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Analyze That: November NPD Blockbuster Edition

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Dec 17, 2009 22:21 GMT  ·  By
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A detailed look at the figures the NPD Group released for videogame sales in November in the United States shows that Modern Warfare 2 is not only a much bigger release than the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare but also bigger than Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War.

The November 2009 chart is dominated by Modern Warfare 2 and goes a little like this:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) – 4.20 million Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) – 1.87 million New Super Mario Bros. (Wii) – 1.39 million Assassin's Creed 2 (Xbox 360) – 794,700 Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) – 744,000 Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 720,200 Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 697,000 Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3) – 448.400 Dragon Age: Origins (Xbox 360) – 362,100 Wii Mario Kart (Wii) – 315,000.

The same time frame in 2008 saw the following results:

Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) - 1.56 million Call of Duty: World At War (Xbox 360) - 1.41 million Wii Play (Wii) – 796,000 Wii Fit (Wii) – 697,000 Mario Kart (Wii) – 637,000 Call of Duty: World At War (PS3) – 597,000 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii) – 475,000 Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) – 410,000 Resistance 2 (PS3) – 385,000 Wii Music (Wii) – 297,000.

For the sake of comparison, the first Modern Warfare moved 1.57 million units on the Xbox 360 in the first month, with the PlayStation 3 version not charting in the top ten. The very fact that more than 1.8 million players chose to pick up the PS3 version of the most recent blockbuster shooter is a testament to the appeal of the Sony console in 2009. The performance of Left 4 Dead 2 is also noticeably better than that of the first title, proof of the sweeping changes that Valve managed to make to the experience.

New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii is also doing better than Super Mario Galaxy did in November 2008 and the Wii manages to maintain the biggest number of titles in the top ten. One interesting situation is that of Assassin's Creed 2, which got smaller sales than its predecessor on the Xbox 360 and more on the PS3, with the overall total being 1,243,100 to 1,357,000.