Xbox 360 Maintains Its Lead For 25th Month In A Row In U.S.

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Feb 14, 2013 03:50 pm

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These were the top-selling games in the U.S. in January 2013, according to the NPD Group:

Rank	Title	System	Publisher
01.	Call of Duty: Black Ops 2	360, PS3, Wii U, PC	Activision Blizzard
02.	Far Cry 3	360, PS3, PC	Ubisoft
03.	Just Dance 4	Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U	Ubisoft
04.	NBA 2K13	360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC	Take 2
05.	Madden NFL 13	360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U	Electronic Arts
06.	DmC Devil May Cry	PS3, 360	Capcom
07.	Halo 4	360	Microsoft
08.	Assassin’s Creed III	360, PS3, Wii U, PC	Ubisoft
09.	Skylanders Giants	Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U	Activision Blizzard
10.	FIFA Soccer 13	PS3, 360, PSV, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PSP	Electronic Arts

Reporting period: Dec. 30th, 2012 – Feb 2nd, 2013.

While it isn’t in the top-ten list, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Level 5’s role-playing game developed in collaboration with Studio Ghibli, came in at #11, according to the NPD Group. The game was released on January 22nd.

According to Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg, the Xbox 360 was the highest-selling console once again for the 25th month in a row in January. The Xbox 360 sold 281,000 units during the month.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.