Hardware

1. Nintendo DS - 613, 200
2. Xbox 360 - 422, 000
3. Wii - 397, 900
4. PlayStation 3 - 360, 100
5. PSP – 133, 400
6. PlayStation 2 - 101, 900

Software

1. 360 – BIOSHOCK 2 - 562, 900
2. Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII - 555, 600
3. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 314, 300
4. Wii – JUST DANCE - 275, 400
5. WII SPORTS RESORT - 272, 500
6. PS3 - CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 252, 800
7. 360 – MASS EFFECT 2 - 246, 500
8. PS3 – DANTE’S INFERNO: DIVINE EDITION - 242, 500
9. 360 – DANTE’S INFERNO - 224, 700
10. PS3 – HEAVY RAIN PS3 SONY - 219, 300

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Hardware

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

Software

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

On one hand, January 2010 was a boring month, but on the other it was quite an eye opener.

The PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 sales were poor. The PSP desperately needs a price cut and the PS2 seems to be finally dying off.

On the software front, I’m very pleased that Mass Effect 2 did as well as it did with 572, 100 worth of sales; that’s within four days. Unsurprisingly, neither Bayonetta or MAG made it into the top 10. One is really tough to market and the other entered a very tough market.

Hardware

1. Wii – 3, 810, 000
2. DS – 3, 310, 000
3. PlayStation 3 – 1, 360, 000
4. Xbox 360 – 1, 310, 000
5. PSP – 654, 700
6. PlayStation 2 – 333, 200

Software

1. Wii – NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. – 2, 820, 000
2. WII FIT PLUS – 2, 410, 000
3. WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS – 1, 790, 000
4. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – 1, 630, 000
5. PS3 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – 1, 120, 000
6. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE WII – 1, 010, 000
7. Wii – MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII – 936, 100
8. 360 – ASSASSIN’S CREED II – 783, 100
9. 360 – LEFT 4 DEAD 2 – 728, 500
10. DS – MARIO & LUIGI: BOWSER’S INSIDE STORY – 656, 700

Which million unit figure did you want? New Super Mario Bros. Wii outselling Modern Warfare 2 for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? The fact that Nintendo sold over 7 million units of hardware during the month? Or how about the PlayStation 3 outselling the Xbox 360 for the month?

It doesn’t really matter since everyone did well in my eyes. Much better than I gave the hardware manufacturers credit for:

[360] 1100K
[NDS] 2500K
[PS2] 100K
[PS3] 1300K
[PSP] 200K
[WII] 2800K

Yikes! Good thing I’m not paid to do this.

Hardware

1. Nintendo DS – 1, 700, 000
2. Wii – 1, 260, 000
3. Xbox 360 – 819, 500
4. PlayStation 3 – 710, 400
5. PSP – 293, 900
6. PlayStation 2 – 203, 100

Software

1. 360 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – 4, 200, 000
2. PS3 – CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – 1, 870, 000
3. Wii -NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – 1, 390, 000
4. 360 – ASSASSIN’S CREED II – 794, 700
5. 360 – LEFT 4 DEAD 2 – 744, 000
6. WII SPORTS RESORT – 720, 200
7. WII FIT PLUS – 679, 000
8. PS3 – ASSASSIN’S CREED II – 448, 400
9. 360 – DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS – 362, 100
10. Wii – MARIO KART W/ WHEEL – 315, 000

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Hardware

1. Wii – 506, 900
2. Nintendo DS – 457, 600
3. PlayStation 3 – 320, 600
4. Xbox 360 – 249, 700
5. PSP – 174, 600
6. PlayStation 2 – 117, 800

Software

1. PS3 – UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES – 537,000
2. WII FIT PLUS* – 441,000
3. 360 – BORDERLANDS – 418,000
4. WII SPORTS RESORT*- 314,000
5. 360 – NBA 2K10* – 311,000
6. 360 – HALO 3: ODST – 271,000
7. PS3 – NBA 2K10* – 213,000
8. 360 – FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 – 175,000
9. NDS – KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS – 169,000
10. 360 – FIFA SOCCER 10 – 156,000

October’s NPD sales data is in and it looks like $299.99 was that sweet spot Sony so desperately needed. The PS3 Slim slid passed its HD rival by a fair margin for this month. However, Nintendo’s price cut appeared to be even more effective with a jump to the top spot.  And on the opposite end of the spectrum, Sony’s PSP Go is a colossal failure. $249.99 MSRP will do that.

On the software side of things, it’s so good to see Naughty Dog’s hard work pay off. Uncharted 2 deserves every sale it gets and then some. I was expecting approximately 600, 000 units sold, but I’m sure that’s fine considering the game surpassed 1 million units worldwide.

The real shocker of the month is Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 3 which amounted a mere 175, 000 units of sales. It came out with only four days of sales time left in the month, but I’d be surprised to see it break the top 5 with the likes of Assassin’s Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Left4Dead 2 on the way. Has the fervor for driving simulators passed? Was it a case of bad timing? Did Borderlands somehow snatch up the 360 audience’s attention earlier in the month? Who knows?

What I do know is the fact that music games are dead. Not one made it into the top 10.

* For one console SKU

Nintendo of America’s Reggie is a fun guy. He likes to make wagers, poke fun and pimp the hell out of his products. This is his latest wager:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii will outsell Modern Warfare 2 on one platform by the end of this holiday season.

Is it possible for them to pull this off? I think so. This is a 2-D side scrolling Mario game for the Wii. It’s very accessible and it has mass market appeal. I think it could outsell the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 by the end of this holiday season, but not the Xbox 360’s. That version has Walmart backing it with its latest ad work. I don’t see that kind of advertising for Super Mario Bros. Wii — at least not yet anyway.

I tried hard not to talk about Modern Warfare 2 this week, but how can I resist NPD sales related talk like this? I promise, no more MW2 talk for the rest of the week.

Ever wondered what the top selling games were for the last 9 years? Check it out.

BEST-SELLING US GAME SOFTWARE: JAN. 2000-AUG. 2009

RANK / TITLE (YEAR) / PLATFORM(S) / UNIT SALES

1. Wii Play with Remote (2006) / Wii / 11.1 million
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007) / PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 / 10.3 million
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) / PS2, Xbox/ 9.8 million
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) / DS, PS3, Xbox 360 / 8.5 million
5. Wii Fit with Balance Board (2008) / Wii / 7.9 million
6. Madden NFL 07 (2006) / GC, GBA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
7. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) / PS2, Xbox
8. Madden NFL 08 (2007) / GC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360,
9. Call of Duty: World at War (2008) / DS, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
10. Halo 2 (2004) / Xbox

That’s a surprising list to say the least. Where’s GTAIV which sold for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Where’s Halo 3? I would have liked to have seen the rest of the list since I’m curious how many of the storied franchises fared.