Nintendo continues to see huge sales in North America in the new year.
January is generally considered a slow month in terms of sales, but Nintendo has once again managed to prove that they can continue to see huge numbers even in the new year.
In an unsurprising turn of events, New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its run in the top spot for another month, while titles such as Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart Wii, and Wii Sports Resort continue to show off their great legs.
Nintendo isn’t the only developer seeing big sales on Wii. Ubisoft launched Just Dance in December, and it has already turned out to be a surprise hit. Last month the game managed to crack the top 20, but this month it breaks into the top 10 with sales just short of 200,000 units.
On the hardware front, Wii continues to be the top seller with the Nintendo DS following closely behind, with sales of 465.8k and 422.2k, respectively.
The hardware sales for the month were as follows:
1. Wii 465.8K
2. Nintendo DS 422.2K
3. Xbox 360 332.8K
4. PlayStation 3 276.9K
5. PSP 100.1K
6. PlayStation 2 41.6K
The top 10 broke down as follows:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo of America) Nov-09 656.7K
2. Mass Effect 2 (360, Electronic Arts) Jan-10 572.1K
3. Wii Fit Plus w/Balance Board (Wii, Nintendo of America) Oct-09 555.7K
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, Activision Blizzard) Nov-09 326.7K
5. Mario Kart w/Wheel (Wii, Nintendo of America) Apr-08 310.9K
6. Wii Sports Resort w/Wii MotionPlus (Wii, Nintendo of America) Jul-09
297.6K
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Activision Blizzard) Nov-09 259.0K
8. Army of Two: The 40th Day (360, Electronic Arts) Jan-10 246.5K
9. Just Dance (Wii, Ubisoft) Nov-09 191.9K
10. Darksiders (360, THQ) Jan-10 171.2k