Games Weather Report of Week 20, 2011

Games Weather Report Week 20
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. L.A. Noire (PS3)
2. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
3. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
4. Crysis 2 (Xbox 360)
5. Disney Epic Mickey (Wii)
6. Portal 2 (Xbox 360)
7. Portal 2 (PS3)
8. James Bond 007: GoldenEye (Wii)
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
10. Zumba Fitness (Wii)

Rockstar Games have released another blockbuster game on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. L.A. Noire takes the top of the charts all over the world.

Here’s the full commercial showing the epic storytelling.

Japan’s Top 10 Games:


1. Akiba’s Trip (PSP)
2. Dead or Alive Dimensions (3DS)
3. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
4. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional (DS)
5. Billy’s Boot Camp: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Wii)
6. Magical Index Term – Limited Edition: Figma included a body Misaka Mikoto (PSP)
7. Demon’s Souls – The Best of PlayStation 3 (PS3)
8. Portal 2 (Xbox 360)
9. Wii Fit Plus – Wii Balance Board Set (Wii)
10. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Destruction Chapter – Special Zii-box (PSP)

Akiba’s Trip is a PSP action game, developed and published by Acquire, which was released in Japan this week. Akiba’s Trip has Japanese gamers pay a virtual visit to the Akihabara electronics district of Tokyo, the shops where most will likely have bought the game itself! As to why it’s popular? Famitsu praised its unique fighting system that has you defeat bad guys & girls by taking off their clothes, with combos and all.

Here’s the commercial showing off the cooky gameplay.

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

1. L.A. Noire (PS3)
2. L.A. Noire (Xbox 360)
3. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
4. Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)
5. Fable III (Xbox 360)
6. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
7. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii)
8. The Witcher 2 – Premium Edition (PC)
9. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Xbox 360)
10. Portal 2 (PS3)

To recap the top games per system:

  • L.A. Noire debuts at the top of the Xbox 360 and PS3 charts.
  • Just Dance 2 still stars on the Wii chart.
  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings debuts in 1st place on the PC chart.
  • Pokemon Black & White is on top of the DS chart.
  • Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition stays #1 on the 3DS chart.
  • Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection claims the top spot on the PSP chart.
  • And lastly, Kingdom Hearts appears on the PS2 chart.
  • Sales data collected from Amazon’s US, JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.