The holiday season is finally over but Nintendo had a strong January nonetheless. Wii topped the sales charts for the first month of 2009 with nearly 700,000 units sold, followed by Nintendo DS at just over 500,000. Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 lagged behind at just over 300,000 and 200,000 respectively.
1. Wii – 679,200
2. Nintendo DS – 510,800
3. Xbox 360 – 309,000
4. PS3 – 203,200
5. PSP – 172,300
6. PS2 – 101,200
On the software side of things, Wii games had a rout of the top 3 spots and 4 of the top 10. Wii Fit sold an amazingly large number of units at nearly 800,000. It has been out since May 2008. Also performing strong long after their launches are Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii. Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War rounded out the top 5. Even the 3+ year old Mario Kart DS and nearly 3 year old New Super Mario Bros. made the charts, displaying how strong Nintendo’s back catalogue of games truly is. The only games from January that made the charts were both EA games: Skate 2 and the poorly reviewed Lord of the Rings: Conquest.
1. Wii Fit – 777,000
2. Wii Play – 415,000
3. Mario Kart Wii – 292,000
4. Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) – 243,000
5. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) – 235,000
6. Skate 2 (Xbox 360) – 199,000
7. Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) – 155,000
8. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – 135,000
9. Mario Kart DS – 132,000
10. Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360) – 113,000
