These Were The Best-Selling Games Of 2011 In The U.S.

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These Were The Best-Selling Games Of 2011 In The U.S.

By Ishaan . January 12, 2012 . 4:32pm​

With 2011 over and done with, the NPD Group have released a list of the top-10 selling games (via physical retail channels) during the year. You can peruse this list below:


Rank Title System Publisher
01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PS3, 360, Wii, PC Activision Blizzard
02. Just Dance 3 PS3, 360, Wii Ubisoft
03. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PS3, 360, PC Bethesda Softworks
04. Battlefield 3 PS3, 360, PC Electronic Arts
05. Madden NFL 12 PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, PS2 Electronic Arts
06. Call of Duty: Black Ops PS3, 360, Wii, PC, DS Activision Blizzard
07. Batman: Arkham City PS3, 360, PC Warner Bros.
08. Gears of War 3 360 Microsoft
09. Just Dance 2 Wii Ubisoft
10. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations PS3, 360, PC Ubisoft


A few points to note about 2011:

1. Total consumer spend on videogame-related content and hardware via physical channels was down 8% in 2011 as compared to the previous year.



2. However, the NPD Group estimate that other forms of monetization — used games, digital full game and add-on content downloads, mobile games, social network games, subscriptions and rentals — saw an increase of 7% over 2010, offsetting the drop in total physical spend to an extent.



3. The bottom line is that total consumer spend in 2011 across all categories is estimated to be down approximately 5%.



4. The Xbox 360 was the best-selling platform in the U.S. in 2011, and both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 saw increased sales over 2010.



5. Driven by Just Dance sales, the dance genre grew 66% over 2010.

Source:Siliconera
http://www.siliconer...011-in-the-u-s/

I'm not surprised by any of them.

 

[DJPlace]

wow at just dance 2 and 3 on the same list.

 

[NES SNES V.B. N64 G.C. Wii WiiU]

Kinda what I woulda predicted...
And I'm not even in the US. What's Madden NFL?

 

[smile72]

American Football.

 

[DJPlace]

football. not the soccer ball it's a ball shaped like a triangal.

 

[Mindzpeed]

I would have prefered to see the sale numbers. Shocked that Pokemon B/W weren't on the list.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I would have prefered to see the sale numbers. Shocked that Pokemon B/W weren't on the list.

You expected Pokémon to win against FPSes and Skyrim?
What were the US sales of Black/White anyway?

 

[Mindzpeed]

I would have prefered to see the sale numbers. Shocked that Pokemon B/W weren't on the list.

You expected Pokémon to win against FPSes and Skyrim?
What were the US sales of Black/White anyway?

Of course not! But to be in the top 10 lists. I didn't know dancing games were famous in America

 

[emigre]

I only bought one of those games. I ended up selling it as well. Internet cookie for who guesses which game it was.

 

[chyyran]

Nothing surprising.

CoD and Skyrim was a given.

 

[Nujui]

I only bought one of those games. I ended up selling it as well. Internet cookie for who guesses which game it was.

GOW 3

But yeah, most of those were a given.

 

[Joe88]

What were the US sales of Black/White anyway?

http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales-data/44573/pokemon-black-white-version/

 

[Deleted-236924]

With only 3.8 million sales, I'm not surprised it's not in the top ten.

 

[T-hug]

Not surprised by the list.
How many of the games did people here play or buy?
I got Skyrim, Gears 3 and Batman. Might try B3 & MW3 some day when they are like £5 each.

 

[Lily]

I didn't buy a single game on that list. It's too bad more people don't do the same, but what can ya do.

 

[thieves like us]

football. not the soccer ball it's a ball shaped like a triangal.

"triangal", really? I weep for the future

besides, an american football is shaped more like a rugby football (which is something an aussie could relate to

 

[X_XSlashX_X]

I didn't buy a single game on that list. It's too bad more people don't do the same, but what can ya do.

I didn't buy any of those either. Really didn't interest me. Though in 2011 I did get a lot of good games. Shame they didn't make it to the list :\

 

[PolloDiablo]

I didn't buy a single game on that list. It's too bad more people don't do the same, but what can ya do.

and I haven't pirated any of those games

 

[Bladexdsl]

what a garbage list

 

[geminisama]

I'm glad to see Batman made the list, it earned it's sales.

Not surprised by the list.
How many of the games did people here play or buy?
I got Skyrim, Gears 3 and Batman. Might try B3 & MW3 some day when they are like £5 each.

I bought Batman, Skyrim, and Battlefield 3. I'd like to get the newest Assassins Creed, but I'll wait for it to drop to around $20ish.