Games Weather Report of Week 1, 2011

9 January 2011

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Posted by:Ferry

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. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
3. Dance Central (Xbox 360 Kinect)
4. Your Shape Fitness Evolved (Xbox 360 Kinect)
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Collection (PS3)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
8. Just Dance (Wii)
9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
10. Kinect Sports (Xbox 360 Kinect)

Pretty much the same list as previous weeks, just with more exercise games. Ubisoft strikes again with another casual game everyone and their family can enjoy. It’s no wonder Just Dance 2 keeps topping the charts. Here’s the commercial depicting a 100% realistic dance scenario for your livingroom.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
2. Studio Ghibli’s Second Land: The Jet-Black Mage (DS)
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: Challenge the World! The Ogre (DS)
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
5. AKB 1/48 Fall In Love With An Idol – Limited Edition (PSP)
6. Karaoke Joysound Wii: Super DX All-you-can-sing Karaoke Alone With Everyone! – Mike DX Set (Wii)
7. AKB 1/48 Fall In Love With An Idol – One-time No-auction Limited Edition (PSP)
8. Wii Party (Wii)
9. Pointed Bow and Magic Shop System (DS)
10. Wii Fit Plus – Balance Board Set (Wii)

I guesstimate Capcom has sold, in Japan alone, close to 4 million copies of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd on PSP at this time. Expect this to keep selling for a long long time, as it becomes apparent from this video the fans really get into the game! Where’s that Western release date Capcom?

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
2. Just Dance (Wii)
3. Wii Party (Wii)
4. FIFA 11 (Xbox 360)
5. FIFA 11 (PS3)
6. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
7. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Xbox 360)
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
9. Football Manager 2011 (PC)
10. Mario Kart with Wii Wheel (Wii)

To recap the top games per system: Just Dance 2 returns to star on the Wii chart. Dance Central takes you to the dancefloor on the Xbox 360 chart. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Collection debuts on the PS3 chart. The Sims 3 is #1 on the PC chart. Super Scribblenauts remains on first place on the DS chart. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep stays on top of the PSP chart. And lastly, Kingdom Hearts II makes a return on the PS2 chart.

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