NPD: Top 5 best-selling games in 2008 (so far) for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
The NPD Group has released a compiled list of the top five best-selling games for each of the consoles. The report tracks sales data from the start of this year all the way up until August. Wondering which games made it to the lists? I’m sure some of you won’t be surprised to see this or that title part of the list. Lots of acronym-friendly games chucked in, of course!
The NPD Group has released a compiled report of the top five best-selling games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and NIntendo Wii from January 1, 2008, all the way up to August.
Looking at the list gives you some general inkling of what types of games sell on these specific consoles – a useful tool for market analysts. It may even give answers (subjective answers, may be; though not definitve) to questions like what type of gamers do these consoles attract, or what type of genre they prefer on this or that specific console.
If you’ve been following the monthly reports from NPD, you wouldn’t be surprised to see the top 5 titles listed per console. There’s GTA4, MGS4, CoD4, SSBB… why, a lot of the games in the lists are acronym-friendly!
Just a couple things to bear in mind first though: these rankings do not include special editions and hardware bundles. Also note that, since this is coming from the NPD, the sales data that was tracked covers North America only, and none from other major markets like Europe or Japan.
PlayStation 3:
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Madden NFL 09
- Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Xbox 360:
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Madden NFL 09
- Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
- Army of Two
Nintendo Wii:
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Mario Kart (with Wheel)
- Wii Play (with Wii Remote)
- Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board)
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (with Guitar)
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