The official January NPD Thread

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TheSource said:

From IGN

February 14, 2008 - The NPD Group, which tracks videogame software sales, released its data report for the month of January and, once again, Nintendo's home console was the best-selling system during the time frame. Despite severe hardware shortages – supply was so limited, in fact, that Nintendo was forced to hand out vouchers to consumers interested in Wii – approximately 274,000 gamers picked up the console in January. Surprisingly, the second best-seller was not the company's DS handheld, but PlayStation 3 with nearly 270,000 units sold. PlayStation 2 took third with about 265,000 units sold. DS was the fourth best-seller with roughly 252,000 units sold, PSP fifth with 230,000 sold and Microsoft's Xbox 360 trailed them all with about 229,000 in sales. Is Xbox 360 doomed? Yeah – probably not. Keep in mind that all of the aforementioned systems sold within 50,000 units of each other.

Wii and DS accounted for five of the 10 top best-selling games in January, according to NPD. The biggest performer for the month was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 370 with about 328,000 in sales. Wii Play was number 2 with 298,000 in sales. Guitar Hero III for Wii was number three with another 240,000 in sales. Super Mario Galaxy was number four with another 172,000 sold. Xbox 360's Rock Band was number five with 171,000 in sales. Guitar Hero 3 for Xbox 360 (167,000), Burnout Paradise (144,000), Call of Duty 4 for PS3 (139,000), Mario Party DS (138,000) and Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (133,000) rounded out the top 10 best sellers.

Guitar Hero III for Wii has sold nearly 1.5 million copies since it debuted in November despite having a major sound bug. Activision has recently started sending out replacement copies of the game to consumers who asked for them.

We're saddened to report that since their simultaneous release last November, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has sold 626,000 copies and Carnival Games 655,000 copies. On a brighter note, though, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles has topped the 300,000 mark in sales domestically. Meanwhile, Wii Play has amassed 4.4 million in sales since its release -- a feat that can be attributed to the included Wii remote.

Speaking of peripherals, approximately 375,000 people picked up Wii's nunchuk attachment in January, making it the best-selling piece of hardware for the month.

We're saddened to report that since their simultaneous release last November, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has sold 626,000 copies and Carnival Games 655,000 copies.