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Friday, January 12, 2007

2006 The Year of Nintendo!


Check out the numbers below gamers. It seems that the momentum has shifted in favor of Nintendo for the year 2006. What does 2007 hold for the big N?

US Software (December)
# Name (System) Sales
1. Gears of War (Xbox 360) 815,700
2. Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) 805,200
3. Madden NFL 2007 (PS2) 737,100
4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN) 532,900
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) 519,200

6. WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 (PS2) 484,500
7. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 427,500
8. Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360) 410,800
9. Yoshi’s Island DS (DS) 407,200
10. Call of Duty 3 (PS2) 365,300

US Hardware (December)
DSL/DS - 1,600,000 (9,123,000)
PS2 - 1,400,000 (37,087,000)
Xbox360 - 1,100,000 (4,500,000)
PSP - 953,200 (6,663,200)
GBA/SP/M - 850,700 (34,974,700)
Wii - 604,200 (1,080,200)

PS3 - 490,700 (687,700)

In addition, the top software titles of the year:

US Software (2006)
# Name (System) Sales
1. Madden NFL 2007 (PS2) 2,800,000
2. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 2,000,000
3. Gears of War (Xbox 360) 1,800,000
4. Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2) 1,700,000
5. Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) 1,300,000
6. Final Fantasy XII (PS2) 1,300,000
7. Brain Age (DS) 1,100,000
8. Madden NFL 2007 (Xbox 360) 1,000,000
9. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Xbox 360) 1,000,000
10. NCAA Football 2007 (PS2) 1,000,000

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