Long story short: North America saw lots of sequels released in November and they all sold better than their predecessors, according to the NPD Group. Let’s take these in order:
#1 – First month sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bested last year’s Black Ops by about 7%.
#2 – In one month, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim sold 5x the amount Oblivion did in the same timeframe. In a month, the game was just half a million copies short of Oblivion’s lifetime sales.
#3 – Battlefield 3 is the best-selling game in the Battlefield series to date.
#9 – This isn’t from the NPD Group, but Nintendo of America reported that Skyward Sword is the fastest-selling Zelda game of all time. The game sold 600,000 copies in its first.
#10 – Following strong sales, Batman: Arkham City is just shy of Arkham Asylum’s lifetime sales.
Finally, while it isn’t on the list, Super Mario 3D Land is the fastest-selling portable Mario game ever. It sold 625,000 copies in November. It and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary would have charted in the top-ten had the chart been broken up by sales on individual platforms.
Here’s the full top-10 chart for the month:
Rank | Title | System | Publisher |
01. | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | PS3, 360, Wii, PC | Activision Blizzard |
02. | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | PS3, 360, PC | Bethesda Softworks |
03. | Battlefield 3 | PS3, 360, PC | Electronic Arts |
04. | Assassin’s Creed: Revelations | PS3, 360, PC | Ubisoft |
05. | Just Dance 3 | 360, Wii | Ubisoft |
06. | Madden NFL 12 | PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, PS2 | Electronic Arts |
07. | Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune | PS3 | Sony |
08. | Saints Row: The Third | PS3, 360, PC | THQ |
09. | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | Nintendo |
10. | Batman: Arkham City | PS3, 360, PC | Warner Bros. |
Published: Dec 9, 2011 03:01 pm