In what was a foregone conclusion, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the top-selling game in the United States during the month of November. The NPD Group today released its report for the month of November, which tracks new, physical sales at retail. MW3’s top spot was never in doubt, particularly after the game sold 6.5 million units in the United States and United Kingdom on launch day. First month sales of the game were up “about 7 percent” as compared with Black Ops.
Coming in at number two was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Despite having its fair share of bugs, including some serious issues with lag on PS3 in particular, the NPD Group reports Skyrim is about 500,000 units away from matching lifetime sales of its predecessor, Oblivion. That’s an incredible feat for the game to have accomplished in just over two weeks’ time. (The reporting period for for November covers October 30 through November 26; Skyrim was released on November 11.)
