As expected, Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL 10 topped August software sales in the US market, shifting nearly 1.9 million units across five platforms.

The football title took three of the top ten places on the monthly software chart. The Xbox 360 version topped the rankings with 928,000 sales, the PS3 edition placed third with 665,000 sales, and the PS2 SKU sixth with 160,000.

Wii Sports Resort dropped one place to second on the chart, despite recording a month-over-month jump of 250,000 sales.

Batman: Arkham Asylum was August’s other most notable success. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the title placed fourth and fifth on the chart respectively, racking up combined sales of 593,000 units.

Three Wii games made the top ten, as did two titles for Xbox 360, two for PS3, one for PS2, one for PSP and one for DS. Nintendo published four of the top ten games, and EA and Square Enix three apiece.

Total August software revenues fell 15 per cent year-over-year to $470.32 million.

01. Madden NFL 10 (EA), Xbox 360 - 928,000
02. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo), Wii - 754,000
03. Madden NFL 10 (EA), PS3 - 665,000
04. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix), Xbox 360 - 303,000
05. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix), PS3 - 290,000
06. Madden NFL 10 (EA), PS2 - 160,000
07. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix), PSP - 130,000
08. Wii Fit (Nintendo), Wii - 128,000
09. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), Wii - 120,000
10. Fossil Fighters (Nintendo), DS - 92,000

July 2009 software sales data