Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Peachylala]

They just don't get Wii controls.

It's the only possible explanation.

[Matthew²]

It's nice to see Tomodachi Collection still going strong. It'll be interesting to see where its LTD ends up seeing as it hasn't dipped below 50k yet.


Anyone think 4 million is a possibility?

[Peachylala]

Considering most of the best sellers Nintendo has had are somewhat slow burners, it might be a possibility.

[SalesBot]

NPD 2009  vs Famitsu LTD(Japan)

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US 2009    JP LTD

360    1.31      1.20
PS3    4.33      4.50
WII    9.59      9.61

(in millions)

[BlackNMild2k1]

Hmmmm..... Makes you wonder why Nintendo focuses all gaming decisions on Japan.

[ShyGuy]

Hmmmm..... Makes you wonder why Nintendo focuses all gaming decisions on Japan.

You have no honor!

[SalesBot]

NPD Dec. 2009 vs Famitsu Dec. 2009

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TOTAL   US JAPAN

WII 4,695 3,810 885
PS3 1,994 1,360 634
360 1,346 1,310   36
NDS 4,250 3,310 940
PSP 1,149    655 494
PS2    352    333   19

(in thousands)

[BlackNMild2k1]

Hmmmm..... Makes you wonder why Nintendo focuses all gaming decisions on Japan.

You have no honor!

Well, I guess I was already wrong since Zelda is a game that is catered to the US and so is Metroid.
But when you sell in one(record setting) year in the US as much as you have sold in 3 years in Japan, it makes you wonder why there isn't more focus on things that would cater to the US Market even if htey have no appeal in the Japanese one.

I know Nintendo is all about universal appeal and games for everyone, but when you have one market that is making up roughly about 40-50% of your market, then I don't see what's wrong with putting them first a little more often.

I'm sure it would just help if they had more (competent) US based development studios that would give us games first so that we don't have to wait months after the Japanese version. We're not even guaranteed to get the Japanese version some time due to localization, general Japanese quirkiness or in some cases.... just because.

[TJ Spyke]

But when you sell in one(record setting) month in the US as much as you have sold in 3 years in Japan, it makes you wonder why there isn't more focus on things that would cater to the US Market even if htey have no appeal in the Japanese one.

Not quite. Nintendo sold 3.8 million Wii's in December 2009 in the US, the Wii has sold about 9 million LTD in Japan.

Still, this is why even some Japanese publishers are starting to put more focus on the west (especially Capcom). Nintendo sorta seems to get it, they launched both the Nintendo DS and Wii in North America first (although the DS Lite, DSi, and DSi XL all came out in Japan first) and they continue to support the Metroid franchise despite the poor sales it gets in Japan. Nintendo at least seems to be getting better with localizing games, last gen we finally get long-running franchises like Advance Wars and Fire Emblem (both of which started out on the NES but had not been released outside of Japan).

I do wish they would give their US studio more independence. I know Sega was the model of how not to run a company, but their studios were so separated that their US studio would develop its own games independent of its Japanese parent and even created its own system (which got scrapped when Japan announced they were already making a system, a fact that they had not bothered to tell their US branch until they sent the nearly finished system to them to start promoting). Would it really hurt Nintendo to let NOA maybe develop a game on its own that caters more to a western audience?

I also don't know who to blame since I hear conflicting reports, but I am pissed that we don't get some games that even Europe gets (like Disaster: Day of Crisis). Nintendo also should have let Tecmo release Fatal Frame IV outside of Japan (supposedly they wanted to, but Nintendo had the publishing rights and refused to let them; a fact that wouldn't be so bad if Nintendo would publish it outside of Japan themselves).

[Deguello]

Hmmmm..... Makes you wonder why Nintendo focuses all gaming decisions on Japan.

You have no honor!

Well, I guess I was already wrong since Zelda is a game that is catered to the US and so is Metroid.
But when you sell in one(record setting) month in the US as much as you have sold in 3 years in Japan, it makes you wonder why there isn't more focus on things that would cater to the US Market even if htey have no appeal in the Japanese one.

