[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Jan 2-8: Ringing in the New Year

[MULTI] Americas Sales Chart, Jan 2-8: Ringing in the New Year SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 205,391 (5,009,545)
2) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - 155,296 (3,137,905)
3) Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) - 125,657 (7,214,247)
4) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 99,221 (11,229,990)
5) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 97,273 (11,719,680)
6) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) - 94,956 (2,006,937)
7) Kinect Sports (X360) - 83,581 (1,530,802)
8) Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) - 77,958 (4,260,131)
9) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 64,735 (11,399,482)
10) Mario Kart DS (DS) - 61,189 (9,665,896)
11) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (X360) - 60,348 (1,948,382)
12) Dance Central (X360) - 56,146 (1,088,586)
13) Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 52,499 (7,936,322)
14) Sports Champions (PS3) - 45,509 (1,293,622)
15) Madden NFL 11 (X360) - 44,532 (2,190,897)
16) Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii) - 38,701 (1,127,938)
17) Halo: Reach (X360) - 38,438 (5,749,416)
18) Forza Motorsport 3 (X360) - 38,349 (2,666,393)
19) Disney Epic Mickey (Wii) - 38,330 (1,047,785)
20) Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - 37,805 (1,310,011)

HARDWARE
Nintendo DS - 146,240 (53,912,906)
Xbox 360 - 145,161 (29,914,897)
Nintendo Wii - 135,273 (40,039,671)
PlayStation 3 - 98,418 (18,307,113)
Sony PSP - 50,961 (21,487,979)
PlayStation 2 - 33,582 (55,271,787)

Notes:
- The Nintendo Wii has achieved 40 million units sold in North America before either the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 hit 30 million and 20 million respectively.
- Kinect Adventures! is the 7th Xbox 360 game to sell 5 million copies in the Americas.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops is the third title to reach 10 million in worldwide sales on Xbox 360. Across all platforms, Black Ops has now passed 20 million.
- Just Dance 2 is the 14th Wii title to sell 3 million copies in the Americas, and Donkey Kong Country Returns is the 21st to sell 2 million.
- Halo: Reach was the most pre-ordered game on a single platform in 2010, selling 1.992 million pre-orders before launching with 3.056 million. Call of Duty: Black Ops was the most pre-ordered multi-platform title, with nearly 3 million pre-orders.
- Next week's major releases: DC Universe Online (PS3)

Debuts:
- Lost in Shadow (Wii) - 6,670 (#195)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Pokemon Black/White (DS) - 243,847
2) LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 193,375
3) Dragon Age II (X360) - 143,295
4) Dead Space 2 (X360) - 128,263
5) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 113,671
6) Dead Space 2 (PS3) - 99,310
7) DC Universe Online (PS3) - 94,789
8) Beyblade: Metal Fusion (DS) - 83,929
9) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 76,931
10) Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (DS) - 72,633

Written by: Mike Glubish

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