This is the NPD sales figures for January 2010 which covers the United States. It was a four week sales month, covering the dates from January 3 through January 30.
Revenue[]
- Overall Revenue: $1,168.6 million (-12.9%)
- Hardware Revenue: $353.7 million (-20.8%)
- Software Revenue: $597.9 million (-12.4%)
- Accessory Revenue: $217 million (+2.5%)
Overview[]
In terms of hardware, the year-over-year drop is largely from shortages from Nintendo hardware as well older Playstation hardware dropping. Both the HD consoles are notably up from last year though neither surpassed the Wii or DS.
In terms of software, Mass Effect 2 was the biggest new release of the month, landing in 2nd behind New Super Mario Bros. Wii in terms of units. Electronic Arts's Army of Two: The 40th Day, THQ's Darksiders, Sony's MAG and Sega's Bayonetta all made their debut and appeared in the top 20 for the month.
Hardware sales[]
Top 20 software sales[]
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) / Nintendo - 656,700
- Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts - 572,100
- Wii Fit Plus (Wii) / Nintendo - 555,700
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) - Activision Blizzard / 326,700
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) / Nintendo - 310,900
- Wii Sports Resort (Wii) / Nintendo - 297,600
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) / Activision Blizzard - 259,000
- Army of Two: The 40th Day (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts - 246,500
- Just Dance (Wii) / Ubisoft - 191,900
- Darksiders (Xbox 360) / THQ - 171,200
- Army of Two: The 40th Day (PS3) / Electronic Arts
- Wii Play (Wii) / Nintendo
- MAG (PS3) / Sony
- Darksiders (PS3) / THQ
- EA Sports Active Bundle (Wii) / Electronic Arts
- Mario Kart DS (NDS) / Nintendo
- Bayonetta (Xbox 360) / Sega
- New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) / Nintendo
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS) / Nintendo
- God of War Collection (PS3) / Sony
Wedbush released the software revenue by platform for the month. They only covered the current generation of hardware.
- Wii - $224 million
- Xbox 360 - $157 million
- PS3 - $113 million
- NDS - $83 million
- PSP - $16 million
By Revenue[]
In January 2024, Circana released updated lists for top 20 games of the month by revenue, adjusting the results to more complete trackers and combining SKUs.[1]
- Wii Fit Plus
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Mass Effect 2
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Army of Two: The 40th Day
- Wii Sports Resort
- Darksiders
- Madden NFL 10
- Wii Play
- MAG
- Bayonetta
- Assassin's Creed II
- EA Sports Active
- Just Dance
- Fit Plus
- Band Hero
- Rock Band 2
- Mario Kart Wii
- NBA 2K10
- Borderlands
External links[]
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