LEGO Chomps Up the Charts
Near the end of the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker (just after receiving the “revelation”) decides to fall off to his apparent death rather than join Darth Vader in the Dark Side. Eventually he came back in Return of the Jedi to finish off what he started. Looks like the same for LucasArts, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy; it fell last time to THQ’s, Saints Row.
This time it’s the Return of the Game, as LEGO takes over the top spot once more both in the US and UK. The LEGO game has taken over the top of US/UK Xbox360, and the UK Nintendo DS sales figures. It’s also within the top 4 of the US & UK PSP. Clearly, the game will be one of the better selling games across all platforms this quarter of the year.
Other notable thing for the Xbox360 is Atari’s Test Drive: Unlimited which still among the the top 5 of the US & UK charts. Regarding the Nintendo DS, the surprising Cooking Mama just fried both the Mario Bros games. The PSP sales charts are a mix, with only the LEGO game in the same place. Japan has their own eclectic list, hopefully some will reach our shores as they seem to be interesting as well.
Here’s the complete list of the Gamasutra’s Top Five Sellers in the US, Japan, and Europe as of September 14, 2006. All sales data were taken from the September 14, 2006 sales figures on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded.
Xbox360
North America:
1. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
2. Saints Row (THQ),
3. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports),
4. Dead Rising (Capcom),
5. Test Drive: Unlimited (Atari).
The full list awaits after the jump!
Near the end of the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker (just after receiving the “revelation”) decides to fall off to his apparent death rather than join Darth Vader in the Dark Side. Eventually he came back in Return of the Jedi to finish off what he started. Looks like the same for LucasArts, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy; it fell last time to THQ’s, Saints Row. This time it’s the Return of the Game, as LEGO takes over the top spot once more both in the US and UK. The LEGO game has taken over the top of US/UK Xbox360, and the UK Nintendo DS sales figures. It’s also within the top 4 of the US & UK PSP. Clearly, the game will be one of the better selling games across all platforms this quarter of the year.
Other notable thing for the Xbox360 is Atari’s Test Drive: Unlimited which still among the the top 5 of the US & UK charts. Regarding the Nintendo DS, the surprising Cooking Mama just fried both the Mario Bros games. The PSP sales charts are a mix, with only the LEGO game in the same place. Japan has their own eclectic list, hopefully some will reach our shores as they seem to be interesting as well.
Here’s the complete list of the Gamasutra’s Top Five Sellers in the US, Japan, and Europe as of September 14, 2006. All sales data were taken from the September 14, 2006 sales figures on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded.
Xbox360
North America:
1. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
2. Saints Row (THQ),
3. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports),
4. Dead Rising (Capcom),
5. Test Drive: Unlimited (Atari).
Japan:
1. Condemned: Psycho Crime (Sega),
2. Call of Duty 2 (Konami),
3. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft),
4. Major League Baseball 2K6 (Spike),
5. Chromehounds (Sega).
UK:
1. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
2. Dead Rising (Capcom),
3. Saints Row (THQ),
4. Test Drive: Unlimited (Atari),
5. Enchanted Arms (Ubisoft).
NINTENDO DS
North America:
1. Cooking Mama (Majesco Sales, Inc.),
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo),
3. Brain Age (Nintendo),
4. Mario Hoops 3 On 3 (Nintendo),
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom).
Japan:
1. Final Fantasy III (Square Enix),
2. Nintendo DS Browser (Nintendo),
3. Mogitate Tingle no Bara Iro Rupee Land (Nintendo),
4. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo),
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo).
UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo),
2. Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo),
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo),
4. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
5. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo).
PlayStation Portable
North America:
1. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports),
2. LocoRoco (SCEA),
3. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
4. Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Bandai Namco Games),
5. Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade (SCEA).
Japan:
1. Ridge Racers 2 (Namco),
2. Valhalla Knights (Marvelous),
3. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Tagforce (Konami),
4. Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition (Namco),
5. Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco).
UK:
1. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar Games),
2. Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Bandai Namco Games),
3. Gangs of London (SCEE),
4. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts),
5. Micro Machines V4 (Codemasters).
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