we've seen some pretty comprehensive breakdowns of how the u.s. gaming industry performed last year -- however, industry analysis firm gfk-charttrack recently compiled a sizable amount of data to inform us how the whole planet did. in short, the planet did okay. u.s. sales faltered somewhat, the u.k.'s past-gen console sales sunk like a rock (or, rather, an original xbox), and japan stayed afloat upon a makeshift raft of nintendo ds rpgs.

the worldwide best-selling game of 2009 was (you'll never guess) modern warfare 2, with 11.86 million units sold. the runners-up were all proud members of the casual wii suite: wii sports resort, new super mario bros. wii, wii fit plus, and plain ol' wii fit. for more details on how the gaming industry did across this great big terrestrial mass we call home, check out mcv's analysis of the statistics.gfk-charttrack analyzes 2009's global software and hardware sales trends originally appeared on joystiq on wed, 03 feb 2010 13:40:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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