I know Nintendo is all about universal appeal and games for everyone, but when you have one market that is making up roughly about 40-50% of your market, then I don't see what's wrong with putting them first a little more often.

I'm sure it would just help if they had more (competent) US based development studios that would give us games first so that we don't have to wait months after the Japanese version. We're not even guaranteed to get the Japanese version some time due to localization, general Japanese quirkiness or in some cases.... just because.

On the flipside, you have the other two which seemed to base their decisions solely on the tastes of the western market, and they haven't done so well there.

Something that some may not want to hear is that Japanese developed games tend to be more marketable HERE than Western games being marketable over there.  So Nintendo focusing on Japan has the side effect of also being somewhat vicariously also focused on us too.  Notice that more than 1/2 of the games in the Top 20 in Dec 2009 were Eastern-developed games.  Yes it's mostly Nintendo, but Nintendo is still Japan, and most of those games are popular there too.

And of course there may also be that burning drive to help out their own struggling videogame market.  Just wish the rest of the companies there could take the hint too.

[SalesBot]

NPD Top 10 2009 (Console/Handheld)

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision), Xbox 360
2. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo), Wii
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo), Wii
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), Wii
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo), Wii
6. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), Wii
7. Wii Play (Nintendo), Wii
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision), PlayStation 3
9. Halo 3: ODST (Bungie, Microsoft), Xbox 360
10. Pokemon Platinum Version (Nintendo), NDS

Source: Gamasutra.com

NPD Top 10 2009 (Retail PC)

1. The Sims 3 - The Sims Studio / June 2009
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard / Nov. 2008
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Maxis / April 2008
4. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard / September 2007
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009
6. World of Warcraft - Blizzard / November 2004
7. The Sims 3: World Adventures Exp. - The Sims Studio / Nov. 2009
8. Spore - Maxis / September 2008
9. Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare / October 2009
10. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly / March 2009

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61955

[SalesBot]

Famistu Sales: Top 100 2009

1. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) - 4,100,968
2. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (Pokemon) - 3,382,597
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 2,485,150
4. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 2,311,948
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 1,698,256
6. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1,542,806
7. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 1,298,533
8. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 968,033
9. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 943,615
10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP The Best (Capcom) - 911,497 / 1,110,614

11. [NDS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo) - 717,940
12. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 588,258 / 3,555,555
13. [NDS] Professor Leyton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) - 552,085
14. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 522,260
15. [PS3] Yakuza 3 (Sega) - 509,223
16. [PS3] Biohazard 5 (Capcom) - 508,959
17. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 480,326 / 1,830,997
18. [WII] Mario Kart wii (Nintendo) - 446,447 / 2,449,762
19. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) - 443,216
20. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorer of Skies (Pokemon) - 417,226

21. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco) - 390,416 / 641,599
22. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors MULTI RAID (Koei) - 384,336
23. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 377,340
24. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (Bandai Namco) - 339,034
25. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) - 337,783
26. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo) - 330,079 / 879,427
27. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 328,490 / 2,515,827
28. [NDS] The Legend of Zeldas: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 320,940
29. [NDS] Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo) - 319,422 / 1,174,849
30. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) - 317,730

31. [WII] Animal Crossing City Folk (Nintendo) - 311,261 / 1,206,563
32. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 307,754
33. [NDS] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Capcom) - 303,445
34. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 287,399 / 5,659,586
35. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 286,634 / 3,592,834
36. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 259,705
37. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo) - 258,996 / 5,111,049
38. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami) - 250,204
39. [PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) - 247,869
40. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 246,192 / 3,563,510

41. [WII] Poke Park Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure (Pokemon) - 243,075
42. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 242,136 / 902,398
43. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami) - 239,928
44. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 236,020
45. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Portable 4 (Konami) - 233,864
46. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Senki (Bandai Namco) - 233,473
47. [PSP] Tales of Versus (Bandai Namco) - 231,351
48. [PS3] Warriors Orochi Z (Koei) - 221,718
49. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson) - 218,856 / 340,996
50. [NDS] Tongari Boushi: and the 365 Days of Magic (Konami) - 218,139 / 451,588

