VGChartz Top 25 software sales 2008

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allstargo10 (on 19 February 2009)

Poor EA ... Hopefully there releases on 2009 will be better but then again they started delaying already because of competition.. Uh oh

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Mummelmann (on 26 January 2009)

No surprises except perhaps the relatively low sales of GH on the Wii? I really though it'd move a lot more, are people finally getting tired of the concept? I never liked it myself.
Fable 2 did very well, considering how late into the year it launched! Mario Kart Wii appears on track to be the best selling nun-bundled Wii game this gen!

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tolu619 (on 26 January 2009)

Chebee,the article counted wii sports as an extra game.Notice it was number 0 before mkwii which was number 1?I'm suprised that there are about as many hardcore games on the list from nintendo as there are casual.What have we been complaining about?See how well brawl,mkwii,pokemon,new super mario bros etc did.I'm also suprised @ d 3 DS games dat are in the top 25 2 to 3 years after their release.

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Faxanadu (on 26 January 2009)

Actually, combining platforms SW makes for a far more interesting list, rather than having CoD on the top 26 a felt 10 times.

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Dgc1808 (on 25 January 2009)

GT5p made it?? Nice.

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The:GMan (on 25 January 2009)

I can appreciate MKWii up there but Nintendogs? Beating my beloved MGS4. Maybe next time. Shrugs

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obamanian (on 25 January 2009)

Fable 2 is the only RPG in that list, amazing !!!

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RCTjunkie (on 24 January 2009)

YES!!!!!!!
Mario Kart Wii = world dominance!

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vess13 (on 24 January 2009)

@Cheebee

thats why they wrote 8(7) also they put Wii Sports in 0th place

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ZuZayLi (on 24 January 2009)

I'm happy games like SSBB and SMG will surpass the 10 million mark one day.

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Marco (on 24 January 2009)

Metal Gear Solid 4 - GAME OF GEN

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Cheat1011 (on 23 January 2009)

Why not? I'm pretty sure the original Gears has outsold every MGS game ever made.

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ugin569343 (on 23 January 2009)

Wow. Gears 2 outsells MGS4. Im not expecting that. :)

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Games fanboy (on 23 January 2009)

Why does so many hd fanboys want to combine ps3 and 360 game sales now on multi games lol
Only to try to beat wii games in sales :)
its pretty stupid as its sales on specific hardware that counts :)
I read this more and more now when the wii is starting to sell huge amounts of software.

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alera (on 23 January 2009)

At some point are people going to grow some balls and say Sony have failed. They got it wrong ?

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atma998 (on 23 January 2009)

Nintendomination once again...

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arsenal009 (on 23 January 2009)

I'm happy there are no EA games there.
BTW, lego indiana jones for 360 counts but not Wii Sports? What's up with that?

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SmokedHostage (on 23 January 2009)

Pokemon Peal?

Also Nintendo just dominates... :).

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FreeTalkLive (on 23 January 2009)

I have the top 7 games on the list (although I have the smoother PS3 version of GTA 4). Nintendo does wonderful stuff.

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Maynard_Tool (on 23 January 2009)

Damn O.o

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sethnintendo (on 23 January 2009)

Nintendo Domination

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OmegaRugalv3 (on 23 January 2009)

I think Mario Kart was severly underrated game by the industry.

Mario Kart Wii is argubly the best MK game ever and has an OUTSTANDING online mode.

Reviewers in general were quick thinking the game is skillless and did not really play the game imho as getting to 8000-9999 VP online takes a lot of skill ... and no weapon is going to save you against the best players.

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WiiStation360 (on 23 January 2009)

Only one HD game managed to outsell Nintendogs last year. (GTAIV)

Nintendogs is unstoppable!

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dark_gh0st_b0y (on 23 January 2009)

Wii totally owns the top 4 and people still saying Ps3 had the best games in 2008!?

maybe for gamers, but generally, the best 2008 lineup was the Wii one!!: )

also, wasn't the Wii not selling software!?

and, wasn't the Wii not selling 3rd party games, then how did Mario & Sonic made it to the list? i know it's Mario and Guitar Hero, but they are still 3rd party!!

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Star Scream (on 23 January 2009)

Am I reading this right, or not a single game from EA? Ouch!!!

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--OkeyDokey-- (on 23 January 2009)

@ shams

That's a good idea.
I must say, it's getting pretty boring seeing Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii (in that order) every damn week! And it doesn't seem like it's changing anytime soon D:

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shams (on 23 January 2009)

EA has a terrible year - they really missed that Harry Potter game.

Mind you - if you did a chart for titles over all platforms combined - EA would feature heavily (Madden, etc).

In fact, everyone bar Ninty & Activision didn't do much. Sony has 1 title, MS had 2. Capcom, Konami & Lucasarts had 1 title each.

And Sega? Two titles - both Mario & Sonic titles (effectively Ninty titles).

We should start releasing 'Nintendo exclusion charts' - they will be a lot more interesting.

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XiaoMay (on 23 January 2009)

THAT is Nintendomination !

