[Multi] Americas Sales Chart, May 15-21: L.A. Noire Takes Over

SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) L.A. Noire (X360) - 542,224 (542,224)
2) L.A. Noire (PS3) - 361,034 (361,034)
3) Brink (X360) - 61,642 (355,455)
4) Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 48,373 (13,315,898)
5) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC) - 45,282 (45,282)
6) Portal 2 (X360) - 40,864 (683,478)
7) Zumba Fitness (Wii) - 40,209 (1,170,816)
8) Mortal Kombat (PS3) - 37,999 (655,349)
9) Pokemon Black/White (DS) - 37,215 (3,677,399)
10) LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Wii) - 36,887 (94,239)
11) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 35,419 (11,774,634)
12) Just Dance 2 (Wii) - 35,187 (4,813,565)
13) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3) - 33,736 (326,012)
14) Mortal Kombat (X360) - 33,562 (555,492)
15) Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 31,117 (8,651,637)
16) Portal 2 (PS3) - 30,963 (442,464)
17) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 29,224 (6,832,739)
18) LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (X360) - 25,666 (84,215)
19) Brink (PS3) - 21,515 (120,391)
20) Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) - 21,475 (8,827,073)

HARDWARE
Xbox 360 - 77,389 (31,731,753)
Nintendo Wii - 72,692 (41,532,569)
PlayStation 3 - 55,157 (19,762,764)
Nintendo DS - 52,414 (55,637,268)
Nintendo 3DS - 34,180 (953,913)
PlayStation 2 - 19,968 (55,855,260)
Sony PSP - 19,536 (22,043,823)

Notes:
- L.A. Noire moved 1.63 million copies worldwide in its debut week, 53% on Xbox 360 and 47% on PlayStation 3. In comparison, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption sold 1.95 million in its debut week last year.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops is the first PlayStation 3 game to sell 10 million copies.
- The Xbox 360 version of Black Ops has overtaken Modern Warfare 2 as the best-selling Xbox 360 game of all time (12.48 million).
- Next week's major releases: NASCAR 2011: The Game (Wii)

Debuts:
- L.A. Noire (X360) - 542,224 (#1)
- L.A. Noire (PS3) - 361,034 (#2)
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC) - 45,282 (#5)
- ExerBeat (Wii) - 10,498 (#37)

TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Gears of War 3 (X360) - 724,178
2) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 110,270
3) NASCAR 2011: The Game (Wii) - 104,869
4) inFamous 2 (PS3) - 99,158
5) Metal Fight Beyblade (DS) - 97,817
6) Duke Nukem Forever (X360) - 95,793
7) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) - 95,148
8) Diablo III (PC) - 86,763
9) Battlefield 3 (X360) - 70,476
10) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (X360) - 60,753

Written by: Mike Glubish

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