UK Software Charts (Updated every Monday)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 19, 2009

 

Nintendo take a 6th consecutive week at No1 with ‘Wii Fit’ (-7%) which makes 15 weeks at the top since launch – it now needs only 3 more No1’s to equal the all time record holder (‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ / Eidos).

 

Activision Blizzard’s big new release from last week ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ does better in week 2, but still has to settle for No2 (+16%). EA remain at No3 with ‘FIFA 09’ (+13%) and Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ stays at No4 (-12%). Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (No5 / +5%) swaps places with Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil 5’ (No6 / -21%). Activision Blizzard climb 3 places to No7 with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (-3%), Nintendo climb one place to No8 with ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ (-14%), Sega climb 3 places to No9 with ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ (-2%) and the highest ‘new’ entry at No10 is Nintendo’s DS ‘Rhythm Paradise’, actually released last week but sales rocket 125% over week 1. It’s a similar situation for Disney’s ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’, in at No18 having been released last week (+154%).

 

 

Week 19, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

03 (03) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

04 (05) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

05 (04) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

06 (06) PS3 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

07 (07) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

08 (33) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

09 (10) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

10 (12) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

11 (15) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

12 (11) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

13 (09) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

14 (17) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

15 (18) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

16 (21) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

17 (14) PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

18 (16) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

19 (26) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

20 (23) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

21 (13) 360 The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)

22 (29) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

23 (25) 360 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)

24 (39) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)

25 (38) 360 Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

26 (32) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

27 (30) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

28 (20) PS3 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)

29 (24) NDS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)

30 (31) NDS Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

31 (28) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

32 (37) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

33 (35) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

34 (__) 360 Trivial Pursuit (Electronic Arts)

35 (19) PS3 The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)

36 (22) PS3 Singstar Pop Edition (Sony Computer Ent.)

37 (__) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

38 (__) PS3 Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)

39 (08) 360 The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Athena (Atari)

40 (34) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

[welsh_gamer]

08 (33) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

 

This is good

[Choze]

Killzone 2 back in top ten. No surprise at Rhythm Paradise. Its being promoted heavily.

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 20, 2009

 

Nintendo has shown impressive pace with a healthy 7 consecutive weeks at No1 with ‘Wii Fit’ (-26%) which now makes 16 weeks at the top since launch – only 2 more No1’s to equal the all time record holder (‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ / Eidos).

EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ (-13%) moves up the table to No2, with Activision Blizzard’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ (-42%) at No3 and ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (-8%) climbing up to No4. Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ stays at No5 (-29%) and Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil 5’ is also a non-mover at No6 (-17%). Sega climb another 2 places to No7 with ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ (-14%), followed by Nintendo’s ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ (-25%) at No8 and ‘Wii Play’ (-49%) at No9. The only New Entry to make the Top 40 this week is Eidos’ ‘Battlestations: Pacific’ on PC and Xbox 360 which sails in at No10.

 

 

Week 20, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (03) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

03 (07) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

04 (05) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

05 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

06 (04) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

07 (10) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

08 (08) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

09 (13) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

10 (11) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

11 (06) PS3 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

12 (__) 360 Battlestations: Pacific (Eidos)

13 (12) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

14 (09) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

15 (17) PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

16 (15) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

17 (20) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

18 (27) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

19 (19) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

20 (16) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

21 (26) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

22 (22) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

23 (14) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

24 (24) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)

25 (33) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

26 (30) NDS Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

27 (31) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

28 (18) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

29 (25) 360 Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

30 (32) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

31 (37) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

32 (29) NDS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)

33 (38) PS3 Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)

34 (__) 360 Wheelman (Ubisoft)

35 (__) 360 Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

36 (34) 360 Trivial Pursuit (Electronic Arts)

37 (23) 360 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)

38 (__) NDS Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)

39 (40) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

40 (__) 360 Wwe Legends Of Wrestlemania (Thq)

Edited May 18, 2009 by Dante

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 21, 2009

 

Major new releases over the last 2 months have been few and far between, but this week sees 3 big new titles at 1-2-3 across 4 different formats.

 

It’s taken THQ’s mixed martial arts ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ to finally wrestle the top spot out of Nintendo’s hands with impressive week 1 sales split 52% Xbox360 & 48% PS3 – the game is developed by Yuke’s, best known most recently for the ‘WWE Smackdown vs Raw’ series 2006-2009. Nintendo debut at No2 with ‘Pokemon Platinum’ on DS, a director’s cut of ‘Pokemon Diamond’ & ‘Pokemon Pearl’, released in July 2007. EA debut at No3 with ‘EA Sports Active’, a Wii title aimed squarely at the lifestyle/fitness segment. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ (+6%) had the last 7 consecutive weeks / 16 weeks in total at No1 and still needs 2 more No1’s to equal the all time record holder (‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ / Eidos). EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ (-8%) drops 3 places to No5, with Activision Blizzard’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ (+2%) dropping 3 places to No6. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ (+95%) drops 2 places to No7, Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ drops 3 places to No8 (+13%) and Ubisoft’s own Wii lifestyle/fitness title ‘My Fitness Coach’ (+82%) climbs 5 places and back in to the Top 10 at No9. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ drops 6 places to No10 (-0%). Also new this week is Capcom’s ‘Bionic Commando’ at No14, THQ’s ‘Big Family Games’ at No30 and Codemasters’ ‘Damnation’ at No35.

