NPD hardware and software sales figures for January 2009
No big surprises in the NPD console charts for January 2009. The Nintendo consoles are still going strong, with the Wii and DS only swapping their positions from December. This time, the Wii is on top with 679,200 units sold while the DS is in the number two spot with 510,800.
No big surprises in the NPD console charts for January 2009. The Nintendo consoles are still going strong, with the Wii and DS only swapping their positions from December. This time, the Wii is on top with 679,200 units sold while the DS is in the number two spot with 510,800.
Aside from claiming the top spot, Wii sales also exceeded the expected sales figures on simExchange by 16%. I guess it’s no surprise then that top three software titles sold in the US in January 2009 were first-party Wii games.
The only other console to do the same was the Xbox 360, which sold 3.34% more units than expected. Two Xbox 360 titles, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War, came in at numbers 4 and 5 on the US software sales chart.
Despite the recession, the industry as a whole also managed to increase its total revenue last month by 13% compared to January 2008. It also managed to exceed expected hardware sales by 1.41% and software sales by 4.39%.
On the flip side, the PS3 and Nintendo DS both sold 3% less than expected. The big loser was the Sony PSP, which underperformed by 23.52%. No titles for the Sony consoles made it to the top ten software chart.
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