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

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.