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Weekly Video Game Podcast – Dec. 14, 2009 57 mins (25.9 MB)
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- Quite week in terms of activity; few games are being release and only the heavy hitters of the season are putting up monster numbers
- Speaking of few games, there are virtually no retail releases worth getting unless you’re a small child that loves educational games
- The VGAs were last weekend and we talk about the winners; which makes us losers for even talking about something ridiculous as the VGAs
- Speaking of an industry that has a dumb award show to prop up sales of overhyped titles, the Screen Actors Guild wants more pay for voice actors in video games
- All our sales data comes from www.vgchartz.com
- Continue reading for all the release dates and expanded sales figures
Video Game Sales for the Week of December 5th, 2009
|
Rank
|
Console |
Title |
Publisher |
Sales of the Week |
Weeks of Release |
| 1 | Wii | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Nintendo | 373k | 3 |
| 2 | Wii | Wii Fit Plus | Nintendo | 241k | 9 |
| 3 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | Nintendo | 235k | 19 |
| 4 | Xbox 360 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
Activision | 228k | 4 |
| 5 | Xbox 360 | Left 4 Dead 2 | Electronic Arts | 160k | 3 |
| 6 | Xbox 360 | Assassin’s Creed 2 | Ubisoft | 141k | 3 |
| 7 | PS3 | Modern Warfare 2 | Activision | 124k | 4 |
| 8 | PS3 | Assassin’s Creed 2 | Ubisoft | 98k | 3 |
| 9 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | Nintendo | 85k | 84 |
| 10 | Xbox 360 | Halo 3: ODST | Microsoft | 81k | 11 |
| 26 | Xbox 360 | MX vs. ATV Reflex | THQ | 52k | new |
| 39 | PS3 | MX vs. ATV Reflex | THQ | 42k | new |
| 158 | Xbox 360 | Rogue Warrior | Bethesda | 19k | new |
| 186 | PS3 | Rogue Warrior | Bethesda | 18k | new |
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