Australia's top-selling games for first half of 2007 revealed

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade leads best-seller list down under; seven DS titles in overall top 20.

The denizens of Azeroth have voted with their wallets down under, with the latest figures from industry tracker GfK Australia showing that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade was Australia's top-selling game for the first half of 2007.

World of Warcraft's first expansion pack was the best-selling (by units sold) game in Australia between January 1, 2007, and June 30, 2007. The popularity of the Burning Crusade also helped spur sales of the original game, with World of Warcraft coming in at fifth position in the overall sales lists.

Sony had a strong showing in the overall top 10, with five titles being either for the PlayStation 2 or the PlayStation 3. Final Fantasy XII for the PS2 was the second-highest selling game of 2007 so far, with God of War II and Cricket 2007 coming in at fourth and ninth spots, respectively. As for Sony's new console, Resistance: Fall of Man came in at sixth, while MotorStorm took seventh spot for the PS3.

While Sony dominated the top 10, Nintendo was the winner when it comes to the top 20 games, with eight out of the top 20 games being for Nintendo machines. The DS was particularly strong, with seven games, while the Wii had a solitary entry, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, which came in at 12th place. The Xbox 360 had only one game make the overall top 20--Gears of War, which took 14th spot.

The full list is compiled below:

Top-selling games in Australia H1 2007
1. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, PC
2. Final Fantasy XII, PS2
3. Pokémon Diamond, Nintendo DS
4. God of War II, PS2
5. World of Warcraft, PC
6. Resistance: Fall of Man, PS3
7. MotorStorm, PS3
8. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends, Nintendo DS
9. Cricket 07, PS2
10. The Sims 2: Seasons, PC
11. Guitar Hero 2 bundle, PS2
12. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendo Wii
13. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training, Nintendo DS
14. Gears of War, Xbox 360
15. Pokémon Pearl, Nintendo DS
16. SingStar Rocks! bundle, PS2
17. The Sims 2: Pets, PC
18. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends, Nintendo DS
19. New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS
20. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends, Nintendo DS

Figures courtesy of GfK Australia.

114 Comments

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jul 31, 2007 7:59 am PT

    I thought the WoW sales would be down by now...

  • JustQuest

    Posted Jul 31, 2007 3:33 am PT

    WOW & Final Fantasy not surprising both really great titles to play.

  • junk56

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:12 pm PT

    lol its funny when ppl say australia is sony land.
    everything other than America is frickin sony land
    nintendo owns the air, it doesnt need land

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:36 pm PT

    wow is on top, how sad

  • GrimBee

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 4:00 pm PT

    Nintendo DS, has sold so well. Any game which comes out will stay on the charts for a while, because there are so many people who own a ds now.
    It is amuzing that there are NO psp games on that chart... this is also because of the current marketing. There has been no exciting PSP games or announcements which warrant a big sale.

    I reckon that at the end of the year, there will be alot more 360 titles on that list. Far more DS titles (zelda, sonic rush adventure). Alot of Wii titles, and i mean ALOT - Mario galaxy, metroid prime 3, smash bros...

    If sony can price drop the ps3 in aus, and the psp gets some new games - the chart can change again. But seriously, its all down to new hardware, marketing and userbase.
    I think the chart will be ds, wii and 360-centric by christmas.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 12:54 pm PT

    [jaw drops] Zelda got beat by Cricket '07?! Lame.

  • Zacek1000

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:50 am PT

    Yes, the best games are on PS2 and Wii.

  • f789790

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:36 am PT

    how are the sims still selling?

  • minos30

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:02 am PT

    Xbox 360 isn't selling outside the US. Europe, Japan, Aussies, go for the ps3 or Wii hands down. This goes to show that the xbox 360 is slowing down maybe because xbox live marketplace is so lame outside the US among other reasons.

  • Jebril

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:02 am PT

    The top consoles are the PS2 and DS over there, along with the PC.

  • Absolutezerr

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:00 am PT

    Well think about it, RaiKageRyu, would you rather have a game with the word "diamond" in the title or the word "pearl"?

  • Acuatico

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:46 am PT

    NOOOOO XBOX I'M MEEELTTIIIING ARGHH...... I hate you Sony.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:41 am PT

    Wow, such a huge discrepancy between Diamond and Pearl.

  • ibot

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:28 am PT

    nice

  • darthzew

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:15 am PT

    Wow, not even a hint of Xbox 360, except Gears. Aussies are just like the Japanese!

  • brimasra

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:09 am PT

    Austrailia is the only thing that Sony has. Anyways....

    *runs and play all Final Fantasy games*

  • Blanco98

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:04 am PT

    Sweet keep up sony...They have alot of awsome PS2 titles up there with Resistance being the Best next gen console game.... and folowed by Motorstorm...

  • brimasra

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:03 am PT

    DS will own!

  • terrabreak13

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:30 am PT

    Wow, only Gears? I guess they are not big fans of games like Crackdown which is good btw. And Forza2 just came out so it wouldn't have a big impact over that 6 month time.

  • Paul_TheGreat

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:29 am PT

    Australia is Sony land.

  • aznballer91

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:29 am PT

    LOL haha there doesnt seem to be many xbox or 360 users out there XD

  • Zaxex

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:21 am PT

    Casual gamer-land?

