NPD Group has compiled sales figures for games up to November 2009 to highlight the year s bestsellers to-date. The list of units sold, including bundles and collector s editions, was provided to Industry Gamers.
Activision took top slot with the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 selling 4.2 million units. The game s PS3 version made eighth on the list with 1.9 million units sold. The year s second bestselling title belongs to Nintendo, with Wii Fit selling 3.5 million units. In-fact Nintendo titles dominated overall, selling more than 58 percent of units sold in the top ten according to Industry Gamers. The company filled the third through fifth bestseller spots with Wii Sports Resort with 2.4 million, Wii Mario Kart with 2.2 million, and Wii Play with 2.1 million units sold. The publisher’s DS game Pokemon Platinum Version is the seventh bestseller with 1.9 million units. The New Super Mario Brothers is tenth with 1.4 million units.
Rounding out the top ten are Microsoft s Halo 3: ODST at sixth with 2 million units, and EA’s Madden NFL 10 for Xbox 360 at ninth with 1.5 million units. As pointed out by Industry Gamers, NPD’s Anita Frazier has also Tweeted the year s top moneymaking franchises. They are Call of Duty, Wii Fit, Mario Brothers, Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
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