What were the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe the past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest. Think of it as a games weather report.
What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.
North America’s Top 10 Games:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
2. Metroid: Other M (Wii)
3. Madden NFL 11 (Xbox 360)
4. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC, Mac)
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii)
6. Gold’s Gym Dance Workout (Wii)
7. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
8. Madden NFL 11 (PS3)
9. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
10. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
1. Wii Party (Wii)
2. Han Mong Village Diary: Airu Repeatedly (PSP)
3. Metroid: Other M (Wii)
4. Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (PSP)
5. Tokimeki Memorial: Girls Side 3rd Story (DS)
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
7. Sengoku Basara 3: Samurai Heroes (PS3)
8. Another Century’s Episode R includes product code for Gundam Game #3 (PS3)
9. Dragon Quest: Monsters Battle Road Victory (Wii)*
10. Han Mong Village Diary: Airu Repeatedly – Special Edition (PSP)
* Proof Japan gets all the cool stuff. It’s a Wii version of an Arcade card-based RPG in the Dragon Quest universe. Features tournaments, online modes, DS and mobile phone connectivity to take photos/scan your card sets, and a massive Arcade panel replica controller is available too. The trailer shows more madness!
Europe’s Top 10 Games:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
3. Just Dance (Wii)
4. Mafia II (Xbox 360)
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
6. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS)
7. Jam With The Band (DS)
8. Dance on Broadway (Wii)
9. Mafia II (PS3)
10. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC, Mac)
To recap the top games per system: New Super Mario Bros. Wii returns to the first place on the Wii chart. Madden NFL 11 remains on top of the Xbox 360 chart. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty stays #1 on the PC/Mac chart. With Valkyria Chronicles returning to the PS3 chart in the wake of its PSP sequel. Shadow of the Colossus keeps making a return on the PS2 chart. New Super Mario Bros. returns once again on the DS chart. And lastly, Valkyria Chronicles 2 debuts on the PSP chart.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.