Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Best Selling Games of This Generation

10.Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
-shooter
-Activision-Blizzard
-first call of duty game that focused on present battles

9.  Mario Cart
-racing
-Nintendo
-lets 12 people play online at once

8. Wii Fit Plus
-exercise
-Nintendo
-Less a sequel than an enhancement of the original game, "Wii Fit Plus" added 21 new mini-games

7. Guitar Hero World Tour
-music
-Activision-Blizzard
-Following the lead of "Rock Band," the "Guitar Hero" franchise became a full band game with this release.

6. Wii Play
-sports
-Nintendo
-like wii sports, it has mini games and sports

5. Rock Band
-music
-Viacom/MTV Games
-the title earned sales of $670.7 million

4. Call of Duty-Modern Warfare 2
-Shooting
-Activision-Blizzard
-It has life-to-date sales of $713.6 million

3. Wii Fit
-exercise
-Nintendo
-The public would never go for it! In fact, retailers couldn't keep it on shelves – and it became the best selling game for the Wii, with life-to-date sales of $736.6 million.

2. Call of Duty Black Ops
-Shooting 
-Activision-Blizzard
-With sales of $787.4 million so far, "Black Ops" is, as of February 2011, still the industry's top selling title.

1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
-music
-Activision-Blizzard
-Biggest sales of all time,"Guitar Hero III" was the peak for the music genre, earning life-to-date sales of $830.9 million (not counting additional income from digital add-on sales). 

"News Headlines." CNBC Mobile Home. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <http://www.cnbc.com

3 comments:

  1. I would have to agree that Call OF Duty is the best.It is definitely one of my favorites.

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  2. Black Ops is a terrible game. I can't believe people actually spent money for it.

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  3. I would have to say my favorite game on this list is Black Ops. I dont know why a lot of people dont like it too much, but it is one of my favorite games when I decide to play xbox.

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