The NPD group has announced the best-selling software in the United States during November and Modern Warfare 3 tops the list. Sadly The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword only manage to reach the ninth spot on the list but it should be noted that the game was only released on November 20th in North America.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, WII, PC) Activision Blizzard
2. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) Bethesda Softworks
3. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts
4. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) Ubisoft
5. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360) Ubisoft
6. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2) Electronic Arts
7. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) Sony
8. Saints Row: The Third (360, PS3, PC) THQ
9. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII) Nintendo
10. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC) Warner Bros. Interactive
How typical that Modern Warfare 3 would be first. It should have been Skyward Sword, instead.
Yeah, but SS is only one platform. Plus most of those games have been out longer
EXACTLY. SS is the only exclusive and when you think of how many people who own a Wii actually keep buying Nintendo first party titles as soon as they come out, well I’m still very happy with this.
GO AWAY YOU ARE A BABY GETOF THE INTERNET
Why should it have been Skyward sword? More people bought modern warfare….big deal…………..grow up kid
You realize you’re on a Nintendo blog… Right?
Just checking. You reacted like you were on an unbiased gaming blog.
Oh yeah I forgot am on a NINTENTARD BLOG, where logic is non-existance. Cod is better thats why its 1st place. aww your jelouse awww cry go ahead your tears are chicken soup for my soul. zelda is over rated stale rehased same story weapons bosses dungeon puzzle same old shit 80s game. ugly graphics boring and only 40 yr oldfag manvirgins cry. FACTS=COD WON zelda lost haha FACTS R FACTS COMMENT IF U WANT BUT ITS A FACT. like war COD IS #1 FOREVER 4 WE ARE LEGION! Cod=fun. zelda=3d motion chess omg. zelda fail=myamoto is retiring in shame=yes YES XBOX FTW
No, it’s not better. It’s just on more platforms and can therefore sell to more people. I wonder how many who’ve bought a console just to get COD: Money Waster 3 and then I wonder how many who bought a Wii just to play Skyward Sword…
it outsold avatar in 5 days, i don’t think SS could of even beat MW3 if it was on multiple platforms.
thats because it has more replay value, but if these trolls in the comments were true gamers they would be able to look beyond that. I hate people who troll Nintendo in the comments because they are all xbox fanboys who have never even played a good first party title that wasnt a shooter. these kids just wanna be cool and get “that cool thing that my friends have.” It may sell more, but i swear to god if these kids would put their egos aside and try playing SS they wouldnt be disappointed, but then again, maybe real games arent for everyone -__-
you are so right mw3 is good but ss is better those crappy retards dont know anything
Modern Warfare 3. An overrated rehashed piece of shit.
Typical CoD troll
ya right go back to kindergarden and get your facts striat
ya right go back to kindergarden and get your facts strait
Call of duty is overrated you sad, sad little mommy’s boy. Zelda is much more of a masterpiece than that American war game! Grow up!
Just curious. What do you think today, 12 years later?
you can’t say that about zelda you retard. about 91 people like zelda more than cod money waster3. oh wait it’s number 1 on this site so people can waste money become hobos then can not play money waster 3
I WANT IT TO BE FIRST WHY DONT YOU GROW UP BABY!!!!
IT IS A BIG DEAL TO ME YOU ARE PROBALY SAYING THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WHY DONT YOU PLAY MW3 AND MARRIE IT TWO DAYS LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why don’t you grow up
still, best game in the list!
Call of Duty needs to die so other games may live online.
Bullz
I’d not mind but… *sees Just Dance 3*……….
words…they fail me right now.
figures that CoD is # 1 WHY NOT SKYRIM?! OR SKYWARD SWORD?
Skyrim is #2.
MW3 is just really mainstream so just about everybody bought it.
I don’t think that’s bad… but… just dance 3???? lol xD
As well as Madden, It doesn’t match up to anything on the list.
Wait your telling me a game released at the end of the month on a single platform lost to 8 other games on multiple platforms and beat multiple other games that were released on multiple platforms? I am happy with this.
