SA’s best selling games by platform

Through the assistance of market research company Gfk South Africa, MyGaming will be reporting monthly on the best-selling games at SA retail, broken down by platform.

While we are nearing the end of May 2012, we still await the finalisation of April 2012 stats from Gfk. To get us warmed up, we have March 2012 stats for your interest.

March 2012 was a big month for gamers across all major platforms, with the monumental launch of Mass Effect 3 dominating headlines, and also the local sales charts.

Interestingly, Electronic Arts SA reigned across all major platforms in March 2012, with many of their major franchises appearing in the top 5 lists.

A notable exception is the PS3, for which Gran Turismo 5 is still a strong selling title, even beating out Mass Effect 3 during its launch month.

Platform	Title	Genre	Franchise

PC	1.MASS EFFECT 3 PC	ROLE PLAYING	MASS EFFECT
PC	2.THE SIMS 3 :SHOWTIME PC	ROLE PLAYING	SIMS
PC	3.BATTLEFIELD 3 PC	SHOOTER	BATTLEFIELD
PC	4.NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT PC	RACING	NEED FOR SPEED
PC	5.THE SIMS 3 PETS PC	ROLE PLAYING	SIMS

XBOX360	1.MASS EFFECT 3 XBOX360	ROLE PLAYING	MASS EFFECT
XBOX360	2.MASS EFFECT 3 COLLECTOR’S EDITION XBOX360	ROLE PLAYING	MASS EFFECT
XBOX360	3.FIFA STREET 4 XBOX360	SPORTS	FIFA
XBOX360	4.FIFA 2012 XBOX360	SPORTS	FIFA
XBOX360	5.SSX 2012 XBOX360	SPORTS	SSX

PS3	1.GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3	RACING	G TURISMO
PS3	2.FIFA 2012 PS3	SPORTS	FIFA
PS3	3.FIFA STREET 4 :2012 PS3	SPORTS	FIFA
PS3	4.MASS EFFECT 2 PS3	ROLE PLAYING	MASS EFFECT
PS3	5.MASS EFFECT 3 PS3	ROLE PLAYING	MASS EFFECT

WII	1.WII SPORTS WII	SPORTS	SPORTS
WII	2.WII SPORTS RESORT WII	SPORTS	SPORTS
WII	3.2009 SUPER MARIO BROS WII	ACTION	MARIO
WII	4.MARIO KART WII	RACING	MARIO
WII	5.WII PARTY WII	ACTION	NOT APPLICABLE

Platform	Title	Genre	Franchise

PS2	1.FIFA 2011 PS2	SPORTS	FIFA
PS2	2.GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS PS2	ACTION	GTA
PS2	3.NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PS2	RACING	NEED FOR SPEED
PS2	4.BLACK PLATINUM PS2	ACTION	BLACK
PS2	5.WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 PS2	SPORTS	WWE

PSP/SLIM	1.NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PSP	RACING	NEED FOR SPEED
PSP/SLIM	2.DRAGONBALL Z:TENKAICHI TAG TEAM PSP	ACTION	DRAGONBA
PSP/SLIM	3.NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT PSP	RACING	NEED FOR SPEED
PSP/SLIM	4.SPLIT SECOND PSP	RACING	NOT APPLICABLE
PSP/SLIM	5.G-FORCE PSP	ACTION	NOT APPLICABLE

DS/DS-LI	1.NEW SUPER MARIO BROS DS	ACTION	MARIO
DS/DS-LI	2.POKEMON : MYSTERY DUNGEON DS	ROLE PLAYING	POKEMON
DS/DS-LI	3.POKEMON WHITE VERSION DS	ROLE PLAYING	NOT APPLICABLE
DS/DS-LI	4.MARIO KART DS	RACING	MARIO
DS/DS-LI	5.POKEMON SOUL SILVER VERSION DS	ROLE PLAYING	NOT APPLICABLE