28 July 2007
Ferry

Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 30, 2007

What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular now.

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Capcom), 4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo), 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 2. Kidou Senshi Gundam: MS Sensen 0079 (Bandai), 3. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 4. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo), 5. Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix).

Europe: 1. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo), 2. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Capcom), 3. Wii Play (Nintendo), 4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (EA Games), 5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo).

Xbox 360
North America: 1. NCAA Football 08 (EA Sports), 2. Guitar Hero II Bundle (RedOctane), 3. Gears of War (Microsoft), 4. NASCAR 08 (EA Sports), 5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike), 2. Dead Rising — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Capcom), 3. The IdolM@ster (Namco), 4. Chikyuu Boueigun 3 (D3 Publisher), 5. Trusty Bell — Chopin no Yume (Namco).

Europe: 1. The Darkness (2K Games), 2. Gears of War (Microsoft), 3. Crackdown (Microsoft), 4. Forza Motorsport 2 — Limited Edition (Microsoft), 5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games).

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEA), 2. Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo), 3. NCAA Football 08 (EA Sports), 4. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft), 5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda).

Japan: 1. Minna no Golf 5 (SCEI), 2. Wangan Midnight (Genki), 3. Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 (SCEI), 4. Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (D3 Publisher), 5. Ridge Racer 7 (Namco).

Europe: 1. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE), 2. MotorStorm (SCEE), 3. Formula One Championship Edition (SCEE), 4. Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega), 5. The Darkness (2K Games).

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Activision), 2. Guitar Hero II Bundle (Activision), 3. NCAA Football 08 (EA Sports), 4. God of War (SCEA), 5. Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix).

Japan: 1. Metal Gear 20th Anniversary: Metal Gear Solid Collection (Konami), 2. Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon (Marvelous), 3. Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 — Banpresto Best (Banpresto), 4. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 14 (Konami), 5. Rozen Maiden ~Gebetgarten~ (Taito).

Europe: 1. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Activision), 2. Rugby 08 (EA Sports), 3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (EA Games), 4. Formula One 06 — Platinum (SCEE), 5. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos).

PC
North America: 1. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2K Games), 2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard), 3. World of Warcraft (Blizzard), 4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (EA Games), 5. Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Little Busters! (KEY), 2. Melty Blood Act Cadenza Ver.B (Ecole), 3. Sim People: Expansion Collection 3 (EA Games), 4. Phantasy Star Universe (Sega), 5. Monster Hunter Frontier (Capcom).

Europe: 1. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2K Games), 2. Medieval II: Total War (Sega), 3. World of Warcraft (Blizzard), 4. Football Manager 2007 (Sega), 5. The Sims 2: H&M Stuff (EA Games).

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo), 4. Brain Age (Nintendo), 5. Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! (Namco), 2. Subarashiki Kono Sekai (Square Enix), 3. Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei (Nintendo), 4. Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary (Nintendo), 5. Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Motto Eigo Duke (Nintendo).

Europe: 1. Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo), 2. Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo), 3. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 4. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo).

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Lumines (Ubisoft), 2. Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition (Square Enix), 3. Star Wars Battlefront II (LucasArts), 4. Transformers: The Game (Activision), 5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar).

Japan: 1. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 2. Lumines — PSP the Best (Bandai), 3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom), 4. Final Fantasy Tactics: Shishi Sensou (Square Enix), 5. Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC (Nihon Falcom).

Europe: 1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar), 2. Formula One 06 — Platinum (SCEE), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega), 5. Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City (EA Games).

Super Paper Mario for Wii is back at the top of the charts in the USA after a recent price drop to $39.99. The Xbox 360 & PSP lists are generally the same. Longtime PS3 sales leaders Resistance: Fall of Man is back on top in the USA and Europe. With the release of Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s on PS2 it takes the top spot in the USA and Europe. The new PC expansion Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is also ruling sales in the USA and Europe. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have spread their American #1 rule to Europe where the duo was released this Friday with huge sales, and in Japan there’s a chart-topping debut for Taiko no Tatsujin DS (Taiko Drum Master DS). — More analysis at Gamasutra.

28 July 2007 18:24
thraxas

Amazing how high up Gears of War is after all this time. Epic’s cash cow.

http://gamingmirror.com

28 July 2007 20:24
supadupagama

Yeah Thraxas, what surprises me even more is that it gained sales after the PC announcement that will have exclusive features that the Xbox 360 original won’t get. I guess some publicity is better than none in this case.