Only Modern Warfare 3 made more money than Skyrim in 2011, Skyrim trumped platform exclusives on PS3, Xbox 360

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Slimebeast said:

CGI-Quality said:

Being that it's available on 3 platforms, and 360/PS3-only titles are just that, exclusive, I'm not sure why there's much news here. On the flip-side, only being beaten by Modern Warfare 3 is definitely noteworthy.

Just a theory but I think they mean that Skyrim outsold all exclusives even down at the platform level. With one caveat, they're speaking of NPD numbers only. Skyrim sales on the X360 are about on par with Gears 3 in NA and on the PS3 Skyrim bested Uncharted's NA numbers in 2011.

I think this article is one of all these articles that mixes apples and pears. In one sentence they refer to regional sales and in the next they're comparing worldwide numbers.

Skyrim had that really expensive CE with the dragon which made it get a lot more money than say Battlefield 3 which sold slightly more.