And The Five Best-Selling Games In The WORLD Are...

[King Zarthius]

And The Five Best-Selling Games In The WORLD Are...

One of the most feel-good stories of the year has got to be the unholy alliance between NPD/GfK/Enterbrain, that lets us see - every three months, at least - what the biggest-selling games are not in the US, Europe or Japan, but in the world. Last time we checked, the best-seller was GTA IV. This time around, for the quarter running from July-September? It's Madden. Madden, followed by daylight.
1. Madden 09 - 2.994 million
2. Wii Fit - 2.089 million
3. Force Unleashed - 1.738 million
4. Pokemon Platinum - 1.482 million
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1.468 million
What's even more interesting than the raw numbers is the percentage of those final tallies US sales comprise. For Madden, of the 2.994 million, 2.958 were in the US. Proving, in case Americans were unaware, how few people outside North America give a rat's arse about American Football. Yet for Wii Fit and Mario Kart, US numbers accounted for barely half of total sales: 1.283 million of 2.089 million for Wii Fit, and 856,000 of 1.468 million for Mario Kart Wii.

Kotaku

[Zezima]

Your missing SSBB....

[Xander]

Really? Super Smash wasn't on the list? I thought last we checked it was right below Wii Fit...oh well, glad to see 3 Nintendo exclusives can keep up with and beat multi-console games.

[Acdude]

Wow, that's odd.

Well, this is ALL games. Although I was expecting SSBB...
Good list. But I find it hard to believe Madden is #1. =/

[Zezima]

Wait what about Halo and them...and zelda?!

[Xander]

Originally Posted by Acdude

Wow, that's odd.

Well, this is ALL games. Although I was expecting SSBB...
Good list. But I find it hard to believe Madden is #1. =/

Well, Madden appeals to a VERY broad audience. Some people buy their Xbox 360 just to play the next Madden game.

[M3Fox]

Wow... Platinum hasn't even been released out of Japan yet and it's #4? That's sort of odd.

I was also expecting SSBB to be up there, but I know that the games up there, especially Wii Fit and Mario Kart, are extremely popular over here in the U.S.

[blabla100]

ty for the info i thot hallo3 wud bem on there for sure but oh well

[Fyree the Spirit God]

no real surprises...
except no SSBB...

let me know when they approach SMB3's total (17.3 million--BEST selling non-bundled game)

[KO8E89]

Originally Posted by Zezima

Wait what about Halo and them...and zelda?!

If you read, it says from July to September.

[Kyon]

MKW should be number 1. I was surprised that wiifit was number 2. It sucked IMO. Boring and the games were fun at first but got boring as well. Well it's exercising. Nothing fun about that lol.