17th March 2003, 1:31 PM
Courtesy of Gaming-Age forums and CSFB:
February Hardware Sales
PS2: 484,000 (+8% over January sales)
XBOX: 197,000 (+20%)
GCN: 164,000 (+103%)
GBA: 282,000 (+6%)
Cumulative Installed Base
PS2: 16,802,000
XBOX: 4,962,000
GCN: 3,828,000
GBA: 12,441,000
February Software Sales
Rank Title Publisher
1 PS2 THE GETAWAY Sony
2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive
3 PS2 THE SIMS Electronic Arts
4 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami
5 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom
6 PS2 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco
7 PS2 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai
8 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames
9 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts
10 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony
11 PS2 T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
12 GBA YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON DICE Konam i
13 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts
14 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 Sony
15 XBX T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
16 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft
17 PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 Sony
18 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOW ERS Electronic Arts
19 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway
20 XBX HALO Microsoft
21 PS2 TIGER W OODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts
22 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Square EA
23 XBX DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo
24 GCN METROID PRIME Nintendo
25 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo
Source: CSFB estimates based on NPD Funworld data.
The following lists are ranked by retail sales (in dollars). The first number is the rank, the second number is the retail sales, the final number is the number of units. For example, The Getaway (PS2) is ranked #1, had revenue of $12,060,060, and sold 304,069 copies.
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 $)
Source: NPD.
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
Commentary:
The free game deal seems to have given GCN a boost in hardware sales, but the 103% increase over January was still not enough to outpace Xbox for the month. In addition, the spike in sales of hardware seems to be ephemeral (short-lived). A BestBuy employee that tracks sales of his retail chain predicts with confidence that "PS2>Xbox>GCN" in March.
On the software side of things, GCN titles are having a tough time breaking into the top 25. Only Metroid Prime and Mario Party have accomplished this in the month of February. With sales of 68,873 for the month, Metroid steadily moves past the 800,000 mark with 827,248 total sales. The average Metroid Prime sold for about 30$, which, assuming that Metroid sold for either 0 or $50, means that about 40701 of the 68873 titles sold for $50. That's actually an increase from last month's sales of around 36,000. Mario Party 4 is scratching at the door of 600,000 copies with a total of 595,177. Like Metroid, Mario Party isolated sales increased from 32,580 to 39,873.
Skies of Arcadia:Legends has sold a total of 44,574 copies. While nothing to celebrate over, it's nice to see that it didn't bomb like it did in Japan. I was quite scared after it only sold 20,000 units in January during the key first days of its release.
February Hardware Sales
PS2: 484,000 (+8% over January sales)
XBOX: 197,000 (+20%)
GCN: 164,000 (+103%)
GBA: 282,000 (+6%)
Cumulative Installed Base
PS2: 16,802,000
XBOX: 4,962,000
GCN: 3,828,000
GBA: 12,441,000
February Software Sales
Rank Title Publisher
1 PS2 THE GETAWAY Sony
2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive
3 PS2 THE SIMS Electronic Arts
4 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami
5 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Capcom
6 PS2 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 Namco
7 PS2 .HACK: INFECTION Bandai
8 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames
9 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts
10 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony
11 PS2 T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
12 GBA YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON DICE Konam i
13 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 Electronic Arts
14 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 Sony
15 XBX T.CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Ubi Soft
16 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft
17 PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 Sony
18 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOW ERS Electronic Arts
19 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway
20 XBX HALO Microsoft
21 PS2 TIGER W OODS PGA 2003 Electronic Arts
22 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Square EA
23 XBX DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo
24 GCN METROID PRIME Nintendo
25 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo
Source: CSFB estimates based on NPD Funworld data.
The following lists are ranked by retail sales (in dollars). The first number is the rank, the second number is the retail sales, the final number is the number of units. For example, The Getaway (PS2) is ranked #1, had revenue of $12,060,060, and sold 304,069 copies.
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 $)
Source: NPD.
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
Commentary:
The free game deal seems to have given GCN a boost in hardware sales, but the 103% increase over January was still not enough to outpace Xbox for the month. In addition, the spike in sales of hardware seems to be ephemeral (short-lived). A BestBuy employee that tracks sales of his retail chain predicts with confidence that "PS2>Xbox>GCN" in March.
On the software side of things, GCN titles are having a tough time breaking into the top 25. Only Metroid Prime and Mario Party have accomplished this in the month of February. With sales of 68,873 for the month, Metroid steadily moves past the 800,000 mark with 827,248 total sales. The average Metroid Prime sold for about 30$, which, assuming that Metroid sold for either 0 or $50, means that about 40701 of the 68873 titles sold for $50. That's actually an increase from last month's sales of around 36,000. Mario Party 4 is scratching at the door of 600,000 copies with a total of 595,177. Like Metroid, Mario Party isolated sales increased from 32,580 to 39,873.
Skies of Arcadia:Legends has sold a total of 44,574 copies. While nothing to celebrate over, it's nice to see that it didn't bomb like it did in Japan. I was quite scared after it only sold 20,000 units in January during the key first days of its release.