 

 

Week 21, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

02 (__) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

03 (__) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

04 (__) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

06 (05) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

07 (02) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

08 (09) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

09 (06) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

10 (04) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

11 (03) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

12 (__) NDS The Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

13 (07) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

14 (08) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

15 (10) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

16 (14) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

17 (12) 360 Battlestations: Pacific (Eidos)

18 (11) PS3 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

19 (__) 360 Bionic Commando (Capcom)

20 (__) WII Big Family Games (Thq)

21 (22) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

22 (16) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

23 (18) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

24 (31) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

25 (17) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

26 (20) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

27 (29) 360 Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

28 (21) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

29 (27) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

30 (30) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

31 (23) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

32 (24) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)

33 (__) 360 The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)

34 (__) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

35 (36) 360 Trivial Pursuit (Electronic Arts)

36 (26) NDS Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

37 (28) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

38 (__) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)

39 (__) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

40 (13) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

 

Ireland:

Week 21, 2009 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

 

01 (__) Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

02 (__) Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

03 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

04 (__) Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (02) X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

06 (03) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

07 (05) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

08 (06) Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney Interactive Studios)

09 (07) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

10 (04) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

11 (12) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

12 (10) Wii Play (Nintendo)

13 (15) Ben 10: Alien Force (D3p)

14 (09) Monsters Vs Aliens (Activision Blizzard)

15 (14) Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

16 (18) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

17 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

18 (11) Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

19 (13) Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)

20 (17) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

[dazzybee]

Punch out?! Hello? Are you in?

[D_prOdigy]

Punch out?! Hello? Are you in?

 

#7 on the Wii Chart.

[Ganepark32]

Nintendo can only blame themselves really. I haven't seen one piece of advertising for it on TV and in stores, the advertising has been minimal or there were no copies of the game on the shelves when I was in and this was the weekend of release. The only advertising I see for the Wii is for all the casual stuff like Wii Fit or Animal Crossing. It's in essence suffered the same fate as Disaster, although at least the title for that was appropriate given Nintendo's support for it.

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 22, 2009

 

THQ’s ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ retains its grip on the top spot despite a 42% drop in sales.

 

Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Platinum’ on DS (-28%) and EA’s ‘EA Sports Active’ (+42%) on Wii also hold their positions at No2 and No3 respectively. Activision Blizzard continue their successful franchise with the release of ‘Guitar Hero: Metallica’ in at No4 and Sony’s exclusive title ‘inFamous’ debut’s at No5. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ (-5%) moves down two places to No6 and EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ (-13%) follows, moving down to No7. The last new entry in the top 10 is Sega’s ‘Virtua Tennis 2009’ which is served at No8. Activision Blizzard’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ drops 3 places to No9 (-12%) and Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ (-10%) also drops down 3 to No10. The only other new entry in the top 40 this week is Warner Bros. Interactive’s movie tie-in ‘Terminator Salvation’ at No11.

 

 

Week 22, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

02 (04) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

03 (02) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

04 (__) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

05 (03) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

06 (05) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

07 (__) 360 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

08 (06) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

09 (07) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

10 (20) WII Big Family Games (Thq)

11 (__) PS3 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

12 (08) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

13 (__) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

14 (12) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

15 (__) WII Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

16 (09) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

17 (10) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

18 (__) 360 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

19 (11) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

20 (24) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

21 (__) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

22 (13) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

23 (__) PS3 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

24 (19) 360 Bionic Commando (Capcom)

25 (34) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

26 (31) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

27 (22) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

28 (21) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

29 (18) PS3 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

30 (27) 360 Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

31 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

32 (15) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

33 (26) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

34 (23) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

35 (29) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

36 (28) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

37 (16) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

38 (35) 360 Trivial Pursuit (Electronic Arts)

39 (25) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

40 (__) 360 Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft)

 

 

*******************************

 

 

Ireland:

Week 22, 2009 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

 

01 (01) Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

02 (02) Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

03 (__) Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

04 (04) Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (__) Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

06 (03) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

07 (07) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

08 (06) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

09 (05) X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

10 (12) Wii Play (Nintendo)

11 (08) Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney Interactive Studios)

12 (09) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

13 (__) Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

14 (10) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

15 (13) Ben 10: Alien Force (D3p)

16 (11) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

17 (__) Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

18 (__) Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

19 (__) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

20 (14) Monsters Vs Aliens (Activision Blizzard)

 

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 23, 2009

 

EA’s ever-popular Sims franchise returns this week with ‘The Sims 3’ and it goes straight in at No1. It’s been nearly five years since the previous instalment and the game can claim the fourth biggest UK opening week ever for a PC title – behind the two World of Warcraft expansion packs and Championship Manager 4.

 

Another third instalment of a franchise is at No2 with new entry ‘Red Faction: Guerrilla’ from THQ. Previous No1 and also a THQ title is ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ down two places to No3. Fitness titles hold the next two places with ‘EA Sports Active’ moving down a place to No4 followed by Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ moving up a place to No5. Sony’s PS3 exclusive ‘inFamous’ moves down one to No6 after debuting at No5 last week and Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Platinum’ drops five places to No7. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero: Metallica’ also sees a drop from No4 to No8. Sega’s ‘Virtua Tennis 2009’ and Warner’s ‘Terminator Salvation’ round off the Top 10 at No9 and No10 respectively. Also new this week we have Codemasters’ racing title ‘Fuel’ at No12, Koch Media’s ‘Sacred 2: Fallen Angel’ now released on PS3 and Xbox 360 at No15 and Square Enix’s ‘Star Ocean: The Last Hope’ at No18. Further down the list we have GSP/Avanquest’s DS ‘Mystery Stories’ new at No20 and another Koch Media title ‘Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum’ on Wii at No27.

