The powers and resources of the NPD, Enterbrain, and GfK Chart-Track have all come together and the results are in - Dragon Quest IX dominated the global sales charts spanning over three months ending September of this year. What's more amazing is that the DS-exclusive title has only been released in Japan. See how the others fared.

Top 5:

1. Dragon Quest IX: 3,925,000
2. Wii Sports Resort: 3,014,000
3. Madden NFL 10: 2,612,000
4. Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver: 2,068,000
5. Halo 3: ODST: 1,847,000

Apart from Dragon Quest IX, the Pokemon remakes are also Japan-only releases, so figures on the games come from Japan alone. Wii Sports Resort, on the other hand, sold 1.7 million in the US, 841,000 in Japan, and 465,000 in the UK. As for Madden, quite predictably, sold only 30,000 in the UK, the rest are all from the US.

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Dragon Quest IX sales and release info:

• Media Create software sales for 07/06 to 07/12: Dragon Quest IX sells over 2 million
• Dragon Quest IX being 'considered' for overseas release