December was a massive month for the 3DS in Japan. Nintendo sold a whopping 1 492 931 systems during December according to retail tracker Enterbrain, accounting for 36% of all 3DS sales during 2011.

This is the highest monthly sales total for any console since Enterbrain started tracking Japanese retail data back in 1997.

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Enterbrain has just released its tally of software and hardware sales in Japan during 2011, with the results making for fascinating viewing.

Nintendo was the undisputed king of the hill during 2011, with 5.78 million systems sold when you combine 3DS, Wii and DS sales for the year. In comparison Sony moved 3.83 million units of hardware during 2011, with the PSP proving more popular than the PS3 among Japanese consumers.

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The four largest sales monitoring and reporting firms in the world are to team up to release the most definitive video game sales chart reports available.

Each of the main territories are covered, with NPD covering the US, Chart-Track covering the UK, Enterbrain providing Japanese sales data and GFK providing sales numbers from Europe. The new monthly sales report that will result from this partnership will be called the Top Global Markets Report and will provide a report that is truly representative of worldwide point-of-sale data.

Their first report has been released, revealing the worldwide, cross-platform sales data for the top five selling games this year:

• Grand Theft Auto IV - 6,293,000
• Super Smash Bros: Brawl - 5,433,000
• Mario Kart Wii - 4,697,000
• Wii Fit - 3,604,000
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - 3,475,000

No surprises then, except for the (still not surprising) performance of three Wii-only titles, making it to the top 5.