The EA Partners-published, 38 Studios/Big Huge Games RPG is the first new RPG series to debut at number one in nearly 12 years since Pokemon Red, and is the first new IP altogether to debut up top since Dead Island last September.

Other new entry The Darkness II came in behind Final Fantasy XIII-2 in third. We’ve a piece on the Digital Extremes shooter going up soon.

The top five is rounded off by Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and FIFA 12.

Atlus romantic thriller Catherine, published here by Deep Silver, came just inside the top 20, while EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis 2 debuted at 26.

Here’s the top ten for the week ending February 11. Last week’s data is here.

1. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
2. Final Fantasy XIII-2.
3. The Darkness 2
4. Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
5. FIFA 12
6. Battlefield 3
7. Modern Warfare 3
8. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
9. Skyrim
10. Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympics

As with the NPD charts in the US, the lack of new releases was a contributing factor to UK’s decline, where as in January 2011 the month was bolstered by the releases of Dead Space 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2.

FIFA 12 was the best-selling game for the month in the region, followed by Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3. The only new release in the top 50 was Resident Evil: Revelations which released in Europe on January 27.

In total 2,781,786 games were sold at UK retail in January, which is a 27.7% decline compared to the year prior.

Combined software, hardware and accessory sales dropped from $1.14 billion in January 2011 to $750.6 million, a 34% decrease.

Software sales amounted to $355.9 million with hardware coming in at $199.5 million, each representing a 38% year-on-year decrease. Accessories dropped 18% to $195.2 million.

NPD analyst Liam Callahan noted that the NPD’s figures cover only traditional retail channels, and noted a probable consumer spend of $350 million to $450 million on digital and online channels.

Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said January 2012′s sales are lower than those of January 2004.

Software
Callahan said the percentage of sales accounted for by new releases dropped a startling 99%.

“Games like Dead Space 2, Little Big Planet 2, and DC Universe Online ranked within the top ten last year, making for a poor comparison in January ’12 where there were no major releases,” he said.

“As shoppers were not drawn to stores due to new launch activity, this potentially impacted additional software purchases made on impulse.”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 took the number one position for the third consecutive month since it’s launch. Activision’s successes didn’t end there – surprise mega-hit Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures continued to sell through the post-holiday lull, taking the eighth spot.

Shooter rival Battlefield 3 also maintained sales, coming in fifth, but it was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which proved the strongest rival to Modern Warfare 3′s crown, in second place.

3DS was under-represented, with just one exclusive entry, but beleaguered publisher THQ will be happy to see Saints Row: The Third proving a reliable meal-ticket.

The top ten best-selling games across all platforms are listed below.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC, PS3, Wii, X360)
2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, X360)
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, PS3, X360)
4. NBA 2K12 (PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360)
5. Battlefield 3 (PC, PS3, X360)
6. Madden NFL 12 (PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360)
7. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
8. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures (3DS, PC, PS3, Wii, X360)
9. Zumba Fitness 2: Party Yourself (Wii)
10. Saints Row: The Third (PC, PS3, X360)

Platform Wars

Microsoft revealed that Xbox 360 shifted 270,000 units during January, a 29% decrease on December. The company claimed to hold a 49% market share on hardware sales, putting combined PS3, Wii and 3DS sales at around 280,000 – a significant drop on last year’s hardware sales, despite the addition of a new handheld.

January is the Xbox 360′s 13th consecutive month as the best-selling console in the US during January.

“Historically, after several years in the console lifecycle there is a softening of demand, but Xbox 360 continues to defy that convention. Xbox 360 has found new ways to extend the lifecycle of the console by re-imagining entertainment and delivering new technologies like Kinect for Xbox 360, a new Xbox dashboard, and new entertainment content partners in 2011,” the company said in a statement.

Microsoft claims a platform total retail spend of $301 million – the 11th consecutive month the Xbox 360 has out-performed all comers.

“In 2012, Xbox 360 will again launch blockbuster games, including additions to the famed Halo and Fable franchises. The more than 50 Xbox LIVE entertainment partners will continue to expand with many more launching this year. Xbox 360 will also launch entirely new ways to interact with favorite television shows with groundbreaking experiences like Kinect Sesame Street TV and Nat Geo TV, forever changing the way people interact with entertainment,” the company said in closing.

Sony didn’t have much to boast of this month, but it did out-perform its own expectations.

“Following a strong December at retail, PlayStation continued the momentum in January through multi-retailer promotions such as ‘Play Days’ where we saw a 2x lift over forecast in peripheral sales and solid results for the PlayStation 3,” senior corporate communication’s director Patrick Seybold said.

“February will be a landmark month for PlayStation and the gaming industry with the launch of PlayStation Vita on February 22. Pre-order sales for PS Vita and the launch lineup of 25 titles continue to accelerate as more consumers seek the ultimate in handheld gameplay.”

Capcom’s 3DS shooter moved 43,575, bringing lifetime sales in Japan for RE: Revelations to 190,134. New release Soulcalibur V moved 34,328 units on PS3 and 7,679 units on Xbox 360, for a combined total of 42,007 units.

Other debuts for the week were: Photokano on PSP, Ragnarok Odyssey for Vita, Super Mario 3D Land on 3DS, Gran Turismo 5 Spec II and Dragon Age II on PS3, and Monster Hunter Frontier Online 3 on Xbox 360.

