NEWS - Friday, December 11, 2009
NPD: Modern Warfare 2 Tops Six Million Sales
The Xbox 360 version of Activision’s shooter sold 4.2 million units, compared to 1.87 million copies sold for PS3, according to data from the NPD Group. Fellow new entries New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Assassin’s Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2 sold 1.39 million, 1.24 million and 744,000 copies respectively. "Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has achieved the top spot for first-month sales of any game at the title level," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "Halo 3 previously held the spot when it sold 3.3 million units in September ’07 in 12 days at retail. MW2 bested Halo 3’s daily sales rate by 16 per cent in its 19 days at retail in November. "While this year’s top-selling item bested last year’s by 283 per cent, it couldn’t make up for softness elsewhere. The top 50 games this year sold 5 per cent less units than did the top 50 last year." 01. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, 360) - 4,200,000 02. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, PS3) - 1,870,000 03. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 1,390,000 04. Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft, Xbox 360) - 794,700 05. Left 4 Dead 2 (EA, Xbox 360) - 744,000 06. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii) - 720,200 07. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii) - 679,000 08. Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft, PS3) - 448,400 09. Dragon Age: Origins (EA, Xbox 360) - 362,100 10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 315,000Source: http://www.next-gen.biz
