As expected, the Nintendo DS and Wii led the hardware charts, with Wii Play and Call of Duty: World at War among the month's best-selling console games.

December hardware sales were up a small margin of 2% over 2007 on $1.88 billion in sales, while software sales increased 15% to $2.75 billion.

The U.S. console sales for December:

1. DS - 3.04 million
2. Wii - 2.15 million
3. Xbox 360 - 1.44 million
4. PSP - 1.02 million
5. PlayStation 3 - 726,000
6. PlayStation 2 - 410,000

According to NPD, the top-selling console titles in December 2008 were:

1. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) - 1.46 million units
2. Call of Duty: World at War (X360) - 1.33 million units
3. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii) - 999,000 units
4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 979,000 units
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour (X360) - 850,000 units
6. Gears of War 2 (X360) - 745,000 units
7. Left 4 Dead (X360) - 629,000 units
8. Mario Kart (DS) - 540,000 units
9. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) - 533,000 units
10. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) - 497,000 units

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)