On the hardware side of things, PS3 and Xbox 360 were the only offerings to show growth, with each console moving 999 units and 147 units, respectively, over the prior week.

3DS sales were down 9,771 units week-over-week, but still managed to top the hardware chart. Wii sales fell by 1,58 units, and older DSi units moved a combined 1,759 units compared to last week’s 1,918 units combined.

The full top 20 for the week ending February 5 with LtD sales in parentheses is posted below. Last week’s chart can be found here.

1. [3DS] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom, 01/26/12) – 43,575 (190,134)
2. [PS3] Soulcalibur V (Namco Bandai, 02/02/12) – 34,328 – NEW
3. [PSP] Photokano (Kadokawa Games, 02/02/12) – 34,095 – NEW
4. [PSV] Ragnarok Odyssey (GungHo Online Entertainment, 02/02/12) -33,496 – NEW
5. [PS3] Armored Core V (From Software, 01/26/12) – 30,775 (194,681)
6. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 26,791 (1,460,749)
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom, 12/10/11) – 24,128 (1,211,026)
8. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03/11) – 22,817 – NEW
9. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Spec II (Sony Computer Entertainment, 02/02/12) – 21,416 – NEW
10. [PS3] Dragon Age II (Spike, 02/02/12) – 19,928 – NEW
11. [3DS] Rhythm Thief R (Sega, 01/19/12) – 9,511 (56,037)
12. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online 3 (Capcom, 02/01/12) – 9,047 – NEW
13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Shine / Dark (Level-5, 12/15/11) – 8,960
14. [PSV] Tales of Innocence R (Namco Bandai, 01/26/12) – 8,397 (63,250)
15. [Wii] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13/11) – 7,851 (527,050)
16. [360] Soulcalibur V (Namco Bandai, 02/02/12) – 7,679 – NEW
17. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) (Capcom, 09/22/11) – 6,875 (185,853)
18. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11/11/10) – 5,635 (862,118)
19. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15/11) – 5,336 (774,415)
20. [PS3] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/08) – 5,068 (3,500,168)

The full hardware chart with last week’s sales in parentheses is below.

• 3DS – 75,018 (84,789)
• PS3 – 23,293 (22,294)
• PSV – 17,141 (18,942)
• PSP – 15,847 (16,008)
• Wii – 8,814 (10,396)
• X360 – 1,382 (1,235)
• DSi LL – 1,090 (1,180)
• DSi – 669 (738)
• PS2 – 481 (713)

FIFA drops to fourth thanks to the release of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in second and Battlefield 3 gaining two spots in third.

Other new entry Soul Calibur V came in fifth. The rest of the charts are otherwise movers and shakers.

Top ten for the week ending February 4 is below. Last week’s data is here.

• 1 – Final Fantasy XIII-2
• 2 – Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
• 3 – Battlefield 3
• 4 – FIFA 12
• 5 – Soul Calibur V
• 6 – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• 7 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• 8 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 9 – Just Dance 3
• 10 – Saints Row: The Third

Armored Core V topped the charts with 163,906 units moved on PS3, and the Xbox 360 version landed at number six with 24,719 units sold.

Resident Evil Revelations hit 3DS running with 146,559 units moved, and Tales of Innocence R moved 54,853 units for the three spot, which gave Vita a title in the top 20 once more.

The other debut for the week, Namco’s PSP title Gundam Mokuba no Kiseki, landed at 11 with 9,121 units sold.

Over on the hardware end, last week, PS2 and Xbox 360 were the only systems to show growth; however, Media Create’s latest figures show the growth was sort-lived, as both declined in sales for the week.

PSP and its handheld competitors DSi and DSi LL also saw a sales decline during the period. Wii and PS3 sales were up slightly over the prior week, but 3DS and Vita were the clear winners in the growth department with an extra 3,829 and 3,723 units moved, respectively, over the prior week.

The full top 20 for the week ending January 29 with LtD sales in parentheses is posted below. Last week’s chart can be found here.

1. [PS3] Armored Core V (From Software, 01.26.2012): 163,906 (NEW)
2. [3DS] Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom, 01.26.2012): 146,559 (NEW)
3. [PSV] Tales of Innocence R (Namco Bandai, 01.26.2012): 54,853 (NEW)
4. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 29,230 (1,433,958)
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 27,032 (1,186,898)
6. [360] Armored Core V (From Software, 01.26.2012): 24,719 (NEW)
7. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 23,003 (1,288,495)
8. [PS3] Idolmaster Anime & G4U Pack V.4 (Namco 01.26.2012): 18,179 (NEW)
9. [3DS] Rhythm Thief (Nintendo, 01.26.2012): 14,928 (46,526)
10. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12.15.2011): 10,479 (370,804)
11. [PSP] Gundam Mokuba no Kiseki (Namco Bandai, 01.26.2012): 9,121 (NEW)
12. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10.13.2011): 7,837 (519,199)
13. [PS3] Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12.22.2011): 7,419 (355,033)
14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable the Best (Capcom, 09.22.2011): 7,072 (178,978)
15. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12.15.2011): 6,405 (769,079)
16. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo, 07.08.2010): 6,280 (2,279,598)
17. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11.11.2010): 6,056 (856,483)
18. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 02.26.2011): 5,397 (487,201)
19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04.10.2008): 5,326 (3,495,100)
20. [WII] Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10.27.2011): 4,873 (590,133)

The full hardware chart with last week’s sales in parentheses is below, courtesy of Andriasang.

