Top Global Markets Report - Leading providers of consumer and retail information in the video games industry, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., today announced the release of Top Global Markets Report, the first report to integrate point-of-sale (POS) data for video game software sales in the world’s largest games markets.
2008[]
Best selling games in 2008 (source)
Platform | Video game | Total sales | US retail | Japan retail | UK retail |
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Wii | Mario Kart Wii | 8.94 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 1.94 |
Wii | Wii Fit | 8.31 | 4.55 | 2.15 | 1.61 |
PS3/X360 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 7.29 | 5.18 | 0.25 | 1.85 |
Wii | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 6.32 | 4.17 | 1.75 | 0.40 |
PS3/X360 | Call of Duty: World at War | 5.89 | 4.46 | 0 | 1.43 |
1st half of 2008[]
January - July 2008 (Source)
Platform | Video game | Total | United States | United Kingdom | Japan |
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X360, PS3 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 6,293,000 | 4,711,000 | 1,582,000 | Not released yet |
Wii | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 5,433,000 | 3,539,000 | 213,000 | 1,681,000 |
Wii | Mario Kart Wii | 4,697,000 | 2,409,000 | 687,000 | 1,601,000 |
Wii | Wii Fit | 3,604,000 | 1,433,000 | 624,000 | 1,547,000 |
X360, PS3, Wii, PS2 | Guitar Hero III | 3,475,000 | 3,037,000 | 412,000 | 26,000 |
2008: Quarter 3[]
July - September 2008 (Source)
Platform | Video game | Total | United States | United Kingdom | Japan |
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X360, PS3, Wii, PS2 | Madden NFL 09 | 2,994,000 | 2,958,000 | 35,000 | 1,000 |
Wii | Wii fit | 2,089,000 | 1,283,000 | 460,000 | 346,000 |
X360, PS3, Wii, PS2 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | 1,738,000 | 1,417,000 | 321,000 | Not released |
NDS | Pokemon Platinum | 1,482,000 | Not released | Not released | 1,482,000 |
Wii | Mario Kart Wii | 1,468,000 | 856,000 | 394,000 | 218,000 |