What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this week? 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. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
2. Watch Dogs (PS4)
3. Watch Dogs (Xbox One)
4. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
5. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)
6. Watch Dogs (PS3)
7. Watch Dogs (Xbox 360)
8. Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PS3)
9. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
10. inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)
Mario Kart 8 gets on the grid on May 30th worldwide! With the previous console Mario Kart game on Wii selling to almost 36 million fans, can the Wii U sequel keep up the pace? Reviewers say yes, lauding the game as the best Mario Kart ever.
Here’s the flippin’ fun Mario Kart 8 TV commercial.
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
2. Yokai Watch (3DS)
3. Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition – North American Version (PS3)
4. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
5. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Challenge of Aoki Samurai (PS3)
6. Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories (PS3)
7. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
8. The Idolmaster: One For All (PS3)
9. Mario Kart 8 – Limited Edition Mario Version (Wii U)
10. inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)
After Mario Kart 8, Yokai Watch once again ranks high. Reaching its 1 million sold milestone on 3DS last month, the manga / game / anime franchise Yokai Watch was created by game developer Level-5 to great success! The Nintendo 3DS game is still popular in Japan 10 months after release thanks to the new anime airing in 2014.
Good news! The RPG game’s English version was recently confirmed to be coming to America in 2014!
Check out the new Yokai Watch game’s TV commercial:
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Watch Dogs (PS4)
2. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
3. Watch Dogs (Xbox 360)
4. Watch Dogs (Xbox One)
5. Watch Dogs (PS3)
6. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
7. Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PS3)
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)
9. FIFA 14 (Xbox 360)
10. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
Watch Dogs is the most pre-ordered new IP in Ubisoft’s history and in the whole gaming industry for this year so far. The previous record set at Ubisoft was the 3.5 million week-one sales of Assassin’s Creed 3 back in 2012.
Watch the action-packed Watch Dogs CGI TV spot here:
Worldwide Top Games Per System:
- Mario Kart 8 debuts on first place on the Wii U chart.
- Watch Dogs debuts at #1 on the PS4, Xbox One, PS3 chart.
- Grand Theft Auto V comes in 1st on the Xbox 360 chart.
- Pokemon X & Y returns on top of the 3DS chart.
- Battlefield 4 returns on the PC & Mac chart.
- Mario Kart Wii returns to first place on the Wii chart.
- Borderlands 2 returns as number one on the PS Vita chart.
- Pokemon Black & White Version 2 catches the #1 spot on the DS chart.
- Lastly, The Sims 3: Starter Pack returns on the Mac chart.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US (PSN), JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.