51. [WII] New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) - 216,069
52. [NDS] Professor Leyton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) - 214,474 / 842,617
53. [NDS] Super Robot Wars K (Bandai Namco) - 213,454
54. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 210,056
55. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Bandai Namco) - 209,083
56. [360] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) - 208,521
57. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Big Adventure of 7 Islands (Bandai Namco) - 206,780 / 650,913
58. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei) - 205,370
59. [NDS] Sloane and McHale's Mystery Story (Level 5) - 201,043
60. [PSP] Sengoku BASARA Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 198,799

61. [PS3] BAYONETTA (Sega) - 196,150
62. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 192,207
63. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai (Bandai Namco) - 192,200
64. [NDS] The 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 191,020
65. [PSP] Idol Master SP Perfect Sun/Missing Moon/Wandering Star (Bandai Namco) - 189,568
66. [NDS] Wario Ware DIY (Nintendo) - 187,404
67. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami) - 185,644 / 284,720
68. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus) - 183,283
69. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (Bandai Namco) - 181,888
70. [WII] Tales of Graces (Bandai Namco) - 177,925

71. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (Sega) - 173,834
72. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai X: 7 Soldiers of Heaven (Konami) - 171,790
73. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco) - 170,150
74. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 169,538
75. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (NDS) - 167,273 / 396,284
76. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (Konami) - 166,085
77. [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix) - 164,619
78. [NDS] SaGa 2: Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) - 164,352
79. [NDS] Rittai Picross (Nintendo) - 161,690
80. [PS3] Demon Souls (SCE) - 159,278

81. [PS3] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 157,704
82. [PSP] Persona (Atlus) - 149,740
83. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 149,555 / 2,742,849
84. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier (Bandai Namco) - 149,541
85. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (Koei) - 146,520
86. [PSP] Let's Make a J. League Pro Soccer Club! 6 Pride of J (Sega) - 146,371
87. [WII] New Play Control: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) - 139,560
88. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson) - 139,093 / 254,144
89. [NDS] Seventh Dragon (Sega) - 137,857
90. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (SCE) - 137,785

91. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) - 136,657 / 339,690
92. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 139,619 / 561,891
93. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami) - 134,910
94. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 133,725 / 1,880,838
95. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Legend of the Strongest Penguin (Konami) - 132,515 / 287,502
96. [NDS] Welcome Back Chibi Robo! (Nintendo) - 130,092
97. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus) - 127,946
98. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon) - 127,567 / 5,751,997
99. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 (Hudson) - 125,494
100. [360] Biohazard 5 (Capcom) - 123,817

NDS - 41
WII - 20
PSP - 19
PS3 - 15
PS2 - 3
360 - 2

First Party:
NDS: 16*
WII: 12
PSP: 2
PS3: 2
PS2: 0
360: 0

Third Party:
NDS: 25
WII: 8
PSP: 17
PS3: 13
PS2: 3
360: 2

*Pokemon counted as 1st Party. Mario & Sonic counted as 3rd Party even though Published by Nintendo.


Hardware:

NDS: 4,025,313 [29,160,589]
PSP: 2,307,971 [13,386,455]
WII: 1,975,178 [9,501,999]
PS3: 1,727,041 [4,391,407]
360: 331,706 [1,197,873]
PS2: 255,960 [21,803,762]


Company Software Sales Breakdown:

1. Nintendo: 14,400,000
2. Square Enix: 8,590,000
3. Bandai Namco: 7,590,000
4. Pokemon: 4,730,000
5. Konami: 4,660,000


Nintendo: - 24.6 %
Square-Enix: + 112.8 %
Namco Bandai: - 11.3 %
Pokémon Company: + 35.6 %
Konami: - 7.6 %


Company Top 100 Ranking:

1. Nintendo: 25 Titles
2. Bandai Namco: 16 Titles
3. Konami: 11 Titles
4. Square Enix: 9 Titles
5. Capcom: 8 Titles


Franchises in the Top 100:

