Wii Play, Guitar Hero 3 and GTA Best Selling Games of 2000s

What do you think was the best selling game of the current decade? Halo? Final Fantasy X? Perhaps Grand Theft Auto 3? Try again. None of those games even made the top 10. Wii Play was the best selling game from January 2000 to August 2009, according to newly released data from the NPD for America. The Nintendo game bundled with a Wii Remote sold 11.1 million units since launch. Another Nintendo game, Wii Fit (7.9 million units), was also in the top 10, despite only being a year old. Below is a complete list of the games and platforms for the top 10 sellers:

1. Wii Play (2006) – 11.1 million
2. Guitar Hero III (2007) – PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 – 10.3 million
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) – PS2, Xbox – 9.8 million
4. Call of Duty 4 (2007) – DS, PS3, Xbox 360 – 8.5 million
5. Wii Fit (2008) – 7.9 million
6. Madden NFL 07 (2006) – GCN, GBA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
7. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) – PS2, Xbox
8. Madden NFL 08 (2007) – GCN, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
9. Call of Duty: World at War (2008) – DS, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
10. Halo 2 (2004) – Xbox

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