US console sales charts: June 25-July 1

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jul 7, 2006 5:17 pm PT

Gamers still love their brain training and Mario as DS duo remains on top; Naruto leads quartet of PS2 games in top 10.

It may be summer vacation for many gamers, but if the sales charts for the week of June 25 from online retailer BestBuy.com are anything to go by, they still want to learn. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day remained on top of the sales charts for the second week in a row.

Right behind it was its partner in crime New Super Mario Bros., another staple of the top of the heap. Both DS games have been in the upper half of the charts for months, while the other spots have generally gone to new releases or discounted games.

The PlayStation 2 made a bit of a comeback last week, with newcomer Naruto: Ultimate Ninja debuting in the third slot. Football fans were still game-crazy with the PS2 editions of 2006 FIFA World Cup at number 4, NFL Head Coach at number 5, and FIFA Soccer 2006 at number 8.

Other console owners were also dealing with a severe case of World Cup fever. 2006 FIFA World Cup for the Xbox 360 and Xbox took the ninth and 10th slots, respectively, and FIFA Soccer 2006 hit the post of the top 10, ricocheting to 11th. The GameCube even got in on the action, with its version of FIFA Soccer 2006 sitting at number 16.

After a week off, the Xbox 360 made a return to the top 10 list with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (7) and Over G Fighters (8), and the aforementioned 2006 FIFA World Cup.

131 Comments

  • MarauderBomber

    Posted Jul 12, 2006 10:48 pm PT

    yeah graw pwnz

  • trae12

    Posted Jul 11, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    FIFA! I don't notice people actually played soccer video games. They are fun.

  • Imallvol7

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:00 pm PT

    Proof that casuals drive the market.

  • jokinjosh73

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 2:42 pm PT

    meimnobody
    "They are starting to wonder if the PS3 will be a console version of the PSP with nothing but PS1 and PS2 ports and crap original games. "

    You mean what MS is doing with the 360? Nothing but Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube games on the 360 with some crap original titles that aren't worthy of the next-gen title.

  • cygnusloop99

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 12:44 pm PT

    I cant beleve Over G made it to #7. I love the game but no one seems to give it good reviews.

  • s0l0123

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 11:51 am PT

    Whoa! What's with all the sports games??

  • Chirijiden

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 11:12 am PT

    "And for all you who think the PSP is just ports (which is is probably a majority), I'd like you to look at the GBA, where a good deal of their games are ports of SNES and even games."

    Problem with that statement is, most (exluding Contra III and F-14 Tomcat, ick) GBA ports are ports of awesome games. The only port on the PSP that's even remotely decent is Ape Escape. And of course, you heard every one saying "ZOMG IT IZ TEH WIP OUT FUSHUN HAAAAAAAAAAAA OMG I M SUPAR SAYAN 21382137219376!!!1!!!onetwobucklemyshoe!1!!!11!!!!11!" when the PSP launched. I hate Wipeout. Almost as overrated as Gran Turismo, and all of it's monotonous sequels.

    The rest of your post is spot on, though.

  • Devilshelper666

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:48 am PT

    y2kern, are you joking or just a x-box fanboy? Yea, Microsoft does have a bunch of good games, but here's the problem, they games are more expensive than your multi-console or computer counterpart. Microsoft is coming to the point where they should realize that they can't have gaves on their system and on the PC. Their big games are going to be Dead Rising and Gears of War this year. And, to all you halo fanboys, Halo 3 will not be the killer of consoles, because for every Master Chief, there is about 75 Marios, Links, Kratos, Snake, etc. Microsoft needs to find another exclusive to get on their side. And GTA doesn't count as it is still multiplatform. Nintendo is no longer the kid's system it once was if you haven't left your cave in the past couple years. Nintendo has had some great games like Resident Evil 4 for the GC, and has tons of DS games as well as GBA games. The PSP games are getting better with games people want. The nw Metal Gear Solid should be pretty good and if they continue making the megaman games on it.

    And for all you who think the PSP is just ports (which is is probably a majority), I'd like you to look at the GBA, where a good deal of their games are ports of SNES and even games.

  • Dill-Man

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:41 am PT

    go DS

    way better than my 360

  • enoslives7

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:18 am PT

    Where are all the gamecube and xbox games ???????????????

  • y2kern

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:14 am PT

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  • crills

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 9:15 am PT

    prey sucks i just played it

  • PwnageUK1989

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 9:14 am PT

    Erm i don't think you should be calling the whole of the UK fanboys, just coz were not "OMG TEH SUPAKOOL H4RC0R333!!"?"?!" gamers and dont waste our money on crappy handhelds! hell i only play me 360 or ps2 if im bored stupid why the hell am i gonna need a handheld?? if im out im obviously gonna be doin suming better than gaming! I buy PS2 coz it was cheap an had GTA on it an i buy 360 for halo an graw. Im not botherin wit ps3 coz i get GTA on 360 anyway an theres little diff between them same games and such...

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 8:17 am PT

    sweet. DS on top 2x!

  • jdknight21

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 8:06 am PT

    If you haven't actually played Brain Age, please keep your uneducated comments to yourself. It's actually pretty fun and addicting.

  • Greatwasabi

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 7:45 am PT

    Hey thanks Phantastic.

  • spidey008

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 6:12 am PT

    I would love to see Walmart's sales chart. I would think that Wally World would sell more games than Best Buy.

  • timts

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 6:06 am PT

    this is just bestbuy chart, why is this called US console chart?

  • rynmls

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 12:34 am PT

    waiting for august releases...

  • Chirijiden

    Posted Jul 9, 2006 5:18 pm PT

    Cypher_187 - Well, let's see, on the main page of Over G Fighters, I notice that the genre is listed as "Jet Sim." I don't even have to play the game to know what I'm talking about.

    Futher evidence of accuracy, I look at the "Similar Games" section and GASP, Blazing Angels and Star Trek: Legacy. Blazing Angels is a WWII Flight Sim and Legacy is a Space Combat Sim, which loosely translates into a Space Flight Sim. Beginning to see a pattern here?

    Actually read the charts before accusing people of not knowing what they're talking about.

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