Modern Warfare 2 was 2009’s best seller

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According to data published by Top Global Markets, an integrated monthly report from leading providers of consumer and retail information in the video games industry, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold 11.86 million units worldwide in 2009.

Of this 11.86 million, a huge 8.82 million was accounted for in the US, 2.8 million in the UK and a meagre 237,500 in Japan.

The rest of the year’s Top 5 selling games were all exclusive to the Wii: Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Total: 11.86 million

US: 8.82 million

Japan: 237,500

UK: 2.8 million

Wii Sports Resort

Total: 7.57 million

US: 4.54 million

Japan: 1.54 million

UK: 1.49 million

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Total: 7.41 million

US: 4.23 million

Japan: 2.49 million

UK: 687,300

Wii Fit Plus

Total: 5.8 million

US: 3.53 million

Japan: 1.3 million

UK: 968,300

Wii Fit

Total: 5.44 million

US: 3.6 million

Japan: 588,300

UK: 1.25 million

Via MCV

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