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Call Of Duty: Black Ops And Just Dance 2 Lead January Game Sales
The NPD Group's January report details the top ten games and a decline across the board compared to last year.
According to the report (which doesn't not include all industry sales including digital downloads) the top ten games of January 2011 are as follows:
1) Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)
2) Just Dance 2 (Wii)
3) Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC)
4) Little Big Planet 2 (PS3)
5) Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, 360, PS3)
6) NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PSP, Wii, PS2, PC)
7) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3)
8) Dance Central (360)
9) Michael Jackson The Experience (Wii, DS, PSP)
10) DC Universe Online: The Next Legend Is You (PS3, PC)
Total gaming sales including hardware, software, and accessories, have dropped 5 percent from $1.22 billion to $1.16 billion compared to January of last year.
Hardware sales alone fell 4 percent from $1.18 billion to $1.14 billion and software dropped 6 percent from $644.9 million to 603.1 million compared to January 2010.
The reporting period ranged from January 2 through January 29.
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