Activision's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 topped the UK all formats chart in 2009 as the year's bestselling game, according to data released today by ELSPA and GfK Chart-Track.
EA's FIFA 10 placed second, while Nintendo titles Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus rounded off the top five.
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed II came sixth, ahead of Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii and Sega's Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games.
Demonstrating the massive popularity of the Call Of Duty and FIFA franchises, 2008 releases COD: World At War and FIFA 09 took ninth and tenth on the annual chart, respectively.
"There is no doubt that 2009 belonged to Activision, but it was a strong year for many software developers and publishers," said ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson.
"The rise of family-orientated, multiplayer games in 2009 also demonstrates how videogames have expanded into new genres finding fresh audiences. If nothing else, last year confirmed that we are now a nation of enthusiastic and energetic gamers here in Britain."
2009 All Formats Chart 01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 02. FIFA 10 03. Wii Sports Resort 04. Wii Fit 05. Wii Fit Plus 06. Assassin's Creed II 07. Mario Kart Wii 08. Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games 09. Call Of Duty: World At War 10. FIFA 09 11. New Super Mario Bros. Wii 12. Wii Play 13. Professor Layton And The Curious Village 14. Forza Motorsport 3 15. Lego Batman: The Videogame 16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 17. Need For Speed: Shift 18. Resident Evil 5 19. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training 20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
ELSPA and GfK Chart-Track also released top 20 charts for individual hardware platforms, which follow:
2009 Nintendo Wii Chart 01. Wii Sports Resort 02. Wii Fit 03. Wii Fit Plus 04. Mario Kart Wii 05. New Super Mario Bros. Wii 06. Wii Play 07. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 08. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 09. My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape 10. EA Sports Active 11. Carnival: Funfair Games 12. Just Dance 13. Big Beach Sports 14. Monopoly 15. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 16. F1 2009 17. Super Smash Bros: Brawl 18. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party 19. Guitar Hero: World Tour 20. Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City
2009 Sony PlayStation 3 Chart 01. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 02. FIFA 10 03. Assassin's Creed II 04. Killzone 2 05. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 06. Need For Speed: Shift 07. Littlebigplanet 08. Call Of Duty: World At War 09. Resident Evil 5 10. Batman: Arkham Asylum 11. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 12. Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 13. FIFA 09 14. UFC 2009: Undisputed 15. Grand Theft Auto IV 16. Street Fighter IV 17. Infamous 18. Fight Night Round 4 19. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection 20. Resistance 2
2009 Xbox 360 Chart 01. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 02. FIFA 10 03. Forza Motorsport 3 04. Assassin's Creed II 05. Halo 3: ODST 06. Call Of Duty: World At War 07. Resident Evil 5 08. Lego Batman: The Videogame 09. Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City 10. Left 4 Dead 2 11. Pure 12. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 13. Need For Speed: Shift 14. Gears Of War 2 15. Halo Wars 16. FIFA 09 17. Batman: Arkham Asylum 18. UFC 2009: Undisputed 19. Grand Theft Auto IV 20. Halo 3
2009 Nintendo DS Chart 01. Professor Layton And The Curious Village 02. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training 03. Professor Layton And Pandora's Box 04. Mario Kart DS 05. New Super Mario Bros. 06. Pokémon Platinum 07. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 08. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force 09. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima 10. Carnival: Funfair Games 11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 12. Puzzler Collection 13. Mystery Case Files: Millionheir 14. Peppa Pig: The Game 15. Big Brain Academy 16. 42 All-Time Classics 17. Nintendogs: Lab & Friends 18. 100 Classic Book Collection 19. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 20. Rhythm Paradise
2009 Sony PSP Chart 01. FIFA 10 02. FIFA 09 03. Gran Turismo 04. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters 05. Littlebigplanet 06. Tekken: Dark Resurrection 07. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 08. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 09. Invizimals 10. God Of War: Chains Of Olympus 11. Need For Speed: Undercover 12. Ben 10: Alien Force 13. Daxter 14. Call Of Duty: Roads To Victory 15. Medal of Honor: Heroes 16. Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition 17. Dissidia: Final Fantasy 18. Resistance: Retribution 19. Football Manager 2009 20. Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite
Aye, good to see the PC platform apparently being non-existent according to these ELSPA chaps.
Anyhow, I've enjoyed "FIFA 10", "Batman: Arkham Asylum", "Left4Dead2 (on the PC)" and "CoD4: MW (also on the PC)", "Gears of War 2", "Halo 3" from those lists. I've dabbled with the beginning of "GTA IV" but have yet to seriously dive in. I have not enjoyed "RE 5".
P.S. Never mind the plethora of other titles I've bought during the course of 2009 and early 2010 which haven't made it to the posted lists in the article.
^ That is a surprise.. Out of those games last year, I got MW2, FIFA 10, AC2, KZ2 - traded in, UC2, LBP, RE5, BAA, and InFamous, all on PS3. I have others on that list but they weren't released in 2009. I could buy another 10 games this year too, maybe more.
I'd say 2009 belonged to Nintendo. I bet the development costs are a fraction of MW2, there are many more Nintendo games and some of those games are old. It's just more money in the bank!
KFD, it's worth perservering with RE5. It actually gets better as you level up your weapons, and it really kicked in for me on about my third play through, although that was great as I did it co-op. Of course, it might be that it just doesn't click with you though!
Same as Bayonetta. I want to make it last as it's so f**king good, but I'm really looking forward to building up my moves and weapons and attacking the game again.
I'd say 2009 belonged to Nintendo. I bet the development costs are a fraction of MW2, there are many more Nintendo games and some of those games are old. It's just more money in the bank!
KFD, it's worth perservering with RE5. It actually gets better as you level up your weapons, and it really kicked in for me on about my third play through, although that was great as I did it co-op. Of course, it might be that it just doesn't click with you though!
Same as Bayonetta. I want to make it last as it's so f**king good, but I'm really looking forward to building up my moves and weapons and attacking the game again.
Thanks for the feedback, Ric however, "RE5" had its chance and blew it. I'm not touching that game again even for 1 pound. "Bayonetta" I might pick-up after it falls in price; right now I'm waiting for my copy of "Darksiders" to arrive so it can join my backlog of newly bought games that I will complete before buying anymore ("Mass Effect 2" being the exception).
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Wow!! Nintendo sure are dominating sales on the Wii, 3rd parties don't even get a look in at the top ten.
