Saling The World: Fable III Heads Domestic Multiplatform 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 October 28th, 2010, find Fable III outselling recent hits like Fallout: New Vegas and Halo: Reach stateside, while Just Dance 2 heads weekly sales in the UK. 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. Fable III (Microsoft, X360), 2. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii), 3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii), 4. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts, X360), 5. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar, PS3). Japan: 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami, PS3), 2. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo, Wii), 3. God Eater Burst (Namco, PSP), 4. God Eater Burst: Append Version (Namco, PSP), 5. Ougon no Taiyou: Shikkokunaru Yoake (Nintendo, DS). UK: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii), 2. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo, DS), 3. FIFA 11 (EA Sports, PS3), 4. PlayStation Move Starter Pack (SCEE, PS3), 5. FIFA 11 (EA Sports, X360). Fable III leads as North America's top software seller across all platforms in its premiere week, as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II debuts ahead of a price-dropped Red Dead Redemption at fourth place. Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 and Nintendo's Super Mario Collection Special Pack head sales in Japan, while Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 and FIFA 11 remain strong sellers in the UK. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo), 3. Wii Party (Nintendo), 4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo), 5. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo), 2. Keito no Kirby (Nintendo), 3. Wii Party (Nintendo), 4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo), 5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo). UK: 1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Just Dance (Ubisoft), 3. Wii Party (Nintendo), 4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo), 5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo). Just Dance 2 holds on to the top Wii sales spot in the United States and Europe, as Kirby's Epic Yarn drops to fifth in the domestic charts after premiering at second place last week. Kirby's Epic Yarn sees a more successful week in Japan (as Keito no Kirby), while the original Just Dance title sees a sales boost in the UK following the recent release of its sequel. Xbox 360 North America: 1. Fable III (Microsoft), 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts), 3. Halo Reach (Microsoft), 4. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda), 5. Fable III - Limited Edition (Microsoft). Japan: 1. Ore no Yome: Anata Dake no Hanayome (Idea Factory), 2. Fable III (Microsoft), 3. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar), 4. Fable III - Limited Edition (Microsoft), 5. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami). UK: 1. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 2. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda), 3. Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft), 4. Crackdown 2 (Microsoft), 5. Medal of Honor - Limited Edition (EA Games). Fable III and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed debut as the Xbox 360's strongest sellers in the United States, as last week's chart-topping Fallout: New Vegas now trails Halo: Reach at fourth place. Idea Factory's visual novel Ore no Yome: Anata Dake no Hanayome tops Fable III and Red Dead Redemption in its premiere week in Japan, while FIFA 11 reclaims the lead in the UK after previously being overtaken by Fallout: New Vegas. PlayStation 3 North America: 1. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar), 2. Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom), 3. NBA 2K11 (2K Sports), 4. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArt), 5. PlayStation Move Starter Bundle (SCEA). Japan: 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami), 2. FIFA 11 World Class Soccer (EA Sports), 3. Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime (Bandai Namco), 4. Naruto Shippuden: Narultimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco), 5. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar). UK: 1. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 2. PlayStation Move Starter Pack (SCEE), 3. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar), 4. Medal of Honor - Limited Edition (EA Games), 5. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda). An Amazon price drop puts Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption at the top of the PS3 charts this week, as demand for Fallout: New Vegas declines sharply in the wake of increased popularity for NBA 2K11 and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. New Vegas drops to fifth place in UK PS3 sales after an impressive debut last week, as competing soccer sims from Konami and EA head the charts in Japan. PC North America: 1. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA Games), 2. Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games), 3. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda), 4. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard), 5. Fallout: New Vegas - Collector's Edition (Bethesda). Japan: 1. Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games), 2. Dead Rising 2 (Capcom), 3. Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix), 4. Medal of Honor (EA Games), 5. Tower of Aion 2.0 Beginner's Kit (E Frontier). UK: 1. The Sims 3 (EA Games), 2. The Sims 3: Ambitions (EA Games), 3. Lego Universe (Warner Bros.), 4. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda), 5. Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games). EA's Late Night expansion pack for The Sims 3 overtakes Sid Meier's Civilization V as this week's best-selling PC title at Amazon. Fallout: New Vegas remains a popular pick as well, while Starcraft II hangs on at fourth place. Civilization V also makes an impressive debut ahead of Dead Rising 2 in Japan this week, while Lego Universe competes with The Sims 3 and its expansions for chart placement in Europe. Nintendo DS North America: 1. Let's Draw! (Majesco), 2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 3. Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.), 4. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo), 5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo). Japan: 1. Ougon no Taiyou: Shikkokunaru Yoake (Nintendo), 2. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo), 3. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo), 4. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix), 5. Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Namco). UK: 1. Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo), 2. Sight Training (Nintendo), 3. Toy Story 3 (Disney), 4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo). After premiering at fourth place last week, Majesco's drawing title Let's Draw! rises up to the top of the DS charts in North America. Super Scribblenauts finishes in the platform's top five for the third week in a row, as Nintendo's newest Professor Layton title follows close behind at fourth place. Nintendo's Golden Sun sequel Ougon no Taiyou: Shikkokunaru Yoake overtakes Pocket Monsters Black and White in Japan, while the CyberConnect2-developed Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e claims fifth place in its first week of release. PlayStation Portable North America: 1. Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman (NIS America), 2. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix), 3. NBA 2K11 (2K Sports), 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix), 5. Invizimals with Camera (SCEA). Japan: 1. God Eater Burst (Namco), 2. God Eater Burst: Append Version (Namco), 3. Dream C Club Portable (D3 Publisher), 4. Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom), 5. Da Capo I & II Plus Situation Portable (Kadowaka Shoten). UK: 1. FIFA 11 (EA Sports), 2. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix), 3. Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (LucasArts), 4. Gran Turismo (SCEE), 5. Formula 1 2009 (Codemasters). Nippon Ichi's Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman tops PSP software sales in the United States in its debut week, pushing Square Enix's recent hit Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep to second place. Standalone and append versions of Namco's action-adventure game God Eater Burst lead platform sales in Japan, while FIFA 11 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep continue to head the charts in the UK.