• 3DS: 84,789 (80,960)
• PS3: 22,924 (21,155)
• PSV: 18,942 (15,219)
• PSP: 16,008 (17,181)
• Wii: 10,396 (10,173)
• X360: 1,235 (1,588)
• DSi LL: 1,180 (1,200)
• DSi: 738 (822)
• PS2: 713 (903)

The Capcom 3DS horror entered at sixth following its release last week.

The rest of the line-up is all movers and shakers, with last week’s number nine Rayman Origins shunted out of the top ten. It’s now found itself in 12th.

The top ten for the week ending January 28 is below. Last week’s data is here.

• 1 – FIFA 12
• 2 – Modern Warfare 3
• 3 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 4 – Just Dance 3
• 5 – Battlefield 3
• 6 – Resident Evil: Revelations
• 7 – Zumba Fitness
• 8 – Saints Row: The Third
• 9 – Assassin’s Creed; Revelations
• 10 – Zumba Fitness 2

Furthermore, no software titles represented the system on Media Create’s top 20, as PS3 and PSP claimed three titles each and Xbox 360 had a software title in the top five, D3′s Onechanbara Z Kagura, which helped boots sales of the hardware by 69 units over the week prior.

The rest of the chart was was dominated by titles for 3DS and Wii, which had seven and six on offer, respectively.

Debuts for the period included Rhythm Thief and Onechanbara Z Kagura, which sold 31,598 and 22,013 units, respectively. Other debuts for the week were Heroes Phantasia and Beyond the Labyrinth, each moving under 16,000 units.

Mario Kart 7 was the clear winner though with 35,105 units sold, bringing its LtD total since releasing in December to 1,404,728 units.

Sales of current generation systems were down overall across the board, except, as noted above for Xbox 360. However, PS2 sales increased over the prior week by 137 units.

It’s unclear at present why PS2 had a boost in sales given the information provided to us at press time.

The full top 20 for the week with LtD sales in parentheses is posted below. Last week’s chart can be found here.

1. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 35,105 (1,404,728)
2. [3DS] Rhythm Thief (Sega, 01/19): 31,598 <- NEW
3. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 31,369 (1,159,866)
4. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 26,051 (1,265,491)
5. [360] Onechanbara Z Kagura (D3 Publisher, 01/19): 22,013 <- NEW
6. [PSP] Heroes Phantasia (Namco Bandai, 01/19): 15,163 <- NEW
7. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 14,190 (360,325)
8. [3DS] Beyond the Labyrinth (Konami, 01/19): 14,176 <- NEW
9. [PSP] Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II (Namco Bandai, 01/12): 11,598 (93,494)
10. [PS3] Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 10,690 (347,614)
11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 8,706 (762,674)
12. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 8,315 (511,363)
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best(Cacpom, 09/22): 8,126 (171,906)
14. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 7,133 (2,273,318)
15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 6,594 (850,426)
16. [WII] Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 6,162 (585,260)
17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/2008): 6,137 (3,489,774)
18. [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Dubbed Version (Square Enix, 12/22): 5,945 (96,391)
19. [3DS] Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo, 02/26): 5,932 (481,804)
20. [WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai, Wii, 10/20): 5,460 (221,639)

The full hardware chart with last week’s sales in parentheses is below, courtesy of Andriasang.

• 3DS: 80,960 (100,668)
• PS3: 21,155 (30,332)
• PSP: 17,181 (22,538)
• PSV: 15,219 (18,361)
• Wii: 10,173 (14,179)
• X360: 1,588 (1,519)
• DSi LL: 1,200 (1,515)
• PS2: 903 (766)
• DSi: 822 (1,206)

PSN titles rounding out the top five downloadable games were: Resident Evil 4, Infamous Festival of Blood, Back to the Future: The Game – Full Series, and Dungeon Hunter: Alliance.

Black Ops DLC took the first three spots on the download chart, followed by MLB 11 The Show Road to the Show Training Points and FIFA Soccer 12 Premium Gold Pack, respectively.

The charts are posted below.

Top 10 best-selling PSN Games of 2011 (digital only):

1. Tetris
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Infamous Festival of Blood
4. Back to the Future: The Game – Full Series
5. Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
6. Castle Crashers
7. Limbo
8. Battlefield 1943
9. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
10. Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Top 10 paid downloads from the PlayStation Store in 2011 (including paid PS Plus offerings):

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation: Content Pack 2
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation: Content Pack 3
4. MLB 11 The Show Road to the Show Training Points
5. FIFA Soccer 12 Premium Gold Pack
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection: Content Pack 4
7. Angry Birds (PlayStation Mini)
8. FUT – Premium Gold Pack
9. MLB 10 The Show Road to the Show Training Points
10. FIFA Soccer 12 Premium Gold Jumbo

The top selling games for PSN and the PS Store can be found through here.

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The basic chart will be made public with more detailed figures available to companies which share the data with UKIE.

“UKIE is committed to measuring the size of the digital games market and is delighted to announce that it will be launching a public beta of the UKIE PC Download Chart in February,” said UKIE CEO Jo Twist.

“Having this digital data alongside our UKIE Games Charts for boxed products, will allow the games industry to lobby government even more effectively, and allow our members to make informed and fact based commercial decisions.”

