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Global Hardware by Platform

PlatformYearly (change)Total
3DS 13,993,602 (+6%) 27,243,664
PS3 11,277,199 (-20%) 71,784,934
X360 9,806,002 (-29%) 73,575,446
Wii 4,911,170 (-58%) 98,574,693
PSV 3,454,534 (+617%) 3,936,107
DS 3,434,070 (-61%) 153,743,293
PSP 2,915,105 (-60%) 75,774,585
WiiU 2,245,161 (-60%) 2,245,161
Total52,036,843(-25%) 

Global Software by Platform

PlatformYearly (change)Total
X360 135,201,558 (-13%) 728,945,345
PS3 127,320,217 (-14%) 631,642,000
Wii 72,256,872 (-47%) 831,958,798
DS 40,488,394 (-50%) 756,234,745
3DS 39,232,236 (+46%) 66,029,587
PC 33,396,194 (+13%) N/A
PSP 15,141,726 (-53%) 271,135,723
PSV 9,017,059 (+2,021%) 9,442,289
WiiU 4,533,295 (++2,021%) 4,533,295
Total476,587,551(-22%)
PosGameWeeksYearlyTotal
1
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360)
Activision, Shooter
7 10,862,800 10,862,800
2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
Activision, Shooter
7 8,855,965 8,855,965
3
Halo 4 (X360)
Microsoft Game Studios, Shooter
8 7,344,242 7,344,242
4
Pokemon Black / White Version 2 (DS)
Nintendo, Role-Playing
28 6,032,311 6,032,311
5
FIFA Soccer 13 (PS3)
Electronic Arts, Action
14 5,598,082 5,598,082
6
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
Nintendo, Platform
23 5,042,214 5,042,214
7
Just Dance 4 (Wii)
Ubisoft, Misc
13 4,721,969 4,721,969
8
Kinect Adventures! (X360)
Microsoft Game Studios, Misc
113 4,565,200 19,632,648
9
Assassin's Creed III (PS3)
Ubisoft, Action
9 4,379,420 4,379,420
10
FIFA Soccer 13 (X360)
Electronic Arts, Action
14 4,078,927 4,078,927
11
Assassin's Creed III (X360)
Ubisoft, Action
9 3,878,519 3,878,519
12
Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
Nintendo, Racing
57 3,413,189 7,338,206
13
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
Nintendo, Platform
61 3,308,601 7,915,067
14
Diablo III (PC)
Activision, Role-Playing
33 2,970,349 2,970,349
15
Mass Effect 3 (X360)
Electronic Arts, Role-Playing
43 2,620,352 2,620,352
16
Wii Sports (Wii)
Nintendo, Sports
319 2,447,735 80,871,799
17
Just Dance 3 (Wii)
Ubisoft, Misc
65 2,422,312 9,721,612
18
Mario Party 9 (Wii)
Nintendo, Misc
44 2,319,137 2,319,137
19
Madden NFL 13 (X360)
Electronic Arts, Sports
18 2,313,172 2,313,172
20
Resident Evil 6 (PS3)
Capcom, Action
13 2,265,308 2,265,308
21
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
Activision, Shooter
60 2,232,955 12,553,360
22
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360)
Activision, Shooter
60 2,219,944 14,781,837
23
Borderlands 2 (X360)
Take-Two Interactive, Shooter
15 2,187,111 2,187,111
24
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Action
61 2,130,604 5,575,886
25
Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
Nintendo, Racing
247 2,079,046 33,282,352
26
Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
Nintendo, Sports
184 2,071,599 31,284,697
27
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
Nintendo, Action
8 2,066,259 2,066,259
28
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360)
Bethesda Softworks, Role-Playing
60 1,959,843 6,915,318
29
Forza Motorsport 4 (X360)
Microsoft Game Studios, Racing
64 1,943,378 3,793,109
30
Madden NFL 13 (PS3)
Electronic Arts, Sports
18 1,882,244 1,882,244


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3DS only system to be YoY not couting the Vita or Wii U!!!! Vita sold very bad, this year it will double but nothing amazing like the 3DS is gonna sell.....

↓R.I.P ↓
PSP⇔DS⇔Wii



Also everyone knew COD would win following Halo, then Pokemon, But i didnt expect FIFA to do well Congrats for them. The others we all knew would easily sell 5mil+



Breakdown of global yearly software chart by platform:

X360: 11 games
PS3: 7 games
Wii: 6 games
3DS: 4 games
PC: 1 game
DS: 1 game



2012: Good year for the PlayStation nation
2013: Even a better year with the cheaper 12G model coming to the USA hopefully.



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Maybe when the next Halo comes out, COD won't be number one. I see it declining as next gen starts.



Xbox One, PS4 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)

'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin

Prediction: Switch will sell better than Wii U Lifetime Sales by Jan 1st 2018

Wander_ said:
2012: Good year for the PlayStation nation
2013: Even a better year with the cheaper 12G model coming to the USA hopefully.


The PS3 will be down massively in 2013, so I don't see how it'll be an "even better year"...unless you hate Sony or something.



Big titles releasing this year, expect also pricecuts, hard/software won't drop too much.



Wander_ said:
2012: Good year for the PlayStation nation
2013: Even a better year with the cheaper 12G model coming to the USA hopefully.


Playstation 3 will be down YoY next year. pretty massively.
Unless they cut the price again.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

Its a shame VGChartz dont include Digital Downloads, because im sure Skyrim as well as few other games would be much higher.