ChartSpot: November 2005

After a slight hiccup, NPD has released the game-sale charts for November 2005. With the Xbox 360 hitting North American stores on November 22, the month saw the second platform launch of the year, following the March debut of the PSP. Although the next-generation console was in notoriously short supply, one title for the platform proved exceptionally popular. The 360 version of Call of Duty 2 was the third-best-selling console game in November, coming in just behind the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of Star Wars: Battlefront II.

However, Activision's shooter had little company from other 360 titles. Only two other games for the next-gen platform made the top 20--Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 06 (8th) and Need for Speed Most Wanted (19th). However, when combined, sales of the limited and standard editions of Microsoft Game Studios' Perfect Dark Zero actually exceeded sales of Need for Speed Most Wanted, as shown on the Xbox 360 top 10. (Why the figures were not combined in the overall top 20 was not explained by NPD.)

Other current-generation titles debuting in the console top 20 were Mario Kart DS (4th), WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2 (PS2, 5th), Mario Party 7 (GameCube, 10th), Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2, 11th), 50 Cent: Bulletproof (PS2, 12th), Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS2, 14th), the PS2 version of Need For Speed: Most Wanted (18th), and the PSP version of Star Wars: Battlefront II (20th).

Of greater interest were the titles that weren't among the top 20 console games for November. Despite extensive marketing campaigns, two of Activision's highest-profile holiday releases, True Crime: New York City and Gun, were shut out of the list. Also, no version of Ubisoft's laboriously titled film tie-in, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, cracked the top 20.

On the PC charts, the PC versions of Call of Duty 2 and Star Wars: Battlefront II also did well, finishing a respective first and fourth. The Battlefield 2 Special Forces expansion pack saw a decent debut at tenth, five places ahead of another underperforming Activision releases, The Movies. In between were two new entrants from EA: Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (11th) and The Sims 2 Holiday Edition (12th).

ALL CONSOLES
Last Month	Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Xbox	LucasArts	Nov-05	$49
**	2	Star Wars: Battlefront II	PS2	LucasArts	Nov-05	$48
**	3	Call of Duty 2	Xbox 360	Activision	Nov-05	$58
3	4	Madden NFL 06	PS2	Electronic Arts	Aug-05	$46
**	5	Mario Kart DS	DS	Nintendo	Nov-05	$33
**	6	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2	PS2	THQ	Nov-05	$49
4	7	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	PSP	Rockstar Games	Oct-05	$48
**	8	Madden NFL 06	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$58
11	9	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	PS2	Activision	Oct-05	$45
**	10	Mario Party 7	GC	Nintendo	Nov-05	$49
**	11	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	PS2	Activision	Nov-05	$48
**	12	50 Cent: Bulletproof	PS2	Vivendi Universal	Nov-05	$50
16	13	Blitz: The League	PS2	Midway	Oct-05	$40
**	14	Ratchet: Deadlocked	PS2	Sony Computer Ent.	Oct-05	$39
2	15	NBA Live 06	PS2	Electronic Arts	Sep-05	$43
12	16	Soul Calibur III	PS2	Namco	Oct-05	$49
5	17	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi	PS2	Atari	Oct-05	$49
**	18	Need For Speed: Most Wanted	PS2	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$46
**	19	Need For Speed: Most Wanted	Xbox 360	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$59
**	20	Star Wars: Battlefront II	PSP	LucasArts	Nov-05	$49

PC
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Publisher	Average Price
7	1	Call of Duty 2	Activision	$43
1	2	Age of Empires III	Microsoft	$48
3	3	Civilization IV	2K Games	$49
**	4	Star Wars: Battlefront II	LucasArts	$49
6	5	World of Warcraft	Vivendi Universal	$39
2	6	The Sims 2 Nightlife	Electronic Arts	$31
5	7	Roller Coaster Tycoon 3	Atari	$24
12	8	The Sims 2	Electronic Arts	$42
13	9	City of Villains	NCsoft	$49
**	10	Battlefield 2 Special Forces	Electronic Arts	$30
**	11	Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire	Electronic Arts	$27
**	12	The Sims 2 Holiday Edition	Electronic Arts	$36
11	13	Battlefield 2	Electronic Arts	$47
8	14	Quake 4	Activision	$43
**	15	The Movies	Activision	$49
**	16	The Sims 2 University	Electronic Arts	$31
9	17	F.E.A.R.	Vivendi Universal	$47
**	18	The Sims Complete Collection	Electronic Arts	$34
18	19	The Sims Deluxe	Electronic Arts	$19
15	20	Doom 3	Activision	$22

