indiegames
February 4th, 2010, 11:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_notreallytheworldjustameric.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/notreallytheworldjustameric.jpg)Collaborating like they do in times of great need, market research companies The NPD Group (North America), GfK Chart-Track (PAL) and Enterbrain (Japan) have combined to bring us the five best-selling games in the "world" for 2009.
Course, they don't really mean the entire planet. Only the figures from the world's three largest markets - the USA, Japan and United Kingdom - were deemed worthy enough, but since we still get a nice collection of data from them, that's good enough for us.
Does it surprise you that four of the five aren't just for the Wii, but have the word Wii in the title? Course it doesn't.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_worldsales.jpg
Global Video Game Market Analysis - 2009 (http://www.mcvuk.com/features/636/Global-Video-Game-Market-Analysis-2009) [MCV]
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Course, they don't really mean the entire planet. Only the figures from the world's three largest markets - the USA, Japan and United Kingdom - were deemed worthy enough, but since we still get a nice collection of data from them, that's good enough for us.
Does it surprise you that four of the five aren't just for the Wii, but have the word Wii in the title? Course it doesn't.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_worldsales.jpg
Global Video Game Market Analysis - 2009 (http://www.mcvuk.com/features/636/Global-Video-Game-Market-Analysis-2009) [MCV]
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