What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan, and Europe? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now.
What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.
North America’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Xbox 360)
3. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
5. BioShock Infinite (Xbox 360)
6. Far Cry 3 (Xbox 360)
7. Just Dance 4 (Wii)
8. Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
9. Tomb Raider (PC)
10. Far Cry 3 (PS3)
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is the 12-years-awaited 3DS sequel to the GameCube launch game. Nintendo 3DS handheld sales have long since launch come out of their first-year-slump and Luigi’s Mansion 2 — as it’s called in all other regions — is outselling everyone else in an otherwise quiet release week.
Methinks more people grew up wanting to be Ghostbusters than they care to admit. 😉
Take a look at the ghostly Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon TV commercial.
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS)
3. Card Fight Vanguard Ride To Victory! – Includes 3 Anime Promo Cards (3DS)
4. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
5. Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden (3DS)
6. Uta no Prince-sama: All Star – Limited Edition (PSP)
7. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (PS3)
8. Taiko Drum Master Wii: Do Don and the Second Generation! – Super Deluxe Edition including Drum (Wii)
9. Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (PS3)
10. Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (3DS)
Five months after launch Nintendo of Japan has sold over 3 million copies (3.025.368 according to Media Create). This makes it the first 3DS game to sell over 3 million this fast! The June 9th western release can’t come soon enough for the series’ millions of fans overseas.
Here are the relaxing Japanese Animal Crossing: New Leaf TV commercials.
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Tomb Raider (PS3)
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon (3DS)
3. BioShock Infinite (Xbox 360)
4. FIFA 13 (Xbox 360)
5. Tomb Raider (Xbox 360)
6. BioShock Infinite (PS3)
7. Defiance (Xbox 360)
8. Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
9. Skylanders Giants – Starter Pack (Wii)
10. FIFA 13 (PS3)
Square Enix launched the Crystal Dynamics-developed Tomb Raider reboot worldwide one month ago. Widely acclaimed as a breath of fresh air for the franchise, fans have been flocking to the action-adventure platforming title.
The company has reported over 3.4 million copies of the game were sold since launch! 😮
Here’s the Tomb Raider TV commercial starring none other than Lara Croft.
To recap the top games per system:
- Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon jumps to numero uno on the 3DS chart.
- BioShock Infinite stays atop the Xbox 360 charts.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II returns on the PS3 charts.
- Just Dance 4 rocks the 1st place on the Wii chart.
- Tomb Raider 2013 returns on first place on the PC chart.
- Pokemon Black & White Version 2 get caught at #1 on the DS chart.
- Arkham City: Armored Edition makes a comeback on the Wii U charts.
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted races back on the PS Vita chart.
- Lastly, SimCity 2013 reappears as #1 on the Mac chart.
Since last month PS2 & PSP game sales are no longer being tracked. But for years now 90% of the time they consisted out of all the Kingdom Hearts games appearing on the #1 spot on both classic PlayStation platforms, so it’s not like you’re missing out with no new games being released for them anymore.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.