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. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
2. Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PS3)
3. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)
4. inFAMOUS: Second Son – Limited Edition (PS4)
5. Football Manager 2014 (PC/Mac)
6. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
7. Kirby Triple Deluxe (3DS)
8. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (PS3)
9. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
10. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)
At the launch of the popular open world game in September 2013, Rockstar Games shipped out a total of 29 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V to stores worldwide! Even puppies can’t escape it.
Here’s the Grand Theft Auto V TV commercial.
Japan’s Top 10 Games:
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1. Yokai Watch (3DS)
2. Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition – North American Version (PS3)
3. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
4. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Challenge of Aoki Samurai (PS3)
5. The Idolmaster: One For All (PS3)
6. inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)
7. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
8. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Challenge of Aoki Samurai (3DS)
9. Mischief of the Gods – Limited Edition (PSP)
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
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. Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PS3)
2. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)
3. FIFA 14 (Xbox 360)
4. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
5. Wolfenstein: The New Order (Xbox One)
6. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
7. Wolfenstein: The New Order (Xbox 360)
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)
9. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
10. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)
Minecraft: PlayStation Edition is quickly passing its 1 million copies sold milestone now that its on disc too! It’s playing catching up with the PC’s 15 million players, and let’s not forget about the 12 million Xbox 360 players. Although it’s nowhere near the massive 21 million Minecraft Pocket Edition players!
After such success it’s no surprise that Warner Bros.’s The Lego Movie team has bought the rights to make a Minecraft Movie.
Watch the Minecraft launch video here:
Worldwide Top Games Per System:
- Grand Theft Auto V comes in 1st on the Xbox 360 chart.
- Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition comes in at #1 on the PS3 chart.
- inFAMOUS: Second Son returns at #1 on the PS4 chart.
- Football Manager 2014 returns on the PC & Mac charts.
- Kirby Triple Deluxe floats to the top of the 3DS chart.
- Wolfenstein: The New Order debuts atop the Xbox One chart.
- Just Dance 2014 keeps grooving into first place on the Wii chart.
- Super Mario 3D World jumps back on top of the Wii U chart.
- Pokemon Black & White Version 2 catches the #1 spot on the DS chart.
- Lastly, Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster returns as number one on the PS Vita chart.
Sales data collected from Amazon’s US (PSN), JPN (PC) & UK / DE / FR websites.
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