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NPD Lists Top Console, PC Games of 2009
by Chris Faylor, Jan 15, 2010 10:00am PSTCompiling the various sales figures of its monthly reports, marketing research firm The NPD Group has issued its take on the best-selling games at U.S. retail in 2009.
In all, the United States video game industry brought in $20.2 billion during 2009.
The console hardware, software and accessories market saw revenues of "close to" $19.66 billion--down 8% over 2008's $21.4 billion--while retail PC game revenue came in at $538 million, a 23% decline. Meanwhile, retail software sales across consoles, portable and PCs were down by 11%--racking up $10.5 billion in 2009 versus 2008's $11.7 billion--with ESA president Michael Gallagher expecting "a strong 2010 with a pipeline full of highly-anticipated titles" as "our industry's structure is solid."
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* (Xbox 360) - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009
- Wii Sports Resort* (Wii) - Nintendo / July 2009
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - Nintendo / November 2009
- Wii Fit with Balance Board* (Wii) - Nintendo / May 2008
- Wii Fit Plus* (Wii) - Nintendo / October 2009
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - Nintendo / April 2008
- Wii Play* (Wii) - Nintendo / February 2007
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* (PS3) - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009
- Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) - Bungie / September 2009
- Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo DS) - Game Freak / March 2009
(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
- The Sims 3 - The Sims Studio / June 2009
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard / Nov. 2008
- The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Maxis / April 2008
- World of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard / September 2007
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward / Nov. 2009
- World of Warcraft - Blizzard / November 2004
- The Sims 3: World Adventures Exp. - The Sims Studio / Nov. 2009
- Spore - Maxis / September 2008
- Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare / October 2009
- Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly / March 2009
2009 Combined Top 10 Console/Portable Software SKU's, By Units
2009 Top 10 Retail PC Game Software Titles, Sorted By Units
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and we know for a fact that the US is becoming almost entirely a console market... that in contrary to Europe and Russia where PC-gaming still has big market share... even in retail... its not console-like sales, but a lot more than the US...
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If they included Steam in there it would prob jump up quite a bit.
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But there is also the problem that when the economy tanks PC Gamers turn to piracy, console gamers much less so.
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or is it an extremely demanding game?
I want to see what all the hype is about... all I hear from my friends and people at work is talk about their kill to death ratios and different strategies on weapons and other crap.
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