 

 

Week 23, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) 360 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

03 (02) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

04 (06) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

05 (03) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

06 (04) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

07 (01) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

08 (05) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

09 (__) PS3 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

10 (07) 360 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

11 (13) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

12 (09) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

13 (18) 360 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

14 (12) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

15 (__) 360 Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Square Enix Europe)

16 (08) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

17 (__) 360 Fuel (Codemasters)

18 (__) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

19 (21) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

20 (23) PS3 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

21 (14) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

22 (17) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

23 (__) 360 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Koch Media)

24 (10) WII Big Family Games (Thq)

25 (__) WII Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum (Koch Media)

26 (15) WII Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

27 (22) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

28 (20) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

29 (11) PS3 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

30 (19) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

31 (28) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

32 (26) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

33 (25) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

34 (__) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

35 (31) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

36 (33) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

37 (27) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

38 (16) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

39 (35) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

40 (__) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

[Dante]

EA’s ‘The Sims 3’ (-48%) claims a second week at No1 even though sales have halved over the launch week.

 

Activision Blizzard debut at No2 with sci-fi action-adventure ‘Prototype’ from respected Canadian developer Radical Entertainment (Simpsons: Hit & Run, Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Scarface: World is Yours, Crash Tag Team/Crash of the Titans). Last week’s big new entry, THQ’s ‘Red Faction: Guerrilla’ (-31%) only drops one place to No3 and Nintendo take No4 with ‘Wii Fit’ (+18%) - since being knocked off No1 back in week 21 by a steady stream of quality new releases, Wii Fit has risen 1 place per week over the last 3 weeks, perhaps in preparation for another assault on the top spot to complete that famous record-in-waiting (needs 3 more No1’s for the all time No1 record). THQ’s ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ (-36%) drops 2 places to No5 and EA’s ‘EA Sports Active’ (-28%) also relinquishes 2 positions now at No6. Activision Blizzard have the highest climber with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+79%) climbing 9 places to No7 thanks to price promotion. Also of note this week is new entry ‘Grand Slam Tennis’ from EA at No13 which is the first Wii MotionPlus title available and was launched with or without the Wii MotionPlus device (also released this week and features in our Accessories tracking report). Note that Nintendo’s first title to make use of this device is coming out on July 24th (Wii Sports Resort).

 

 

 

Week 24, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) 360 [Prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

03 (04) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

04 (02) 360 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

05 (03) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

06 (__) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

07 (05) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

08 (07) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

09 (06) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

10 (08) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

11 (09) PS3 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

12 (__) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

13 (12) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

14 (16) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

15 (__) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

16 (11) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

17 (22) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

18 (14) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

19 (25) WII Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum (Koch Media)

20 (28) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

21 (10) 360 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

22 (13) 360 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

23 (15) 360 Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Square Enix Europe)

24 (19) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

25 (18) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

26 (24) WII Big Family Games (Thq)

27 (27) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

28 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

29 (21) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

30 (31) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

31 (__) NDS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)

32 (__) NDS Walk With Me! Know Your Walking Routine? (Nintendo)

33 (33) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

34 (17) 360 Fuel (Codemasters)

35 (23) 360 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Koch Media)

36 (20) PS3 Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros. Interactive)

37 (30) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

38 (__) WII Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Nintendo)

39 (37) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

40 (34) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 25, 2009

It took Activision Blizzard almost half the year to do it, but the huge US publisher has finally scored its first All Formats No1 of 2009.

 

Sales of ‘Prototype’ are down 20% in its 2nd week of release, but with sales of last week’s No1 ‘The Sims 3’ falling by 49% , ‘Prototype’ pushes the popular PC phenomenon down to No2. Xbox 360 remains the dominant format for Activision Blizzard’s new open-world action title, Microsoft’s format accounting for 61% of sales, PS3 36% and PC 3%. ‘Wii Fit’ (-12%) climbs one place, skipping back into the Top 3 for the first time since it was deposed from the No1 spot over 4 weeks ago. The Ghostbusters film might be 25 years old, but a debut at No4 for the new Sony-published video game proves that it’s still a well-loved franchise. ‘Ghostbusters: The Video Game’ (98% PS3 & 2% PS2) debuts one place higher than Sony’s previous PS3 title ‘Infamous’ which was a new entry at No5 four weeks ago.

 

The price drop 2 weeks ago on ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ is still in effect, boosting sales by 59% this week as it jumps from No7 to No5, leaping ahead of THQ’s ‘Red Faction: Guerrilla’ (-46%) and ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ (-28%). Red Faction drops 3 places to No6, while UFC slips 2 places to No7. The bottom end of the All Formats Top 10 has a sporty theme with ‘EA Sports Active’ (-27%) down 2 places to No8, while Sega’s Virtua Tennis 2009’ (+33%) pops back into the Top 10, up 2 places to No9, helped by the release of the Wii MotionPlus compatible version. With Wimbledon starting this week EA’s ‘Grand Slam Tennis’ volleys its way into the Top 10, up 3 places to No10. Launched 2 weeks ago as the UK’s first Wii MotionPlus compatible title, sales this week are up 47%, more than double that of Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii. There is also a strong second week for ‘Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings’ (+158%) which leaps from No32 to No13, while 505 Games have this week’s only other Top 40 new release with ‘ArmA II’ at No19.

 

 

Week 25, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

02 (02) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

03 (03) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

04 (__) PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Sony Computer Ent.)

