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North America February Sales

Football Betting Spread As usual, NPD has released the data they collected regarding the sales of videogame software for North America during the month of February. Last month saw many big hits released from Nintendo and I'm sure a lot of you are curious to find out how they fared.

Topping the list of games sold is none other than the very hyped Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles which debuted with a whopping 243,380 units sold. Nintendo's other bug February game Metroid: Zero Mission made an impressive standing at number 3 on the list with a total of 151,807 units sold.

Kudos to Nintendo for having by all accounts a great month. Lets hope next month will bring even better news with sales reports on heavy hitters Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes and Pokemon Coliseum.

Below is the list for the top 25 best selling games of February (In terms of units sold, not money earned). Releases on Nintendo systems are bolded for your viewing convenience.

1 GCN FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL 243,380
2 PS2 NFL STREET 167,935
3 GBA METROID ZERO MISSION 151,807
4 PS2 NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND 120,155
5 PS2 BOND 007: EVERYTHING 115,944
6 PS2 JET LI: RISE TO HONOR 104,084
7 PS2 CHAMPS NORRATH:REALMS 101,684
8 XBX HALO 88,979
9 PS2 MAFIA 88,473
10 XBX BOND 007: EVERYTHING 88,038
11 PS2 SONIC HEROES 84,098
12 GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE 81,233
13 GCN SONIC HEROES 76,506
14 GBA MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 71,991
15 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 69,684
16 PS2 MX UNLEASHED 65,683
17 PS2 TRUE CRIME:STREETS LA 65,472
18 PS2 BALDURS GATE:ALLNC II 65,234
19 XBX NFL STREET 61,618
20 GBA YU-GI-OH! TRNMNT 2004 61,061
21 XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 60,143
22 PS2 SOCOM II: NAVY SEALS 60,121
23 PS2 NBA LIVE 2004 57,497
24 GBA POKEMON RUBY 54,016
25 GBA POKEMON SAPPHIRE 50,472

Here are the top 15 games in terms of their sales figures:

1 GCN FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLE Nintendo $11,912,520 | 243,380
2 PS2 NFL STREET Electronic Arts $8,360,043 | 167,935
3 PS2 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND Electronic Arts $5,813,065 | 120,155
4 PS2 BOND 007: EVERYTHING OR NOTHING Electronic Arts $5,747,493 | 115,944
5 PS2 CHAMPS OF NORRATH:REALMS Sony $5,048,062 | 101,684
6 PS2 MAFIA Take 2 Interactive $4,407,365 | 88,473
7 XBX BOND 007: EVERYTHING OR NOTHING Electronic Arts $4,373,694 | 88,038
8 GBA METROID: ZERO MISSION Nintendo $4,364,623 | 151,807
9 PS2 SONIC HEROES Sega $4,185,546 | 84,098
10 PS2 JET LI: RISE TO HONOR Sony $4,151,180 | 104,084
11 GCN MARIO KART : DOUBLE Nintendo $3,973,327 | 81,233
12 GCN SONIC HEROES Sega $3,752,389 | 76,506
13 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $3,355,022 | 69,684
14 PS2 BALDURS GATE:ALLIANCE II Vivendi $3,158,646 | 65,234
15 PS2 TRUE CRIME: STREETS OF LA Activision $3,112,333 | 65,472

And finaly, the hardware numbers for the month of Feburary and their tie-in ratios:

February Hardware Sales

PS2: 363,000 [+7% over January sales]
Xbox: 204,000 [+6%]
GCN: 137,000 [+5%]
GBA: 353,000 [+18%]

Cumulative Installed Base

PS2: 22,958,000
Xbox: 8,187,000
GCN: 7,133,000
GBA: 20,601,000

Tie Ratios

PS2: 8.10
Xbox: 6.58
GCN: 6.09
GBA: 3.42

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