You can see below the listing of the most appreciated games in 2008 which will allow you to compare with the best seller games of the same year.

Wii

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. World of Goo
3. MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade
4. Okami
5. Tetris Party

Xbox 360

1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Gears of War 2
3. Fallout 3
4. Braid
5. Rock Band 2

Playstation 3

1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. LittleBigPlanet
3. Bioshock
4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
5. Rock Band 2

PC

1. Fallout 3
2. Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor
3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
4. Grand Theft Auto IV
5. World of Goo

Playstation 2

1. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
2. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
3. MLB 08: The Show
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
5. FIFA Soccer 09

Nintendo DS

1. Chrono Trigger
2. The World Ends With You
3. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
4. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village

PSP

1. God of War: Chains of Olympus
2. Patapon
3. LocoRoco 2
4. FIFA Soccer 09
5. Space Invaders Extreme

(Source : Metacritic)