05 (06) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

06 (05) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

07 (12) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

08 (17) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

09 (04) 360 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

10 (15) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

11 (13) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

12 (08) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

13 (07) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

14 (__) WII Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings (Lucasarts)

15 (09) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

16 (__) PC Arma Ii (505 Games)

17 (10) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

18 (28) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

19 (14) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

20 (__) WII Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

21 (11) PS3 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

22 (18) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

23 (20) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

24 (16) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

25 (27) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

26 (29) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

27 (23) 360 Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Square Enix Europe)

28 (32) NDS Walk With Me! Know Your Walking Routine? (Nintendo)

29 (25) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

30 (19) WII Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum (Koch Media)

31 (30) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

32 (26) WII Big Family Games (Thq)

33 (33) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

34 (24) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

35 (39) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

36 (__) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

37 (37) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

38 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

39 (__) PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

40 (21) 360 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision Blizzard)

[Josh64]

the software charts should be on the main page =D

or are they already and im just being blind?

and woah, Wii Fit keeps selling incredibly.

[dazzybee]

What's happened to this thread Dante?

[Dante]

What's happened to this thread Dante?

 

I thought people didn't care about them anymore.

 

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 29, 2009

The release of ‘Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince’ in cinemas has helped magic another All Formats No1 for EA, knocking their own title ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ (-20%) down from No1 to No3.

 

Sales of ‘Harry Potter’ only rise by 5%, but it is enough to see it pass both Tiger Woods and Activision-Blizzard’s film tie-in ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ which rises from No3 to No2 despite a 4% dip in sales. It has been a very successful couple of months for the US publisher with 4 separate EA titles reaching No1 in the All Formats Chart for a total of 6 out of the past 7 weeks. They also now have a total of five games in the All Formats Top 10. ‘Wii Fit’ (-3%) continues its consistent good form, back up 2 places to No4, having remained in the All Formats Top 10 since the first week of the year. ‘Fight Night Round 4’ (-30%) is on the ropes, down from No2 to No5, while sales of Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ (-27%) are down by a similar margin, however it only drops one place to No6.

 

‘The Sims 3’ and ‘Virtua Tennis 2009’ change places, the former up to No7 and the latter down to No8. Perhaps price is important with ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ (-7%) continuing to outsell its younger brother ‘World At War’ by holding steady at No9. EA round off the All Formats Top 10 with ‘EA Sports Active’ returning to the All Formats Top 10, up from No13 to No10. ‘Rhythm Paradise’ (+96%) re-enters the Top 40 at No21, aided by a TV advert starring Beyoncé.

 

Week 29, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (02) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

03 (03) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

04 (08) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (11) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

06 (12) 360 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)

07 (04) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

08 (09) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

09 (14) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

10 (06) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

11 (07) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

12 (10) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

13 (21) WII Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

14 (15) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

15 (23) NDS Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

16 (13) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

17 (05) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

18 (16) PS3 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)

19 (19) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

20 (17) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

21 (__) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

22 (20) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

23 (31) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

24 (18) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

25 (26) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

26 (24) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

27 (30) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

28 (29) PSP Buzz! Master Quiz (Sony Computer Ent.)

29 (28) PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Sony Computer Ent.)

30 (36) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

31 (27) WII Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)

32 (37) NDS Transformers: Revenge - Autobots (Activision Blizzard)

33 (__) PS2 Singstar Singalong With Disney (Sony Computer Ent.)

34 (22) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

35 (38) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

36 (__) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

37 (__) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

38 (25) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

39 (__) NDS Lego Battles (Warner Bros. Interactive)

40 (33) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

 

 

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 30, 2009

 

With summer holidays in full swing Nintendo follow up the launch of the Wii MotionPlus controller 7 weeks ago with the first Nintendo title to take advantage of this new accessory.

 

It will come as no surprise that ‘Wii Sports Resort’ is a resounding No1 this week and this is the fourth biggest week 1 for a Wii title, behind ‘Wii Fit’ (week 17, 2008), ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (week 15, 2008) and ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympics’ (week 49, 2007). Note that the original ‘Wii Sports’ was only released with the Wii console and as such has never been tracked as a software item. However, interestingly enough, week 1 sales of the Wii (week 49, 2006) were almost identical to week 1 sales of ‘Wii Sports Resort’. EA’s ‘Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince’ has a solid fourth week on chart, sales down just 4% over last week but the title drops to No2. EA remain at No3 with an equally solid fourth week for ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ (EA’s second Wii MotionPlus-enabled title) with sales down just 3% over last week.

 

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ remains at No4 (+3%) and Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ (-13%) drops 3 places to No5. EA drop 1 place to No6 with ‘Fight Night Round 4’ (-24%), Ubisoft also drop a position to No7 with ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ (-19%), as does EA’s ‘The Sims 3’ at No8 (-11%). Activision Blizzard and EA are non-movers at No’s 9 & 10 with ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ (-13%) and ‘EA Sports Active’ (+8%). Note that the other Wii MotionPlus-enabled titles are also within the Top 40 – Sega’s ‘Virtua Tennis 2009’ is at No13 (-40%) and EA’s ‘Grand Slam Tennis’ is at No25 (-19%), actually the first MotionPlus product to market having been launched 7 weeks ago alongside the solus Wii MotionPlus controller.

 

 

 

Week 30, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

02 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

03 (02) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

04 (04) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (05) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

06 (08) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

07 (09) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

08 (13) WII Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

09 (06) 360 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)

10 (03) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

11 (19) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

12 (15) NDS Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

13 (12) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

14 (10) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

15 (07) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

16 (20) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

17 (16) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

18 (14) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

19 (21) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

20 (11) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

21 (17) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

22 (18) PS3 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)

23 (25) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

24 (30) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

25 (38) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

26 (34) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

27 (32) NDS Transformers: Revenge - Autobots (Activision Blizzard)

28 (24) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

29 (27) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

30 (37) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

31 (23) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

32 (__) PSP Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite (Capcom)

33 (35) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

34 (36) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

35 (29) PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Sony Computer Ent.)

