Sony's racing game sequel
Gran Turismo 4 has matched its
success in Europe, by charting as the best selling console game in the U.S. during February, with over 600,000 units sold.
The secon- highest selling game of the month was the PlayStation 2 version of
NBA Street V3, with the Xbox version at number five. Taking into account the GameCube version as well, all three titles sold over 400,000 units – impressive, but still 200,000 behind the single-format
Gran Turismo 4.
Third place in the chart was taken by
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but fourth place went to yet another EA Sports title, in the form of the PlayStation 2 version of
MVP Baseball 2005. Indeed, EA have four sports titles in the top ten, with
Madden NFL 2005 at number nine.
Number six in the charts when to the PlayStation 2 version of
Mercenaries, with the Xbox version at number ten. Number seven in the chart was
Resident Evil 4, which has also continued to perform well since its debut last month, and seems to have avoided the relative apathy towards the title seen in Japan.
The only new entry in the chart, besides
Gran Turismo 4, is
EverQuest spin-off and
Champions of Norrath sequel
Champions: Return to Arms – which sold a very reasonable 100,000 units.
Overall, though, February has been dominated by Sony’s racing sequel, with a relative lack of major releases. This should stand in stark contrast to March which, apart from anything, will see the launch of the PSP in North America.
