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TheSource said: Monty, NPD data cited here says that these are the top selling games of 2006: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4525&Itemid=2 Top 10 videogames for 2006 overall (platform specific): The PS2 had five games in this category, the Xbox 360 had three and the DS claimed two. Madden NFL 07, PS2, EA—2.8 million New Super Mario Bros., DS, Nintendo—2 million Gears of War, Xbox 360, Microsoft—1.8 million Kingdom Hearts II, PS2, Square Enix—1.7 million Guitar Hero II, PS2, Activision—1.3 million Final Fantasy XII, PS2, Square Enix—1.3 million Brain Age: Train Your Brain, DS, Nintendo—1.1 million Madden NFL 07, Xbox 360, EA—1.1 million Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Xbox 360, Ubisoft—1 million NCAA Football 07, PS2, EA—1 million Microsoft has said 2.7 million copies of Gears of War sold (check out www.vgcharts.org...oh wait) It all comes down to timing, and whether the data is presented. But considering Gears sold 800 k in all of December, it seems unlikely (using logic) that the discrepency of 900k could be mostly accounted for in the 11 days of January since December ended. In other words, something has to give. Same is true for hardware sales.
Maybe I read that wrong but are you questioning the Gears of War number? Did you miss the part where it came out in more areas than the U.S. Allow me to show you a few charts. Keep in mind it came out in November most places and I'm obviously not counting Japan. It isn't out and wouldn't add much anyway. First let me add what we know is true. U.S. over 1.8 million Now the rest week ending Dec. 31 UK Top 40 all prices: 2 1 FIFA 07 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 3 2 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI 1 3 NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 4 THE SIMS 2: PETS MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 5 CALL OF DUTY 3 TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 6 6 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 YUKE'S THQ THQ 9 7 GEARS OF WAR EPIC GAMES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 20 8 CANIS CANEM EDIT ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 8 9 DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 12 10 CARS RAINBOW STUDIOS THQ THQ 13 11 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 22 12 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 HEADGATE STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 39 13 TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS 10 14 LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY TRAVELLER'S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS 15 15 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 18 16 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 16 17 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) RED STORM UBISOFT 25 18 TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 SHABA ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 19 19 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA 30 20 THE SIMS 2 MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 7 21 HAPPY FEET A2M MIDWAY MIDWAY 17 22 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 3 BIZARRE CREATIONS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 14 23 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE: PARTY ED. CLIMAX EIDOS EIDOS - 24 THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM VIVENDI GAMES 31 25 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT UBISOFT (SHANGHAI) UBISOFT UBISOFT 27 26 BRATZ: FOREVER DIAMONDZ BARKING LIZARDS THQ THQ 37 27 BIG BRAIN ACADEMY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 24 28 ERAGON STORMFRONT STUDIOS SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES 28 29 XBOX 360 LIVE ARCADE UNPLUGGED MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT - 30 ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 21 31 FLUSHED AWAY MONKEY BAR GAMES D3P D3P 32 32 RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS UBISOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT - 33 ZOO TYCOON DS BLUE FANG THQ THQ 23 34 SCARFACE: THE WORLD IS YOURS RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES 38 35 SONIC RIVALS BACKBONE SEGA SEGA - 36 SAINTS ROW VOLITION THQ THQ 26 37 SONIC RUSH SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA - 38 JUST CAUSE AVALANCHE STUDIOS EIDOS EIDOS - 39 BUZZ! JUNIOR: JUNGLE PARTY MAGENTA SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. - 40 LEGO STAR WARS TRAVELLER'S TALES PLATINUM TT GAMES Top 40 full prices: 2 1 FIFA 07 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 3 2 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI 1 3 NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 4 THE SIMS 2: PETS MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 5 CALL OF DUTY 3 TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 6 6 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 YUKE'S THQ THQ 8 7 GEARS OF WAR EPIC GAMES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 11 8 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 18 9 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 HEADGATE STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 9 10 LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY TRAVELLER'S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS 12 11 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 13 12 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) RED STORM UBISOFT 21 13 TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 SHABA ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 15 14 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA 7 15 HAPPY FEET A2M MIDWAY MIDWAY 14 16 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE: PARTY ED. CLIMAX EIDOS EIDOS 23 17 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT UBISOFT (SHANGHAI) UBISOFT UBISOFT 22 18 BRATZ: FOREVER DIAMONDZ BARKING LIZARDS THQ THQ 20 19 ERAGON STORMFRONT STUDIOS SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES 31 20 ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 17 21 FLUSHED AWAY MONKEY BAR GAMES D3P D3P 24 22 RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS UBISOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT 19 23 SCARFACE: THE WORLD IS YOURS RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES 27 24 SONIC RIVALS BACKBONE SEGA SEGA - 25 SAINTS ROW VOLITION THQ THQ 32 26 BUZZ! JUNIOR: JUNGLE PARTY MAGENTA SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 35 27 POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE CHUNSOFT NINTENDO NINTENDO 34 28 CRICKET 07 HB STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 33 29 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA 10 30 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 38 31 CARS HELIXE THQ THQ 26 32 RED STEEL UBISOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT 25 33 GUITAR HERO II HARMONIX REDOCTANE ACTIVISION 28 34 THE LEGEND OF SPYRO: A NEW BEGINNING KROME STUDIOS SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES - 35 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: ADV WARFIGHTER UBISOFT RED STORM UBISOFT 37 36 SUPERMAN RETURNS EA TIBURON EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 29 37 BUZZ! THE SPORTS QUIZ KUJU ENTERTAINMENT SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. - 38 MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE RAVEN SOFTWARE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION - 39 DESTROY ALL HUMANS! 2 PANDEMIC STUDIOS THQ THQ - 40 VIVA PIÑATA RARE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT AUSTRALIA - Top 10 1. WWE Smaskdown vs. Raw 2007 2. Need for Speed: Carbon (PS2) 3. Cricket 2007 4. Gears of War 5. The Sims 2: Pets (PC) 6. Nintendogs: Dalmation & Friends 7. Guitar Hero II 8. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) 9. New Super Mario Bros. 10. The Sims 2: Pets NEW ZEALAND - Top 10 1. Need for Speed: Carbon (PS2) 2. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 3. Buzz: Junior Jungle Bundle 4. Gears of War 5. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 6. Tekken: Dark Resurrection 7. Buzz: Junior Jungle 8. Buzz: The Sports Quiz Bundle 9. Need for Speed: Carbon (PSP) 10. SingStar Legends Bundle Australia game charts: January 1-7 Top 10 Full-Priced Games 1. Cricket 07, PS2 2. Need for Speed Carbon, PS2 3. The Sims 2: Pets, PC 4. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, PS2 5. Gears of War, Xbox 360 6. Guitar Hero II bundle, PS2 7. Singstar Rocks! bundle, PS2 8. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends, Nintendo DS 9. New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS 10. Crash Boom Bang, Nintendo DS How much of a stretch is it to think GoW has sold 2.7 million worldwide. Especially considering that it has been out since November and still on the charts most places.