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The Top 5 Best Selling Video Game Titles in the US 2009
| Game | US Sales | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | 8.82 million units | Activision |
| 2 | Wii Sports Resort | 4.54 million units | Nintendo |
| 3 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 4.23 million units | Nintendo |
| 4 | Wii Fit Plus | 5.80 million units | Nintendo |
| 5 | Wii Fit | 5.44 million units | Nintendo |
Special Report
- Video game software unit sales in the United States declined seven percent for all of 2009.
- Combined video game software unit sales across the world's three largest games markets experienced a decline of 8 percent in calendar year 2009, totaling 379.3 million units according to NPD.
- Japan showed the most modest decline in sales with a 2 percent decline in software units.
- The United States and UK saw respective declines of 7 percent and 14 percent.
- According to the NPD group, the overall gaming software market in 2009 declined in large part due to the shrinking PlayStation 2 software market, which experienced a 57 percent decrease across the top global markets in 2009 based on units: U.S. -56 percent; UK -67 percent; Japan -55 percent.
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Top 5 Best Selling, Gaming
Sources: NPD group Top Global Markets Report
List Notes: Sales figures are rounded. Sales are for the year 2009.
Sources: NPD group Top Global Markets Report
List Notes: Sales figures are rounded. Sales are for the year 2009.
