Saling The World: Devil Summoner 2 Leads PS2 Charts in North America

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five real-time Amazon.com 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 May 14th, 2009, find the recently released Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 topping PlayStation 2 sales numbers in the United States, while Death Smiles and Dragon Ball Kai lead 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: Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Gold's Gym Cardio Workout (Ubisoft), 5. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft). Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Winning Eleven Play Maker 2009 (Konami), 3. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Rocket Company), 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo). UK: 1. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft), 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft). A discounted Lego Indiana Jones leads the Wii charts in North America, marking a rare week in which Wii Fit fails to finish as the region's top seller. Demand for Mario Kart Wii remains as strong as ever, while Gold's Gym Cardio Workout outpaces My Fitness Coach in weekly sales numbers. Wii Fit remains on top in Japan, where it beats out Konami's recently released soccer management sim Winning Eleven Play Maker 2009. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy Diet! moves up to take third in regional sales, as Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii trail at fourth and fifth. Xbox 360 North America: 1. Disney's High School Musical 3: Senior Year Bundle with Mat (Disney), 2. Fable II (Microsoft), 3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. Raiden Fighters Aces (Valcon), 5. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft). Japan: 1. Death Smiles (Cave), 2. Halo Wars -- Limited Edition (Microsoft), 3. Gears of War -- Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Microsoft), 4. DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra (5pb), 5. The Last Remnant (Square Enix). UK: 1. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 2. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Left 4 Dead (EA Games), 5. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom). Disney's film-based dance simulation title High School Musical 3: Senior Year takes top honors in U.S. Xbox 360 sales this week, thanks to a recent "Deal of the Day" promotional price drop at Amazon. Fable II and Halo 3 follow close behind, while positive word-of-mouth buzz places the shooter compilation Raiden Fighters Aces in the regional top five in its debut week. In Japan, Cave's arcade shooter Death Smiles finishes at first place for the second week in a row. Cave's DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra also makes a top-five finish this week, as Square Enix's The Last Remnant drops to fifth. PlayStation 3 North America: 1. Saints Row 2 -- Collector's Edition (THQ), 2. Killzone 2 (SCEA), 3. LittleBigPlanet (SCEA), 4. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom), 5. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar). Japan: 1. Senjou no Valkyria -- PlayStation 3 the Best (Sega), 2. Demon's Souls (SCEI), 3. Killzone 2 (SCEI), 4. BioHazard 5 (Capcom), 5. Musou Orochi Z (Koei). UK: 1. LittleBigPlanet (SCEE), 2. Street Fighter IV -- Collector's Edition (Capcom), 3. Killzone 2 (SCEE), 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 5. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom). Amazon price drops again play a large role in weekly PS3 sales results, as a discounted Saints Row 2 leads the North American charts this week. Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet trail at second and third place, while Resident Evil 5 drops to fourth. Elsewhere, Senjou no Valkyria heads sales in Japan for the third week running, as LittleBigPlanet leads overall sales numbers in the UK. PlayStation 2 North America: 1. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon (Atlus), 2. Disney's High School Musical 3: Senior Year Bundle with Mat (Disney), 3. Samurai Shodown Anthology (SNK Playmore), 4. Rock Band Special Edition (MTV Games), 5. MLB 09: The Show (SCEA). Japan: 1. Sengoku Basara 2 -- PlayStation 2 Best Price! (Capcom), 2. Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 6: Rio 2 Cruising Vanadis (Tecmo), 3. Sengoku Basara 2 Eiyuu Gaiden -- PlayStation2 the Best (Capcom), 4. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (Konami), 5. Arcobaleno! (Idea Factory). UK: 1. SingStar: Queen (SCEE), 2. SingStar: ABBA (SCEE), 3. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 4. SingStar '80s (SCEE), 5. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (Square Enix). Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 is off to a fast sales start in the United States this week, topping the regional sales chart thanks to high demand for a plush toy bundled with all preordered copies. Longtime chart leader Samurai Shodown Anthology drops to third place this week, as Rock Band and MLB 09 round out the domestic top five. PC North America: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 2. Left 4 Dead (EA Games), 3. Spore (EA Games), 4. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard), 5. Empire: Total War (Sega). Japan: 1. SimCity 4 Deluxe (EA Games), 2. Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 5.0 Premium Package (Capcom), 3. Civilization 4 Deluxe Pack (Cyber Front), 4. Final Fantasy XI: The Vana'diel Collection (Square Enix), 5. The Last Remnant (Square Enix). UK: 1. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 2. Empire: Total War (Sega), 3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard), 4. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (THQ), 5. Spore (EA Games). World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King spends another week at the top of the PC sales charts in North America this week, while Left 4 Dead once again finishes at second place. EA's Spore makes a surprise return to the charts at third place, meanwhile, beating out the World of Warcraft Battle Chest and Sega's Empire: Total War. Nintendo DS North America: 1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo), 3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo), 5. Brain Age (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Bandai), 2. A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (Artdink), 3. Made in Ore (Nintendo), 4. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai (Nintendo), 5. Rittai Picross (Nintendo). UK: 1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo), 2. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney), 3. Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo). New Super Mario Bros. climbs to first place in this week's U.S. Nintendo DS sales results, pushing last week's chart champion Professor Layton and the Curious Village to second place. Pokemon Platinum also sees a drop in popularity this week, as Mario Kart DS moves up to third place. In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu claims the regional top spot, leaving A Ressha de Gyoukou DS at second place. Made in Ore drops to third place, as Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai finishes fourth. PlayStation Portable North America: 1. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA), 2. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar), 4. Patapon 2 (SCEA), 5. Patapon (SCEA). Japan: 1. Growlanser (Atlus), 2. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G -- PSP the Best (Capcom), 3. Persona (Atlus), 4. Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 (SCEI), 5. ToraDora Portable! (Bandai). UK: 1. FIFA 09 (EA Sports), 2. Football Manager 2009 (Sega), 3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories -- Platinum Edition (Rockstar), 4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (EA Sports), 5. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters -- Platinum Edition (SCEE). Patapon 2's reign atop the North American PSP software charts was short-lived, as the title has since been replaced by God of War: Chains of Olympus. Patapon 2 remains popular enough to boost the sales of its predecessor title, however, which finishes at fifth place in this week's domestic results.