Retail tracking firm NPD Group has released its hardware and software sales analysis for the month of February, revealing an impressive showing for Microsoft. With 535,000 units shifted, the Xbox 360 enjoyed its biggest non-holiday month ever, eclipsing its previous sales streak in September 2007, when Halo 3 launched.

On the whole, combined hardware and software sales raked in $1.36 billion for the month, a 3 percent increase over last year. Not too shabby, considering February is typically regarded as a slow month. While the portable segment dipped by 27 percent, it’s understandable, given many would-be DS purchasers are holding off for the 3DS launch later this month.

See the top ten software chart past the break.

Hardware Sales
Xbox 360 – 535,000
Wii – 454,000

Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (360, PS3)** 2 Capcom USA
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 3 Ubisoft
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP, PC) 4 Take 2 Interactive
Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC)** 5 Electronic Arts
Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, 360, PS3) 6 Majesco
Bulletstorm (360, PS3, PC) 7 Electronic Arts
Killzone 3 (PS3)** 8 Sony
Michael Jackson The Experience (WII, DS, PSP)** 9 Ubisoft
Mario Sports Mix (Wii) 10 Nintendo

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