NPD: January Sales

January 2011 sales are down 5% from January 2010. Total US Games Sales reached $1.16B, versus 2010's 1.228B.

Video games sales totaled $1.18B in January 2010 and are down 4% for $1.14B.

Hardware sales: An 8% shift downward to $324.0MM.

Software sales: 5% decline to $576.0MM

Accessories saw a 6% rise to $235.1MM

That brings the total software sales down 6% from January 2010 to $603.1MM.

Top 10 Games, All platforms:

1 - Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, WII, NDS, PC), Activision Blizzard
2 - Just Dance 2 (WII), Ubisoft
3 - Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC), Electronic Arts
4 - Little Big Planet 2 (PS3), Sony
5 - Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (WII, 360, PS3), Majesco
6 - NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PSP, WII, PS2, PC), Take 2 Interactive
7 - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3), Ubisoft
8 - Dance Central (360), MTV Games
9 - Michael Jackson The Experience (WII, DS, PSP), Ubisoft
10 - DC Universe Online: The Next Legend Is You (PS3, PC), Sony
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Numbers unconfirmed by NPD:
3 - Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC), Electronic Arts, 452K
4 - Little Big Planet 2 (PS3), Sony, 353K
10 - DC Universe Online: The Next Legend Is You (PS3, PC), Sony, 195K

Xbox 360 - 381,000 (+15%)
Wii - 319,000 (-32%)
PS3 - 267,000 (-3.6%)