NPD of 2010 report

Now you're all wondering "Hey Reporter. The NPD of January is out. Where is it?" Hold your horses everyone. Before we get to that, I'd like to review last year.

First off, the Hardware. 2010 was a great year for the X-Box 360. Not so much for the Wii. Until what happened in December when the Wii overtook the 360, spoiling the 360's chance of taking the Wii's crown. As a result, this happened.

Nintendo DS - 8.56 million
Nintendo Wii – 7.07 million
X-Box 360 – 6.76 million
Playstation 3 – 4.33 million

Interesting is that the 360 is the only one that grew in sales. The DS, Wii and PS3 went down. The PSP numbers were not listed(They would be a bit more than 1.5M) after the PSP sales were not listed. Personally, I blame this on people buying the DS more than the PSP.

Microsoft came close to beating Nintendo on the Console side, but even the Wii still managed to slip past Microsoft and dominate in the Console Sales. Sony finishes last again and with new problems sprouting up for the PS3, it could really hurt the little guy that is Kaz Hirai.

Finally, software. We all know what's number 1. Courtesy of NeoGAF

01. Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
02. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) ELECTRONIC ARTS
03. Halo: Reach** (360) MICROSOFT
04. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) NINTENDO
05. Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
06. Wii Fit Plus** (Wii) NINTENDO
07. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT
08. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2** (360, PS3, PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
09. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) UBISOFT
10. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE

Call of Duty was once against the Number one sold game and this time it was the new Black Ops. Madden NFL also proved to be a dominating factor with Halo Reach right behind them. Interestingly, New Super Mario Bros Wii of 2009 also made it on the list with Red Dead Redemption behind that. Wii Fit Plus is Nintendo's other title in the Top 10 and Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 right behind. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from 2009 also did well. Rounding out the Top 10 are Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and NBA 2K11.

With that out of the way, bring on 2011 and the first NPD of that month. Yeah I bet Microsoft will 1up Nintendo.