  • alwayzplayin

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:19 am PT

    nintendo is seriously branching out

  • dmish82

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:16 am PT

    360 doesn't seem to be faring very well down under.

  • Mechakucha

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:10 am PT

    Seems AU buys the same games as US. White English speaking countries having the same tastes?! My God...

  • munsoned

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 9:08 am PT

    two ps3 games in the top ten!!!!

  • wiifan001

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 8:28 am PT

    No surprises here.

  • uk_beny

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 8:17 am PT

    lol i can barley believe that nintendogs is in the top twenty but well done pokemon dp and im preety happy that final fantasy is up there

  • gaa0c85

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 8:06 am PT

    Final fantasy 12 rules

  • Deihmos

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:55 am PT

    The Sims and WOW are always the only top selling PC games for some reason. It's been like that for years.

  • drangel_jam

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:50 am PT

    Wow! MS needs to rethink its Australian marketing. Happy for Sony.

  • Zam_basic

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:37 am PT

    Sony rules the top ten

  • Yuck_Too

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:37 am PT

    Why are people surprised at Gears?...It's been on the market for a year, I'm surprised it's still selling.

    As for R:FoM same thing...it's a new launch title for them, in fact I would have thought it should have been higher.

  • Nemesis23345

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:32 am PT

    The weekly charts have looked much worse than this. this is quite nice overall with the exception of Nintendogs and Singstar/

  • muff07

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:23 am PT

    @ scottEfresh
    it isnt about whats happening in the americas
    look at snes vs genisis the snes won the war because of european and japanesse support wheras the genisis with all its american support still lost by around 10 million units. and that zelda game should be first its sweet

  • cameio

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:14 am PT

    You want every one in all the world to like what u like and to have the same taste u do and IF not u called them stupid gamer or they don't have taste in games Actually u r the stupid selfish gamer and have no taste in talking nor games u should respect everyones' taste.

  • rahstar

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:11 am PT

    zombiepigeon Ive heard the opposite. That the 360 doesnt do well over there!?! So this is what i expected. Nintendo does well everywhere. Got to hand it to them.

  • JWRask

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 7:08 am PT

    And PC game leads the chart. Not surprising.

  • TryMe01

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 6:58 am PT

    pokemon DP reach the top 20 in aust in only 9 days, thats serious business

  • zombiepigeon

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 6:42 am PT

    This is actually very suprising.
    The Xbox 360 does very well over there in terms of hardware sales, and up until 2007 the game attach rate was 4 games to one console. What happened?

  • Shootingpeanuts posted Jul 30, 2007 6:36 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Shootingpeanuts

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 6:36 am PT (hide)

    Cricket beat God of War 2, Twilight Princess, The Sims, and Gears of War? Australia's gamers really do have no taste in games.

  • dhalsim311

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 6:15 am PT

    i wanna try cricket!

  • _JPH_ posted Jul 30, 2007 5:38 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    _JPH_

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:38 am PT (hide)

    This shows that Australia recieves the last of everything. I am still surprised PS2 games are selling the most. It is like technology enters Australia like a year or two after being released in the world. Or, Aussie gamers are the worst gamers.

  • s_king7

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:36 am PT

    this real surprise for the PS3 considering it only had from March 23rd when the Wii and 360 had their chances from January. so overall good news for Sony

    Gears of War 14th thats disapointing

  • CarlosY2Jericho

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:13 am PT

    PS2's still keeping it strong.

    Its funny if you think about it, Gamecube and Xbox are supposed to be the competition.

  • ScottEFresh posted Jul 30, 2007 5:09 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    ScottEFresh

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:09 am PT (hide)

    Calm down Sony Fanboys...just because you have two top ten games in Australia doesn't mean the PS3 is turning around and making a run for top spot or something. The PS3 is too expensive and in the end...has the worst/least amount of games. Australia may be all about Sony but who gives a rats ass, it's all about whats selling in the Americas.

  • -CheeseEater-

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 5:06 am PT

    Land of the Casuals FTW.

  • lostn posted Jul 30, 2007 4:45 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    lostn

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 4:45 am PT (hide)

    "Because the Wii has a crappy attach rate."

    The Wii has crappy games... what can you expect? They're all simplistic and lack depth. It's the hardware that's selling the Wii. People aren't buying it for the games so far. The novelty of the easy controls is why the hardware is moving. Wii has possibly the worst launch ever, if you don't count the gamecube port of Zelda.

  • lostn

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 4:42 am PT

    "hahaha, cricket 07. . . HAHA! that beat Twilight Princess, thats kinda sad, gears too! wow."

    Those two did release in 06 though, if I'm not mistaken.

    "Only one Gears of War X360 game .... that is kinda letdown ... list if full of PS2s .... wow .... i thought X360 was more of a hit and Wii was doing better !!!"

    PS2 outsold any other console though, so the install base is much bigger. What surprises me is the PS3 games. I didn't expect them to be in the top 10 at all, since Aussies pay about $900 USD for them (and you thought it was expensive at $600?).

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 4:01 am PT

    meh ffxII is a given but i didn't think motorstorm and resistance could pull it out on top this year. they are doing pretty well

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