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gamedaily.com - 1/15/2009

NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion

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As people flocked to stores buying Wiis, they also bought Wii Play, which became the best selling title in '08. Five of the top 10 games for the year were from Nintendo.

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NPD sales figures - December and year end totals
GoNintendo — ... million 3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 4.53 million 4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii – Nintendo – 4.17 million 5. Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360 – Take-Two – 3.29 million* 6. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 2.75 million* 7. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 2.31 million* 8. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 – Take-Two – 1.89 million* 9. Madden NFL ‘09 - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 1.87 million* 10. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 1.65 million Link This entry was posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 6:41 pm and is filed under ...

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