The seventh generation is wrapping up, so I thought I'd take a look at the best selling new series of the gen. Just to see what new stuff we got that debuted on the DS, PSP, 360, Wii, and PS3.
| Series | Publisher | Total | Best-Seller |
| Wii | Nintendo | 190.22 | 81.55 |
| Wii Sports | Nintendo | 113.45 | 81.55 |
| Assassin's Creed | Ubisoft | 52.8 | 5.46 |
| Wii Fit | Nintendo | 43.99 | 22.76 |
| Just Dance | Ubisoft | 41.32 | 9.89 |
| Brain Age | Nintendo | 35.31 | 20.04 |
| Kinect | Microsoft | 35.03 | 20.43 |
| Nintendogs | Nintendo | 27.67 | 24.54 |
| Rock Band | Electronic Arts | 25.7 | 2.41 |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympics | Sega | 25.16 | 7.88 |
| Imagine | Ubisoft | 20.32 | 2.85 |
| Gears of War | Microsoft | 19.88 | 6.64 |
| Uncharted | Sony | 17.91 | 6.25 |
| Mama | Majesco | 17.3 | 5.49 |
| Professor Layton | Nintendo | 16.34 | 5.09 |
| Batman Arkham | Warner Bros | 16.25 | 4.5 |
| LEGO Batman | Warner Bros | 16.03 | 3.05 |
| Mass Effect | Electronic Arts | 13.27 | 3.01 |
| Saints Row | THQ | 13.15 | 2.81 |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | LucasArts | 12.76 | 2.57 |
| MySims | Electronic Arts | 12.65 | 3.62 |
| Zumba Fitness | 505 Games | 11.91 | 6.5 |
| LittleBigPlanet | Sony | 11.39 | 5.23 |
| Ben 10 | D3 | 10.93 | 1.68 |
| Bioshock | Take-Two | 10.51 | 2.67 |
| Big Brain Academy | Nintendo | 10.3 | 6.56 |
Notes:
*So far as I can tell, we had about 20 new big series this gen, not counting all the Wii subseries and Mario spinoffs and whatnot.
*The big winners this gen were Nintendo and Ubisoft
*Sony and Microsoft, despite relying on older series, each had two big new franchises.
*Mass Effect was the only big new RPG
*Only a minority of these series are really shooting-based
*Not counting games with "Wii" in the title that are parts of other series, like Mario Kart Wii, the Wii series is the third most popular retail series of all time
*Some of these series, like Brain Age, Nintendogs, Rock Band, Imagine, and Mama, have already declined significantly or even ceased over the course of a single generation
*The split between new "hardcore" and "casual" series is pretty even
*Games like Call of Duty debuted last gen silly!
Did I miss anything?
Edit: I missed a lot of stuff. Hopefully Version 2.0 works better!
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