Games Weather Report of Week 37, 2009

19 September 2009

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Posted by:Ferry

What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest right now. Think of it as a games weather report.

What follows is a listing of the Top 50 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America’s Top 50:

1. Scribblenauts (DS)
2. Wii Sports Resort with Wii MotionPlus Accessory (Wii)
3. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)
4. Mario & Luigi Bowser’s Inside Story (DS)
5. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
6. Mario Kart with Wii Wheel (Wii)
7. The Beatles: Rock Band (Xbox 360)
8. Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board (Wii)
9. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
10. The Beatles: Rock Band (Wii)
11. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)
12. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Greatest Hits (PS3)
13. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection (Xbox 360)
14. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox 360)
15. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection (PS3)
16. Toy Story Mania! (Wii)
17. The Sims 3 (PC, Mac)
18. Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
19. The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3)
20. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
21. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – Greatest Hits (PS3)
22. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS3)
23. Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360)
24. Mario Kart DS (DS)
25. Need for Speed: Shift (PS3)
26. Guitar Hero 5 Stand Alone Software with Van Halen Offer (Wii)
27. EA Sports Active (Wii)
28. Need for Speed: Shift (Xbox 360)
29. Guitar Hero 5 Stand Alone Software with Van Halen Offer (Xbox 360)
30. Fossil Fighters (DS)
31. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
32. NHL 10 (Xbox 360)
33. Wii Play with Wii Remote (Wii)
34. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
35. NHL 10 (PS3)
36. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii)
37. Resident Evil 5 (PS3)
38. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
39. Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit for Wii Deluxe Kit (Wii)
40. BioShock (PS3)
41. Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP)
42. Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Wii)
43. Guitar Hero 5 Stand Alone Software with Van Halen Offer (PS3)
44. Resistance: Fall Of Man – Greatest Hits (PS3)
45. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS)
46. LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
47. Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition (DS)
48. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)
49. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC)
50. Ninja Gaiden Sigma – Greatest Hits (PS3)

Japan’s Top 50:

1. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (DS)
2. Pokemon HeartGold Version (DS)
3. Tales of Vesperia (PS3)
4. Love Plus (DS)
5. Tomodachi [Friend/Mii] Collection (DS)
6. Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (DS)
7. SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu – Goddess of Destiny (DS)
8. Live Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (PSP)
9. The Idolm@ster: Dearly Stars with Idol Master Card Pro 876 (DS)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3)
11. Endless Ocean 2: Call of the Ocean (Wii)
12. Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Versions including original figures set of Ho-Oh, Lugia, Arceus (DS)
13. KORG DS-10 PLUS – Limited Edition includes adult science magazine (DS)
14. Tales of Vesperia – Award Edition with Special Battle Leading Download Card (PS3)
15. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (PSP)
16. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (PS3)
17. Wii Sports Resort including Wii MotionPlus (Wii)
18. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
19. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshuu: Shiranai Mamade wa Son o Suru Mono ya Okane no Shikumi “How To Manage Your Goods and Money DS” (DS)
20. Pokemon SoulSilver Version including original figure of Lugia (DS)
21. 428: In A Blockaded Shibuya – Special Edition (PSP)
22. Yakuza 3 (PS3)
23. Ys 7 (PSP)
24. Pokemon HeartGold Version including original figure of Ho-Oh (DS)
25. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – The Best of PSP Collection (PSP)
26. Left 4 Dead – Platinum Collection (Xbox 360)
27. Valkyria Chronicles – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
28. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360)
29. Grand Theft Auto IV – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
30. Datel Action Replay MAX2 for DS / DS Lite (DS)
31. Demon’s Soul (PS3)
32. Hakuouki Portable – Special Edition (PSP)
33. Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Mystery of Avalon – Limited Edition including Special Benefit CD (PSP)
34. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
35. KORG DS-10 PLUS (DS)
36. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
37. Monster Hunter 3 (tri-) White Classic Controller PRO Pack (Wii)
38. Aikido Nobunaga’s Ambition (PC)
39. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 6.0 Premium Package (PC)
40. Aikido Nobunaga’s Ambition – Premium Box (PC)
41. Resident Evil 5 (PC)
42. Ultima Online: Tales of the Stygian Abyss (PC)
43. Ragnarok Online RJC2009 Vol. 2: The Battle for Glory (PC)
44. SimCity 4 Deluxe (PC)
45. Ragnarok Online RJC2009 Vol. 1: Win The Victory (PC)
46. Ragnarok Online RJC2009: Memorial Package (PC)
47. The Sims 3 (PC)
48. Monster Hunter Frontier Online – Premium Package 2nd Year Anniversary (PC)
49. Civilization IV – Deluxe Pack (PC)
50. Street Fighter IV (PC)

Europe’s Top 50:

1. Need For Speed: Shift (PS3)
2. Wii Sports Resort with Wii MotionPlus Accessory (Wii)
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
4. Mario Kart with Wii Wheel (Wii)
5. Professor Layton and The Curious Village (DS)
6. Need For Speed: Shift (Xbox 360)
7. Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board (Wii)
8. The Sims 3 (PC, Mac)
9. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (DS)
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)
11. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Xbox 360)
12. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (PS3)
13. LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
14. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC)
15. Peppa Pig: The Game (DS)
16. Wii Play with Wii Remote Controller (Wii)
17. Resident Evil 5 (PC)
18. WET (PS3)
19. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
20. Guitar Hero 5 (Wii)
21. Ashes Cricket 09 (Wii)
22. Dead Space (PS3)
23. WET (Xbox 360)
24. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (PS3)
25. Puzzler Collection (DS)
26. EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer (Wii)
27. Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)
28. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (DS)
29. Guitar Hero 5 – Guitar Bundle (Wii)
30. Blood Bowl (PC)
31. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Game of the Year 2009 Edition (Xbox 360)
32. Katamari Forever (PS3)
33. Junior Brain Trainer DS (DS)
34. Need For Speed: Shift (PC)
35. The Beatles Rock Band (Wii)
36. Guitar Hero 5 – Guitar Bundle (PS3)
37. Mirror’s Edge (PS3)
38. My Fitness Coach (Wii)
39. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3)
40. Guitar Hero 5 (PS3)
41. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
42. Mario Kart DS (DS)
43. Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP)
44. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
45. Fallout 3 (PS3)
46. Fable II (Xbox 360)
47. 100 Classic Book Collection (DS)
48. Guitar Hero 5 – Guitar Bundle (Xbox 360)
49. Empire: Total War (PC)
50. 42 All-Time Classics (DS)

To recap the Top 5′s per system: Wii Sports Resort remains on first place on the Wii chart. The Sims 3 stays up high on the PC chart. Batman: Arkham Asylum returns at the top of the PS3 chart. The Beatles: Rock Band stays #1 on the Xbox 360 chart. Guitar Hero 5 (with free Guitar Hero: Van Halen) keeps its spot on the PS2 chart. Scribblenauts debuts on top of the DS chart. And lastly, Dissidia Final Fantasy is still #1 on the PSP chart.

Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.