Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 26, 2014

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:

    1. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
    2. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
    3. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox One)
    4. Battlefield 4 (PC)
    5. Payday 2 (PC)
    6. Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)
    7. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    8. Tomodachi Life (3DS)
    9. Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3)
    10. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PC)

Mario Kart 8 got on the grid worldwide a month ago! With the previous console Mario Kart game on Wii selling to almost 36 million fans, can the Wii U sequel keep up the pace? Reviewers say yes, lauding the game as the best Mario Kart ever.

Sales-wise, it has sold a staggering 1.2 million copies worldwide in its first weekend. Expect this title to rank high on the top 100 charts for many years to come, as Mario Kart games always keep selling like hotcakes.

“This just in!” Fox News reports on a new development in Mario Kart 8, the Luigi Death Stare meme! 😆

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition – North American Version (PS3)
    2. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS)
    3. Yokai Watch (3DS)
    4. Freedom Wars (PS Vita)
    5. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
    6. Pokemon Art Academy (3DS)
    7. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
    8. Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Great Space-time Adventure (3DS)
    9. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS)
    10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Challenge of Aoki Samurai (PS3)

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!

54 million sales in total so far. 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:

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Tomodachi Life (3DS)
    2. Sniper Elite 3 (PS4)
    3. Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PS3)
    4. FIFA 14 (Xbox 360)
    5. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
    6. Beyond: Two Souls (PS3)
    7. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    8. EA Sports 2014 FIFA World Cup – Brazil (Xbox 360)
    9. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
    10. Sniper Elite 3 (Xbox 360)

Tomodachi Life is Japanese for Friends Life. Nintendo kept the 3DS exclusive life simulator game every bit as wacky as its Japanese original and it shows… “All hail the Virtual Boy!” is an ode in the game from Nintendo of Japan’s Shigeru Miyamoto & Nintendo of America President Reggie Films-Aime to the 3DS’s 3D forefather, the Virtual Boy system. A special treat for fans of both 3D systems like me. 😀

Watch the funny & weird Tomodachi Life reveal video here:

Worldwide Top Games Per System:

  • Tomodachi Life stays on top of the 3DS chart.
  • Mario Kart 8 debuts on first place on the Wii U chart.
  • Grand Theft Auto V comes in 1st on the Xbox 360 chart.
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts comes in 1st on the Xbox One & PS3 charts.
  • Battlefield 4 returns on the PC chart.
  • FIFA 14 returns at #1 on the PS4 chart.
  • Mario Kart Wii returns to first place on the Wii chart.
  • Pokemon Black & White Version 2 catches the #1 spot on the DS chart.
  • Borderlands 2 returns as number one on the PS Vita chart.
  • Lastly, Spore returns on the Mac chart.

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

What video games have you played this weekend? Any of these?