Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 49, 2014

What were 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:

    1. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
    2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
    3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
    4. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U (Wii U)
    5. Assassin’s Creed Unity – Xbox One Console Bundle (Xbox One)
    6. Madden NFL 15 (Xbox 360)
    7. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    8. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One)
    9. Just Dance 2015 (Wii)
    10. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)

Last month saw the biggest annual launch that happens almost every year… Simultaneously millions of Pokefans worldwide 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. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U (Wii U)
    2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
    3. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
    4. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)
    5. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Honke – Includes Limited Trading Card (3DS)
    6. Yo-Kai Watch 2: Ganzo – Includes Limited Trading Card (3DS)
    7. Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days (3DS)
    8. Monster Hunter 4G (3DS)
    9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
    10. Sumikko Gurashi Is Here To Settle Do (3DS)

The hype is real! The Super Smash Bros. series has made its portable and console debuts this year in Japan, America, Canada, Europe, Australia & the rest of the world. To illustrate this fact, in its first weekend on sale in the USA it immediately sold almost half a million copies, making it the Wii U’s fastest selling title so far! 😮

“Got a beef? Settle it in Smash!” As the Wii U TV commercial explains:

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. FIFA 15 (Xbox 360)
    2. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
    3. Just Dance 2015 (Wii)
    4. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One)
    5. Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
    6. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
    8. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
    9. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4)
    10. FIFA 15 (PS3)

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 catch the 1st spot on the 3DS chart.
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U debuts on first place on the Wii U chart.
  • The Assassin’s Creed Unity Xbox One Bundle stays high atop the Xbox One chart.
  • Madden NFL 15 returns on the Xbox 360 & PS3 charts.
  • Just Dance 2015 wins a dance-off for the #1 prize on the Wii chart.
  • Grand Theft Auto V debuts on the PS4 chart.
  • The Sims 4: Limited Edition returns on the PC chart.
  • The Sims 3: Pets Expansion Pack makes a comeback at number 1 on the Mac chart.
  • Pokemon Black & White Version 2 return on the shiny #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?