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NPD Fastest selling video games

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The biggest video game launches in the United States according to their first launch month using NPD sales data.

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[edit] Biggest video game launch

For sources, click on the corresponding link in the Date column
Title Units sold System Date
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4.7 million PS3 / Xbox 360 November 10, 2009
Halo 3 3.30 million Xbox 360 September 25, 2007
Grand Theft Auto IV 2.85 million (1.85m for X360, 1.0m for PS3) Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 NPD April 2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2.7 million Wii NPD March 2008
Halo 2 2.4 million (one day) [1] Xbox NPD November 2004
Madden NFL 09 2.3 million PS3, X360, Wii, PS2, NDS NPD August 2008
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2.06 million [2] PS2 October 26, 2004
Call of Duty 4 2.04 million (1.57m 360, 444K PS3) Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 NPD November 2007
Call of Duty: World at War ~2.0 million X360 / PS3 NPD November 2008
Madden NFL 08 2.0 million 8 consoles, including PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Wii NPD August 2007
Madden NFL 07 2.0 million (one week) [source] 8 consoles August 2006
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl 1.757 million Nintendo DS NPD June 2007
Gears of War 2 1.56 X360 NPD November 2008
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City greater than 1.5 million PlayStation 2 October 27, 2002
Resident Evil 5 ~1.5 million PS3 / X360 NPD March 2009
Pokemon Gold and Silver 1,4 million (one week) [3] Game Boy Color October 15, 2000
Assassin's Creed 1.357 million (980K X360, 377K PS3) Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 NPD November 2007
Guitar Hero III 1.172m PS2, PS3, 360, Wii NPD October 2007
Mario Kart Wii 1.12 million Wii NPD April 2008
Super Mario Galaxy 1.12 million Wii NPD November 2007
Gears of War 1 million Xbox 360 NPD December 2006
Metal Gear Solid 4 1 million (including bundled units) PlayStation 3 NPD June 2008

[edit] Other games

These games possibly sold 1 million or more in its first month.

  • Final Fantasy X
  • Metal Gear Solid 2 (released in holiday month, November)
  • some other PS2 games

[edit] See also

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NPD sales figures
Sales figures Console sales | Seventh generation | Fastest selling video games | Best selling video games | Records and milestones
NPD Years NPD 2002 in review | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | NPD 2009 in review
NPD 2006 November | December | 2006 in review
NPD 2007 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | 2007 in review
NPD 2008 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | 2008 in review
NPD 2009 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | 2009 in review
Best selling games
Worldwide · United States · Japan · Franchises · Best selling new IPs · Seventh generation · Sixth generation
Nintendo games · Capcom games · Ubisoft games · Square-Enix games · Blizzard games · Konami games · Sega games
See also: Best selling games · Best selling franchises
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