In the wake of brazillian market as the fourth country in the world in gaming market, and fifth in consoles alone(take that, random europe first world country), it's time to start track down this sales. The data is from GFK brasil, and is publish monthly by veja magazine. They only give us the ranks, not actuall sales off each game(like in UK), and monthly, not weekly. They realease some notes too, but i not this month, appeareantly. The numbers were around here for some time, but i tried to get a declaration from gfk about the official launch of PS4, X1 and WiiU, but so far nothing. So, don't expect them to start traciking next-gen for now. The numbers:
X360:
1 GTA V
2 FIFA 2014
3 Minecraft
4 Just Dance 2014
5 PES 2014
6 Call Of Duty: Ghosts
7 Kinect Sports: Ultimate Collection
8 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Signature Ed.
9 BF4
10 Far Cry 3
PS3
1 GTA V
2 Gran Turismo 6
3 FIFA 14
4 Call of Duty: Ghost
5 PES 2014
6 BF 4
7 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Signature Ed.
8 FIFA Soccer 2013
9 God of War: Ascension
10 Knights of the Zodiac: Brave soldiers
Wii
1 Just Dance 2014
2 Just Dance 4
3 Super Smash Bros Brawl
4 Disney infinity
5 Nintendo Selects: Super Mario Galaxy
6 Wii Sports
7 The Legend of Zelda Twiligth Princess
8 Mario Kart Wii
9 Mario Party 9
10 New Super Mario Bros
Last month(November): gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175481&page=1
Nothing very interisting on this month, except maybe that ubisoft found success on all plataforms. Well deserved, since they are actually giving focus to brasil, with good prices and localizations.
Its seems like Gran turismo still had a good impact on brazil, altough that a slower adoption for next gen must be involved(PS4K). And about brave soldiers "sucess": this is another case of a more attention to brazil, with some special editions exclusive for brazil, with figurines and all. The fact that this franchise was huge back in the day(just like dragon ball actually, but older) is another point to be considered.
Again casual franchises got a bigger boost on christmas, cause kids(vg still considered kids toy for many here), and maybe most hardcore fans interested on the newer machines actually. This is just my guessing, though.
Anyway, no word on how was 2013 for brazillian industry still a let down, there should be some comments.
"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."
Gunpei Yoko
