Reacties op NPD cijfers van februari

Gister zijn de Amerikaanse NPD cijfers van februari bekend gemaakt. De DS en de Wii stonden bovenaan op de lijst en verkochten duidelijk het beste. Nintendo, Sony en Microsoft reageerden op deze cijfers en de reacties kun je hieronder lezen. Is Nintendo een tikkeltje arrogant of niet?

 

Nintendo’s Reactie:

 

Our momentum has not let up since the holidays and we expect it to continue throughout the year. We have the industry’s strongest lineup of games for everyone from core to casual gamers.

Nintendo sold more than 1 million hardware units combined, accounting for nearly half (47.6 percent) of all hardware sold. Nintendo DS sold nearly 587,600 units and Wii sold nearly 432,000.

Nintendo DS games topped all software sales, with more than 3.6 million units sold. Consumers purchased nearly 2.9 million software units for Wii. Four of every 10 games sold were for Nintendo systems.

Three games in the top five sellers for February play on Nintendo systems, including two from third-party publishers.

Nearly 1.7 million accessories were purchased for Wii, more than for any other system. More than 1.2 million accessories were sold for Nintendo DS as well.

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Microsoft’s Reactie:

 

For February’s NPD reporting period, Xbox 360 remained in a supply constrained situation. The situation is improving and we are confident consumers will soon be able to find the Xbox 360 SKU they seek, in time for the launch of "Grand Theft Auto IV", which we expect to be one of the biggest titles of the year with huge impact on the Xbox 360 platform.

What makes a winning platform? It’s more than console sales. It’s about consoles + content + community. As you do your reporting this month we thought we’d provide you with what we believe is a complete picture of a healthy console ecosystem, and how Xbox 360 is contributing Consoles.

$332 million was spent on the Xbox 360 platform this month, capturing 39 percent of the generation’s ecosystem.

The Xbox 360 platform now has a U.S. installed base of 9.6 million; the PS3 has 3.8 million, the Wii has 8.1 million.

February NPD data shows a new Xbox 360 software attach rate of 7.2, nearly twice that of the PS3 or the Wii.

255,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold during the month of February.

Xbox 360 leads in games, with six out of the top 10 best selling console games in February.

Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the best-selling console game across all platforms, outselling the PlayStation 3 version by 2:1.

Xbox 360 has the top selling games on its platform. According to February NPD, Xbox 360 sold $184 million in games, with PS3 selling $97 million and Wii $130 million.

Third party partners find more success on Xbox 360. In February, Xbox 360 accounted for $159 million of all third party game sales this generation, or 45 percent of share.

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Sony’s Reactie:

 

Year-Over-Year sales more than doubled.

Total PlayStation Hardware Unit Sales Top 875,969.

PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) outsold Xbox 360 for the second straight month with 280,841 hardware units sold in February, 10% higher than Microsoft. Year-over-year this represents 120% sales growth.

Wait, There’s More… Next month will see the introductions of heavyweights Grand Theft Auto IV and PS3-exclusive Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and June will usher in the monster 2008 title Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. And let’s not forget DUALSHOCK®3 rumbles to North American retailers in April. The arsenal of 2008 blockbusters including LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, MotorStorm 2, and SingStar, combined with current momentum for Blu-ray, will further PS3 enthusiasm throughout the year.

PLAYSTATION Network total downloads exceeded 6.3 million in February 2008, compared to 6.6 million at the peak of the holiday season in December 2007.

PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) continued its trend of strong sales with 243,115 PSP hardware units sold in February, representing a year-over-year increase of 38%.

If You Think February Sales Were Good… Rave reviews of God of War: Chains of Olympus, wipEout® PULSE and Patapon are already pouring in, not to mention the highly anticipated debut of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII on March 25, which are expected to further PSP sales growth.

PlayStation®2 (PS2) continues to surprise and delight mainstream audiences with hardware unit sales reaching 351,787 units. Additionally, for the third consecutive month PS2 sold more software units than any other console on the market.

The PlayStation brand generated the most U.S. retail dollars in the industry for the second consecutive month with $511 million in sales, 52% and 6% higher than Microsoft and Nintendo, respectively.

PlayStation total hardware revenue was $204 million in February, 125% and 11% higher than Microsoft and Nintendo, respectively.

PlayStation total software revenue in February was $247 million, 32% and 5% higher than Microsoft and Nintendo respectively.