With the enormous success of the video game industry in 2008 now fading away, the question is whether 2009 will be a step above or a step below 2008 sales and revenue volumes. So far, the results look promising. While sales from the previous week are down sharply with the holiday season now over, year over year sales show a continued rise in hardware sales despite a shortage in DS availability this week. As the holiday bundle games begin to drift downward in the chart it should also become clear who the true software winners from November and December 2008 were as the games with the best legs will continue to sell well for months due to the dearth of big releases in the quiet winter months ahead.
Wii - 269,900
DS - 79,361
Xbox 360 - 137,528
PSP - 82,129
PS3 - 77,460
PS2 - 49,907