36 (__) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

37 (__) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

38 (__) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour Modern Hits (Activision Blizzard)

39 (__) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

40 (__) NDS Transformers: Revenge - Decepticons (Activision Blizzard)

Edited July 29, 2009 by Dante
Automerged Doublepost

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 31, 2009

 

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ still rests comfortably at No1 this week with an increase of 6% in sales.

 

Nintendo also claim the No2 spot thanks to the brilliant stamina of ‘Wii Fit’ jumping up from No4. The next three places are held by EA with ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ staying on par at No3, ‘Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince’ moving down to No4 and ‘Fight Night Round 4’ bouncing back to No5. Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ drops a place to No6 and EA’s ‘The Sims 3’ regains No7. THQ fight their way back into the Top 10 thanks to ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ at No8 and EA’s fifth title in the Top 10 comes in the form ‘EA Sports Active’ at No9. Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ rounds off the Top 10 and the only new release to make it into the Top 40 this week is film tie-in ‘G-Force’ featuring Disney’s secret agent guineapigs sneaking in at No26.

 

 

Week 31, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

02 (02) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

03 (03) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

04 (04) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

05 (05) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

06 (11) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

07 (10) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

08 (15) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

09 (06) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

10 (07) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

11 (16) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

12 (25) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

13 (13) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

14 (12) NDS Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

15 (14) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

16 (26) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)

17 (24) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

18 (18) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

19 (17) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

20 (23) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

21 (33) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

22 (08) WII Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

23 (30) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

24 (34) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

25 (09) 360 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)

26 (20) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

27 (21) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

28 (31) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

29 (19) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

30 (37) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

31 (36) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

32 (__) 360 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)

33 (__) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

34 (28) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

35 (__) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

36 (39) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

37 (29) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

38 (__) NDS Mysims Racing (Electronic Arts)

39 (35) PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Sony Computer Ent.)

40 (__) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)

[Dante]

ELSPA UK Sales Awards [June/July 09]

 

12 Titles reach Silver Status (100k)

POKEMON PLATINUM DS NINTENDO

THE SIMS 3 PC EA

UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED XB360 THQ

SONIC UNLEASHED XB360 SEGA

100 CLASSIC BOOK COLLECTION DS NINTENDO

EA SPORTS ACTIVE WII EA

UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED PS3 THQ

TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME - AUTOBOT DS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

BUZZ! QUIZ TV PS3 SONY

BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY PS3 EA

WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE PC THQ

EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR PC SEGA

 

2 Titles reach Gold Status (200k)

BEN 10: PROTECTOR OF THE EARTH DS D3P

THE SIMS 3 PC EA

 

2 Titles reach Platinum Status (300k)

KUNG FU PANDA XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER XB360 EA

 

3 Titles reach Double Platinum Status (600k)

MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES DS SEGA

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO

 

1 Title reaches Diamond Status (1.0m)

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 31, 2009

 

Newcomer ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ from Codemasters bowls out Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ after two weeks at No1, becoming the first UK publisher to reach the top of the All Formats chart since Eidos in week 6 2007 (with ‘Battlestations Midway’).

 

Codemasters’ last All Formats No1 was 4 years ago with ‘Brian Lara International Cricket 2005’, however a strong marketing campaign sees ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ outsell it by almost 3 to 1 in their respective debut weeks. It is far and away the biggest launch for a cricket title with release week sales almost matching those of EA’s recent boxing chart topper ‘Fight Night Round 4’. Sales of Wii Sports Resort are down 49%, but it is still well ahead of the rest of the Top 10 at No2. ‘Wii Fit’ and ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ both slip one place to Nos 3 and 4 respectively, while EA round off a Top 5 full of sports/fitness games with ‘Fight Night Round 4’ a non-mover at No5.

 

EA have 4, rather than last week’s 5, games in the Top 10 as ‘Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince’ drops 2 places to No6 and ‘The Sims 3’ teeters on the edge, down 3 places to No10. Strong pricing on ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ helps it rebound 3 places to No7, ahead of ‘Mario Kart Wii’ at No8 and Disney’s film tie-in ‘G-Force’ which makes the most of the launch of the film in cinemas by climbing 18 places in its second week, breaking into the top 10 at No9.

 

 

Week 32, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

02 (__) PS3 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

03 (__) 360 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

04 (__) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

05 (02) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

06 (05) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

07 (03) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

08 (04) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

09 (06) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

10 (07) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

11 (15) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

12 (09) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

13 (10) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

14 (11) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

15 (26) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

16 (08) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

17 (13) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

18 (23) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

19 (17) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

20 (19) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

21 (__) NDS G-force (Disney Interactive Studios)

22 (24) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

23 (18) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

24 (21) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

25 (14) NDS Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

26 (20) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

27 (34) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

28 (29) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

29 (33) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

30 (22) WII Harry Potter & The Half-blood Prince (Electronic Arts)

31 (36) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

32 (28) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

33 (35) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

34 (27) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)

35 (__) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

36 (__) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

37 (30) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

38 (31) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

39 (__) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

40 (__) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 33, 2009

 

Codemasters continues the good run by staying at No1 with ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ and ‘Wii Fit’ also are non-movers this week at No2 and No3 respectively.

 

Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ jumps up another 3 places to No4, which is its highest chart position so far. EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ therefore slips one place to No5 while Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii’ applies the gas and moves up to No6. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ resurfaces in the Top 10 at No7 alongside EA’s new entry ‘Madden NFL 10’ which touches down at No8. Disney’s film tie-in ‘G-Force’ remains at No9 and EA’s ‘Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince’ rounds off the Top 10.

