Dante Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Exclusive end-of-year ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack data supplied to MCV has shown that Mario Kart and FIFA were the big winners as part of 2008's £4bn bonanza we detailed earlier this week. According to the Top 10s for unit sales of both individual SKUs and the All Formats listing, Nintendo formats drove sales while multiformat efforts from the likes of EA, Activision Blizzard, Rockstar and LucasArts secured glory too. Mario Kart Wii was the best selling single-SKU of the year, selling continually after its April 2008 release. In fact five Wii games secured places in that chart - the others were Wii Fit, Wii Play (both Nintendo), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) and 2K's Carnival Funfair. Meanwhile, in the All Formats 2008 list, EA takes the top spot - no surprise after selling 2m copies in the UK as we revealed earlier today - but Mario Kart isn't far behind at second. And there are six titles exclusive to Nintendo formats in that list - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Wii Fit, Wii Play, Dr Kawashima's Brain Training and Carnival Funfair. GTA IV, Lego Indiana Jones and Call of Duty: World at War also put in good showings in the top 10s too. (In fact, as these lists are by unit sales rather than value, it's possible that Activision Blizzard and Rockstar might have trumped the likes of EA in the revenue stakes as their headline games were released at higher-price points on 360 and PS3 - but you'll have to wait until we publish our full year analysis to find out more about that.) The full 2008 top tens for individual SKU sales (units) and All Formats (units) are listed below. 2008 TOP 10 - INDIVIDUAL SKUS 1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) Nintendo 2. Wii Fit (Wii) Nintendo 3. Wii Play (Wii) Nintendo 4. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS) Nintendo 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) Sega 6. GTA IV (360) Rockstar 7. GTA IV (PS3) Rockstar 8. Call of Duty: World at War (360) Activision 9. Carnival Funfair (Wii) 2K 10. FIFA 09 (360) EA 2008 TOP 10 - ALL FORMATS 1. FIFA 09 EA 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 3. GTA IV (Rockstar) 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) 5. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 6. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision) 7. Wii Play (Nintendo) 8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) 9. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts) 10. Carnival Funfair (2K)
mcj metroid Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 wow i had no idea the lego games sold so well...
Dante Posted January 10, 2009 Author Posted January 10, 2009 Brain Age and Wii Play are 2006 games, Mario & Sonic and Carnival Games are 2007 games.
Indigo Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Brain Age and Wii Play are 2006 games, Mario & Sonic and Carnival Games are 2007 games. It's not a list of the best-selling games released in 2008. Release date is irrelevant. If you meant to question that, that is. Maybe you were just highlighting the longevity of their sales performance, which is interesting.
Fierce_LiNk Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 It's not a list of the best-selling games released in 2008. Release date is irrelevant. If you meant to question that, that is. Maybe you were just highlighting the longevity of their sales performance, which is interesting. I think the second part of your post is what he was highlighting. It is pretty astounding when you think about it. Based on those sales, you have to wonder what a game has to be or do in order to sell well. I think the key is accessibility.
Emasher Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 Accessibility, yes, but also marketing. All the games that have been selling that long have been marketed continuously since they came out.
Zechs Merquise Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Nice to see that not one PS3 exclusive was in there. So much for the PS3 revival lol. I'm also pleased to see Mario Kart charting so high, for me that was the game of the year.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Nice to see that not one PS3 exclusive was in there. So much for the PS3 revival lol. I'm also pleased to see Mario Kart charting so high, for me that was the game of the year. Seriously Zechs we all get it by now that you hate Sony, PS3 and everything they stand for. Can you please stop with the bashing now as it just leads to arguements.
Zechs Merquise Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Seriously Zechs we all get it by now that you hate Sony, PS3 and everything they stand for. Can you please stop with the bashing now as it just leads to arguements. haha Sorry - no can do, I just love it! After 2 generations of Nintendo bashing hate it's revenge time for old Zechs!
jammy2211 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 haha Sorry - no can do, I just love it! After 2 generations of Nintendo bashing hate it's revenge time for old Zechs! Have you ever thought about seeking therapy?
Zechs Merquise Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Have you ever thought about seeking therapy? lol, therapy? Not just yet, but the fact I still play my NES says a lot!
Hero-of-Time Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 haha Sorry - no can do, I just love it! After 2 generations of Nintendo bashing hate it's revenge time for old Zechs! Well then any trolling I find from you in the future will be deleted. If you want to discuss why then feel free to PM me.
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