After the prosperous month of December, industry sales have fallen back into a slump. Combined hardware and software figures from NPD for January show a 13 percent year-on-year decline, with lone hardware sales taking a 21 percent hit compared to 2008. Definitely not something to pumped up about.

On the bright side of things, it wasn’t a terrible month for software. Categorically, sales were still down compared to last year, but New Super Mario Bros. and BioWare’s critically acclaimed decision-making RPG opus Mass Effect 2 both shifted over a half million units. Well deserved earnings all across the board. See the full breakdown of figures past the cut.

Hardware Units – December 09

PlayStation 2    333.2K
PlayStation 3    1.36M
PSP    654.7K
Xbox 360    1.31M
Wii    3.81M
Nintendo DS    3.31M

Top 10 VG Console/Portable SKU’s December 2009

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII 2.82M
WII FIT PLUS*    WII 2.41M
WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS*    WII 1.79M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2*    360 1.63M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2*    PS3 1.12M
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE    WII 1.01M
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL    WII 936.1K
ASSASSIN’S CREED II    360 783.1K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2    360 728.5K
MARIO & LUIGI: BOWSER’S INSIDE STORY    NDS 656.7K

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