONES:EMPEROR LucasArts $1,280,973 26,131
7 MECH ASSAULT Microsoft $1,278,521 26,689
8 TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts $1,127,403 22,725
9 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE Electronic Arts $1,050,845 21,195
10 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts $1,049,792 21,143

Top 10 Selling Games for GameCube for February 2003 (Retail Sales $)

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 METROID PRIME Nintendo $2,035,031 68,873
2 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo $1,993,635 60,539
3 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo $1,585,663 47,771
4 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts $1,518,543 30,600
5 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo $1,384,332 27,813
6 SKIES OF ARCADIA LGND Sega $1,274,151 24,881
7 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE Nintendo $1,176,820 23,866
8 STAR FOX ADVENTURES Nintendo $973,251 29,715
9 RESIDENT EVIL ZERO Capcom $915,378 30,297
10 GODZILLAESTRY MELEE Infogrames $864,918 19,885

Top 10 Selling Games for GBA for February 2003 (Retail Sales $)

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 YU-GI-OH! DUNGEONDICE Konami $3,418,645 114,288
2 ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo $1,814,208 59,520
3 YU-GI-OH! ETERNAL Konami $1,813,388 61,157
4 KIRBY: N IGHTMARE Nintendo $1,646,332 55,950
5 YU-GI-OH! DARK DUEL Konami $1,316,932 47,534
6 YOSHI'S ISLAND:MARIO3 Nintendo $1,019,939 33,538
7 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo $949,014 30,993
8 METROID FUSION Nintendo $857,700 28,686
9 SONIC ADVANCE THQ $800,565 26,820
10 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts $796,759 24,775

IMO the most interesting parts of these sales charts are:

- Halo and SSB:M are still selling incredibly well considering how old they are.
- Metroid Prime outsold Splinter Cell.

EDIT: Added hardware sales.

 

[wazoo]

Animal Crossing is doing well too. It may well pass 1M worldwide on the GC (not counting the N64 version).

 

[Phil]

I myself am quite suprised to see 'the Getaway' doing so well and it outselling ViceCity. Very nice... the effort Soho put in it, certainly deserves some recognition which it seems to be getting.

 

[Sonic]

Wow, February was a very slow month for sales on Xbox and GCN. Well, one thing's for sure, Zelda will take care of GCN sales this month. I'm anticipating on how many hardware units the game pushes, as I'm sort of expecting at the very least 250,000 consoles bought extra, but I'm really expecting 500,000 units with this game.

 

[Qroach]

You're missing the console sales... Here you are.

PS2 - 488,934
GBA - 291,112
Xbox - 198,531
GC - 165,417

 

[Goldni]

I was at Soft Etc today (yes picking up Pokemon GBA) and everyone (including employees) were talking about when to "line up" and "camp out" for Zleda WW. I wonder if this game will have longer lines than for Zelda OoT? I've never seen lines like that for a game. This one may top it.

 

[Ozymandis]

I was at Soft Etc today (yes picking up Pokemon GBA) and everyone (including employees) were talking about when to "line up" and "camp out" for Zleda WW. I wonder if this game will have longer lines than for Zelda OoT? I've never seen lines like that for a game. This one may top it.

I preordered mine from KB Toys. No lines there

I bet that a lot of people will probably be waiting for it at our local EB and Gamestop though. Vice City had about 300 preorders at Gamestop here, and I bet Celda will get at least a third that number.

 

[jvd]

well i'm told its being alocated now. My friends at gamestop say there are more reserves than they had for vice city. About 3 times as much at thier store. So who knows.

 

[Goldni]

Yeah just about everone told me that it's the most they've ever seen. But VC had the casual traffic that Zelda prolly wont.

Man I couldnt believe the ppl getting Pokemon yesterday. It'll probably come in 2nd to Zelda for MArch. I'm glad too. As much as I got tired of Pokemon in the 90's, I'd love to see GTA games just die right now.

