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November NPD: Gears of War 2 pips CoD to number one

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Gears of War 2 was the biggest selling game in the US last month, with more than 1.5 million units sold.

Call of Duty: World at War came a close second with 1.4 million sales, the two games far beyond Wii Play with 800,000 in third place and Wii Fit with 700,000 at fourth.

The top ten:

  1. Gears of War 2 (Epic, Xbox 360) – 1.56 million
  2. Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, Xbox 360) – 1.41 million
  3. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 796,000
  4. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 697,000
  5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 637,000
  6. Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, PS3) – 597,000
  7. Guitar Hero World Tour (Vicarious Visions, Wii) – 475,000
  8. Left 4 Dead (Valve, Xbox 360) – 410,000
  9. Resistance 2 (Insomniac, PS3) – 385,000
  10. Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) – 297,000

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18 comments

#1

morriss
12/12/08, 8:00 am

Heh, Gears and CoD outsell every Wii title combined. What are the 15 million Wii owners buying. Who, apart from Nintendo, is benefiting from its success.

#2

G1GAHURTZ
12/12/08, 9:07 am

Mad Catz?

#3

Blerk
12/12/08, 1:19 pm

That’s a hell of a difference in units sold between the two versions of CoD. I thought the games were just as popular on PS3? They certainly seem to play a lot of CoD4.

And look – there’s Resistance 2! After everyone thought it wouldn’t make it. Where did Mirror’s Edge come, though?

#4

G1GAHURTZ
12/12/08, 2:07 pm

And what about LBP??

#5

DrDamn
12/12/08, 2:50 pm

I think the launch of LBP in the US was more in October.

#6

G1GAHURTZ
12/12/08, 2:52 pm

Yeah, but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t sell any copies in November, does it?

Just look at Mario Kart Wii…

#7

Blerk
12/12/08, 2:53 pm

It was. But I think what G1GA is probably getting at is that it didn’t do that well in last month’s NPDs but the fans said it got released too late in the month and would ‘have legs’.

#8

DrDamn
12/12/08, 2:57 pm

Ah it must have been pushed out the top ten by Banjo then … oh hold on …

#9

Blerk
12/12/08, 3:11 pm

I don’t think anyone is surprised that Banjo “didn’t do so well” – it’s hitting the bargain bins on both sides of the pond already. Although the people who did actually buy it seem pretty happy with it.

#10

DrDamn
12/12/08, 3:13 pm

It was released at a budget price in the US in the first place. One of the reasons I didn’t buy it myself was because of the inconsistent pricing strategy.

#11

Truk
12/12/08, 3:14 pm

Fuck me. The Americans luuurve that XBox. Resistance did poorly. How late on did it get released?

#12

Blerk
12/12/08, 3:17 pm

Start of November, wasn’t it? The 11th, or something.

#13

Truk
12/12/08, 3:22 pm

So no excuses then. “Killzone 2, you’re our only hope!” Poor Guerilla. :-D

#14

DrDamn
12/12/08, 3:23 pm

PS3 titles in general did poorly – but for Resistance 2 to do about 2/3 of CoD5 is not so bad.

#15

Blerk
12/12/08, 3:28 pm

I’m still fairly surprised that CoD5 didn’t do better on PS3. I’m sure I read that over here there wasn’t much in it between PS3 and 360 versions.

#16

DrDamn
12/12/08, 3:38 pm

Wouldn’t that be purely related to installed base though? About 14m 360′s = 1.4m sales. About 7m PS3′s 0.6m sales. Anyone with both machines is likely to buy on 360 – I know I do.

#17

Blerk
12/12/08, 3:51 pm

Probably. I might be comparing apples with oranges. Or Brits with Yanks, in this case. :-D

#18

DrDamn
12/12/08, 4:05 pm

In fact taking installed base into account the Resistance 2 sales compared to Gears 2 is not all that bad is it?

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