Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 36, 2015

What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide.

What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined.

North America’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
    2. The Witcher: Wild Hunt (PS4)
    3. Madden NFL 16 (PS4)
    4. The Witcher: Wild Hunt (Xbox One)
    5. Until Dawn (PS4)
    6. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)
    7. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
    8. Mad Max (PS4)
    9. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
    10. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Xbox One)

As expected with all the hype, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has sold over 3 MILLION copies worldwide in its launch week! So it’s 60% on the way to earning back its $80 million development & promotional budget (according to a Nikkei & Forbes report).

Watch the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain TV commercial:

Japan’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
    2. Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Sea, the Ground, and the Cursed Princess – Amazon Limited Reward Code Version 1 (3DS)
    3. Splatoon (Wii U)
    4. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS)
    5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS3)
    6. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Includes Amazon exclusive DLC for Mahato Submachine Gun / Personal white Ballistic Shield / Mother Base staff that can be acquired (PS4)
    7. Yo-kai Busters: White Dog Corps – Includes Mighty dog medal (B medal) & White Dog Corps original sticker (3DS)
    8. Yo-kai Busters: Red Cat Team – Includes Red J medal (B medal) & Akaneko-dan original sticker (3DS)
    9. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Special Edition (PS4)
    10. Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus (3DS)

See the funny live-action Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain TV commercial airing in Japan right now:


The bride says: “28 years ago, I learned all kinds of things from papa and MGS. Not to give up in any situation, to have fun with everyone, kindness… But, there is still something I’ve yet to learn. Metal Gear’s greatest mystery…” Hearing his daughter’s words, the father bursts out of his cardboard box — his daughter follows — and he walks towards her and hands her a DualShock 4 controller. Her father says: “Saki, please solve that puzzle with Kenji-kun.” *Tears commence*

This next TV commercial about the game shows the adventures of “Do-Gooder Snake”:

Europe’s Top 10 Games:

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
    2. Mad Max (PS4)
    3. Until Dawn (PS4)
    4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Xbox One)
    5. Mad Max (Xbox One)
    6. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One)
    7. The Last of Us: Remastered (PS4)
    8. Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4)
    9. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
    10. Lego Jurassic World (Xbox 360)

Watch the Mad Max TV commercial here:

Worldwide Top Games Per System:

  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain debuts at #1 on the PS4 & PC charts.
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt returns atop the Xbox One chart.
  • Grand Theft Auto V stays atop the Xbox 360 & PS3 charts.
  • Super Smash Bros. for 3DS fights back onto the 3DS chart.
  • Splatoon shoots to the top of the Wii U chart.
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii jumps to the #1 spot on the Wii chart.
  • The Sims 3: Starter Pack returns on top of on the Mac chart.
  • New Super Mario Bros. leaps to 1st place on the DS chart.
  • Lastly, Borderlands 2 PS Vita Bundle is up high 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?