January video game sales

The PS2 version of The Sims claimed the number-one position on NPD's monthly video game sales chart for January, with The Getaway coming in a close second ahead of last month's number one, Vice City. Other new entries this month included Devil May Cry 2 and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

The PlayStation 2 accounted for the first eight games in the top 10 this month, and it looks like Sony's online gaming must be proving popular with PS2 owners, because SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals moved up 13 places to the fifth position this month.

December / January / Title / Platform / Publisher / Average Price
* / 1 / The Sims / PS2 / EA / $49
* / 2 / The Getaway / PS2 / SCEA / $40
1 / 3 / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / PS2 / EA / $50
* / 4 / Devil May Cry 2 / PS2 / Capcom / $49
18 / 5 / SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals / PS2 / SCEA / $60
2 / 6 / Dragon Ball Z Budokai / PS2 / Infogrames / $49
3 / 7 / Madden NFL 2003 / PS2 / EA / $49
12 / 8 / ATV Offroad Fury 2 / PS2 / SCEA / $40
7 / 9 / Yu-Gi-Oh! Eternal / GBA / Konami / $30
* / 10 / Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball / Xbox / Tecmo / $50

An asterisk indicates that the game did not appear on the previous week's list of best-selling games in the UK.

The list above ranks games according to retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our 6013548Top Games page.