January NPDs: Wii and DS Continue to Dominate; Surprise!

Though sales slow down after the frenzied holiday season, the relative placement of hardware sales didn't see much of a change in January. Once again, the Nintendo systems combined sold more than every other system put together. Again, the Nintendo systems took top billing, the Xbox 360 in the middle, and the PlayStation family at the bottom. The Wii overtook the DS in sales, and the PlayStation 3 swapped places with the PlayStation Portable, putting the high-powered console at the top of its namesake's line. The full list of numbers for both January 2009 and December 2008 are as follows: January 2009 Hardware Sales Wii -- 679,200 Nintendo DS -- 510,800 Xbox 360 -- 309,000 PlayStation 3 -- 203,200 PlayStation Portable -- 172,300 PlayStation 2 -- 101,200 December 2008 Hardware Sales Nintendo DS -- 3,040,000 Wii -- 2,150,000 Xbox 360 -- 1,440,000 PlayStation Portable -- 1,020,000 PlayStation 3 ... (link)