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Worldwide Top 30 as of May 24, 2014

Title	Year	Publisher	PS4	One	Wii U	Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts	2013	Activision	2.25	1.77	0.16	4.18
New Super Mario Bros U	2012	Nintendo	0	0	3.99	3.99
Battlefield 4	2013	Electronic Arts	1.84	1.33	0	3.17
Nintendo Land	2012	Nintendo	0	0	3.01	3.01
FIFA Soccer 14	2013	Electronic Arts	2.01	0.9	0	2.91
Assassin's Creed 4	2013	Ubisoft	1.63	0.78	0.17	2.58
Super Mario 3D World	2013	Nintendo	0	0	2.06	2.06
Titanfall	2014	Electronic Arts		1.81		1.81
Killzone: Shadow Fall	2013	Sony	1.7	0	0	1.7
New Super Luigi U	2013	Nintendo	0	0	1.55	1.55
NBA 2K14	2013	Take-Two	0.91	0.58	0	1.49
Infamous: Second Son	2014	Sony	1.33			1.33
Forza 5	2013	Microsoft	0	1.31	0	1.31
Need For Speed Rivals	2013	Electronic Arts	0.92	0.36	0	1.28
Wii Party U	2013	Nintendo	0	0	1.24	1.24
Madden NFL 25	2013	Electronic Arts	0.64	0.55	0	1.19
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes	2013	Warner Bros	0.49	0.33	0.25	1.07
Knack	2013	Sony	1.07	0	0	1.07
Dead Rising 3	2013	Microsoft	0	1.03	0	1.03
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	2013	Nintendo	0	0	0.95	0.95
Ryse	2013	Microsoft	0	0.9	0	0.9
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes	2014	Konami	0.7	0.16	0	0.86
Pikmin 3	2013	Nintendo	0	0	0.77	0.77
LEGO City Undercover	2013	Nintendo	0	0	0.76	0.76
Thief	2014	Square Enix	0.44	0.27	0	0.71
Just Dance 2014	2013	Ubisoft	0.19	0.23	0.28	0.7
ZombiU	2012	Ubisoft	0	0	0.68	0.68
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	2014	Nintendo	0	0	0.56	0.56
Tomb Raider	2014	Square Enix	0.41	0.15	0	0.56
Skylanders Swap Force	2013	Activision	0.15	0.14	0.26	0.55

 

Publisher Shares of Top 30

Company	PS4	One	Wii U	Combined
Nintendo	N/A	N/A	14.89	14.89
Electronic Arts	5.41	4.95	N/A	10.36
Activision	2.4	1.91	0.42	4.73
Sony	4.1	N/A	N/A	4.1
Ubisoft	1.82	1.01	1.13	3.96
Microsoft	N/A	3.24	N/A	3.24
Take-Two	0.91	0.58	N/A	1.49
Square Enix	0.85	0.42	N/A	1.27
Warner Bros	0.49	0.33	0.25	1.07
Konami	0.7	0.16	N/A	0.86

 

North America

Title	Year	Publisher	PS4	One	Wii U	Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts	2013	Activision	1.21	1.25	0.11	2.57
New Super Mario Bros U	2012	Nintendo			1.85	1.85
Battlefield 4	2013	Electronic Arts	0.86	0.88		1.74
Nintendo Land	2012	Nintendo			1.69	1.69
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag	2013	Ubisoft	0.72	0.52	0.11	1.35
Titanfall	2014	Electronic Arts		1.27		1.27
NBA 2K14	2013	Take-Two	0.67	0.5		1.17
Madden NFL 25	2013	Electronic Arts	0.53	0.49		1.02
Super Mario 3D World	2013	Nintendo			0.92	0.92
New Super Luigi U	2013	Nintendo			0.92	0.92

 

Europe

Title	Year	Publisher	PS4	One	Wii U	Combined
FIFA Soccer 14	2013	Electronic Arts	1.36	0.57		1.93
Call of Duty Ghosts	2013	Activision	0.82	0.43	0.03	1.28
Battlefield 4	2013	Electronic Arts	0.74	0.37		1.11
Assassin's Creed 4	2013	Ubisoft	0.72	0.22	0.05	0.99
Killzone: Shadow Fall	2013	Sony	0.83			0.83
New Super Mario Bros U	2012	Nintendo			0.75	0.75
Nintendo Land	2012	Nintendo			0.69	0.69
Need For Speed Rivals	2013	Electronic Arts	0.4	0.09		0.49
Super Mario 3D World	2013	Nintendo			0.47	0.47
Titanfall	2014	Electronic Arts		0.44		0.44
Infamous: Second Son	2014	Sony	0.44			0.44

 

Japan

Title	Year	Publisher	PS4	Wii U	Combined
New Super Mario Bros U	2012	Nintendo		1.16	1.16
Wii Party U	2013	Nintendo		0.74	0.74
Super Mario 3D World	2013	Nintendo		0.56	0.56
Nintendo Land	2012	Nintendo		0.42	0.42
Knack	2014	Sony	0.41		0.41
Pikmin 3	2013	Nintendo		0.25	0.25
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate	2012	Capcom		0.22	0.22
Dragon Quest X	2013	Square Enix		0.19	0.19
Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version	2013	Namco Bandai		0.15	0.15
New Super Luigi U	2013	Nintendo		0.14	0.14

 

Notes:

• This week, Infamous: Second Son went up two places,from #14 to #12 worldwide, thanks to its good legs (nearly 60,000 copies this week!). It will take a while for it to reach the Top 10 though, even if Watch Dogs and Mario Kart disappoint; New Super Luigi U is over 200,000 ahead and is selling around 15,000 a week before the expected Wii U boost from Mario Kart. Also, Just Dance 2014 outsold ZombiU this week, and Skylanders fell to an untied last place.
• Wolfenstein: The New Order fell just about 30,000 copies short of making the Top 30 worldwide. I had to double-check to make sure it didn't reach the Top 30. However, assuming it has a second week that isn't catastrophically bad, it will get into the Top 30 next week, along with Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8. This will knock Skylanders, Tomb Raider, and Tropical Freeze off of the list. Nintendo probably won't mind swapping out Donkey Kong for Mario Kart, but Activision and Square Enix will lose relative ground to Bethesda and Ubisoft next week.
• Although EA is still gaining on Nintendo, their recent gains are likely to be neutralized by MK8, especially since Nintendo is not far behind, even selling on just one platform. Perhaps EA would be in a better position if it sold its games on the Wii U also; even Activision has sold almost 10% of it's games in the Top 30 on the Wii U, so perhaps Wii U ports of games like Madden, FIFA, etc could have sold at least half a million. Too late now though.
• Next week is going to be BIG. Wolfenstein will come through the bottom easily, Watch Dogs can end up in the Top 10, and even Mario Kart 8 can appear in the middle of the list immediately.
• However, afterwards we will have a few quieter weeks, as June brings few big games. Maybe UFC or Transformers will be big, but even those are latter in the month.
• Note how I threw in Japan's Top 10 this week. It's probably not going to be a permanent part of this feature yet (only about 5 games have notable amounts much so far), but I'm including it here for comparisons to Mario Kart 8. Here's hoping it reaches Knack-like levels week one at very least.