UKIE will continue to provide boxed game sales figures with GfK Chart-Track, and a chart featuring PSN and Xbox Live sales is the works. You can view the full press release here.

Thanks, MCV.

The utterly fantastic Ubisoft platformer enters at nine, just ahead of Bethesda’s RAGE.

For FIFA, it’s now on its seventh week at the top if you include the two weeks it was there since its launch in October last year. It’s now the highest grossing sports game in the UK ever.

The rest of the top five consists of Skyrim, Just Dance 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3.

Find the top ten for the week ending January 21 below. Last week’s data is here.

• 1 – FIFA 12
• 2 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 3 – Just Dance 3
• 4 – Modern Warfare 3
• 5 – Battlefield 3
• 6 – Zumba Fitness
• 7 – Saints Row: The Third
• 8 – Zumba Fitness 2
• 9 – Rayman Origins
• 10 – RAGE

In Japan, Vita saw an upswing at launch, but sales have progressively dropped ever since:

• Launch: 324,859
• Week 2: 72,479
• Week 3: 42,648
• Week 4: 18,361

For the week ending January 15, the holiday sales drop not only affected Vita, but 3DS as well, with unit sales for the handheld dropping 50% over the week prior, despite still maintaining the top spot on the hardware chart.

Media Create has stopped reporting sales of DS Lite, which last week only sold 28 units in the region.

PS3 and PSP, which landed in second and thrid place, respectively, also saw a drop in sales.

The full hardware chart with last week’s sales in parentheses is below, courtesy of Andriasang.

• 3DS: 100,668 (197,952)
• PS3: 30,332 (67,199)
• PSP: 22,538 (62,746)
• PSV: 18,361 (42,648)
• Wii: 14,179 (33,208)
• DSi LL: 1,515 (3,356)
• X360: 1,519 (2,453)
• DSi: 1,206 (2,418)
• PS2: 766 (1,659)

The software chart for the same period was topped by the aforementioned Namco title for PSP, but it wasn’t the only debut for the week, Tecmo’s Spirit Camera and Namco Ace Combat 3D were also new to charts.

Mario Kart 7, Monster Hunter 3G, Super Mario 3D Land, and Inazuma Eleven Go helped Super Robot Taise round out the top 5.

The full top 20 for the week with LtD sales in parentheses is posted below.

• [PSP] 01. Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II (Namco Bandai, 01/12): 81,996 <- NEW
• [3DS] 02. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 52,266 (1,369,623)
• [3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 44,644 (1,128,498)
• [3DS] 04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 40,154 (1,239,440)
• [3DS] 05. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 20,777 (346,135)
• [PS3] 06. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 20,409 (336,925)
• [3DS] 07. Spirit Camera (Nintendo, 01/12): 16,351 <- NEW
• [PS3] 08. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 14,407 (753,968)
• [3DS] 09. Ace Combat 3D Cross Rumble (Namco Bandai, 01/12): 12,819 <- NEW
• [WII] 10. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 12,370 (503,048)
• [WII] 11. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 10,076 (843,833)
• [WII] 12. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 9,383 (2,266,185)
• [PSP] 13. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best(Cacpom, 09/22): 9,342 (163,780)
• [WII] 14. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai,, 11/23): 9,049 (206,052)
• [WII] 15. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/2008): 8,978 (3,483,638)
• [WII] 16. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 8,931 (579,098)
• [WII] 17. Go Vacation (Namco Bandai,, 10/20): 8,162 (216,180)
• [3DS] 18. Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo, 02/26): 7,958 (475,872)
• [PS3] 19. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Dubbed Version (Square Enix, 12/22): 7,772 (90,446)
• [WII] 20. Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme (Level-5, 12/22): 6,716 (134,126)

Modern Warfare 3 was far less popular on the digital side, but rival Battlefield 3 performed well in both realms.

While multiplatform titles appear on both lists the digital chart plays host to a number of PC-exclusives, as well as titles more strongly favoured by PC gamers than their console kin, like Crysis 2.

The retailer released both lists to Joystiq, and you can look over them below.

Physical (all platforms, collector’s editions are not included)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2. Just Dance 3
3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. Battlefield 3
5. Batman: Arkham City
6. Madden NFL 12
7. Portal 2
8. Just Dance 2
9. Gears of War 3
10. FIFA Soccer 12

Digital
1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2. Battlefield 3
3. The Sims 3
4. Battlefield Bad Company 2
5. Sid Meir’s Civilization V
6. Dead Island
7. Total War: Shogun 2
8. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
9. Crysis 2
10. Dragon Age 2

Thanks, GameInformer.

The figures, published by 4Gamer, show 3DS sold 4.1 million units for the year between January 3, 2011 and January 1, 2012, with sales for December at 1.6 million units. The handheld launched in late February 2011 in Japan.

PSP came second for the year with 2.06 million units, followed by PS3 in third with 1.5 million units.

On software, Mario Kart 7 sold 1.16 million units to lead the way, followed by Super Mario 3D Land with 1.08 million copies. The top five is rounded off by Monster Hunter 3G for 3DS, Final Fantasy Type-0 on PSP and the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Find both yearly hardware and software lists below, with more stats over on Andriasang.

