Do you know precisely which games sold how much in 2010? A fellow VGChartian asked me this question, and I was fairly sure that I did. VGChartz does after all have a yearly page with the sales for the year, although those are single-platform only.
It turns out I had little to no clue. It turns out that quite a few other people on here also have little to no clue. So I decided to bring it up to attention. This is after all a sales site, the community should know a bit about sales.
If you were asked how much James Cameron's Avatar: The game sold, would you know it sold a million? Or that it actually sold 2.5 million? Or if you were asked about how many titles had sold more than the sales phenomenon of Just Dance 2 this year, would you say 28?
The single platform list is obviously just here: http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly.php , this list is the multiplatform one. It's compiled by me from the link I just posted, and as I'm a lazy slob I most likely missed a few titles. If you spot one I've missed, it would be lovely if you told me.
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360 Ps3 Wii) - 15.51 million
2. Wii Sports - 13.625 million
3. Wii Sports Resort - 9.436 million
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 9.335 million
5. Wii Fit Plus - 7.584 million
6. Fifa Soccer 11 - 7.12 million (all platforms)
7. Red Dead Redemption - 6.9 million
8 . Halo: Reach - 6.887 million
9. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 6.156 million
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 5.8 million (X360 Ps3)
11. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 5.35 million
12. Battlefield: Bad Company - 4.7 million (X360 Ps3)
13. Pokemon Black/White - 4.68 million
14. Final Fantasy XIII - 4.3 million (Ps3 X360)
15. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - 4.3 million (X360 Ps3)
16. Just Dance - 4.1 million
17. Mario Kart Wii - 4 million
18. Kinect Adventures - 4 million
19. Madden NFL 11 - 3.96 million (all platforms)
20. Gran Turismo 5 - 3.92 million (one platform)
21. Guitar Hero 5 - 3.71 million (X360 Ps3 Wii)
22. Wii Party - 3.6 million
23. God of War III - 3.5 million
24. Medal of Honour - 3.32 million (X360 Ps3)
25. Lego Harry Potter: Year 1-4 - 3.31 million (all platforms)
26. New Super Mario Bros. DS - 3.08 million
27. Fallout: New Vegas - 3.05 million (X360 Ps3)
28. Just Dance 2 - 3 million
29. Mario Kart DS - 2.97 million
30. Assassin's Creed II - 2.8 million (X360 Ps3)
31. Toy Story 3: The Video Game - 2.6 million (all platforms)
32. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 - 2.58 million
33. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game - 2.5 million
34. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 - 2.48 million (all platforms)
35. Bioshock 2 - 2.45 million (X360 Ps3)
36. Fifa World Cup 2010 - 2.35 million (Ps3 X360 Wii PsP)
37. Mass Effect 2 - 2.28 million (X360)
38. Fable 3 - 2.21 million
If you break it down by publisher, they each account for the following of the total sold.
1. Nintendo - 18.9%
2. Electronic Arts - 11.5%
3. Activision - 9.6%
4. Ubisoft - 6.7%
5. Sony - 5.5%
6. Take Two - 4.9%
7. Microsoft - 4.35%
8. Sega - 3.65%
9. THQ - 3.45%
10. Square Enix - 3.45%
11. Konami ~ 2.9%
12. Capcom ~ 2.7%
13. Disney ~ 2.6%
14. Namco ~ 2.2%
15. Warner Bros ~ 2%
16. Lucas Arts ~ 1.2%
Nothing else above 1%, top 16 publishers account for 83% of the total sold.
