Below are industry hardware and software sales figures for the month of January, care of the NPD Group. It was a predictable month, hardware sales tapered off across the board in comparison to the extremely busy months of November and December. Still, on the whole, overall sales went up 13 percent compared to last year’s figures, resulting in a $1.33 billion month for the industry.

Microsoft managed to outsell the PS3, while Nintendo led the pack with combined Wii and Nintendo DS sales of over one million units. PS2 sales appear to be dwindling — it nearly fell short of the 100K mark in January. For a number breakdown, look past the jump.

Hardware Unit Sales
PlayStation 2 101.2K
PlayStation 3 203.2K
PSP 172.3K
Xbox 360 309K
Wii 679.2K
Nintendo DS 510.8K

Top 10 SKU’s January 2009
Title Publisher Platform Rank # Units
WII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 1 777K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 2 415K
MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 3 292K
LEFT 4 DEAD ELECTRONIC ARTS 360 4 243K
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD* 360 5 235K
SKATE 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS 360 6 199K
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD WII 7 155K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 8 135K
MARIO KART DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 9 132K
LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST ELECTRONIC ARTS 360 10 113K

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Dollar Sales Jan-09 Jan-08 CHG
Video Games $1.33 Billion $1.18 Billion 13%
Video Games Hardware $445.4 Million $380.3 Million 17%
Video Games Software $676.6 Million $614.7 Million 10%
Video Game Accessories $209.8 Million $188.3 Million 11%

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