Casual games thrive in the 2009 single format charts

Casual games have thrived in the past year, as demonstrated by the overall 2009 single format charts. While hardcore gaming bastion Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was crowned as the best selling game of 2009 in the UK, a closer look at which titles performed best on each format in the last 12 months shows how casual releases dominated the Nintendo platforms.
Elsewhere, across the Sony and Microsoft platforms traditional titles still dominated.
The numbers come courtesy of ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack.

2009 Nintendo Wii Chart

1. Wii Sports Resort
2. Wii Fit
3. Wii Fit Plus
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii

2009 Nintendo DS Chart
1. Professor Layton And The Curious Village
2. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
3. Professor Layton And Pandora's Box
4. Mario Kart DS
5. New Super Mario Bros.

2009 Sony PlayStation 3 Chart
1. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. FIFA 10
3. Assassin's Creed II
4. Killzone 2
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

2009 Sony PSP Chart
1. FIFA 10
2. FIFA 09
3. Gran Turismo
4. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
5. LittleBigPlanet

2009 Xbox 360 Chart
1. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. FIFA 10
3. Forza Motorsport 3
4. Assassin's Creed II
5. Halo 3: ODST