BioShock 2

Gaming devices made by Microsoft, Xbox 360 advanced to the top rank in the game market in the U.S. in February.

As is known, the software giant could only take second place after the Nintendo Wii for nearly three years in a row.

The popularity of the game Bioshock 2 votes as levers factor increased Xbox 360 sales in February to 422,000 units sold. Based on data from the NPD Group, this number increased by eight percent from the previous year in the same month.

As reported by News Factor, Monday (15/3/2010), Nintendo sold 397,900 units of Wii and Sony sold 360,100 PlayStation 3 units in this month.

Bioshock 2 game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was released on February 10 and sold 750,000 copies of the Xbox 360 the number of donated contributions of 75 percent or 562,900 copies of which were sold through the Microsoft gaming device.

"We are very excited for our achievements in the month of February. This is history for the Xbox 360," said the COO of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business Dennis Durkin.

"We know consumers are curious about our exclusive games. In addition, Xbox LIVE and the release of the Christmas Project for the Xbox 360 also helped increase our sales," he concluded