 

 

 

Week 33, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

02 (04) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

03 (02) PS3 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

04 (03) 360 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

05 (05) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

06 (06) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

07 (11) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

08 (07) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

09 (15) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

10 (09) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

11 (08) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

12 (18) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

13 (13) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

14 (14) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

15 (19) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

16 (__) 360 Madden Nfl 10 (Electronic Arts)

17 (27) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

18 (21) NDS G-force (Disney Interactive Studios)

19 (12) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

20 (36) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

21 (37) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

22 (__) PS3 Madden Nfl 10 (Electronic Arts)

23 (10) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

24 (16) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

25 (22) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

26 (17) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

27 (__) NDS Active Health With Carol Vorderman (Nintendo)

28 (__) 360 Too Human (Microsoft)

29 (23) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

30 (20) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

31 (24) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

32 (38) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

33 (28) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)

34 (40) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

35 (__) WII Carnival Games: Mini Golf (Take 2)

36 (29) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

37 (39) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

38 (31) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

39 (33) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

40 (26) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 34, 2009

 

Nintendo were only taking a short break from No1 in the All Formats Chart. After 2 weeks of watching ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ take top spot, ‘Wii Sports Resort’ (-12%) climbs one place back to No1, pipping Activision-Blizzard’s newcomer ‘Wolfenstein’ by 2,000 sales.

 

Nintendo have now claimed the No1 spot in the All Formats Chart for an impressive 15 weeks so far this year. By way of consolation, Activision-Blizzard’s resurrection of the classic ‘Wolfenstein’ franchise takes the No1 position on the PS3, 360 and PC charts. Codemasters’ ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ is bowled out, forced to settle for No3 in the All Formats batting order after a 56% drop in sales. Activision-Blizzard now matches Nintendo with 3 titles in the All Formats Top 10 this week, boosted by price promotions on ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+ 36%) which jumps 2 places to No5 and ‘Prototype’ (-10%) sneaking back into the Top 10, up one place to No10. Nintendo’s old guard of ‘Wii Fit’ (-8%) and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ are proving resiliant, maintaining a strong Top 10 presence by only slipping one place to No’s 4 and 7 respectively.

 

In its third week of price promotion, Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ falls 2 places to No6 (-26%). Sales of ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ (-24%) are down by a similar margin at No8, but fellow EA Sports title and previous chart topper ‘Fight Night Round 4’ (-5%) scraps its way back into the Top 10 at No9. American football is proving less robust for EA with ‘Madden NFL 10’ (-43%) dropping to No20 after debuting last week at No8.

 

Week 34, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

02 (__) 360 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

03 (05) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

04 (02) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

05 (06) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

06 (__) PS3 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

07 (03) PS3 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

08 (20) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

09 (04) 360 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

10 (__) PC Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

11 (08) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

12 (10) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

13 (07) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

14 (09) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

15 (11) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

16 (15) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

17 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

18 (13) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

19 (__) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)

20 (12) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)

21 (14) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

22 (21) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

23 (17) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

24 (23) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

25 (24) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

26 (25) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

27 (19) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

28 (32) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

29 (31) WII My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape (Ubisoft)

30 (34) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

31 (18) NDS G-force (Disney Interactive Studios)

32 (35) WII Carnival Games: Mini Golf (Take 2)

33 (38) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

34 (29) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

35 (__) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

36 (37) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

37 (39) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

38 (__) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

39 (26) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

40 (16) 360 Madden Nfl 10 (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 35, 2009

Eidos have secured No1 with ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’, which is their biggest All Formats No1 since ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ back in 2000 (bigger than Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness).

 

The split was pretty close with 55% going to Xbox 360 and 45% to PS3 (the PC version will be hitting shops in a few weeks). Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ therefore moves back down to No2 and Codemasters’ ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ stays at No3. Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Wolfenstein’ moves down two places to No4 followed by Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ at No5. It’s Activision Blizzard and Nintendo again at No6 and No7 respectively with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’. EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ holds par at No8 and we have another Batman game in the Top 10 with Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Batman: The Videogame’ at No9. Activision Blizzard have a second Call of Duty game finishing off the Top 10 with ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ and Bethesda Softworks new expansion pack ‘Fallout 3: Game Add-On Pack #2’ comes in at No20.

 

 

 

Week 35, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

02 (__) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

03 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

04 (03) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

05 (04) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

06 (02) 360 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

07 (05) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

08 (06) PS3 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

09 (11) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

10 (07) PS3 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

11 (09) 360 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

12 (08) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

13 (12) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

14 (34) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

15 (16) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

16 (18) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

17 (19) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)

18 (15) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

19 (24) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

20 (21) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

21 (26) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

22 (17) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

23 (39) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

24 (__) 360 Fallout 3: Game Add-on Pack #2 (Bethesda Softworks)

25 (28) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

26 (__) WII Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

27 (35) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

28 (33) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

29 (13) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

30 (27) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

31 (14) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

32 (37) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

33 (23) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

34 (38) NDS Sherlock Holmes: Mystery Of The Mummy (Ubisoft)

35 (__) WII Monopoly (Electronic Arts)

36 (__) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

37 (30) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)

38 (36) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

39 (__) WII Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Nintendo)

40 (10) PC Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 36, 2009

For a second week, ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ holds tight at the top of the All Formats Chart ahead of Wii Sports Resort’ at No2 (-11%).

