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| by Mike Bantick | |
| Friday, 16 January 2009 | |
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On the Software front, U.S. consumers spent an extra 15 percent on electronic fun this December, sales hitting US$2.75 billion (a yearly increase of a whopping 26 percent bringing the total to US$10.96 billion) Much of this again was spent on software to shove into Nintendo devices. Top 10 Games of December 2008 1. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – Nintendo – 1.46 million 2. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 1.33 million* 3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 999K 4. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel – Wii – Nintendo – 979K 5. Guitar Hero: World Tour - Wii – Activision – 850K* 6. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 745K* 7. Left 4 Dead - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 629K 8. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 540K 9. Call of Duty: World at War - PS3 – Activision – 533K 10. Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wii – Nintendo – 497K* * Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions Top 10 Games of Calendar Year 2008 1. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – Nintendo – 5.28 million 2. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel – Wii – Nintendo – 5.00 million 3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 4.53 million 4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii – Nintendo – 4.17 million 5. Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360 – Take-Two – 3.29 million* 6. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 2.75 million* 7. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 2.31 million* 8. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 – Take-Two – 1.89 million* 9. Madden NFL '09 - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 1.87 million* 10. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 1.65 million Again, an interesting Sony note is that software sales doubled for the PS3 during 2008 over 2007. |
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