01. Mario - 4,568,735
02. Pokemon - 4,498,955
03. Dragon Quest - 4,100,968
04. Wii ___ - 3,865,786
05. Final Fantasy - 2,391,117
06. Monster Hunter - 2,115,550
07. Inazuma Eleven - 1,110,888
08. Tales of - 1,064,789
09. Gundam - 1,062,149
10. Winning Eleven - 867,472
11. Taiko Drum Master - 806,279
12. Professor Layton - 766,559
13. Dynasty Warriors - 752,574
14. Resident Evil - 632,776
15. Animal Crossing - 570,257


Top 10 Budget Games: 2009 Sales / Total Sales (Original Release)

1. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP The Best (Capcom) - 911,497 / 1,110,614 (3,563,746)
2. [PS3] Call of Duty 4 (Square Enix) - 96,913 (210,870)
3. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 PS3 The Best (SCE) - 92,580 / 101,201 (511,253)
4. [360] Ace Combat 6 Platinum Collection (Bandai Namco) - 89,300 / 131,180 (226,182)
5. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles PS3 The Best (Sega) - 82,744 (224,333)
6. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Best Price (Capcom) - 76,800 (157,220)
7. [360] Beautiful Katamari Platinum Collection (Bandai Namco) - 74,166 / 115,658 (140,617)
8. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 PSP The Best (SCE) - 71,623 (358,919)
9. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots PS3 The Best (Konami) - 64,714 (770,486)
10. [NDS] Puyo Puyo! Special Price (Sega) - 62,416 / 143,404 (448,022)

[TJ Spyke]

NPD Top 10 2009 (Retail PC)

1. The Sims 3 - The Sims Studio / June 2009
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard / Nov. 2008
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Maxis / April 2008
4. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard / September 2007
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009
6. World of Warcraft - Blizzard / November 2004
7. The Sims 3: World Adventures Exp. - The Sims Studio / Nov. 2009
8. Spore - Maxis / September 2008
9. Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare / October 2009
10. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly / March 2009

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61955

So 5 from Electronic Arts, 4 from Activision Blizzard, and 1 from Sega Sammy. EA and Activision just dominate PC games.

[Invincible Donkey Kong]

That's as impressive as dominating a dung heap these days.

[BlackNMild2k1]

But when you sell in one(record setting) month in the US as much as you have sold in 3 years in Japan, it makes you wonder why there isn't more focus on things that would cater to the US Market even if htey have no appeal in the Japanese one.

Not quite. Nintendo sold 3.8 million Wii's in December 2009 in the US, the Wii has sold about 9 million LTD in Japan.

typo. I meant in 1 year with more than half of that being in the last 2 months (1.26M Nov. + 3.81M Dec.).

[ShyGuy]

What a sad state PC gaming is in these days. WoW, Sims, and console ports seems to be the best we can hope for. I guess we have STEAM, but I imagine with STEAM included the top contenders wouldn't be much different.

[Stratos]

Can't you buy most of those games on steam anyway?

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 2, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)

UK:
01 (02) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
02 (01) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
03 (03) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (__) 360 Army Of Two: The 40th Day (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (07) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (04) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
08 (08) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
09 (09) 360 Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
10 (06) 360 Bayonetta (Sega)
11 (10) 360 Darksiders (Thq)
12 (__) PS3 Army Of Two: The 40th Day (Electronic Arts)
13 (18) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
14 (19) PS3 Darksiders (Thq)
15 (11) 360 Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
16 (27) 360 Borderlands (Take 2)
17 (15) PS3 Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
18 (21) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
19 (14) PS3 Bayonetta (Sega)
20 (13) WII Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
21 (16) 360 Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
22 (12) PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Ent.)
23 (22) 360 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
24 (20) PS3 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
25 (17) 360 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
26 (26) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
27 (30) PS3 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
28 (29) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
29 (31) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
30 (37) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)
31 (__) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)
32 (35) 360 Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
33 (32) WII Your Shape (Ubisoft)
34 (23) 360 Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts)
35 (__) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
36 (34) WII Monopoly (Electronic Arts)
37 (40) 360 Pure (Disney Interactive Studios)
38 (25) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
39 (39) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
40 (36) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)

