Nintendo software won big in December according to the latest NPD Group information, beating out Activision’s behemoth and various other titles released before or during the hot and steamy seasonal month.
Selling 2.82 million units, New Super Mario Bros. Wii claimed the number one spot in the Group’s Top 10 chart. Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus came in a close second with a grand total of 2.41 estimated units. Wii Sports Resort sold 1.79 million units while Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 rounded out the top five by selling 2.75 million units combined (Xbox 360 & PS3).
The rest? Know this: the venerable Wii Play bundle sold 1.01 million units, beating out Nintendo’s Mario Kart, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II, Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2, and Nintendo’s Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) — 2.82M
- Wii Fit Plus (Wii) — 2.41M
- Wii Sports Resort (Wii) — 1.79M
- Modern Warfare 2 (360) — 1.63M
- Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) — 1.12M
- Wii Play (Wii) — 1.01M
- Mario Kart (Wii) — 936.1K
- Assassin’s Creed II (360) — 783.1K
- Left 4 Dead 2 (360) — 728.5K
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS) — 656.7K
And, yes, the cash generated is down from last year. We blame this on one of either of these two things: (a) the crummy economy and (b) the new low, low prices at Papa Johns.
NPD: Video Game and PC Game Industry Totals $20.2 Billion in ’09 [Industry Gamers]
