Gamasutra writes:
Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.
This week's charts, with data taken from January 17th, 2008, feature Rock Band leading PS2 sales in North America, while Wii owners turn their attention to budget-priced titles like Luxor and Winter Sports. Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded.
Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
3. Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge (Conspiracy),
4. Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge (MumboJumbo)
5. Carnival Games (2K Games)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
3. Caduceus: New Blood (Atlus)
4. Nodame Cantabile: Dream * Orchestra (Bandai Namco)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo).
Europe:
1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
2. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo)
3. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
4. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Capcom)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo).
Xbox 360
North America:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
3. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
4. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision).
Japan:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Armored Core 4 - Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (From Software)
3. Dead Rising/Gears of War-360 Platinum Double Pack (Capcom/Microsoft)4. The IdolM@ster - Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Namco)
5. FIFA 08 World Class Soccer (EA Sports)
Europe:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
3. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
4. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
5. Mass Effect (Microsoft).
PlayStation 3
North America:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (SCEA)
3. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
4. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games)
5. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCEA).
Japan:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Uncharted: El Dorado no Hihou (SCEI)
3. Armored Core 4 - The Best Collection (From Software)
4. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEI)
5. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei).
Europe:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
2. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
3. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
4. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCEE)
5. FIFA 08 (EA Sports).