Ireland:
01 (02) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
02 (08) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
03 (01) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
04 (03) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06 (__) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
07 (06) Darksiders (Thq)
08 (04) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
09 (__) Army Of Two: The 40th Day (Electronic Arts)
10 (11) Bayonetta (Sega)
11 (09) James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
12 (07) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
13 (10) Fracture (Lucasarts)
14 (13) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
15 (__) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
16 (15) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
17 (__) Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
18 (__) Guitar Hero: On Tour Modern Hits (Activision Blizzard)
19 (20) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
20 (__) Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

Denmark:
01 (__) Madagascar: Kartz (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
03 (02) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
04 (03) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
05 (__) Army Of Two: The 40th Day (Electronic Arts)
06 (08) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
07 (05) Wii Play (Nintendo)
08 (06) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
10 (__) Sports Island (Pan Vision)
11 (04) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
12 (__) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
13 (10) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
14 (__) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Nordisk Film)
15 (19) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
16 (13) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (07) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
18 (__) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
19 (__) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Pan Vision)
20 (__) World Of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard)

Netherlands:
01 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (02) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
03 (04) [360] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
04 (05) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (03) [WII] Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
06 (06) [PC] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (10) [WII] Wii Fit Plus(Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS3] Darksiders (Thq)
09 (__) [360] Darksiders (Thq)
10 (07) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

France: Week 01, 2010
01 (02) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
02 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
03 (__) [PS3] Darksiders (Thq)
04 (04) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
05 (__) [360] Darksiders (Thq)

[UltimatePartyBear]

What a sad state PC gaming is in these days. WoW, Sims, and console ports seems to be the best we can hope for. I guess we have STEAM, but I imagine with STEAM included the top contenders wouldn't be much different.

I'm about to build a new gaming PC, personally.  Maybe I'm just crazy, but I don't think a top ten list full of PC gaming's version of "The Wii is destroying gaming" is reason to give up.

[GoldenPhoenix]

NPD is pretty amazing for Wii, wow. Guess those who said it was on decline were wrong (again). Looks like NSMB:Wii was a big game after all (as it should be).

[Chozo Ghost]

I wonder how much of the Wii's success was because of the price drop and how much was because of NSMB. Without those two factors I'm sure it wouldn't have broken records. This will be enough to get Nintendo through the 1st quarter of the year too, but after that the Wii is going to need something else going for it.

[GoldenPhoenix]

I wonder how much of the Wii's success was because of the price drop and how much was because of NSMB. Without those two factors I'm sure it wouldn't have broken records. This will be enough to get Nintendo through the 1st quarter of the year too, but after that the Wii is going to need something else going for it.

Easy Metroid, Zelda, and SMG

[Chozo Ghost]

I wonder how much of the Wii's success was because of the price drop and how much was because of NSMB. Without those two factors I'm sure it wouldn't have broken records. This will be enough to get Nintendo through the 1st quarter of the year too, but after that the Wii is going to need something else going for it.

Easy Metroid, Zelda, and SMG

I meant during the month of December. Metroid, Zelda, and SMG are all old games that couldn't have been a huge factor in the December charts. NSMB was new, and the price drop was new, so that's why I'm pretty sure those were the main factors for December's results.

[GoldenPhoenix]

I wonder how much of the Wii's success was because of the price drop and how much was because of NSMB. Without those two factors I'm sure it wouldn't have broken records. This will be enough to get Nintendo through the 1st quarter of the year too, but after that the Wii is going to need something else going for it.

Easy Metroid, Zelda, and SMG

I meant during the month of December. Metroid, Zelda, and SMG are all old games that couldn't have been a huge factor in the December charts. NSMB was new, and the price drop was new, so that's why I'm pretty sure those were the main factors for December's results.

Well I was talking about 2010 releases.

[TJ Spyke]

I think part of it had to do with all the Wii commercials. It seemed like every commercial break had a Wii commercial from Walmart (which featured different games, including Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii).