Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 47, 2014

What were the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this past 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:

    1. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
    2. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
    3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U (Wii U)
    4. Skylanders: Trap Team – Starter Pack (Xbox 360)
    5. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
    6. Just Dance 2015 (Wii)
    7. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Superheroes – Starter Pack (Xbox 360)
    8. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    9. Assassin’s Creed Unity – Xbox One Console Bundle (Xbox One)
    10. Madden NFL 15 (Xbox 360)

Last Friday saw the biggest annual launch every year! Simultaneously millions of Pokefans worldwide (except those in Europe for another week) picked up their Nintendo 3DS or 2DS to play (one or both of) the two game remakes of the third generation of main Pokemon games, bringing them into the sixth generation as Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. “Gotta catch ’em all!”

Check out the Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire live-action TV commercial! 😀

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
    2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
    3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
    4. Monster Hunter 4G (3DS)
    5. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Ganzo – Includes Limited Trading Card (3DS)
    6. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Honke – Includes Limited Trading Card (3DS)
    7. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
    8. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Subtitles Version (PS3)
    9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (PS3)
    10. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – with original Primal Kyogre figurine (3DS)

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. FIFA 15 (Xbox 360)
    2. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
    3. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One)
    4. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
    5. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    6. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox 360)
    7. Tomodachi Life (3DS)
    8. FIFA 15 (PS3)
    9. Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Superheroes – Starter Pack (Xbox 360)
    10. Assassin’s Creed Unity (PS4)

Soccer continues to be a big deal in Europe with the 2014 UEFA Champions League on TV. So it’s no surprise a soccer game is ruling the charts with an ‘iron foot’ once more. FIFA 14 went on to sell over 15 million copies in a year, expect FIFA 15 to match that success.

Watch the FIFA 15 “Feel The Game” TV commercial:

Worldwide Top Games Per System:

  • Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire debut on top of the 3DS chart.
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U debuts on first place on the Wii U chart.
  • Skylanders: Trap Team returns on the Xbox 360 chart.
  • Just Dance 2015 wins a dance-off for the #1 prize on the Wii chart.
  • The Assassin’s Creed Unity Xbox One Bundle stays high atop the Xbox One chart.
  • Grand Theft Auto V debuts on the PS4 chart.
  • Minecraft remains on the PS3 chart.
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition debuts on the PC chart.
  • The Sims 3 Starter Pack makes a comeback at number 1 on the Mac chart.
  • Frozen Olaf’s Quest returns on the #1 spot of the DS chart.
  • Lastly, the Borderlands 2 PlayStation Vita Bundle is number 1 on the PS Vita chart.

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

What video games have you been playing this weekend? Any of these?