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In a great analysis article, Gamasutra has published a list of the top ten selling games in the US for the period of January to September 2010, according to numbers supplied by research firm NPD.
Unsurprisingly, titles appearing on Nintendo’s Wii and DS consoles are peppered throughout the list, while Microsoft and Bungie’s Halo: Reach snags the top spot on the chart.
As Gamasutra notes, however, those legendary ‘evergreen’ titles (such as Wii Fit and Just Dance) on the Wii and DS are more than capable of overtaking new releases such as Halo: Reach, as they accumulate sales over time rather than explode onto the market.
Get the list of top-selling games for the period of January to September 2010 in the US below:
Following the release of similar sales lists compiled for the US and Japan, we now know the top ten best-selling games in the UK for the first six months of 2010.
In a list compiled by videogame trade website and magazine MCV, Ubisoft’s Just Dance emerges as the clear victor in terms of raw unit sales, but when you start taking the relative time of availability into consideration, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption looks to be the more powerful competitor…
… then again, Just Dance is only available on one platform (the Wii) and released in late 2009, meaning it’s got the potential of a much longer sales tail than Red Dead Redemption…
In any event, the full top ten list of best-selling games in the UK for the first six months of 2010 is as follows, including the revelation that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is currently outselling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the region:
For the fifth week in a row, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has landed at No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart, outselling other hit titles in the region including Super Mario Galaxy 2 and EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
This despite a 24% drop in overall sales for the Wild West open world shooter, helped along as sales of Super Mario Galaxy 2 (sitting at No. 2) fell by 29%, increasing the sales margin between the two titles by 4000 units compared to the week previous.
As of last week, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has managed to hold onto the No. 1 position on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart for four weeks in a week (the first title to do so in 2010), despite a massive 34% drop in sales, simultaneously holding off an attack on the position by Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 during that game’s first week on sale.
For the third week in a row, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has shot up the competition and placed itself neatly at No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart, despite a 22% drop in sales compared to the previous week.
Chart Track informs us that the total sales of Red Dead Redemption this week are more than the combined sales of the games at positions 2 to 7 on the chart, so it looks like the game still has some to enjoy its stay at the top of the ranking.
In a week filled with blockbuster new videogame releases, only one could claim to be the best selling of them all, and according to data from Chart Track, Red Dead Redemption is last week’s No. 1 on the UK Software Sales Chart.
Despite overwhelming popularity on online retailer Amazon UK and (maybe because of) extensive unit shortages of the game in the region, Red Dead Redemption is only the 11th best seller, in terms of weekly sales, in the UK.
Ubisoft has released its full fiscal year financial results for the 12 months ending March 31st, reporting a 17.7 percent drop in sales compared to last year, down to $1.08 billion (€871 million), with an additional drop in profits, down by 5 percent to $54.02 million (€43.7 million) compared to the year previous.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot blamed “[the] global economic crisis” for poorer than expected performance, which he reckons had “a pronounced impact on the video game industry in 2009, which contracted by nearly 10 percent year-on-year.”
There’s no stopping EA Sports’ FIFA World Cup South Africa ahead of the real world competition in South Africa next month, as the game based on the event sits at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart for the third week in a row, despite a 42% drop is sales since last week.
The excellent Alan Wake, a debut title, appears at No. 2 on the chart (only 1000 units in sales behind FIFA World Cup) in its first week on sale in the UK – impressive considering it only showed up in stores on Friday and had two days to make an impression on the sales ranking. Also, it’s only available on a single platform, the Xbox 360.
Ubisoft has enjoyed runaway success with Just Dance, with the Wii title now on track to cross the 3 million worldwide sales mark soon.
The publisher is now giving fans the chance for their choreography to be featured in the next Just Dance game. The Just Dance Talent Search contest will pick three winners from three countries (France, United Kingdom and United States) and fly them to the Ubisoft Paris studio to meet with the development team and have their choreography recorded, produced and included in the next Just Dance game.
EA Sports’ 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa football game has remained at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart for the second week in a row, despite a 34% drop in sales, cementing its place in the listing ahead of regulars Just Dance and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
EA manages to break Ubisoft’s 4-week run in the top spot on the UK’s Software Chart, as 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa debuts at number 1. Not really surprising given that this is the World Cup themed version of the tenth biggest selling game ever in the UK, FIFA 10.
You might be interested to learn that during this week in the World Cup year of 2006, FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 represented 15% of FIFA 2006’s launch week. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa performs similarly recording 14.6% of FIFA 10’s launch week, this despite only being released on the Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and Wii in comparison to seven formats in 2006.
Despite a 46% drop in sales, Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has managed to hold onto the top spot on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart this past week, while the publisher’s other chart dominating game, Just Dance (sales down 31%), remains at No. 2.
Ubisoft must be pretty pleased with the results of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart this week, as not only is the Wii-exclusive title Just Dance still going strong at No. 2, but the publisher’s newly released action stealth game, Splinter Cell: Conviction, now holds the No. 1 spot on the chart.
This is the first time that games from Ubisoft have ever occupied both the No. 1 and No. 2 slots on the UK sales chart, and the first time that the company has ever occupied the No. 1 position on the chart two weeks in a row with two different titles. Quite a feat!
Ubisoft’s Just Dance has retained the No. 1 spot on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart for the second week in a row, which means the Wii title has clocked up a total of four weeks at the top of the UK’s sales listing – more than any publisher this year, including Nintendo, EA, Sony and Square Enix.
Ubisoft’s Just Dance on the Wii has managed to steal back the No. 1 position on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart this past week after an incredible 56% increase in sales, making it the third time the game has appeared at the top of the list this year.
This means that Just Cause 2 (sales down 21%) moves down to No. 2 (from last week’s No. 1), but still remains the best selling game on both of the individual Xbox 360 and PS3 sales charts.
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