With the holiday season over, the NPD Group has released their monthly numbers for video game sales. All consoles saw an increase in hardware sales, with Nintendo and Sony reaching record breaking numbers for December. Much like anyone would assume after the holiday season, Nintendo still holds the crown. Both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS saw over three million in sales. In the race between the "core gamer" consoles, the PlayStation 3 just edged out the Xbox 360 by 50,000 units sold. The PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 2 rounded up the rest of the consoles.

Not only did Nintendo blow away everyone in the hardware sales, they also killed in software sales. They occupied six out of the top ten slots of the top selling games for December. Even more surprising, titles like Mario Kart Wii, which released in 2008, and Wii Play, which released in 2007, made their way onto the list. Other games that gave Nintendo a run for their money were Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2.

Check out both of the top ten lists below:

Hardware Sales for December

1. Nintendo Wii - 3.81M
2. Nintendo DS - 3.31M
3. PlayStation 3 - 1.36M
4. Xbox 360 - 1.31M
5. PlayStation Portable - 654.7K
6. PlayStation 2 - 333.2K

Software Sales for December

1. New Super Mario Bros Wii - Nintendo Wii - 2.82M
2. Wii Fit Plus - Nintendo Wii - 2.41M
3. Wii Sports Resort w/ Wii Motion Plus - Nintendo Wii - 1.79M
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Xbox 360 - 1.63M
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PlayStation 3 - 1.12M
6. Wii Play w/ Remote - Nintendo Wii - 1.01M
7. Mario Kart w/ Wheel - Nintendo Wii - 936.1K
8. Assassin's Creed II - Xbox 360 - 783.1K
9. Left 4 Dead 2 - Xbox 360 - 728.5K
10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Nintendo DS - 656.7K

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