During the life of this generation of home consoles (Wii, PS3, 360) it seems that Mini Game Compilations and First Person Shooters are the two most popular genres. I wanted to find out which has been the most successful genre so far this gen.
|
Mini Games |
Wii |
360 |
PS3 |
Total |
|
Wii Play |
23.89 |
0 |
0 |
23.89 |
|
Mario & Sonic |
7.2 |
0 |
0 |
7.2 |
|
Mario Party 8 |
6.63 |
0 |
0 |
6.63 |
|
Wii Sports |
3.59 |
0 |
0 |
3.59 |
|
Carnival Games |
3.36 |
0 |
0 |
3.36 |
|
WarioWare |
2.23 |
0 |
0 |
2.23 |
|
Game Party |
2.07 |
0 |
0 |
2.07 |
|
Wii Sports R |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
RRR |
1.65 |
0.19 |
0 |
1.84 |
|
RRR TV |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
|
FPS |
Wii |
360 |
PS3 |
Total |
|
CoD4 |
0 |
7.64 |
4.45 |
12.09 |
|
CodD5 |
1.22 |
5.73 |
3.41 |
10.36 |
|
Halo 3 |
0 |
9.98 |
0 |
9.98 |
|
COD 3 |
1.19 |
2.32 |
0.67 |
4.18 |
|
Resistance |
0 |
0 |
3.61 |
3.61 |
|
Bioshock |
0 |
2.25 |
0.43 |
2.68 |
|
Tom Clancy R6 |
0 |
1.95 |
0.48 |
2.43 |
|
COD2 |
0 |
2.42 |
0 |
2.42 |
|
Far Cry 2 |
0 |
1.39 |
0.99 |
2.38 |
|
L4D |
0 |
2.33 |
0 |
2.33 |
|
Column1 |
Mini |
FPS |
|
Top5 |
44.67 |
40.22 |
|
Top 10 |
54.31 |
52.46 |
As you can see when comparing the top 5 of each genre Mini games has a little over a 4 million lead, when you expand it to the top 10 the mini games lead shrinks to less than 2, but still maintains the lead. With big games in each genre recently released (Wii Sports Resort) or set to release soon (Modern Warfare 2, Halo ODST, Mario & Sonic Winter games) it will be interesting to see if this changes anytime soon.
Updated to add a couple more genres for comparison.
Here are the top 10 sales for the music genre, one of the other very popular genres this gen, and the sales of the dominant genre in the 8 and 16 bit era, platformers.
|
Music |
Wii |
360 |
PS3 |
Total |
|
Guitar Hero 3 |
4.27 |
4.25 |
1.92 |
10.44 |
|
Guitar Hero WT |
3.11 |
2.14 |
1.28 |
6.53 |
|
Rock Band |
1.32 |
2.37 |
0.86 |
4.55 |
|
Rock Band 2 |
0.65 |
1.67 |
0.63 |
2.95 |
|
Wii Music |
2.58 |
0 |
0 |
2.58 |
|
Guitar Hero 2 |
0 |
2.48 |
0 |
2.48 |
|
Guitar Hero Aer |
0.98 |
0.89 |
0.55 |
2.42 |
|
High School Musical: Sing It |
1.44 |
0 |
0 |
1.44 |
|
Guitar Hero Metallica |
0.39 |
0.49 |
0.25 |
1.13 |
|
Boogie |
0.92 |
0 |
0 |
0.92 |
|
Platformer |
Wii |
360 |
PS3 |
Total |
|
Super Mario Galaxy |
8.06 |
0 |
0 |
8.06 |
|
Kung Fu Panda |
0.73 |
2.99 |
0.38 |
4.1 |
|
Super Paper Mario |
2.79 |
0 |
0 |
2.79 |
|
The Simpsons Game |
0.92 |
0.98 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
|
Little Big Planet |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
2.33 |
|
Sonic & the Secret Rings |
2.05 |
0 |
0 |
2.05 |
|
Sonic Unleased |
0.98 |
0.46 |
0.4 |
1.84 |
|
Wall-E |
0.84 |
0.55 |
0.28 |
1.67 |
|
Ratchet & Clank Future |
0 |
0 |
1.49 |
1.49 |
|
Ratatouille |
0.88 |
0.22 |
0.08 |
1.18 |
|
Column1 |
Music |
Platform |
|
Top 5 |
27.05 |
19.88 |
|
Top 10 |
35.44 |
28.11 |
- Also if I've left a game out that should have made the top 10 list of either genre let me know. I left out the bundled sales of Wii Sports on purpose to keep it interesting, and consider Wii Fit an exercise game instead of a mini game compilation.
