We note, however, that several of these titles also got game-specific bundles in the U.S. in 2010. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Metal Gear Solid: FFXIV Gil Peace Walker, Madden NFL 11, MLB 10: The Show, and God of War: Ghost of Sparta all were packaged with PSP-3000 systems (most with custom styling) during 2010, and none of those sales are reflected in the chart above.Sony's other platform, the PlayStation 3, had a strong year for new releases. The ten PS3 titles shown below had unit sales in excess of the total for the top 10 new releases on the Wii shown previously.

There are several titles on the list from franchises commonly associated with Sony's systems: God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, and Gran Turismo 5. Since we last looked at sales of Final Fantasy XIII back in May, it appears to have passed the 1 million unit mark.At least one new and notable Sony-exclusive title, Heavy Rain, did not make this top 10.Xbox 360 Has Shooter Fever?Microsoft has positioned the Xbox 360 as the platform of choice for console shooters, and in fact Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft's own Halo: Reach were the top two new releases on the system in 2010. Together those two titles on just the one platform accounted for nearly 5% of all software unit sales for the year.While Madden NFL 11 from Electronic Arts appeared in the number two position on the PS3 list above, it actually sold approximately 17% more units on the Xbox 360 in 2010.FF14 Gil Thanks as always to the NPD Group for its cooperation with this article.