Gamasutra have been pouring over the NPD results since January this year and they have come up with the top 5 software sales per console and how many units each of these titles has shipped.
By their own admission the figures are not entirely accurate and are also inclusive of American sales but it’s interesting to see that the console with no games has sold more software than anyone else.
Though to be fair the Wii may have sold the most but only one of it’s top 5 titles is actually from this year with 2 of them being from way back in 2007.
The full combined list is below and click through the link at the bottom for a more indepth discussion of the results and I would just like to point out that putting the combined list together was harder than I anticipated and I am sure someone owes me a beer now or something.
Apologies if the order is not 100% correct, Gamasutra did not release figures for every title just placements.
| Title | Platform | Units Sold | Release Year |
| Wii Fit (with board) | Wii | 3.06 Million | 2008 |
| Wii Play (with Remote) | Wii | 1.5 Million | 2007 |
| Mario Kart | Wii | 1.4 Million | 2008 |
| Resident Evil 5 | Xbox 360 | 1+ Million | 2009 |
| UFC 2009 | Xbox 360 | 1.03 Million | 2009 |
| Killzone 2 | PS3 | 750 000 | 2009 |
| Call of Duty WaW | Xbox 360 | 750 000 (+-) | 2009 |
| Street Fighter IV | Xbox 360 | 700 000 | 2009 |
| Resident Evil 5 | PS3 | 650 000 (+-) | 2009 |
| Street Fighter 4 | PS3 | 650 000 (+-) | 2009 |
| EA Sports Active | Wii | 630 000 | 2009 |
| UFC 2009 | PS3 | 550 000 (+-) | 2009 |
| Halo Wars | Xbox 360 | 500 000 | 2009 |
| MLB: The Show | PS3 | 425 000 | 2009 |
| LEGO Star Wars: Complete Edition | Wii | 400 000 | 2007 |
Source: Gamasutra
Last Updated: July 21, 2009
Fox1
July 21, 2009 at 10:33
Tough economic times for gamers. Look at the sales of Halo: Wars and Killzone 2 :blink:
Paul
July 31, 2009 at 22:00
Your report is highly misleading. The Wii has only a few titles that sell very well, while there is a much broader set of titles for 360 and PS3. So measuring platform software sales by taking only the top five titles is misleading and dishonest. Try comparing the volume of the top 50 titles per platform for a more fair comparison.