Btw, the GBA SP at my BB and SE had about 200 orders. I held the one at TRU and was damn impressed at how small this thing really is. It felt really comfortable too. It really does look like what Sony would put out (that's a good thing) you know like a tech gadget. Overall March is gonna be huge for Nintendo. They need it too. The SP launching in US and Europe within days apart. Zelda launching after Pokemon and the bundle deal still pluggin away. I was very surprised to see a commercial (dumb clerk) still airing for it.

 

[CaptainHowdy]

Feb TRSTS Numbers are in as well, as stolen from IGN's PS2 board

1 THE GETAWAY Sony 12,060,060 $ 304,069 - PS2
2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive 9,079,400 $ 182,837 - PS2
3 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 8,520,829 $ 171,142 - PS2
4 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami 7,339,460 $ 147,493 - PS2
5 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom 5,750,466 $ 116,067 - PS2
6 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco 5,723,964 $ 114,896 - PS2
7 YU-GI-OH! DUNGEONDICE Konami 3,418,645 $ 114,288 - GBA
8 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai 4,687,284 $ 95,066 - PS2
9 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames 3,955,401 $ 81,724 - PS2
10 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts 3,752,919 $ 75,419 - PS2
11 METROID PRIME Nintendo 2,035,031 $ 68,873 - NGC
12 YU-GI-OH! ETERNAL Konami 1,813,388 $ 61,157 - GBA
13 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft 2,898,458 $ 60,606 - Xbox
14 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo 1,993,635 $ 60,539 - NGC
15 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony 3,568,924 $ 59,647 - PS2
16 ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo 1,814,208 $ 59,520 - GBA
17 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 2,891,552 $ 59,508 - Xbox
18 KIRBY: N IGHTMARE Nintendo 1,646,332 $ 55,950 - GBA
19 HALO Microsoft 2,608,724 $ 54,857 - Xbox
20 DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo 2,357,513 $ 47,886 - Xbox
21 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo 1,585,663 $ 47,771 - NGC
22 YU-GI-OH! DARK DUEL Konami 1,316,932 $ 47,534 - GBA
23 YOSHI'S ISLAND:MARIO3 Nintendo 1,019,939 $ 33,538 - GBA
24 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts 1,642,945 $ 33,521 - Xbox
25 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo 949,014 $ 30,993 - GBA
26 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts 1,518,543 $ 30,600 - NGC
27 RESIDENT EVIL ZERO Capcom 915,378 $ 30,297 - NGC
28 STAR FOX ADVENTURES Nintendo 973,251 $ 29,715 - NGC
29 METROID FUSION Nintendo 857,700 $ 28,686 - GBA
30 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo 1,384,332 $ 27,813 - NGC
31 MECH ASSAULT Microsoft 1,278,521 $ 26,689 - Xbox
32 SONIC ADVANCE THQ 800,565 $ 26,820 - GBA
33 INDIANA JONES:EMPEROR LucasArts 1,280,973 $ 26,131 - Xbox
34 SKIES OF ARCADIA LGND Sega 1,274,151 $ 24,881 - NGC
35 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts 796,759 $ 24,775 - GBA
36 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE Nintendo 1,176,820 $ 23,866 - NGC
37 TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts 1,127,403 $ 22,725 - Xbox
38 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE Electronic Arts 1,050,845 $ 21,195 - Xbox
39 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts 1,049,792 $ 21,143 - Xbox
40 GODZILLAESTRY MELEE Infogrames 864,918 $ 19,885 - NGC


Total by system :

1 - PS2 = 1,348,360
2 - GBA = 483,261
3 - Xbox = 374,261
4 - NGC = 364,240

 

[aneep]

I myself am quite suprised to see 'the Getaway' doing so well and it outselling ViceCity. Very nice... the effort Soho put in it, certainly deserves some recognition which it seems to be getting.

i read that VC is limited in supply (same as January?)
and Zelda WW had more preorders than VC in some stores (guaranteed 1 mil in 2 months if not at launch IMO), though i dunno if i can top the charts month after month like VC can
the bonus games campaign is definitely working

-aneep-