The NPD Group released the top selling console video games for 2008. Going over this list, a few things popped into my mind. Have a look, then we’ll discuss.
- WII PLAY W/ REMOTE – 5.28 million
- WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL – 5.00 million
- WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD – 4.53 million
- WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL – 4.17 million
- 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV – 3.29 million
- 360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR – 2.75 million
- 360 GEARS OF WAR 2 – 2.31 million
- PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV – 1.89 million
- 360 MADDEN NFL 09 – 1.87 million
- NDS MARIO KART – 1.65 million
First off, only one PS3 game makes the list and only at 1.89 million units sold, which isn’t a good sign for Sony’s console. Second, and more importantly, is that a game released in November 2005 is still in the top 10 games sold in 2008. Mario Kart DS has some damn long legs. In my eyes, it’s the best Mario Kart, but still selling that many copies three years later? Just wow. Finally, Wii Play outsold both console versions of GTA IV combined. Impressive.
What are your thoughts? Remember, this is just for console games, so don’t go throwing that PC stuff in here. Those numbers aren’t out yet.
This shows the power of Nintendo taking 5 out of the 10 spots. An old DS game still on top, the DS is a monster for Ninty. Sad that PS3 only had 1 title and it was a cross platform title, no first party games for 360 or PS3 on the top 10, Ninty is doing something right here.