Nintendo also sold another 2.4 million copies of Wii Fit Plus and 1.79 million copies of Wii Sports Resort last month, securing the top three spots on NPD's list of December's bestselling games. Nintendo had six of the top ten bestselling games for the month, representing more than 9.62 million games sold across the Wii and DS platforms.

And that's just in the top ten.

The Xbox 360 had three of the top ten, with Modern Warfare 2 moving another 1.63 million, Assassin's Creed II (783.1K) and Left 4 Dead 2 (728.5K) also charting high. Modern Warfare 2 represented the PlayStation 3's only top ten showing, another million-plus copies sold.

Here's the tally, from 11/29/09 - 1/2/10, according to the NPD Group.

01. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 2,820,000
02. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 2,410,000
03. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 1,790,000
04. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) - 1,630,000
05. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) - 1,120,000
06. Wii Play (Wii) - 1,010,000
07. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 936,1000
08. Assassin's Creed II (Xbox 360) - 783,1000
09. Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) - 728,500
10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS) - 656,700

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11. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
12. New Super Mario Bros.
13. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS
14. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Wii
15. Madden NFL 10 (360)
16. Scribblenauts
17. Mario Kart DS
18. Assassin's Creed II (PS3)
19. Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
20. Just Dance

Video game software sales for December '09 totaled $2.58 billion USD. That's good, but still down from December '08, which saw software sales reach $2.77 billion USD.

In December, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold another 2.82 million copies to U.S. consumers, pushing the game past the 4 million mark in the United States, according to the NPD Group. That's the start of good news for Nintendo.

In the hardware arena, Nintendo hardware dominated the holidays last year, with the Wii and Nintendo DS crushing the hardware competition, according to new sales figures from the NPD Group.

The Wii alone outsold the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP and PlayStation 2 combined, moving 3.81 million units in the United States last month. It was followed closest by the Nintendo DS and DSi, with 3.31 million sales (combined) for the portable platform.

Those impressive Wii and DS sales destroyed last year's Christmas haul, when the two platforms combined to sell over 5 million units. This year's boost was likely due to better Wii availability, the new $199 USD price and the help of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Sony bested Microsoft in December, the PlayStation 3 outselling the Xbox 360 by about 50,000 units. The PSP and PlayStation 2 combined for nearly 1 million units sold.

Here's the tally, from 11/29/2009 - 1/2/2010, according to the NPD Group.

1. Wii - 3,810,000
2. Nintendo DS - 3,310,000
3. PlayStation 3 - 1,360,000
4. Xbox 360 - 1,310,000
5. PSP - 654,700
6. PlayStation 2 - 333,2000

Video game hardware sales for December 2009 totaled $2.19 billion USD, up 16% from December 2008's take of $1.89 billion.

via Kotaku