Top 10 bestselling games on Amazon UK, US and Japan [Update]

News by Brenna Hillier Contributor

Published on Jan. 5, 2011

Amazon is an increasingly serious contender for the games retail crown, but its demographic rarely overlaps with other retailers'. Nowhere is this more evident than in the online outlet's sales charts, where titles like Just Dance 2 reign supreme and Call of Duty: Black Ops sulks somewhere down at the bottom.

GamerInvestments compiled the charts directly from each territory's portal.

Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games amazon.com U.S.

Current Rank / [Previous] / Title / (System) / Company

1. [2] Just Dance 2 (Wii) – Ubisoft
2. [-] Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card – Microsoft
3. [-] Your Shape Fitness Evolved (Xbox 360) – Ubisoft
4. [-] Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Bundle – Microsoft
5. [1] Dance Central (Xbox 360) – Microsoft
6. [8] Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii) – Nintendo
7. [4] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360) – Activision
8. [-] EA Sports Active 2 (Wii) – EA
9. [5] Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) – Activision
10. [-] Wii Console Black – Nintendo

Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games amazon.co.jp Japan

1. [1] Monster Hunter Portable 3 (PSP) – Capcom
2. [5] So portable is not my sister is so cute? (PSP) – Namco
3. [3] The Last Story (Wii) – Nintendo
4. [8] Radiant Mythologys (PSP) – Namco
5. [-] PSP System Vibrant Blue – Sony
6. [4] The Raven Mage (DS) – Level Five
7. [7] Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP) – Square Enix
8. [-] Amagami Ebikore (PSP) – Kadokawa
9. [-] PSP System Black – Sony
10. [6] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) – Nintendo

Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games amazon.co.uk U.K.

1. [1] Just Dance 2 (Wii) – Ubisoft
2. [3] Just Dance (Wii) – Ubisoft
3. [-] Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card – Microsoft
4. [4] FIFA 11 (PS3) – EA
5. [5] Wii Party (Wii) – Nintendo
6. [-] Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board (Wii) – Nintendo
7. [-] Forza 3 Ultimate Edition (Xbox 360) – Microsoft
8. [7] Kinect Sports (Xbox 360) – Microsoft
9. [2] Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) – Sony
10. [6] Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Xbox 360) – EA

Thanks, GoNintendo!

Edit: these charts represent a snapshot of hourly best sellers from January 1st, 2011.