top 5 game sales when US/UK/JPN together

[jakncoke]

Mario Kart Wii tops 2008 software chart
Mario Kart Wii sold 8.94 million units in the three biggest software markets globally, according to new information in a report released by The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Enterbrain.

The title sold 5 million units in the US, 2 million in Japan and 1.94 million in the UK to take top spot.

Wii Fit was in second place, on 8.31 million, shifting 4.55 million, 2.15 million and 1.61 million in the territories respectively.

Slightly surprising on the surface was that record-breaking Grand Theft Auto IV only came third on the list, with 7.29 million units - but that was thanks to very quiet sales in Japan in comparison to Nintendo's hits. It sold 5.18 million copies in the US, 1.85 million in the UK, but only 256,000 in Japan.

Super Smash Bros Brawl was fourth, with 6.32 million units sod mostly in the US and Japan, while Call of Duty: World at War was fifth on the list based on sales in the US and UK only.

The list is as follows, broken down as: Total (US/Japan/UK)

1. Mario Kart Wii: 8.94 million (5m/2m/1.94m)
2. Wii Fit: 8.31 million (4.55m/2.15m/1.61m)
3. Grand Theft Auto IV: 7.29 million (5.18m/256k/1.85m)
4. Super Smash Bros Brawl: 6.32 million (4.17m/1.75m/404k)
5. Call of Duty: World at War: 5.89 million (4.46m/0/1.43m)





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regardless of the quality of COD: WAW that game better not start a new hysteria to WW2 shooter sub-genre.

[LiNuX]

wow mario kart...i know nintendo is happy with those numbers. I thought it would sell more in Japan than the US but it seems it was 2.5x more here lol

I still haven't played WaW - played cod4 many times but never this one, I saw it for sale at circuit city yesterday, no intention of buying it though.

good info

[jakncoke]

a couple of factors for MK for selling outselling in US compared to JPN. MK is still selling in US and quite well as you can tell as nearly 1 million copies were sold in Dec compared to like 100k in JPN and install bases factor in, without looking at the numbers they were like 7 million Wii's in JPN and like 18 million in USA

[LiNuX]

a couple of factors for MK for selling outselling in US compared to JPN. MK is still selling in US and quite well as you can tell as nearly 1 million copies were sold in Dec compared to like 100k in JPN and install bases factor in, without looking at the numbers they were like 7 million Wii's in JPN and like 18 million in USA

makes sense - my old english professor has mario kart - played it in that little Wii party at the end of last term lol. fun game

[Trunks]

There are a lot of WW2 games out there, I've always liked WW2 better than modern. Not sure why, I normally go with bolt actions weapons, could be the reason. But, I'm not surprised that Cod WaW made it in the top 5. Just the title alone gives it enough hype.