 

Sales of Eidos’ critically acclaimed title are only down 27% with the PS3 version gaining ground on the Xbox 360 version, boosted by bundling and the launch of Sony’s new PS3 Slim console at £249.99. Retailer bundling of Sony’s new cheaper and slimmer console has had a marked effect on the All Formats Chart this week with Activision-Blizzard and EA the main beneficiaries. ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ (+128%) charges up the Chart from No10 to No3 – it’s highest position for almost 1 ½ years, while ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ is up one place to No7, sales climbing by 38%. ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+7%) and ‘Fight Night Round 4’ (+68%) both witness strong increases in sales to the PS3 versions, however ‘World at War’ still drops 2 places to No8, while ‘Fight Night’ makes its way back into the Top 10, up 4 places to No9.

 

There is still room for 2 new releases in the All Formats Top 10 despite competition from PS3 hardware bundled titles - 505 Games debuts at No6 with ‘IL2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey’ and Square Enix’s RPG on PSP ‘Dissidia: Final Fantasy’ is new at No10.

 

Week 36, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

02 (02) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

03 (03) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

04 (04) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

05 (__) PSP Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix Europe)

06 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

07 (07) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

08 (05) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

09 (22) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

10 (14) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

11 (__) PS3 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

12 (__) 360 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

13 (09) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

14 (__) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

15 (__) PC Champions Online (Atari)

16 (__) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

17 (19) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

18 (29) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

19 (13) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

20 (23) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

21 (21) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

22 (16) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

23 (06) 360 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

24 (__) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

25 (24) 360 Fallout 3: Game Add-on Pack #2 (Bethesda Softworks)

26 (15) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

27 (__) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

28 (10) PS3 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

29 (08) PS3 Wolfenstein (Activision Blizzard)

30 (18) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

31 (20) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)

32 (32) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

33 (27) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

34 (17) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)

35 (25) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

36 (__) 360 Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

37 (12) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

38 (11) 360 Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

39 (26) WII Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

40 (__) NDS 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 37, 2009

 

There are 6 new entries in the Top 40 this week, three of which make the Top 5, two of which constitute the games industry’s own ‘Battle of the Bands’ as ‘Guitar Hero 5’ and ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ go head-to-head.

 

The new No1 is Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero 5’ which is the first in the series to take an All Formats No1 placing – both ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ and ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ (the fourth in the series) reached No4 on the All Formats Chart. Codemasters debut at No2 with ‘Colin McRae: Dirt 2’, one place higher than that achieved by the original ‘Colin McRae: Dirt’ back in week 25, 2007. Eidos’ ‘Batman: Arkham Assylum’ drops from No1 to No3 (-60%) and at No4 we have the last of the big 3 new entries, EA’s ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ debuts higher than the highest position achieved by either of the previous Rock Band titles (record for this series held by original ‘Rock Band’, No6 in week 21, 2008).

 

505 Games’ ‘IL2 Sturmovik’ has a storming second week, down just one position to No7 as sales only drop 3% over the initial week. The other new entries this week are Eidos’s ‘Championship Manager 2010’ at No13 (Beautiful Game Studios), Eidos’ ‘Mini Ninjas’ at No15 (IO Interactive, of ‘Hitman’/’Kane & Lynch’ fame - Magic Pockets DS version only) and South Peak Games’ ‘Section 8’ debuting at No22 (Timegate Studios).

 

Week 37, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

02 (__) 360 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

03 (04) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

04 (03) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

05 (01) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

06 (02) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

07 (__) PS3 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

08 (__) 360 The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

09 (__) PS3 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

10 (07) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

11 (__) WII Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

12 (__) WII The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

13 (__) PS3 The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

14 (__) PC Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)

15 (11) PS3 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

16 (05) PSP Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix Europe)

17 (12) 360 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

18 (08) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

19 (10) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

20 (06) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

21 (21) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

22 (22) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

23 (13) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

24 (17) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

25 (14) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

26 (20) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

27 (27) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

28 (__) 360 Section 8 (South Peak Games)

29 (26) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

30 (19) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

31 (09) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

32 (16) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

33 (18) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

34 (33) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

35 (24) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

36 (32) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

37 (30) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

38 (40) NDS 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)

39 (35) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

40 (__) NDS Mystery Stories (Gsp/avanquest)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 38, 2009

EA’s latest edition to their illustrious racing franchise, ‘Need for Speed: Shift’, debuts at number No1 this week.

 

Developed by the brilliantly named and newly formed London based Slightly Mad Studios, with the PS3 coming out as the top format with 52% of the sales, while Xbox 360 takes 44% and PC and PSP have the remaining 5%. This means that both Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero 5’ and Codemasters’ ‘Colin McRae: Dirt 2’ shift down to No2 and No3 respectively. Eidos’ ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ also moves down one place to No4, with Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ relaxing at No5. The only other new entry in the Top 10 this week is Bethesda Softworks’ ‘WET’ which splashes down at No6. EA’s ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ drops three places to No7 while Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ stays entrenched at No8. Nintendo keeps apace with ‘Wii Fit’ at No9 and EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ rounds off the Top 10.

 

 

Week 38, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) PS3 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) 360 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

03 (04) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

04 (01) 360 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

05 (07) PS3 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

06 (02) 360 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

07 (06) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

08 (05) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

09 (11) WII Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

10 (03) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

11 (09) PS3 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

12 (10) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

13 (14) PC Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)

14 (__) 360 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

15 (__) PS3 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

16 (19) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

17 (08) 360 The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

18 (24) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)

19 (21) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

20 (12) WII The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

21 (26) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

22 (22) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

23 (15) PS3 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

24 (27) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

25 (34) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

26 (__) PC Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

27 (18) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

28 (20) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

29 (__) PS3 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

30 (__) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

31 (13) PS3 The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

32 (29) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

33 (23) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

34 (16) PSP Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix Europe)

35 (17) 360 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

36 (30) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

37 (36) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

38 (35) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

39 (33) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)

40 (__) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

 

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 40, 2009

 

It’s the last week of September, the end of Quarter 3 and the market receives a well-timed boost from 2 format-specific titles debuting at No’s 1 and 2. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ‘Halo 3: ODST’ debuts at No1 exactly 2 years after ‘Halo 3’.

