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Street Fighter IV Dominates February Sales Charts

Many contenders entered the dojo this past month, but their bodies lie bruised and broken, with only one champion still standing. Combined sales of Street Fighter IV on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 pushed the game to within striking distance of 1 million copies last month, proving that fighting games are still incredibly popular. Killzone 2, which only went on sale during the last few days of the month, posted a respectable 323,000 units sold, while Wii Fit and Wii Play continue to hold top spots for reasons that are completely unfathomable to us.

On the hardware side not much has changed over the previous month: The Wii and DS are still selling like Hello Kitty in a Japanese schoolyard. The Xbox 360 continues to pull ahead of the PS3 in North America, as a much-needed price drop has failed to materialize. Finally, the handheld PSP posted pretty good numbers in February, boosted by new titles like Resistance: Retribution and big announcements from Sony.

North America Hardware Sales February 2009:

Wii 753K
Nintendo DS 588K
Xbox 360 391K
PlayStation 3 276K
PSP 199K
PlayStation 2 131K

North American Software Sales February 2009:

Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) 644K
Street Fighter IV (360) 446K
Street Fighter IV (PS3) 403K
Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) 386K
Killzone 2 (PS3) 323K
Wii Mario Kart with wheel (WII) 263K
Call of Duty: World at War (360) 193K
Mario Kart DS (NDS) 145K
New Super Mario Bros (NDS) 144K
Guitar Hero World Tour (WII) 136K

[Source: NPD Group]