Hardware
Wii – 3,810,000
NDS – 3,310,000
PS3 – 1,360,000
360 – 1,310,000
PSP – 654,700
PS2 – 333,200
Software
1. Wii – New Super Mario Bros Wii, 2,820,000
2. Wii – Wii Fit Plus, 2,410,000*
3. Wii – Wii Sports Resort, 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 – Wii Play, 1,010,000
7. Wii – Mario Kart Wii, 936,100
8. 360 – Assassin’s Creed II, 783,100
9. 360 – Left 4 Dead 2, 728,500
10. NDS – Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, 656,700
*Number includes all SKUs except those bundled with game systems.
^The numbers on the right represent units sold.
Despite a strong rally from Sony, Nintendo blew the other companies away this holiday season. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, demonstrating the longevity of Nintendo titles, outsold Modern Warfare 2 on both of the other systems combined; the six games on the top ten sold a combined total of over 9.5 million units. While Nintendo’s new "big three" capture all three top spots, it’s good to see people still enjoy Mario Kart Wii, and it’s very good to see Mario & Luigi being so popular.
Some more statistics:
- December 2009 was the biggest-selling month in the history of the industry, though the year as a whole was down 8%.
- Nintendo DS software, hardware and accessories accounted for one-sixth of all sales this year.
- While the PS3 set a personal best for one-month sales, the Wii and Nintendo DS now hold the first and second place records for best hardware month ever.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the third best-selling game of 2009, while Modern Warfare 2 is cited as being the fourth best-selling game of all time; we may want to check the numbers on that, as the best-seller list is extremely impressive.
- The best-selling genre of the month was music/dance, which is also second for the year; first is, not surprisingly, first-person shooters.
- Six of the ten best-selling games this year were on the Wii, with combined sales of 20.8 million.