Hardware:

• 3DS – 4,282,143
• PSP – 2,063,609
• PS3 – 1,548,895
• Wii – 883,586
• PlayStation Vita – 439,986
• DSi LL – 346,736
• DSi – 290,326
• Xbox 360 – 115,548
• PS2 – 78,015
• DSL – 20,724
• PSPgo – 15,563

Software:

1. Mario Kart 7 – 1,160,169
2. Super Mario 3D Land – 1,080,192
3. Monster Hunter 3G – 985,498
4. Final Fantasy Type-0 – 746,203
5. Final Fantasy XIII-2 – 704,236
6. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – 682,651
7. Rhythm Heaven – 654,403
8. Tales of Xillia – 627,346
9. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional – 602,664
10. Wii Sports Resort – 579,220

The EA Sports title, in its sixth week in first overall, beat off Just Dance 3 and Skyrim to the top spot, with Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 rounding off the top five.

And no, your eyes do not deceive you. Both Zumba Fitness games are alongside each other in the charts, with Zumba 1 in sixth and Zumba 2 in seventh.

Full top ten for the week ending January 14 is below. Last week’s data is here.

• 1 – FIFA 12
• 2 – Just Dance 3
• 3 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 4 – Battlefield 3
• 5 – Modern Warfare 3
• 6 – Zumba Fitness
• 7 – Zumba Fitness 2
• 8 – RAGE
• 9 – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• 10 – Need for Speed; The Run

“Overall industry results are not entirely surprising given that we are on the back end of the current console lifecycle, combined with the continued digital evolution of gaming,” noted NPD’s Anita Frazier. “Core gamers continue to be engaged and spend on established franchises across both the digital and physical format using multiple devices for different gaming occasions.”

Hardware sales plummet 28%

Hardware sales were down 28% year-over-year to $1.32 billion compared to 2010′s $1.84 billion, a $520 million difference.

“Hardware was particularly hard hit in December,” noted Fraiser. “Normally, we see sales increase from November to December on an average sales per week basis (keeping in mind December is a 5-week retail month as compared to November which is a four-week retail month).

“The 3DS and the DS were the only platforms to realize a unit sales increase versus November, which is highly unusual since typically all platforms enjoy a lift in the biggest month at retail.”

Xbox 360 sold 1.7 million units in December, a decline of 8.6%, making it the tenth consecutive month the console held a over 40% market share. It’s now been the top-selling console in the US for 12 straight months.

Microsoft estimated that approximately half of December’s retail spend on games, consoles and accessories went toward Xbox 360 products, totaling more than $1.5 billion. The firm now boasts an overall 46% of total console market share in the US.

Sony responded to tonight’s figures, saying PS3 had a “banner 2011″ with an increase in hardware and peripheral sales. Sony, as previously reported this week, sold 6.5 million units of hardware worldwide in 2011.

Accessories sales also showed a 27% year-over-year decline, with NPD reporting $628.7 million for December, compared to $863.5 million in 2010.

Software down 14%

Sales in retail software showed a year-over-year decline of 14%, with sales reaching $2.04 billion compared to 2010′s $2.37 billion. Still, software sales for HD platforms were up 8% in dollars for the month.

During the month of December, seven of the top 10 titles on the NPD chart were available for Xbox 360, eight were available on PS3, and six were available for Nintendo platforms.

Nintendo has yet to release its statement.

Star Wars: The Old Republic was the 14th best-selling title in December, and while the collector’s edition sold less than the regular SKU, both generated about the same in dollar sales.

“The top 20 titles in December generated nearly half total software revenue for the month, which is very high,” said Frazier. “There is one title that would have fallen in the top 10 for December if we were ranking on an SKU basis rather than on a combined platform basis as we do now: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was the 10th best selling software SKU for the month of December.”

NPD Software Top 10

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)
3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)
4. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
5. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)
6. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)
7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC)
8. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC)
9. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
10. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)

Last year’s Modern Warfare 3 was second in the top 40 biggest entertainment properties, standing behind Adele’s 21. The Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer shooter sold 2,814,609 units in the UK compared to 3,924,985 sales of the singer’s second album, a difference of over 1 million.

The Call of Duty series as a whole has had the top spot in the chart since 2009 with Modern Warfare 2 and held onto it in 2010 with Treyarch’s Black Ops.

Other games on the top 40 list include FIFA 12 at four, Battlefield 3 at 11, Zumba Fitness at 16, Skyrim at 18, Just Dance 3 at 30 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations at 32.

A full list of the top 40 is over on MCV.

A lack of new releases

For the week ending January 8, there were no new releases in the region, so you would be forgiven for thinking the top 20 looked similar to last week’s.

Mario Kart 7 topped the chart with 157,188 units moved, and was followed by Super Mario Land 3D with 119,093 units sold. Monster Hunter 3G moved 98,355 units for the week, and the chart also saw the return of Nintendogs + Cats which landed in the 13 spot.

The full top 20 for the week with LtD sales in parentheses is posted below, courtesy of Andriasang.

