14 DAY TRIAL // Call of Duty: Ghosts, the first-person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision, continues to remain the best sold video game in the United States for the month of February 2014, despite the fact that it was first offered late last year.
According to NPD Group data quoted by NeoGAF, the rest of the top ten is made up of:
The Lego Movie Videogame - Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Vita NBA 2K14 - Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One, PC Thief – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 Grand Theft Auto 5 - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Battlefield 4 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag - Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One, Wii U, PC Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Minecraft - Xbox 360 Bravely Default - 3DS
No next-gen exclusive title is in the top ten, which is probably a little worrying for the teams at Microsoft and Sony, but the two companies will be happy with the performance of multiplatform releases.
Overall software sales for February 2014 declined by 9 percent when compared to the same period of last year to reach 318 million dollars (237 million Euro).
The main reason is the tendency of sales for current-gen console games to decline faster than the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 can compensate.
The NPD Group only tracks retail sales, which means that the accuracy of the picture it offers of the state of video games in the United States is limited.