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