• [3DS] 01. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 157,188 (1,317,357)
• [3DS] 02. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 119,093 (1,199,285)
• [3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 98,355 (1,083,853)
• [3DS] 04. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 56,134 (325,358)
• [PS3] 05. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 42,464 (316,516)
• [WII] 06. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 37,266 (490,677)
• [PS3] 07. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 35,325 (739,561)
• [WII] 08. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 33,174 (2,256,803)
• [WII] 09. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 33,040 (570,168)
• [WII] 10. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 30,783 (833,757)
• [WII] 11. Go Vacation (Namco Bandai,, 10/20): 26,852 (208,017)
• [WII] 12. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/2008): 26,346 (3,474,659)
• [3DS] 13. Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 02/26): 24,514 (467,914)
• [WII] 14. Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme (Level-5, 12/22): 23,521 (127,410)
• [WII] 15. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai,, 11/23): 23,422 (197,003)
• [NDS] 16. Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami, 12/10): 19,574 (165,962)
• [NDS] 17. One Piece Gigant Battle! 2 New World (Namco Bandai, 11/17): 18,789 (290,002)
• [PSP] 18. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, 09/22): 18,293 (154,438)
• [WII] 19. Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo, 07/21): 15,903 (670,305)
• [PSP] 20. Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 11/03): 15,689 (173,093)

3DS continues to move, Vita remains flat

3DS, as mentioned previously, topped the chart for the week with a 20% sales increase over the week prior.  Wii also saw a boost in sales, with 16,317 unit increase over last week.

PS3 came in second on the chart with a 7,260 unit increase, and was followed by PSP with 71,033 units moved in total. Vita sales were rather flat compared to last week, as the new handheld only moved an extra 267 units in comparison.

The hardware chart is posted below, with last week’s sales in parenthesis.

1. 3DS: 240,819 (197,952)
2. PS3: 74,459 (67,199)
3. PSP: 71,033 (62,746)
4. Wii: 49,525 (33,208)
5. PSV: 42,915 (42,648)
6. DSi LL: 3,971 (3,356)
7. X360: 2,738 (2,453)
8. DSi: 3,565 (2,418)
9. PS2: 1,323 (1,659)

The Infinity Ward shooter came out on top ahead of FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3.

Chart-Track games boss Dorian Bloch said revenue for half of 2011 came from games that released in Q4 2011, with at least seven games in the top ten coming out between October-December.

The remaining three – LA Noire, Zumba Fitness and FIFA 12 – came out before October.

For the platform lists, Uncharted 3, Modern Warfare 3, Zumba Fitness, Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call, FIFA 12, Super Mario 3D Land and Football Manager 2012 were the respective winners.

Full top ten all-platforms list and top five platform-specific lists are below.

2011 All Formats Chart

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA 12
Battlefield 3
Zumba Fitness
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Just Dance 3
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
L.A. Noire
Saints Row: The Third
Batman: Arkham City

2011 Nintendo Wii Chart

Zumba Fitness
Just Dance 3
Just Dance 2
Mario Kart Wii
Wii Sports Resort

2011 Sony PlayStation 3 Chart

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA 12
Battlefield 3
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Assassins Creed: Revelations

2011 XBox 360 Chart

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA 12
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Battlefield 3
Gears of War 3

2011 Nintendo DS Chart

Professor Layton And The Spectre’s Call
Pokemon White Version
Pokemon Black Version
Art Academy
Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo

2011 Sony PSP Chart

FIFA 12
FIFA 11
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge
Gran Turismo
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines

2011 Nintendo 3DS Chart

Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time 3D
Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever
Rayman 3D

2011 PC Games

Football Manager 2012
Football Manager 2011
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Sims 3
Battlefield 3

Activision’s Call of Duty franchise nabbed the three top spots on 2011′s Xbopx Live activity charts, as revealed by Major Nelson.

2010′s Black Ops took top spot, with November’s Modern Warfare 3 in second place and 2009′s Modern Warfare 2 coming in third.

2007′s Call of Duty 4 managed 14th place, and 2008′s World at War came in at 20th, giving the franchise one quarter of total ranking positions for the whole year.

Shooters in general were the flavour of the year (again), with Halo: Reach in fourth, Battlefield 3 in fifth, Gears of War 3 in seventh – and more beyond the top ten.

Age of Empires Online topped Games for Windows Live activity, while Angry Birds took out Windows Phone 7.

On the Arcade games charts, Pinball FX2 proved most popular, and Minecraft Clone FortressCraft maintained its hold on the indie scene.

See the full charts below.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Halo: Reach
5. Battlefield 3
6. Skyrim
7. Gears of War 3
8. FIFA 12
9. FIFA Soccer 11
10. Madden NFL 12
11. GTA IV
12. NBA 2K11
13. Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Battlefield 3 Beta
16. Halo 3
17. Gears of War 2
18. Forza Motorsport 4
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Call of Duty: WaW

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
1. Pinball FX2
2. Full House Poker
3. Castle Crashers
4. Fruit Ninja Kinect
5. From Dust
6. Trials HD
7. Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
8. DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST
9. Torchlight
10. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
11. Plants vs. Zombies
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. Bastion
14. LIMBO
15. Game Room
16. DEAD RISING 2: CASE ZERO
17. Peggle
18. Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale
19. Battlefield 1943
20. Beyond Good & Evil HD

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)
1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. Total Miner: Forge
3. The Impossible Game
4. Avatar Paintball
5. Toy Stunt Bike
6. CastleMiner Z
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
8. Avatar Legends
9. CastleMiner
10. Miner Dig Deep
11. Avatar Laser Wars
12. Bird Assassin
13. Voice Changer 360
14. Nuclear Wasteland
15. Avatar Karting
16. Zombie Estate
17. Avatar Drop
18. Baby Maker Extreme 2
19. College Lacrosse 2011
20. The $1 Zombie Game