Exactly! :O
Pretty much lol.
yep PPL. DON’T RUSH FOR GREEN FAGS WITH REHASED STORY PLOTS.
a game sells its most in its first week and christmas. it was ready for a year before they released it, nintys’ fault.
nobody cares how it ranks up against other games this month. The other games have been out longer and at least Ninty takes the time to tweak their games to their highest potential.
Yeah the game was ready for about 3/4 of a year before they released it but they still had to polish it, find glitches, and stuff like that. You know, proofread.
Other games have advantages of selling more on more than 1 consoles, Skyward Sword is the only one that is selling on a single console.
Skyrim. 8 million plus across 3 consoles. 2.66 million per platform average. Even of it sold only on one console it still sold more than skyward sword. Please stop making excuses about stupid things, make excuses about things that actually make sense.
Skyrim’s also been out longer though… This is November we’re talking about. Skyward came out on the 20th.
Exactly a single platform title in 10 days still managed to make it into the top 10 while others where out half the month or longer and on multiple platforms . I’m actually more surprised that Batman was only able to make it to 10
Makes sense. Uncharted and Zelda are the only exclusives on that list. The rest are multiplatform.
To be fair it only had 11 days in the market.
notice how (aside from uncharted) that skyward sword is the only single platform release? knowing that, the sales numbers make perfect sense. i’m just happy it even made the top 10 with the limited time it had to get sales in the month let alone being only available for the wii.
Battlefield 3 was the top selling game in October and it only had 6 days…..
I heard that barbarians usually like shooter games. So no suprise there….
oh well A WINS A WIN=DIE NINTENDO DIE OH ITS ALMOST HERE DIE MIYAMOTO I WANT TO SEE UR FANTARDS COMMITED SUCIDE CUZ OF VITA 360 POWER!
the trolls are like cockroaches, no?
Don’t Know If Troll Or Just Stupid
you don’t seem like much of a christian if yo insulting people on a nintendo thread GET TO CHURCH AND PRAY FOOL!
you mother freakin piece of bullcrap
October had like no other interesting game and Battlefield 3 is on 3 platforms.
Thanks to easy hacking for Wii….. USB + Torrent = Zelda in ur wii , sigh !
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It’s funny to see you guys bicker about video game sales the same way ONTD bickers about record sales from Gaga and Britney etc;
People need to realize Zelda is a niche game, just like Uncharted and I never expected them to sell in the ridiculous amount that heavily advitised and mass marketed games such as call of duty got. Zelda has only been out for a week so this is great for a game that’s never topped 10million sales on one game in a month.
Nintendo games are the types of games that continue to sell strongly for years to come, just like Mario kart that though it never smashed a sale in one month they now total 25 million units sold and continue to sell.
“tortoise and hare”
Oh no! A game with one of the biggest fanbases in the world sold more than a single platform game, oh nooooo!
Let’s just ignore the fact that the game came out pretty late in the month, because that doesn’t necessary mean it would’ve gotten better sales if it was first in the month. Nintendo games tend to keep selling forever. Other games reach their peak early on. I think it’s crossed the million mark already worldwide.
And for the ignorant people talking high about Skyrim’s suposed “8 million sold,” it’s actually 7 million shippsed units, not sold. And no, they don’t get any money from shipped units to retailers.
just like the cheap casual idiots who buy wiiand shovel ware.
you turd GO TO CHURCH AND PRAY!
Am I only one that feels CoD has become guitar hero, where they release too many too damn often and change very little and expect a lot…oh I forgot they were both produced by Activision, never mind.
It has but just wait when they start releasing between 2-3 CoD games in a year each year sales will dip just like Guitar Hero
go back to kindergarden and get your facts strait and who is letting you talk trash you piece of garbage
NINTENDO=REHASED 80S CACA. COD #1=SLAP A COCK ACROSS UR FACE. MIYAM0TES ALMOST GONE =NINTENDO DIE LIKE GITAR HERO. AT LEAST COD MORE FUN THAN WIIS SHOVELWARE MII GARBAGE=COD #1 GO AHEAD BITCH SAY ANYTHING BUT FACTS=COD #1 lol ZELDA FAIL=ONLY FANTARDS BUY THAT UGLY CHEAP GARBAGE BIN GRAPHICS. AT LEAST I HAVE HARD FACTS PROVING COD #1 = BETTER THAN ZELDA SKYFAIL.
go sit in your corner and think about your life
fuck you fucking trashbag wad of shit troll you dont know anything about games or graphics why dont you complain to nintendo you blue waffle infested little pussy. you momma has a bigger dick than you so get out
I don’t know why you bother with this troll, just leave him alone and after he lost all his attention he’ll get bored and go back to his bridge. That is their way.
