Madden keeps its pimp hand strong in sales

In the recent Amazon.com sales charts, there’s one very familiar face: Madden. Common sense right? It’s the holidays and parents will buy what’s familiar for their kids. Still, it’s funny, as much as we bash EA for spitting out franchises, it’s always been their bread and butter and looks like it always will. We really can’t blame them for that business decision, as much as we’d like to. Anyway, check out the top sellers for each platform and see if anything catches your eye:

DS 

1. Brain Age—Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros—Nintendo
3. Yoshi’s Island DS—Nintendo
4. Pokemon Ranger—Nintendo
5. Big Brain Academy—Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: Wild World—Nintendo
7. Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends—Nintendo
8. Final Fantasy III—Square Enix
9. Mario Kart—Nintendo
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

 

PSP

1. Madden NFL 07—EA
2. Star Wars Battlefront II—LucasArts
3. Medal of Honor: Heroes—EA
4. Daxter—SCEA
5. GTA: Vice City Stories—Rockstar
6. NBA Live 07—EA
7. GTA: Liberty City Stories—Rockstar
8. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
9. Tony Hawk’s Project 8—Activision
10. Thrillville—LucasArts

Next-gen game results after the jump. 

Wii

1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess—Nintendo
2. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz—Nintendo
3. Madden NFL 07—EA
4. Red Steel—Ubisoft
5. Excite Truck—Nintendo
6. Call of Duty 3—Activision
7. Rayman: Raving Rabbids—Ubisoft
8. Trauma Center: Second Opinion—Atlus
9. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam—Activision
10. Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab—THQ

PS3

1. Madden NFL 07—EA
2. Resistance: Fall of Man—SCEA
3. Call of Duty 3—Activision
4. Ridge Racer 7—Namco Bandai
5. Marvel Ultimate Alliance—Activision
6. Need for Speed: Carbon—EA
7. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07—EA
8. Sonic the Hedgehog—Sega
9. NBA 07—SCEA
10. Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Xbox 360

1. Gears of War—Microsoft
2. Call of Duty 3—Activision
3. Rainbow Six: Vegas—Ubisoft
4. Halo 3 (pre-order)—Microsoft
5. Tony Hawk’s Project 8—Activision
6. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
7. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance—Activision
8. Viva Pinata Launch ed.—Microsoft
9. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07—EA
10. F.E.A.R.—Vivendi Games

PS2

1. Madden NFL 07—EA
2. Final Fantasy XII—Square Enix
3. Guitar Hero bundle—RedOctane
4. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
5. Guitar Hero II w/ guitar—RedOctane
6. Guitar Hero II—RedOctane
7. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007—THQ
8. Thrillville—LucasArts
9. NCAA Football 07—EA
10. Cars—THQ

Xbox

1. Madden NFL 07—EA
2. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
3. Halo 2—Microsoft
4. Eragon—Vivendi Games
5. Marvel Ultimate Alliance—Activision
6. Thrillville—LucasArts
7. Star Wars Battlefront II—LucasArts
8. Avatar: The Last Airbender—THQ
9. NCAA Football 07—EA
10. Tony Hawk’s Project 8—Activision

GameCube

1. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
2. Madden NFL 07—EA
3. Mario Kart: Double Dash—Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee—Nintendo
5. Lego Star Wars—Eidos
6. Super Mario Strikers—Nintendo
7. Cars—THQ
8. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door—Nintendo
9. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness—Nintendo
10. Avatar: The Last Airbender—Nintendo

PC

1. The Sims 2: Pets exp.—EA
2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade exp. (pre-orders)—Vivendi Games
3. Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe—Microsoft
4. Medieval II: Total War—Sega
5. The Sims 2—EA
6. Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions—Viva Media
7. The Sims 2: Open for Business exp.—EA
8. Age of Empires III—Microsoft
9. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy—LucasArts
10. Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu—Her Interactive