It may have been the year's shortest month, but February saw plenty of high-profile new games hit the market. According to numbers released by industry-research group NPD Funworld, nine games debuted among the top 20 best-selling console games of the month. Leading the pack was Gran Turismo 4, the long-delayed, much-anticipated racing game for the PlayStation 2. Right behind it was the PS2 edition of another newcomer, NBA Street V3, the Xbox version of which came in just four slots down at number six.

　　A more traditional athletic offering from Electronic Arts, MVP Baseball 2005, also did double duty in the top 20, landing in fourth (PS2) and 16th (Xbox). Nintendo saw only two debuts make the list, Star Fox: Assault for the GameCube and WarioWare: Touched! for the DS. The last new titl on the console charts was Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose for the PlayStation 2.

　　February saw a very different story with the PC charts, which saw only two all-new entries. The first, LucasArts' Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, came in second, while the EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath expansion pack arrived in 17th place. But other than seeing a few old titles reentering the top 20, the PC charts saw perennial favorites like Word of Warcraft (1), Half-Life 2 (3), and the Sims 2 (4) either staying put or undergoing a slight reshuffling.