Best selling games of 2009 us

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2. Wii Wii 3. Wii Fit with Balance Board Wii 5. Mario Kart with Wheel Wii 6. Wii Play with Remote Wii 7. Halo 3: ODST Madden NFL 10 DS Assassin's Creed II Left 4 Dead 2 UFC Undisputed Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism.

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Publisher: Activision Blizzard Copies sold: 4. Publisher: Electronic Arts Copies sold: 1. Fans snatched it up, though and critics applauded the new style of play. The strategy seems to be working. Skip Navigation. That tends to warp comparisons. Sales data for numbers six through ten was not available. Nintendo, not surprisingly, continues to rule the charts, claiming four of the top five slots. A look at the Top 10, year to date, follows — starting with a handful of recently launched and imminent titles that are showing strong initial sales or pre-orders — and could achieve a spot on the Top 10 list moving forward.

With unlockable characters, devastating blows and a sense of renewal for the series, the game appeals to long time fans, which returned in droves.

The game was a real-time strategy title rather than a first person shooter, which is a much harder sell to console gamers. The game may be identical on both platforms, but fans of both systems like to argue which version is graphically superior.

If the PS3 were in more homes, the positions would be reversed. Activision and developer Treyarch brought the vaunted series back to its World War II roots after the previous installment which was set in the modern age — and gamers snapped it up.

The company has actively supported the game since its release as well, releasing downloadable content that quickly set a new record on Xbox Live, with over 1 million people buying the new maps within the first week. The initial trailer for the game was graphically so far beyond anything anyone had ever seen on a video game system that they wanted to see if such authenticity was possible.

It has become one of the must-have games for the PS3 and may well jump into the Top 5 before the end of the year.