Saling The World: Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City Lead Domestic Charts

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 November 3rd, 2011, find Uncharted 3 and Batman: Arkham City leading multiplatform sales stateside, while Final Fantasy Reishiki heads the week's results in Japan.

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.
This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the
real-time updated service, as follows:

Multiplatform
North America: 1. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (SCEA, PS3), 2.
Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft, Wii), 3. Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros, PS3),
4. Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros, X360), 5. Battlefield 3 (EA Games,
PS3).

Japan: 1. Final Fantasy Reishiki (Square Enix, PSP), 2. Uncharted
3: Sabaku ni Nemuru Atlantis (SCEI, PS3), 3. Battlefield 3 (EA Games),
4. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (NIntendo, Wii), 5. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo,
Wii).

UK: 1. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (SCEE, PS3), 2. Just Dance 3
- Special Edition (Ubisoft, Wii), 3. Zumba Fitness (505 Games, Wii), 4.
Battlefield 3 - Limited Edition (EA Games, X360), 5. Battlefield 3 -
Limited Edition (EA Games, PS3).

Naughty Dog's PS3 action-adventure title Uncharted 3 is off to a fast
sales start this week, topping the charts in North America and the UK,
and earning second place in Japan.

Square Enix's action-RPG Final Fantasy Reishiki reports big sales in its
premiere week in Japan, while EA DICE's Battlefield 3 remains a strong
seller stateside and in Europe.


Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft), 2. Kirby's Return to
Dreamland (Nintendo), 3. WipeOut: The Game (Activision), 4. Michael
Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo), 2. Just Dance Wii
(Nintendo), 3. Go Vacation (Namco Bandai), 4. Minna no Rhythm Tengoku
(Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Just Dance 3 - Special Edition (Ubisoft), 2. Zumba Fitness
(505 Games), 3. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft), 4.
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack (Activision), 5. Just Dance 2
(Ubisoft).

Ubisoft's Just Dance 3 once again tops Wii software sales in the United
States and Europe. Kirby's Return to Dreamland leads the week's results
in Japan, as the action figure-bundled Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Starter Pack makes an appearance at fourth place in the UK charts.


Xbox 360
North America: 1. Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros), 2.
Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 3. Gears of War 3 (Microsoft), 4. Dance
Central 2 (Microsoft), 5. Kinect Sports Season Two (Microsoft).

Japan: 1. Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 2. Dance Central 2
(Microsoft), 3. Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft), 4. Dead Island (Spike),
5. Gears of War 3 (Microsoft).

UK: 1. Battlefield 3 - Limited Edition (EA Games), 2. Forza
Motorsport 4 (Microsoft), 3. FIFA 12 (EA Sports), 4. Batman: Arkham City
(Warner Bros), 5. Gears of War 3 (Microsoft).

Batman: Arkham City remains the Xbox 360's biggest seller stateside for
the third week running. The recently released Kinect exclusives Dance
Central 2 and Kinect Sports Season Two also make strong impressions in
the domestic charts, as Battlefield 3 leads the week's results in Japan
and the UK.


PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (SCEA), 2.
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros), 3. Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 4.
Resistance 3 (SCEA), 5. The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection
(SCEA).

Japan: 1. Uncharted 3: Sabaku ni Nemuru Atlantis (SCEI), 2.
Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 3. The Idolm@ster 2 - Special Box (Namco
Bandai), 4. The Idolm@ster 2 (Namco Bandai), 5. World Soccer Winning
Eleven 2012 (Konami).

UK: 1. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (SCEA), 2. Battlefield 3 -
Limited Edition (EA Games), 3. FIFA 12 (EA Sports), 4. Batman: Arkham
City (Warner Bros), 5. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Limited Edition
(Square Enix).

Uncharted 3 sweeps the PlayStation 3 charts worldwide in its debut week,
outperforming recent standouts like Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3,
The Idolm@ster 2, and FIFA 12.


PC
North America: 1. Battlefield 3 - Download Edition (EA Games), 2.
Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 3. The Sims 3: Pets (EA Games), 4. The Sims
3: Pets - Download Edition (EA Games), 5. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
(Blizzard).

Japan: 1. Battlefield 3 (EA Games), 2. Steins;Gate 8-Bit Version
(Gigas Drop), 3. Steins;Gate (Nitro Plus), 4. Ragnarok Online RJC2011:
Process to the Hero Vol 1 (E Frontier), 5. Ragnarok Online RJC2011:
Process to the Hero Vol 2 (E Frontier).

UK: 1. Football Manager 2012 (Sega), 2. The Sims 3: Pets (EA
Games), 3. Battlefield 3 - Limited Edition (EA Games), 4. Battlefield 3
(EA Games), 5. The Sims 3 (EA Games).

The PC versions of Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3: Pets see fast sales in
North America and the UK, while an 8-bit demake of Nitro Plus' popular
visual novel Steins;Gate emerges as a top seller in Japan.


Nintendo 3DS
North America: 1. Pokemon Rumble Blast (Nintendo), 2. The Legend
of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo), 3. Star Fox 64 3D (Nintendo),
4. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom), 5. Lego Star Wars III:
The Clone Wars (LucasArts).

Japan: 1. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo), 2. Slime MoriMori
Dragon Quest 3 (Square Enix), 3. Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina 3D
(Nintendo), 4. Azito 3D (Hamster), 5. Super Pokemon Rumble (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever and New Friends
(Nintendo), 2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo), 3.
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney), 4. Rabbids 3D (Ubisoft), 5. FIFA
12 (EA Sports).

Nintendo's Pokemon Rumble Blast overtakes longtime 3DS sales leader The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in North America this week, while Super
Mario 3D Land and Square Enix's Rocket Slime sequel Slime MoriMori
Dragon Quest 3 top the week's results in Japan.


Nintendo DS
North America: 1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 2. Monster
High: Ghoul Spirit (THQ), 3. Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo), 4. Kirby
Mass Attack (Nintendo), 5. Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo).

Japan: 1. Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo), 2. Pocket Monsters Black
(Nintendo), 3. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo), 4. Kaite Oboeru:
Dora-Gana (Sega), 5. Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Let's Draw! (Majesco), 2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 3. Art
Academy (Nintendo), 4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 5. Happy Party
with Hello Kitty & Friends (Rising Star).

THQ's Monster High: Ghoul Spirit competes with New Super Mario Bros. for
the top DS chart spot stateside, as Kirby Mass Attack continues to
outsell all competition in Japan.


PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA Games), 2.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar), 3. Mortal Kombat
Unchained (Midway), 4. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA), 5. Grand
Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar).

Japan: 1. Final Fantasy Reishiki (Square Enix), 2. AKB1/48: Idol
to Guam de Koishitara... - Limited Edition (Namco Bandai), 3. World
Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami), 4. Roukyuubu! (ASCII), 5. Black
Rock Shooter: The Game - Limited Box (Image Epoch).

UK: 1. Football Manager Handheld 2012 (Sega), 2. FIFA 12 (EA
Sports), 3. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney), 4. Pro Evolution
Soccer 2012 (Konami), 5. Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (Ubisoft).

Older, price-dropped titles dominate the PSP's domestic sales charts,
while recent releases like Square Enix's Final Fantasy Reishiki and
AKB1/48: Idol to Guam de Koishitara... lead platform sales in Japan.