Top 10 Bestselling Games Worldwide in Week 3, 2012

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Katy Perry loves Just Dance 3

What were the top 10 bestselling games in America, Japan, and Europe? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest worldwide.

The bestsellers clearly show lots of folks continue to have a healthy New Year’s Resolution. Motion gaming’s here to stay!

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 3 (Wii)
    2. Kinect Sports Season Two (Xbox 360 Kinect)
    3. Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure: Prism Break (3DS, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360)
    4. Dance Central 2 (Xbox 360 Kinect)
    5. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
    6. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (PS3)
    7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360)
    8. Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure Triple Character Pack: Eruptor, Chop Chop, Bash (3DS, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360)
    9. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Xbox 360)
    10. Final Fantasy XIII – Greatest Hits (PS3)

The “Just Sweat” mode in Just Dance 3 is no doubt proving popular this New Year, with gamers spending 23 million minutes per day playing the game, dancing to 7.5 million songs daily! So far Just Dance 3 has sold 7 million copies in just 3 months since its October 2011 release, no doubt helped by Katy Perry´s songs being included and having her promoting it.

Ubisoft announced that the Just Dance series have sold 25 million units worldwide. That number includes: Just Dance 3, Just Dance 2, Just Dance, Just Dance Summer Party, Just Dance 2: Extra Songs, Just Dance Kids, and Just Dance Kids 2.

Here’s the Katy Perry Firework trailer for the game.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
    2. Rhythm Thief R & the Emperor’s Treasure – Includes Special Soundtrack CD (3DS)
    3. The OneChanbara Z: Kagura Sister Sword Fight (Xbox 360)
    4. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
    5. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS)
    6. Once in love … and Guam AKB1/48 Idol – Limited Edition: Be left in the auction, please! BOX (PSP)
    7. Just Dance Wii (Wii)
    8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360)
    9. Musou Orochi 2 – Limited Edition (PS3)
    10. Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin I & II: Revelation of Evil God – Limited Edition (PSP)

In Japan, neither Final Fantasy XIII-2’s 753,968 nor PlayStation Vita’s half a million total sales, made a dent with Nintendo platform titles topping the charts. Not surprising, considering Enterbrain magazine reports the Nintendo 3DS has set a new monthly sales record for any gaming platform ever in Japan with nearly 1.5 million systems sold in December alone!

Nintendo brings the Mario racing series to the 3DS handheld with Mario Kart 7. Nintendo EAD who developed the game, previously made Mario Kart DS & Mario Kart Wii. And it shows in this cross between all previous six Mario Kart games.

Here are the game’s Japanese TV commercials.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
    2. Just Dance 3 – Special Edition (Wii)
    3. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – Triple Character Pack – Chop Chop and Bash and Eruptor (Wii/PS3/Xbox 360/PC)
    4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360)
    5. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 – Kinect Compatible (Xbox 360)
    6. Football Manager 2012 (PC/Mac)
    7. Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii)
    8. FIFA 12 (Xbox 360)
    9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
    10. Just Dance 2 (Wii)

The publisher announced over 6 million copies of the dance/fitness series have been sold so far. The Zumba Fitness games have been popular for over year now, and in 2012 everyone once again wants to stay fit. The sequel, Zumba Fitness 2, that appeared on Wii last year, will be coming to Xbox 360 Kinect as Zumba Fitness Rush on February 12, 2012.

Here’s the launch trailer for Zumba Fitness 2.

To recap the top games per system:

  • Just Dance 3’s stardom stays #1 on the Wii chart.
  • Kinect Sports Season Two runs to the top of the Xbox 360 chart.
  • Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is at the top of the PS3 chart.
  • Mario Kart 7 finishes on 1st place on the 3DS chart.
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic is now at the top of the PC chart.
  • The Sims 3: Pets remains at the top of the Mac chart.
  • New Super Mario Bros. DS shows up on the DS chart.
  • Everybody’s Golf 6 does well on the PS Vita chart (in Japan).
  • Final Fantasy X appears on the PS2 chart, where it’s been for 10 years now.
  • And lastly, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep takes top spot on the PSP chart.

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