I suppose Skyward Sword did well for a non “hardcore” game.
That is no suprise its like a game from 2009.
and what does that entail exactly?
this is not surprising.
first off, aside from uncharted 3, every other title is multi-platform.
uncharted 3 came out november 1st, skyward sword came out november 22nd.
skyward sword requires wiimotion plus, and as i dont know the statistics, i would imagine at least some people didnt buy it for that reason.
this game should be very successful, as its the last amazingly super high quality wii game, and my favorite wii game ever (i could say favorite game ever, but thinking about it its so hard for me to chose between ocarina, twilight, and this. they are all amazing games, and all have their own charm.)
It came out near the end of the month, and not everyone gets a new game within the first week of release, whereas all the others came out early in the month, so isn’t this to be expected?
Also, 9th place really isn’t that bad, considering how many video games are out there. :/
Nintendo games have something that those other games have, legs. Over time they sell way more.
Zelda Skyward Sword sold 1.50 Million and Super Mario 3D Land at 2 million already.
I think people who are complaining about multiplatform should remember that the wii has 97 million units compared to xboxes 55 million and playstations 50. So multiplatform isn’t as big an advantage as it was at first blush. Zelda suffers not because it isn’t a good game, but because its appealing to a group of people who probably bought a different console.
It probably doesn’t help either that those same people most likely have already spent 200 dollars on arguably better value for your buck games (or arguably just better) like Skyrim and assassin creed and even though I hate the game and didn’t buy it as much as anyone else mw3, and the facts that gamers might have already spent their money is supported by the list.
Not surprised considering it was released on the 20th.
Darn!!! To quote Anakin and Luke Skywalker, “No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Sigh…..Call of duty. Of course. It’s a casual game, and it’s multiplatform, so everyone buys it. No surprise. It’s nowhere near as great as the other games on this list. But I cannot comprehend why Just Dance is there… And……madden…..needs to end.
Sheesh, Skyward Sword had only been out for the last third of the month, anyway. If it had more time it would be higher on the list.
ninth place? Wow, I am not supriced. Nintendo fanbase is not usually buying things at the very moment it’s released. I might be the 1% in doing that…
Madden NFL. 6th best seller (ಠ_ಠ?
It’s understandable considering SS is only single platform and it’s up against so many other blockbusters.
I have my copy so everything is good ;)
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/11/21/zelda-skyward-sword/
Where are the 360 exclusives?
With the exclusion of Skyward Sword, Uncharted 3, Batman AC, and Skyrim, all those games suck ass.
It is also the only game on the list apart from Uncharted that’s only available on a single console.
Also, with Christmas coming, a lot of people maybe did as I’ve done, and decided to leave Skyward Sword for Christmas because I know it’s the best chance of having a great day of gaming.
Why on earth is Just Dance 3 always high on the charts?
Zumba was on UK charts for 20 weeks strait.
Just Dance 2 was best selling for a while.
Kinect is full of Dancing.
Why pay $50 on a dancing game when you can go to a club and Dance there?
http://youtu.be/iHz7XfeRNNA
I have to say there are probably some flaws with this considering the late in Nov. release date and the fact that many of those games were released on many systems like mw3
Eh, not too unexpected. The Zelda series has always sold well, but it hasn’t ever sold over 10 million copies. So I was already expecting Modern Warfare 3 to sell more.
But the others? Kind of surprised.
how did SS sell vs MW3 wii version? lol
maybe everyone realized they can use the dolphin emulater and play SS for free in 1080p on thier pc with a real wiimote lol
Maybe everyone just realized they can get the dolphin emulator and play the game in 1080P with a real wii mote for free and just spent thier money on something else