U.S. game sales hit $1.33 bln in Feb-research firm

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software hit $1.33 billion in February, up 34 percent from a year earlier, with Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) PlayStation 3 topping Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Xbox 360 for the second month in a row.

Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) Wii was still the best-selling console, moving 432,000 units and topping 281,000 PlayStation 3s and 255,000 Xbox 360s, according to data from market research firm NPD.

"Call of Duty 4" from Activision Inc (ATVI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) was the top game for a single console, moving 296,000 copies for the Xbox 360, NPD said. (Reporting by Scott Hillis; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)