What were the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe the past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest. Think of it as a games weather report.
What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.
North America’s Top 10 Games:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
3. Just Dance (Wii)
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
6. NCAA Football 11 (PS3)
7. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)
8. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii)
9. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
10. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS)
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
1. Wii Party (Wii)
2. Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow (DS)
3. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (PS3)
4. Dragon Quest: Monsters Battle Road Victory (Wii)
5. Battle Masters: Busou Shinki (PSP)
6. Tokimeki Memorial: Girls Side 3rd Story (DS)
7. White Knight: Awakening of Light and Darkness (PS3)
8. Last Ranker (PSP)
9. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge: Spark! (DS)
10. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
2. Dance on Broadway (Wii)
3. Just Dance (Wii)
4. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii)
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
6. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
7. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
9. Lego Harry Potter: Episodes 1-4 (DS)
10. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (DS)
To recap the top games per system: Super Mario Galaxy 2 stays on the first place on the Wii chart. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 returns on top of the Xbox 360 chart. NCAA Football 11 debuts on the PS3 chart. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies remains on the DS chart. The Sims 3 stays #1 on the PC/Mac chart. Kingdom Hearts II returns on the PS2 chart. And lastly, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable stays on the PSP chart.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.