NPD December 2011: End of the Year Edition

This month is coming to an end and since I may not make it in time, I'm gonna focus on the NPD of the final month of 2011. So how well did Star Wars: The Old Republic do?

1.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
2.) Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) 2 Ubisoft
3.) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)** 3 Bethesda Softworks
4.) Mario Kart 7 (3DS) 4 Nintendo
5.) Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 5 Electronic Arts
6.) Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)** 6 Electronic Arts
7.) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) 7 Ubisoft
8.) NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) 8 Take 2 Interactive
9.) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) 9 Nintendo
10.) Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)** 10 Warner Bros. Interactive

14.) Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) Electronics Arts - Over 600K

According to NeoGAF, SWTOR only made it to number 14 on the list, but managed to make a good sale. It's not as huge as WoW, but it's just getting started since it came out 5 days before Christmas.

As for the rest of the numbers, Call of Duty once again lights up the Top 10 with Just Dance dancing behind at number 2. Number 3 is the Elder Scrolls, though Bethesda made watch out because rumor has it EA has plans on countering that with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. At number 4, the newest Mario Kart debuts strong. Number 5 is Battlefield 3, chugging along right behind Call of Duty. Madden is still going strong at 6t with Assassin's Creed at 7 and NBA 2012 at Number 8. Mario still leaps into the fray at Number 9, proving you can't keep a plumber down. Rounding out the Top 10: Batman: Arkham City.

But what were the top games of 2012? Well according to the NPD and NeoGAF, they're listed right here

1.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
2.) Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) 2 Ubisoft
3.) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)** 3 Bethesda Softworks
4.) Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 4 Electronic Arts
5.) Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)** 5 Electronic Arts
6.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)** 6 Activision Blizzard
7.) Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)** 7 Warner Bros. Interactive
8.) Gears of War 3 (360)** 8 Microsoft
9.) Just Dance 2 (Wii) 9 Ubisoft
10.) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) 10 Ubisoft

Sad to say, only 2 exclusive titles made the list: Gears of War 3(Exclusive to the 360) and Just Dance 2(Exclusive to Wii). Which makes us wonder: Has the exclusive game taken a backseat to multiplatform titles? Has branching out across many systems become more of a blessing than a burden? Then again, with 2 Call of Duty games in the Top 10, it's a wonder why you can't keep Activision/Blizzard down.

Also, it seems that, for the month of December, DS and 3DS numbers have gone up compared to November, but the numbers themselves are not shown at all. The console numbers, have been shown

Wii - 1,060,000
Xbox 360 - 1,700,000
PS3 - 936,000

BUt alas, Sony failed to outclass the Wii that month with the 360 dominating number 1 as usual.

Now note: As a result of numbers of Hardware becoming less focused, I will focus more on Software instead of Hardware starting with the January 2012 sales numbers. Which means I'm back on board for another year.

*Insert Crowd cheering here*

But is 2012 the last year I'll be doing NPDs? Stay tuned.