Aussie game charts: January 3-9

The week of January 3-9 was the first fully tracked seven-day sales period of the new year when it came to game sales in Australia, and it also saw 2010’s first triple-A titles get released. Interestingly, both failed to make it into the top five. Instead, Darksiders for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 took out the eighth and ninth places, respectively, while Bayonetta for the 360 landed at number 10.

The top spot Down Under went to Mario Kart Wii. Nintendo also holds the next four spots, with the likes of Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii filling the ranks. The only non-Nintendo and non-new release game to make it into the charts was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, which took out the sixth and seventh spots, respectively.

All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Mario Kart Wii, Wii
2. Wii Fit Plus, Wii
3. Wii Sports Resort, Wii
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii
5. Wii Play bundle, WIi
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, PlayStation 3
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Xbox 360
8. Darksiders, PlayStation 3
9. Darksiders, Xbox 360
10. Bayonetta, Xbox 360

Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Darksiders
3. Bayonetta
4. Assassin's Creed 2
5. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
6. FIFA Soccer 10
7. Ashes Cricket 2009
8. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
9. MX vs. ATV Reflex
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Darksiders
3. Bayonetta
4. Assassin's Creed 2
5. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
6. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
7. Ashes Cricket 2009
8. DJ Hero
9. Forza Motorsport 3
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Mario Kart Wii
2. Wii Fit Plus bundle
3. Wii Sports Resort bundle
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
5. Wii Play bundle
6. Wii Fit
7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
8. Biggest Loser
9. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. The Sims 3
3. The Sims 3: World Adventures
4. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
5. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe
6. World of Warcraft Battlechest
7. World of Warcraft
8. Dragon Age: Origins
9. Fallout 3 GOTY
10. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
2. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old is Your Brain
3. Hasbro Family Game Night
4. Mario Kart DS
5. Kageyama's Math Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method
6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
7. New Super Mario Bros.
8. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
9. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
10. Pokemon Platinum

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
2. FIFA Soccer 10
3. Marvel Super Hero Squad
4. Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
5. Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
6. Guitar Hero 5
7. MotorStorm Arctic Edge
8. Cars Race-O-Rama
9. TMNT Smash-Up
10. Band Hero

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
2. Little Big Planet
3. Gran Turismo
4. Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
5. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
6. Invizimals
7. FIFA Soccer 10
8. Tekken 6
9. Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
10. MotorStorm Arctic Edge

All data supplied by GfK Australia.