PLAYSTATION 2
Last Month	Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Star Wars: Battlefront II	LucasArts	Nov-05	$48
3	2	Madden NFL 06	Electronic Arts	Aug-05	$46
**	3	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2	THQ	Nov-05	$49
9	4	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	Activision	Oct-05	$45
**	5	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	Activision	Nov-05	$48
**	6	50 Cent: Bulletproof	Vivendi Universal	Nov-05	$50
**	7	Blitz: The League	Midway	Oct-05	$40
**	8	Ratchet: Deadlocked	Sony Computer Ent.	Oct-05	$39
2	9	NBA Live 06	Electronic Arts	Sep-05	$43
10	10	Soul Calibur III	Namco	Oct-05	$49

XBOX
Last Month	Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Star Wars: Battlefront II	LucasArts	Nov-05	$49
**	2	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	Activision	Nov-05	$48
4	3	Blitz: The League	Midway	Oct-05	$40
3	4	Madden NFL 06	Electronic Arts	Aug-05	$46
**	5	Need For Speed: Most Wanted	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$47
**	6	Fable	Microsoft	Sep-04	$19
**	7	Gun	Activision	Nov-05	$50
6	8	Battlefield 2: Modern Combat	Electronic Arts	Oct-05	$47
**	9	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Atari	Nov-05	$49
7	10	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	Activision	Oct-05	$46

XBOX 360
Last Month	Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Call of Duty 2	Activision	Nov-05	$58
**	2	Madden NFL 06	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$58
**	3	Perfect Dark Zero [Limited and Standard Editions]	Microsoft	Nov-05	$59
**	4	Need For Speed: Most Wanted	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$59
**	5	Project Gotham 3	Microsoft	Nov-05	$48
**	6	Kameo: Elements of Power	Microsoft	Nov-05	$49
**	7	Condemned: Criminal Origins	Sega	Nov-05	$59
**	8	Quake 4	Activision	Nov-05	$59
**	9	NBA Live 06	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$58
**	10	Gun	Activision	Nov-05	$59

GAMECUBE
Last Month	Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Mario Party 7	Nintendo	Nov-05	$49
4	2	Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix	Konami	Oct-05	$49
1	3	Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness	Nintendo	Sep-05	$46
**	4	Lego Star Wars	Eidos	Oct-05	$29
**	5	Shadow the Hedgehog	Sega	Nov-05	$49
**	6	Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$37
2	7	Mario Superstar Baseball	Nintendo	Sep-05	$49
7	8	Super Mario Sunshine	Nintendo	Aug-02	$19
**	9	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	Activision	Oct-05	$45
9	10	Madden NFL 06	Electronic Arts	Aug-05	$46

GBA
Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
6	1	Disney Princess	THQ	Mar-03	$12
1	2	Pokemon Emerald	Nintendo	Apr-05	$31
**	3	Ms. Pac-Man Maze Mad	Namco	Sep-04	$9
**	4	SpongeBob/Nicktoons Two-Pack	THQ	Sep-05	$24
**	5	Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced	Vivendi Universal	Jan-03	$8
**	6	Simpsons: Road Rage	THQ	Jun-03	$12
**	7	Shrek 2	Activision	May-04	$14
**	8	Disney's Finding Nemo	THQ	May-03	$11
2	9	Bratz: Rock Angelz	THQ	Oct-05	$29
**	10	Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$29

DS
Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
9	1	Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow	Konami	Oct-05	$35
2	2	Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends	Nintendo	Aug-05	$31
3	3	Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends	Nintendo	Aug-05	$31
4	4	Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends	Nintendo	Aug-05	$31
**	5	Trauma Center: Under the Knife	Atlus	Oct-05	$30
**	6	Advance Wars: Dual Strike	Nintendo	Aug-05	$35
5	7	Super Mario 64 DS	Nintendo	Nov-04	$30
**	8	Lost in Blue	Konami	Sep-05	$30
6	9	Zoo Tycoon	THQ	Oct-05	$30
**	10	Madagascar	Activision	May-05	$25

PSP
Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
1	1	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	Rockstar Games	Oct-05	$48
**	2	Star Wars: Battlefront II	LucasArts	Nov-05	$49
**	3	SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo	Sony Computer Ent.	Nov-05	$39
2	4	Madden NFL 06	Electronic Arts	Sep-05	$47
**	5	Need For Speed: Most Wanted	Electronic Arts	Nov-05	$49
4	6	NBA Live 06	Electronic Arts	Oct-05	$47
7	7	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Activision	Oct-05	$47
5	8	Burnout Legends	Electronic Arts	Sep-05	$47
9	9	Namco Museum Battle Collection	Namco	Aug-05	$39
10	10	Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition	Rockstar Games	Jun-05	$46