The January 2010 NPD Numbers

Posted on February 15, 2010 by John Carle

Numbers of console and games sales were released by the NPD group for the month of January 2010 today with some not so surprising results. The Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS (including the DSi SKU’s) lead the console war as they continue to dominate this generation in terms of sales. Even after their record setting Wii sales in December, the little white box with waggle controls still is flying off shelves. With that comes five of the top games being Wii titles.

The griefer’s paradise New Super Mario Bros Wii tops their charts, follwed by evergreen favorite Wii titles like Wii Fitt Plus, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports Resort. The only surprise on the Wii comes from the critically panned Just Dance from Ubisoft (averaging a score of 47 from Metacritic).

XBox 360 surged back in front of the PlayStation 3, no doubt with some help of their over half a million selling release of Mass Effect 2. The XBox 360’s version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 also outsold the PS3 version by a firm 65,000 units. Co-op shooter Army of Two: The 40th Day debutted on the charts in the number 8 spot, followed by the apocalyptic release of Darksiders, both the games being the XBox 360 versions.

Sony had a rough January with no exclusive title breaking the top 10 with their releases of M.A.G. and White Knight Chronicles. The PSP continues its slow but steady sales and the PlayStation 2 looks like it is finally coming to rest as the sales of the ten year old console didn’t break the 50,000 unit mark this month.

Take a look below at the full detailed numbers of January’s NPDs.

Console Sales

  1. Nintendo Wii – 465,800 units
  2. Nintendo DS – 422,200 units
  3. Xbox 360 – 332,800 units
  4. PlayStation 3 – 276,900 units
  5. PSP – 100,100 units
  6. PlayStation 2 – 41,600 units

Games Sales

  1. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – Wii – 656,700 units
  2. MASS EFFECT 2 – XBox 360 – 572,100 units
  3. WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD – Wii – 555,700 units
  4. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – XBox 360 – 326,700 units
  5. MARIO KART WII W/ WHEEL – Wii – 310,900 units
  6. WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS – Wii – 297,600 units
  7. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – PS3 – 259,000 units
  8. ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY – XBox 360 – 246,500 units
  9. JUST DANCE – Wii – 191,900 units
  10. DARKSIDERS – XBox 360 – 171,200 units

About John Carle

The Definition of “Geek Chic.” Comic books, sci-fi movies, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Lord of the Rings and more all rolled up in a Diesel wearing, club going socialite package. Having worked in both advertising and television, John is a lifetime writer always being a part of the creative process. John knows the television world between his experience on being involved with the production process of over two hundred episodes of prime time tv and being a self admitted media whore. Yes he has a weakness for trash tv, Michael Bay-esque action movies and the raunchy teen comedy as well. Never try to debate the Original Star Wars Trilogy versus Star Trek with him because the Holy Trilogy always comes out on top. Having partied with movie stars to Playboy centerfolds, John is somehow always able to find someone’s inner geek. The simplest rules that John lives by is to have fun and doing what makes him happy. There’s no shame in being a geek. Play Halo, read Spider-Man and proudly display the whole series of Neon Genesis: Evangelion on your DVD rack. And most importantly, make sure to read his weekly comic book pull list reviews at The Flickcast.
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2 Responses to The January 2010 NPD Numbers

  1. WARIO says:
    May 14, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    SO PS3 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AND GET READY TO SEE SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 ALSO A HUGE GAME SAME WITH THE OTHER M :);0 ;3

  2. EBRAHIM / WARIO says:
    May 14, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    THIS IS SO TRUE WIII ROCK ON AND PS3 SAY LOW BECAUSE WII WILL SHOW YOU THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2010/11 AND IT WILL DESTROY
    🙂 ;)!!

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