Games for Windows LIVE Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)
1. Age of Empires Online
2. GTA IV
3. Batman Arkham City
4. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
5. F1 2011
6. DiRT 3
7. F1 2010
8. Fable III
9. Street Fighter IV
10. Resident Evil 5
11. AoE Online – Beta
12. Fallout 3
13. Colin McRae : Dirt 2
14. Batman: Arkham Asylum
15. Bioshock 2
16. Bulletstorm
17. Section 8: Prejudice
18. Red Faction Guerrilla
19. Dead Rising 2
20. Operation Flashpoint Red River

Windows Phone Games (based on UU’s)
1. Angry Birds
2. Fruit Ninja
3. PvZ
4. Need for Speed Undercover
5. Full House Poker
6. MONOPOLY
7. Doodle Jump
8. Bejeweled LIVE
9. Rise Of Glory
10. geoDefense
11. ilomilo
12. Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles HD
13. Sonic 4 Episode I
14. Tetris
15. Fable: Coin Golf
16. Hydro Thunder GO
17. The Harvest
18. Uno
19. Tentacles
20. The Sims 3

Thanks, That VideoGame Blog.

Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Just Dance 3 and Skyrim make up the top five.

Zumba Fitness rockets up the chart out of nowhere to six, with RAGE also doing the shuffle dance at nine.

Full top ten for the week ending January 7 is below. Last week’s data is here.

1. FIFA 12
2. Battlefield 3
3. Modern Warfare 3
4. Just Dance 3
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. Zumba Fitness
7. Need for Speed: The Run
8. Saints Row: The Third
9. RAGE
10. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

Other titles which proved rather popular were Pinball FX2, which topped the Arcade list, and FortressCraft Chapter 1 was the most popular Indie title of the year.

Age of Empires Online seemed to resonate the most with Windows Live users, and Windows Phone 7 owners were crazy about Angry Birds.

You can view each list below, courtesy of Major Nelson. Each one is based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live, or as in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during 2011.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Halo: Reach
5. Battlefield 3
6. Skyrim
7. Gears of War 3
8. FIFA 12
9. FIFA Soccer 11
10. Madden NFL 12
11. GTA IV
12. NBA 2K11
13. Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Battlefield 3 Beta
16. Halo 3
17. Gears of War 2
18. Forza Motorsport 4
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Call of Duty: WaW

Top Arcade Titles

1. Pinball FX2
2. Full House Poker
3. Castle Crashers
4. Fruit Ninja Kinect
5. From Dust
6. Trials HD
7. Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
8. DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST
9. Torchlight
10. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
11. Plants vs. Zombies
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. Bastion
14. LIMBO
15. Game Room
16. DEAD RISING 2: CASE ZERO
17. Peggle
18. Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale
19. Battlefield 1943
20. Beyond Good & Evil HD

Top Indie Games

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. Total Miner: Forge
3. The Impossible Game
4. Avatar Paintball
5. Toy Stunt Bike
6. CastleMiner Z
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
8. Avatar Legends
9. CastleMiner
10. Miner Dig Deep
11. Avatar Laser Wars
12. Bird Assassin
13. Voice Changer 360
14. Nuclear Wasteland
15. Avatar Karting
16. Zombie Estate
17. Avatar Drop
18. Baby Maker Extreme 2
19. College Lacrosse 2011
20. The $1 Zombie Game

Games for Windows LIVE Top LIVE Titles

1. Age of Empires Online
2. GTA IV
3. Batman Arkham City
4. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
5. F1 2011
6. DiRT 3
7. F1 2010
8. Fable III
9. Street Fighter IV
10. Resident Evil 5
11. AoE Online – Beta
12. Fallout 3
13. Colin McRae : Dirt 2
14. Batman: Arkham Asylum
15. Bioshock 2
16. Bulletstorm
17. Section 8: Prejudice
18. Red Faction Guerrilla
19. Dead Rising 2
20. Operation Flashpoint Red River

Windows Phone Games

1. Angry Birds
2. Fruit Ninja
3. PvZ
4. Need for Speed Undercover
5. Full House Poker
6. MONOPOLY
7. Doodle Jump
8. Bejeweled LIVE
9. Rise Of Glory
10. geoDefense
11. ilomilo
12. Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles HD
13. Sonic 4 Episode I
14. Tetris
15. Fable: Coin Golf
16. Hydro Thunder GO
17. The Harvest
18. Uno
19. Tentacles
20. The Sims 3

According to Andriasang‘s translation of Enterbrain’s data, the figures pertain to the period between December 27 2010 and December 25 2011, and represent an 8% decline from 2010′s results. The report demonstrates a downwards trend seen in previous years but does not account for digital sales.

Hardware
Hardware generated ¥179,740 million thanks to the release of the 3DS and Vita, a 2.4 % increase. The 3DS was, unsurprisingly, the best-selling console of the year with over 4 million sales, and was followed by the evergreen PSP and hometown favourite PlayStation 3.

Full data follows.

