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Why? Because I was curious, that's it.

I'm gonna post one list with Nintendo games and one without so we can see other parties' efforts better and for variety's sake.

WITH NINTENDO

Ranking Game Sales Platforms
1 Wii Sports 79m Wii
2 Mario Kart Wii 32m Wii
3 Wii Sports Resort 30m Wii
4 Wii Play 29m Wii
5 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 28m Wii
6 Wii Fit 23m Wii
7 Wii Fit Plus 21m Wii
8 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 11m Wii
9 Super Mario Galaxy 10m Wii
10 Resident Evil 5 8m PS3, X360, PC
11 Mario Party 8 7.9m Wii
12 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.9m Wii
13 Gran Turismo 5 7.8m PS3
14 Wii Party 7.8m Wii
15 Super Mario Galaxy 2 6.8m Wii
16 Final Fantasy XIII
6.8m PS3, X360
17 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 6.6m Wii
18 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 5.7m PS3
19 Animal Crossing: City Folk 4.4m Wii
20 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 4.3m Wii

 

WITHOUT NINTENDO:

Ranking Game Sales Platforms
1 Resident Evil 5 8m PS3, X360, PC
2 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.9m Wii
3 Gran Turismo 5 7.8m PS3
4 Final Fantasy XIII 6.8m PS3, X360
5 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 5.7m PS3
6 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 4.3m Wii
7 Sega Superstars Tennis 4.2m PS3, X360, Wii
8 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
4.2m PS3, X360, Wii, PC
9 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
4.1m PS3
10 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
3.8m
PS3, X360, Wii, PC
11 Street Fighter IV
3.7m PS3, X360
12 Tekken 6 3.5m PS3, X360
13 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 3.5m PS3, X360, Wii, PC
14 Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection 3.2m PS3, X360
15 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3.1m PS3, X360, Wii, PC
16 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3.1m Wii
17 Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 2.8m PS3, X360, Wii, PC
18 Devil May Cry 4 2.7m PS3, X360
19 Final Fantasy XIII-2
2.6m PS3, X360
20 Deca Sports
2.4m Wii


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Observations:

Resident Evil is much bigger than FF now (and the difference will probably augment with RE6).

Sega rocks more than I thought.

PES can suck my d*ck because it was a pain to track.

Japan is the king of fighting games and these sell very well still, better than I thought.

Gran Turismo 5 will soon be 10th in the general ranking and 1st in the non-Nintendo one.

PES is in steep decline since 2008 (PES 2009).

Nintendo dominates pretty much.

The only non-Nintendo franchises to chart in the first list are the big 4: RE, GT, FF and MGS. These are by far the healthiest 3rd party franchises in Japan WW. Oh, and the Olympic games ones...



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Are you going to do something similar for the other regions? I want to see the USA one in-particular :)

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radishhead said:
Are you going to do something similar for the other regions? I want to see the USA one in-particular :)

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Damn, it took me like 1h to compile all this data and the very first comment demands me to do more, lol. :p

I'm not going to do anything right now, it's 22.15h here. If the thread succeeds and I feel like I may do it tomorrow.



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How is Mortal Kombat a japanese game?



 

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NiKKoM said:
How is Mortal Kombat a japanese game?

It's not???

 

Noooooooo!!!!!



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Troll_Whisperer said:
NiKKoM said:
How is Mortal Kombat a japanese game?

It's not???

 

Noooooooo!!!!!


It was made in the USA I believe :P

Still, really nice job with this though.   Was an interesting read!



OK, I fixed it. Let me know if there's anything else wrong.



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I like this Nintendo dominated japan lol. I think resident evil is so much higher than ff because of the gold edition and the dlc.



pezus said:
Another observation: FFXIII-2 sales are absolutely horrible compared to FFXIII


Probably a negative thing to say, but I hope the Lightning Saga does even worse, much worse.