 

The aforementioned ‘Halo 3: ODST’ was released on Tuesday 22nd September and such was the demand that it sold 64% of its week 1 sell-through in the first 24 hours. It ranks at No12 in terms of biggest week 1 sell-though for a single format title. ‘Halo 3’ debuted on Wednesday 26th September 2007 with Day 1 accounting for 65% of its initial week, but week 1 sales of ‘Halo 3’ were far greater which explains why that title is currently the 4th biggest single format title ranked by week 1 sell-through (behind ‘GTA: San Andreas’ PS2, ‘GTA IV’ 360 then ‘GTA IV’ PS3).

 

The other big single format launch this week is Nintendo’s DS ‘Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box’ which debuts at No2, one place higher than that ever achieved by the original ‘Professor Layton And The Curious Village’ which this week enjoys a sales uplift of 36% and climbs 5 places to No18. Last week’s No1 is forced down to No3 even though EA’s ‘Need For Speed: Shift’ enjoys a sales surge of 7% over last week. Also new this week is Activision Blizzard’s ‘Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2’ debuting at No7 and NCSoft just miss out on the Top 10 as PC MMO ‘Aion’ debuts at No11. The last new entry is EA’s ‘MySims Agents’, in at No16 on DS & Wii.

 

Week 39, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)

02 (__) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)

03 (01) PS3 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

04 (02) 360 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

05 (03) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

06 (10) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

07 (__) PC Aion (Ncsoft Europe)

08 (12) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

09 (__) 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)

10 (07) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

11 (06) 360 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

12 (15) PS3 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

13 (14) 360 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

14 (08) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

15 (04) 360 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

16 (36) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

17 (09) WII Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

18 (22) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

19 (__) PS3 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)

20 (05) PS3 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

21 (11) PS3 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

22 (13) PC Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)

23 (19) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

24 (__) NDS Mysims Agents (Electronic Arts)

25 (32) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

26 (__) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (Activision Blizzard)

27 (29) PS3 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

28 (33) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

29 (37) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

30 (27) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)

31 (__) WII Toy Story Mania! (Disney Interactive Studios)

32 (25) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

33 (23) PS3 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)

34 (30) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

35 (38) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

36 (__) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

37 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

38 (24) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

39 (40) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

40 (20) WII The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 40, 2009

‘FIFA 10’ scores the biggest All Formats No1 launch since GTA: IV, generating 48% more sales than its predecessor ‘FIFA 09’ managed when it was launched exactly a year ago.

 

It goes without saying that it is the biggest ever launch of a FIFA game, becoming the 2nd biggest all formats launch ever in the UK behind GTA IV, edging past GTA: San Andreas (which admittedly was launched only on PS2, while ‘FIFA 10’ is on XB360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii and PC). As with last year’s FIFA, Xbox 360’s share is 2 percentage points more than PS3 as Microsoft’s format generates 48% of sales, PS3 46% with 6% on the remaining formats). ‘FIFA 09’ sold 42% on Xbox 360 and 40% on PS3 in its launch week, with the remaining formats securing a much larger 18% share. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are now respectively the 5th and 6th fastest selling single format releases.

 

Nintendo’s ‘Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box’ holds on to 2nd place as sales of last week’s No1 ‘Halo 3: ODST’ slip 75% to No3, only 300 sales behind. ‘Need for Speed: Shift’ moves down one place to No4 ahead of ‘Wii Sports Resort’ which enjoys a 33% jump in sales thanks in part to the new £179.99 Wii Sports Resort hardware bundle. ‘Guitar Hero 5’ remains a Top 10 contender, dropping down 2 places to No6, while EA’s ‘MySims Agents’ sneaks into the Top 10 in its second week of launch, up from No16 to No7. ‘Gran Turismo’ on PSP’s UMD format is off the mark at No12. Coinciding with the launch of Sony’s new media-less PSPGo console, the Playstation Network download version of ‘Gran Turismo’ was offered free to early adopters. There are new entries for Tecmo Koei’s ‘Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2’ on PS3 at No26 and Deep Silver’s Oblivion-style RPG ‘Risen’ at No29.

 

Week 40, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (__) 360 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) PS3 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)

03 (02) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)

04 (01) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)

05 (03) PS3 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

06 (04) 360 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)

07 (05) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

08 (__) PS2 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)

09 (__) WII Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)

10 (__) PSP Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)

11 (08) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

12 (06) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

13 (__) PSP Gran Turismo (Sony Computer Ent.)

14 (24) NDS Mysims Agents (Electronic Arts)

15 (18) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

16 (11) 360 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

17 (10) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

18 (38) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

19 (15) 360 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

20 (16) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

21 (23) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

22 (17) WII Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

23 (__) PS3 Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2 (Tecmo Koei Europe)

24 (14) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

25 (09) 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)

26 (13) 360 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

27 (20) PS3 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

28 (35) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

29 (__) WII Mysims Agents (Electronic Arts)

30 (25) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

31 (12) PS3 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)

32 (32) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

33 (19) PS3 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)

34 (07) PC Aion (Ncsoft Europe)

35 (21) PS3 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)

36 (28) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

37 (40) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)

38 (__) 360 Risen (Koch Media)

39 (22) PC Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)

40 (29) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)