Enterbrain Japanese hardware sales (2011 / Life to date)

• 3DS: 4,135,739 / NEW
• PSP: 1,960,177 / 18,237,108
• PlayStation 3: 1,467,261 / 7,417,148
• Wii: 937,451 / 12,167,743
• DS: 711,204 / 32,835,502
• Vita: 402,794 / NEW
• Xbox 360: 114,075 / 1,520,738

Software
Software painted a grimmer scene: Revenue fell by 14% to ¥274,640. A lack of major sellers through the year may be to blame; the top two best-sellers released in December, while the bottom two are perennial favourites.

Enterbrain Japanese software sales
Life to date sales follow in parentheses.

1. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (December 1): 1,082,391
2. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (November 11): 1,042,511
3. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (December 1, 2010): 1,021,457 (4,502,446)
4. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G (December 10): 809,322
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (December 15): 697,146
6. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0 (October 27): 696,428
7. [Wii] Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (July 21): 633,429
8. [PS3] Tales of Xillia (August 9, 2009): 632,151
9. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort (May 25): 612,807 (2,732,655)
10. [Wii] Wii Party (July 8, 2010): 584,545 (2,123,773)

Thanks, Joystiq.

Overall, the total gross in the UK during the 52 weeks of 2011 came in at £2.520 billion, an overall drop of 13%. This equated to 82.0 million units sold all-told in the UK.

Total sales of console software came to £1.35 billion, with growth coming from Xbox 360 and 3DS with total hardware sales coming £646 million. Revenue from console and PC gaming accessories was £453 million, which is a 17% drop over 2010 with total sales reaching 22.4 million units, down 13%.

Motion Controller Devices accounted for around 11% of accessory units in 2011 and accounted for 27% of revenue. Total motion-enabled software across all consoles were up 6.7% in 2010 to 14.5% in 2011. The top-selling motion control software titles across all three formats in 2011 were Just Dance 3 for Wii, LittleBigPlanet 2 for PS3 and Forza Motorsport 4 for Xbox 360.

Traditional accessory units declined 23% and 27% in revenue.

“In a year when overall consumer spending was down, 2011 proved to be a better than expected year for the UK’s boxed-product games market,” said UKIE Chairman Andy Payne. “Helped by the launch of many top quality titles, particularly in quarter four, total software sales of £1.42 billion was better than many predicted.

“2011 still saw some remarkable achievements, including the release of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which exploded into UKIE Games Charts in week 45, 2011 generating £83 million and 2 million units in the UK over the first 5 days. And of course there was the launch of Nintendo’s 3DS hand-held, giving developers and publishers the chance of finding new and innovative ways to engage audiences.

“The industry looks forward to the continued popularity of cloud, mobile and casual platforms in 2012. And we’re also looking forward to the launch of Sony’s new Vita hand-held and the possible UK launch of Nintendo’s Wii U, both of which have the potential to re-ignite the console market, prior to any announcements concerning successors to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3.”

The EA Sports title saw a 34 percent increase in the charts for the week ending Christmas Eve, but had a 27 percent decrease this week.

It still beat off Modern Warfare 3 to the top, however, with the Infinity Ward shooter coming second in both weeks’ charts.

Third alternated between Just Dance 3 and Battlefield 3, with the Ubi dancer taking third in the post-Christmas chart, while the DICE super-shooter got a step on the podium for New Year’s week.

BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic debuted at the bottom end of the top ten in the chart after Christmas.

It wasn’t counted towards the Christmas number one chart. The game launched on December 20, five days before Christmas.

Find the charts for both weeks – ending Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve – below. The pre-Christmas data can be found here.

For week ending December 31:

1. FIFA 12
2. Modern Warfare 3
3. Battlefield 3
4. Just Dance 3
5. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
6. Saints Row: The Third
7. Need for Speed: The Run
8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. Mario Kart 7
10. Forza Motorsport 4

For week ending December 24

1. FIFA 12
2. Modern Warfare 3
3. Just Dance 3
4. Battlefield 3
5. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
6. Saints Row: The Third
7. Need for Speed: The Run
8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. Mario & Sonic London 2012
10. Star Wars: The Old Republic

XIII-2 topped the software list for the week ending December 18 with 524,217 copies sold. This is a marked drop compared to Final Fantasy XIII, which sold between 1 million and 1.1 million units in Japan on day one alone in 2009.

The sales are for the PS3 version, with the 360 SKU not charting in the top 20.

The highest charting Vita launch title was Hot Shots Golf 6 in seventh, followed by Uncharted: Golden Abyss at eighth.

Also debuting inside the top 20 from Vita is Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11 Hitome no Suspect, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, Dynasty Warriors Next and Lord of Apocalypse.

3DS holds off Vita in hardware battle

But Vita itself was unable to dislodge 3DS from the top of the hardware charts, with Vita selling 324,859 compared to 3DS’s 367,691.

PS3 came third with 65,119, while PSP maintained strong pace with 64,468 units sold.

The top ten software and hardware for the week ending December 18 is below. Last week’s data is here.

Thanks, GAF.

1. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) – 524.217
2. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS) – 208.427
3. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – 182.418
4. Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (3DS) – 135.259
5. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) – 112.533
6. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (Wii) – 71.028
7. Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (Vita) – 61.412
8. Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) – 48.224
9. Just Dance Wii (Wii) – 44.021
10. PokePark 2: Beyond the World (Wii) – 43.829

• 3DS – 367.691
• PlayStation Vita – 324.859
• PS3 – 65.119
• PSP – 64.468
• Wii – 60.916
• DSi LL – 5.600
• DSi – 3.523
• DS Lite – 32