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--OkeyDokey-- (on 23 January 2009)

@ Snake

Aunts? That's a new one :P

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Snake (on 23 January 2009)

Nintendo always find the way to suck up to moms and grandmothers and aunts for some money.

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paulkelly1980 (on 23 January 2009)

I wish everyone would get over this “hard core” “casual” thing. Just enjoy the game for what they are. Third party companies are supposed to big corporations. if they can’t identify how the market leader is making so much money, and then adapt their own strategy to combat this then they don’t deserve to be in business.

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efestione (on 23 January 2009)

nintendo dominates

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Aidman (on 23 January 2009)

@BengaBenga
thanks and yes but Mario Kart Wii is the best selling whatever happen.

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Sullla (on 23 January 2009)

About half the complaints in the comments were addressed in the actual article. READ before you post, folks.

On topic, it's easy to see why Nintendo is so successful right now. Look at the exclusive games per platform in the top 25:

Wii: 6 (7 with Wii Sports)
360: 2
PS3: 2

Let's say you're a big fan of Call of Duty, or Grand Theft Auto. You can purchase those games on the 360, PS3, or PC. There's no definitive platform for those titles. But if you want Nintendo's big hits, you have to purchase their systems, which drives the crazy hardware numbers we see.

Honestly, it's not that complicated. Nintendo continues to succeed because they have the most desired exclusive software.

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papflesje (on 23 January 2009)

there ARE 26 titles, they just cheated by making one number 0 :p

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BengaBenga (on 23 January 2009)

Next week we'll have the chart with the multiplatform games combined. It will look a lot different.

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luisgvm (on 23 January 2009)

wow at nintendo thats all.

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Galaki (on 23 January 2009)

But GTA4 together make it to 3rd place!

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novasonic (on 23 January 2009)

Nintendo = win!

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Araknie87 (on 23 January 2009)

@Kenryoku Maxis

Brawl is Harcore, New Super Mario Bros. is Hardcore and even Mario Kart Wii it is, so don't say it more or all say all the wii and nds hardcore game are coming in this year for all regions. XD

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llewdebkram (on 23 January 2009)

Another 35 million to add to the Mario Franchise total.

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Kenryoku_Maxis (on 23 January 2009)

@Cueil

People aren't buying 'hardcore' or much of anything beyond Nintendo Internal games in high numbers because the Third Parties just haven't put any amount of effort in comparison. Even if they make 500 different versions of 'Imagine: Soap Box Derby Racers' or 'Brain Ticklers Sodoku Quest EXTREME', its just a lazy alternative for that one well advertised and well designed game they should be making.

And No More Heroes and the rest of the games that have been released so far are not it. We shall see if some of the games coming out this year, like The Conduit, are that game. They look a lot more promising.

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Cueil (on 23 January 2009)

Looking at that Wii and DS list clearly shows what people buy on the Wii and DS and it isn't games like No More Heros or Conduit. Nintendo needs to push the bridge games a bit more... hopefully Zelda will pull more of those people into the gaming culter and they'll try out the more robust games.

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NSS7 (on 23 January 2009)

Monster hunter save PSP.

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janta (on 23 January 2009)

In the same period of time Wii Sports sold 23.57m according to VGChartz figures.

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TheSource (on 23 January 2009)

Your welcome.

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2752

Lots of info in our earlier year in review, linked above as well!

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MasterZack (on 23 January 2009)

I hope Nintendo continue like this, this year!

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--OkeyDokey-- (on 23 January 2009)

I think multiplats should be combined. It'd be a much more interesting list without one game taking up two spaces.

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Godot (on 23 January 2009)

@TopCat8: since they stopped doing animation, everything Disney touches is shit.

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TopCat8 (on 23 January 2009)

Oh Nintendo, how I love you. You are like the Disney of video games. Everything you touch turns to gold.

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Just2Fresh (on 22 January 2009)

@Kenryoku_Maxis

What your saying is true...because I remember for the N64 they had some great games in my opinion for "mature" gamers even though I was a kid at the time....such as Doom 64,Duke Nukem 64, and Goldeneye great games I wont pick up a Wii this Generation but Next Gen if Nintendo brings out a System which developers see fit to throw some "mature" games at it...you damn well know Im picking that system up!

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SnesTea (on 22 January 2009)

I thought it was going to be Wii Play for sure.

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Arius Dion (on 22 January 2009)

Kenryo: That is exactly what I tried to tackle in my first OP. Also I think the same stigma can be applied to the HD consoles as well. The idea that it isn't a fps without blood and gore it wont sell on an HD platform..All of these stigma's are BS PR spin by competitors.

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halogamer1989 (on 22 January 2009)

Nintendo is killing everyone. Still most of those games will be bought by every Wii owner due to the longstanding 1st party advantage. Note: Pokemon Pearl is misspelled.

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Kenryoku_Maxis (on 22 January 2009)

@bugrimmar

Its so sad that this is what people on the internet think. But third parties aren't making games for the Wii because they got caught with their pants down after the N64 and GC weren't as popular as the PSX and PS2/XBOX. And they thought the trend would continue into this generation.

