Games Weather Report of Week 23, 2011

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Games Weather Report Week 23
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. inFAMOUS 2 (PS3)
2. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
3. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
4. Mortal Kombat (PS3)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
6. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
7. L.A. Noire (PS3)
8. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel (Wii)
9. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
10. Portal 2 (Xbox 360)

Sucker Punch has sucker punched the competition this week (See what I did there? ;)) with the #1 seller being InFamous 2, or INFAMOUS 2, or inFAMOUS 2, or is it simply Infamous 2? Oh forget it, I give up on figuring out how Sony want us to spell it! But all that matters is that Cole’s back and that is awesome.

Here’s the funny commercial where Kevin Butler and UltraGuy talk about the game.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

1. Yakuza of the End (PS3)
2. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
3. Yakuza of the End – Work hard in Japan! Package (PS3)
4. Demon’s Souls – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
5. Dragon Age: Origins (Xbox 360)
6. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS)
7. Wii Fit Plus – Wii Balance Board Set (Wii)
8. Billy’s Boot Camp: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Wii)
9. Pokemon Black (DS)
10. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS including wireless keyboard and DS stand (DS)

Yakuza of the End is known as “Ryu ga Gotoku: Like a Dragon of the End” in Japan. This is the sixth game in the Yakuza series. It takes place after the events of Yakuza 4, during a zombie outbreak in Kamurocho.

Here’s the commercial Sega is airing on Japanese TV stations right now.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
2. L.A. Noire (PS3)
3. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
4. The Sims 3 – Generations (PC, Mac)
5. inFAMOUS 2 (PS3)
6. Duke Nukem Forever (PC)
7. Portal 2 (Xbox 360)
8. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
9. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
10. Duke Nukem Forever (Xbox 360)

505 Games imported the Zumba Fitness craze to European Wii’s after a tremendous success in America last year. While casual fitness games are still on a tour the force, it’s nevertheless amazing to see it outsell all popular new releases.

Here’s the commercial showing how to do a zumbarific workout.

To recap the top games per system:

  • inFAMOUS 2 debuts at the top of the PS3 chart.
  • Zumba Fitness returns on the Wii chart.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops makes a comeback at the top of the Xbox 360 chart.
  • Portal 2 stays on 1st place on the PC chart.
  • New Super Mario Bros. tops the DS chart.
  • Dead or Alive Dimensions is #1 on the 3DS chart.
  • Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
  • And lastly, Okami appears on the PS2 chart.

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