Updated January Sales Stats for USA and Japan

After a spectacular November and December in the USA, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sees a respectable January, securing the number one position on the software charts. 2007's number two seller, Wii Play, keeps its second place spot, beating out both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III with 298K copies sold.

Despite being a relatively down month for the Wii and Xbox 360 on the hardware side, the two consoles hold the top seven on the software side. Again, no PlayStation 2 info, but we're not sure if that's based on sales or just missing data. The top ten is after this.

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 330,900
2. Wii Play (Wii) - 298,100
3. Guitar Hero III (Wii) - 239,600
4. Rock Band (Xbox 360) - 183,800
5. Guitar Hero III (Xbox 360) - 182,700
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 172,000
7. Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360) - 144,100
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) - 140,000
9. Mario Party DS (DS) - 138,500
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 133,000

Nothing in the way of surprises there, really, though it is interesting to note that both Assassin's Creed and Halo 3, big sellers in December didn't make the top ten.

In the Japanese charts, Super Smash Bros. Brawl has already moved over a million copies in Japan, so it won't come as a shock to see it holding strong at number one in its second week. What also makes a bit more sense is the appearance of Family Ski, Namco Bandai's Wii game that's coasting on its support of the Wii balance board. After a poor debut, it reappears on the charts, this time in the top ten.
Not much else is new, outside of another Gundam sequel and a new Death Note title. Also worth noting is Devil May Cry 4 hanging tight in the top ten, but just for the PS3. The Xbox 360 version is already out of the top 30.

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 252,000 / 1,071,000
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui (PSP) - 123,000 / NEW
3. Wii Fit (Wii) - 65,000 / 1,421,000
4. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) - 32,000 / 237,000
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 26,000 / 200,000
6. Wii Sports (Wii) - 21,000 / 2,759,000
7. L: The Prologue to Death Note: Rasen no Wana (DS) - 20,000 / NEW
8. Family Ski (Wii) - 18,000 / 42,000
9. Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2) - 17,000 / 133,000
10. Mario Party DS (DS) - 16,000 / 1,617,000

Sources: NDP for the US stats and Media Create for the Japanese.