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 Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 4. Guitar Hero III Bundle (Activision), 5. High School Musical: Sing It! Bundle (Disney).
Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. No More Heroes (Marvelous), 3. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at Bejing Olympics (Sega).
Europe: 1. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo), 2. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts), 3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 4. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo), 5. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games).
Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. Mass Effect (Microsoft), 5. Madden NFL 08 (EA Sports).
Japan: 1. Lost Odyssey (Microsoft), 2. Virtua Fighter 5: Live Arena (Sega), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Dead Rising / Gears of War — Xbox 360 Platinum Double Pack (Capcom / Microsoft), 5. The Idol M@ster — Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco).
Europe: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 3. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 4. Need for Speed ProStreet (EA Games), 5. The Simpsons Game (EA Games).
PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 3. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (SCEA), 4. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCEA), 5. Rock Band (Activision).
Japan: 1. Uncharted: El Dorado no Hihou (SCEI), 2. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami), 3. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei), 4. Ratchet & Clank Future (SCEI), 5. Heavenly Sword (SCEI).
Europe: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 3. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (SCEE), 4. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCEE), 5. Need for Speed ProStreet (EA Games).
PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision), 2. Madden NFL 08 (EA Sports), 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 4. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Activision), 5. Ben 10: Protector of Earth (D3 Publisher).
Japan: 1. SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (Bandai), 2. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami), 3. Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom), 4. Ryuu ga Gotoko 2 — PlayStation 2 the Best (Sega), 5. Clannad (Interchannel).
Europe: 1. The Simpsons Game (EA Games), 2. Need for Speed ProStreet (EA Games), 3. High School Musical: Sing It! (Disney), 4. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 5. The Sims 2: Castaway (EA Games).
PC
North America: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. The Orange Box (EA Games), 3. Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game (Viva Media), 4. Crysis (EA Games), 4. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (EA Games), 5. The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff (EA Games).
Japan: 1. Ragnarok Online 5th Anniversary Package (E Frontier), 2. Final Fantasy XI: Altana no Kamihei (Square Enix), 3. Civilization IV Deluxe Pack (Cyber Front), 4. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Cyber Front), 5. Crysis (EA Games).
Europe: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 2. Crysis (EA Games), 3. Football Manager 2008 (Sega), 4. The Orange Box (EA Games), 5. The Sims 2: Seasons (EA Games).
Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo), 2. Brain Age (Nintendo), 3. Mario Party DS (Nintendo), 4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo).
Japan: 1. Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi (Square Enix), 2. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako — Special Edition (Level 5), 3. Mario Party DS (Nintendo), 4. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako (Level 5), 5. Layton Kyouju to Fushigi na Machi (Level 5).
Europe: 1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo), 4. Cooking Mama (505 Games), 5. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo).
PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Madden NFL 08 (EA Sports), 2. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Konami), 3. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (LucasArts), 4. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 5. Daxter (SCEA).
Japan: 1. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida. (SCEI), 2. Minna no Golf Portable 2 (SCEI), 3. Makai Senki Disgaea Portable: Tsuushin Taisen Hajime Mashita (Nippon Ichi), 4. Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai), 5. Silent Hill Zero (Konami).
Europe: 1. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 2. Ben 10: Protector of Earth (D3 Publisher), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. Football Manager Handheld 2008 (Sega), 5. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Square Enix).
New blockbuster Super Mario Galaxy for Wii is still floating on the number one spot. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a huge seller being at the top of the Xbox 360 & PC charts. Assassin’s Creed runs to the #1 spot on PS3. The Guitar Hero III and its Bundle are still selling out on the PS2. Overall Brain Age 2 still tops all other games on DS as the favorite game for new buyers of the handheld. And lastly Madden NFL 08 returns to PSP as holiday shoppers started buying it again. — More analysis at Gamasutra.