Now that Nintendo itself as a company has taken over 65-70% of the market share and nearly 90% of the profit, they're going to shift focus. If they want to come in and obtain some of that market share and profit, they have to work for it, and not just sit back on the side lines crying 'wah, big bully Nintendo is making casual games that suck'.

The only people building up this hidden barrier saying the Wii is for kids/casuals and the 360/PS3 is for 'real gamers' are the ones who are choosing to view the Wii as a 'toy' while the game system they chose is a 'multimedia gaming system'. Step up and face the facts that you're playing a game.

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bugrimmar (on 22 January 2009)

@just2fresh

third parties don't make core games for nintendo because the bulk of nintendo owners won't buy them. casual gamers buy casual games.

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outlawauron (on 22 January 2009)

Nice list.

Although you need to make sure that you clarify that it's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite! (if you want to use American titles) and not Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G (combining US and Japanese names)

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Bolshack (on 22 January 2009)

nintendo is doing great this gen.. 8 games of the top 10 are nintendo games..
PS: hell, nintendogs doesnt stop selling LOL

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Cheebee (on 22 January 2009)

There's an error in the article.. it says there are 8 Wii titles in that list, but there are only 7. At the bottom it says
Wii: 8
DS: 7
X360: 6
PS3: 4
PSP: 1

...Clearly, added up, that makes 26. So one too many for Wii.

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alexdude1991 (on 22 January 2009)

Yeah why wasn't wiisports counted?

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Just2Fresh (on 22 January 2009)

Wow Nintendo Im speechless lmao...I still dont see why 3rd party developers dont release more Hardcore games for the Wii the market share IS THERE...lol mostly all the games on the list for the Ps3 and 360 are "Hardcore" games...I would love to see this list at the end of this year lol should be interesting ;)

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FishyJoe (on 22 January 2009)

Seems like if there were a loser for 2008, it would have to be EA.

How the mighty have fallen.

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CONMAN15 (on 22 January 2009)

Nice to see mario galaxy do so well in its second year. I hope it continues.

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DEF (on 22 January 2009)

Without downloadable version GT5 Prologue is not presented accurately on the list. VGChartz should´ve compiled another one for comparison with games released on multiple platforms to claim only one position. This would offer better picture of the industry as whole, not only console specific allocation. It appears that Nintendo hit the right balance between complex gameplay and accesibility for newcomers in case of Mario Kart Wii (at least in terms of sales if not the metascore).

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De85 (on 22 January 2009)

COD4 360 is a beast. Maybe WaW can make it up there for this year as well.

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BengaBenga (on 22 January 2009)

@Noobie: the correction is there, something went wrong importing the table. For the regional charts you can use VGChartz tools: Japan -> Yearly -> 2008

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Noobie (on 22 January 2009)

Top 25 region wise should also be added in this chart.. also the correction should be made for MH2G and Lego Indiana Jones

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townzy89 (on 22 January 2009)

Haha "Mario kart wii is the best sold game of 2008."

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Smeags (on 22 January 2009)

It would have been better if you put in a Mario Kart Wii picture with the character in first place. :-P

Seriously though, great article, can't wait to see what 2009 provides. :-)

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darthdevidem01 (on 22 January 2009)

yay the DEMO OF GT5 MADE IT TO THE TOP 25!!!

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snyperdud (on 22 January 2009)

Interesting.
Nintendo Domination.

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	Game	Plat.	Publisher	Worldwide
0	Wii Sports	Wii	Nintendo	23.8m
1	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo	13.64m
2	Wii Fit	Wii	Nintendo	13.05m
3	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo	11.00m
4	Super Smash Brothers Brawl	Wii	Nintendo	8.31m
5	Grand Theft Auto IV	X360	Take Two	6.64m
6	New Super Mario Brothers	DS	Nintendo	5.53m
7	Brain Training	DS	Nintendo	5.45m
8	Grand Theft Auto IV	PS3	Take Two	5.25m
9	Mario Kart DS	DS	Nintendo	4.76m
10	Nintendogs	DS	Nintendo	4.52m
11	More Brain Training	DS	Nintendo	4.48m
12	Gears of War 2	X360	Microsoft	4.14m
13	Call of Duty: World at War	X360	Activision	4.13m
14	Pokemon Diamond + Pearl	DS	Nintendo	3.97m
15	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii	Sega	3.97m
16	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	DS	Sega	3.85m
17	Metal Gear Solid 4	PS3	Konami	3.75m
18	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	Nintendo	3.34m
19	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360	Activision	2.88m
20	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G	PSP	Capcom	2.70m
21	Lego Indiana Jones	X360	LucasArts	2.62m
22	Gran Turismo 5: Prologue	PS3	SCE	2.50m
23	Guitar Hero: World Tour	Wii	Activision	2.39m
24	Call of Duty: World at War	PS3	Activision	2.39m
25	Fable 2	X360	Microsoft	2.25m