A Breakdown Of The U.S. And Europe’s Best Selling Games This Year

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Oct 29, 2011 12:15 pm

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Nintendo’s financial results briefing revealed some information that isn’t seen by the public all too often — a breakdown of the best-selling games in the U.S. and Europe, platform by platform, from January – September 2011.

You can find both charts below. We’ll start with the U.S. chart:

Rank	Title	System	Publisher
01.	Just Dance 2	Wii	Ubisoft
02.	Pokémon White	DS	Nintendo
03.	Gears of War 3	360	Microsoft
04.	Pokémon Black	DS	Nintendo
05.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	360	Activision Blizzard
06.	Zumba Fitness: Join the Party	Wii	Majesco
07.	Madden NFL 12	360	Electronic Arts
08.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	PS3	Activision Blizzard
09.	Madden NFL 12	PS3	Electronic Arts
10.	New Super Mario Bros.	DS	Nintendo
11.	Michael Jackson: The Experience	Wii	Ubisoft
12.	NBA 2K11	360	2K Sports
13.	L.A. Noire	360	Rockstar
14.	Dance Central	360	MTV Games
15.	Mortal Kombat	PS3	Warner Bros.
16.	Mortal Kombat	360	Warner Bros.
17.	Homefront	360	THQ
18.	Kinect Sports	360	Microsoft
19.	NCAA Football 12	360	Electronic Arts
20.	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Wii	Nintendo

And here’s the European chart, which encompasses the U.K, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland:

Rank	Title	System	Publisher
01.	FIFA 12	PS3	Electronic Arts
02.	Wii Sports Resort	Wii	Nintendo
03.	Pokémon White	DS	Nintendo
04.	Pokémon Black	DS	Nintendo
05.	Zumba Fitness	Wii	505 Games
06.	Wii Party	Wii	Nintendo
07.	Just Dance 2	Wii	Ubisoft
08.	FIFA 12	360	Electronic Arts
09.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	PS3	Activision Blizzard
10.	Wii Fit Plus	Wii	Nintendo
11.	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo
12.	L.A. Noire	PS3	Rockstar
13.	FIFA 11	PS3	Electronic Arts
14.	Gears of War 3	360	Microsoft
15.	Gran Turismo 5	PS3	Sony
16.	LittleBigPlanet 2	PS3	Sony
17.	Killzone 3	PS3	Sony
18.	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Wii	Nintendo
19.	L.A. Noire	360	Rockstar
20.	New Super Mario Bros.	DS	Nintendo

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.