Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

After posting some of the most ridiculous sales numbers that I have ever seen for a console, Nintendo has announced that they again have topped the competition for January hardware sales.  Of course, that does not mean they sold another 3.1 million units, but all things considered, does it really even matter at this point in time.

Nintendo released a press statement today that states they sold 465,000 Wii consoles for the month of January, followed up by the many flavors of DS, coming in at 422,000.

Yes, while this is a significant drop in sales, it is still a huge number for January, which is normally a slow month.  Another thing to look at is how the Nintendo DS came damn close to becoming the number one console seller for for the first month of the year.  I am not sure how they do it, but Nintendo keeps pulling out surprise after surprise when it comes to these hardware numbers.

Now I should also say that these numbers are coming from Nintendo, and do not represent the NPD January hardware numbers, although, I feel the numbers should be right there in that range.

Nintendo Systems Retain Top Positions in January Sales

Despite inventory shortages of the Wii hardware, Nintendo systems came out on top at the beginning of 2010. Nintendo’s Wii™ home console and the family of hand-held Nintendo DS™ systems finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for the month of January, according to data from the independent NPD Group that tracks video game sales in the United States.

During January, U.S. consumers purchased more than 465,000 Wii systems and more than 422,000 systems in the Nintendo DS franchise, which includes Nintendo DS™ Lite and Nintendo DSi™.

“Holiday shoppers depleted our supplies even after our fourth holiday season,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We appreciate the nearly 900,000 consumers who turned to Nintendo to get a great value for their entertainment dollars.”

Six of the top 10 best-selling games of January play on Nintendo systems. These include New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii at No. 1 with more than 656,000 sold, Wii Fit™ Plus with the Wii Balance Board™ accessory at No. 3 with more than 368,000 sold, Mario Kart™ Wii with the Wii Wheel™ accessory at No. 5 with more than 310,000 sold, Wii Sports Resort™ with the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory at No. 6 with more than 294,000 sold, Just Dance by Ubisoft at No. 9 with more than 191,000 sold and the Wii Fit Plus disc at No. 10 with more than 186,000 sold.