Video game sales plunged 20% in February
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February video game sales suffered another double-digit monthly decline, plunging 20% to $1.06 billion, down from $1.33 billion in February 2011.
Sales of software titles struggled the most, dropping 24.4% to $464.4 million last month, down from $601.4 million for the same period last year.
Sales of the PlayStation Vita, Sony’s Corp.’s latest portable game console — introduced in the U.S. on Feb. 22 — helped to cushion the overall decline in hardware sales last month, but not enough to prevent an 18% decline in sales of consoles, including the Nintendo Wii.
Sales of the top 10 titles listed below accounted for 78% of total game sales in terms of units.
Top 10 selling U.S. video games in February
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix)
3. UFC Undisputed 3 (THQ)
4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (38Studios / Electronic Arts)
5. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
6. NBA 2K12 (Take-Two Interactive Software)
7. Soul Calibur V (Namco Bandai)
8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
9. Twisted Metal 2012 (Sony)
10. Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
Source: NPD Group
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