UK Software Charts (Updated every Monday)

[dazzybee]

What about Sonic & Mario staying in the charts?

 

UK Ltd sales.

[WII] Mario & Sonic: 1.300.000

[NDS] Mario & Sonic: 460.000

 

Thats crazy too! UK alone!!

[Dante]

I'm surprised to see Guitar Hero that low down after it not long being out.

 

Music games ie rock band and guitar hero didnt do well this year in USA and Europe plus people finding rock band 2 better than guitar hero world tour.

[dazzybee]

I'm surprised to see Guitar Hero that low down after it not long being out.

 

Yeah, I thought it would sell hundreds of thousands!!! Good to see Wii selling the best though.

 

Is the guitar hero franchise getting old already!??!!

[Dante]

Yeah, I thought it would sell hundreds of thousands!!! Good to see Wii selling the best though.

 

Is the guitar hero franchise getting old already!??!!

 

Yeah!

 

2005 - Guitar Hero

 

2006 - Guitar Hero II

 

2007 - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s,Guitar Hero Carabiner.

 

2008 - Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Guitar Hero III Backstage Pass, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades.

 

2009 - Guitar Hero: Metallica

[Will]

Yeah, I thought it would sell hundreds of thousands!!! Good to see Wii selling the best though.

 

Is the guitar hero franchise getting old already!??!!

 

It has sold hundreds of thousands! Guitar Hero generally sells best on Wii so no surprise that this one is too, it does need a few weeks before it surpasses the 360's big start though.

 

Dante, where does that weighted chart come from?

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 49, 2008

 

The All Formats Christmas Chart is only two weeks away and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ is still very much the gift of choice, holding on to No1 for a 4th consecutive week despite a 15% sales drop.

 

Last year’s Xmas No1 ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ was released a week earlier and only grabbed top spot in Christmas week itself, while this year the popular war game has the potential to hold on to No1 right up until Christmas. It has now sold over 1m units in the UK (it took ‘CoD 4: Modern Warfare’ 8 weeks to reach the same landmark). Nintendo emerges as this week’s strongest competitor as ‘Mario Kart Wii’ receives a power-up from widespread TV advertising, boosting it from No4 to No2 with sales rising by 15%. All four of Nintendo’s All Formats Top 10 games increase in sales with ‘Brain Training’ flexing its puzzle solving muscles, up from No5 to No4, the fluctuating ‘Wii Fit’ back on form with a 43% jump in sales, up from No12 to No8 and ‘Wii Play’ sales up 5% (down one place to No9).

 

EA are not out of the running as ‘FIFA 09’ is a non-mover at No3, ahead of fellow EA contender ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ which slips 3 places to No5 (sales down 21%). Lara Croft continues to shimmy her way up the All Formats Top 10: ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ climbing one place to No6, just in front of ‘Fallout 3’ at No7 which enjoys a 60% surge in sales, benefiting from a retailer price promotion. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ is still rocking the Top 10 despite falling from No9 to No10, but Konami’s ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2009’ and Sony’s ‘Resistance 2’ are both All Formats Top 10 casualties, falling to No’s 16 and 20 respectively. Another retailer promotion helps Microsoft’s ‘Fable II’ achieve an 81% increase in sales, rising from No35 to No19, while retailer promotion on ‘GTA IV’ coupled with the release of the PC version means Rockstar/Take 2’s record-breaker is back in the Top 40 at No22 (sales up 160%). There are two All Formats Top 40 new entries: ‘Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City’ on Wii at No26 and the latest ‘Prince of Persia’ on Xbox 360/PS3 at No30.

 

 

Week 49, 2008 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

02 (03) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

03 (02) 360 Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)

04 (08) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

05 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

06 (05) PS3 Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)

07 (11) 360 Gears of War 2 (Microsoft)

08 (29) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

09 (31) 360 Fable 2 (Microsoft)

10 (06) PS3 Resistance 2 (SCEE)

11 (07) WII Wii Music (Nintendo)

12 (22) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)

13 (__) WII Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City (Nintendo)

14 (17) NDS More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)

15 (09) 360 Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

16 (27) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

17 (25) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

18 (21) WII Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)

19 (16) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

20 (15) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (LucasArts)

21 (28) PS3 LittleBigPlanet (SCEE)

22 (12) NDS Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)

23 (13) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

24 (23) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

25 (10) PS3 Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

26 (30) NDS High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive Studios)

27 (19) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

28 (20) 360 Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft)

29 (__) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

30 (26) PS3 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

31 (__) NDS Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)

32 (14) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

33 (24) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

34 (34) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)

35 (__) NDS Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)

36 (__) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)

37 (__) 360 Lips (Microsoft)

38 (__) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

39 (35) NDS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

40 (__) PS2 Singstar ABBA (SCEE)

 

360 -13

WII -10

NDS -8

PS3 -7

PS2 -1

PC -1

 

Ireland:

Week 49, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

 

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

02 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

03 (03) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

04 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

05 (05) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

06 (06) Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (Thq)

07 (08) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)

08 (07) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

09 (09) Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

10 (11) Wii Play (Nintendo)

11 (10) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

12 (13) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

13 (12) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

14 (17) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

15 (15) Wii Music (Nintendo)

16 (__) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)

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

18 (__) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

19 (14) More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

20 (18) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

[MadDog]

Would have thought Animal Crossing would be higher...

[dazzybee]

Remember thats only the weekend for it though

[MadDog]

Oh yeh, true.

[Dante]

Oh yeh, true.

 

Doing better than Prince of Persia 08.

[Choze]

Go Little Big Planet!

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 49, 2008

 

One week to go until the All Formats Christmas Chart and the top 3 games are all non-movers, with sales of ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ rising by 2%, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ sales up by 1% and ‘FIFA 09’ sales down 1%.

 

The gap between Call of Duty at No1 and Mario Kart Wii at No2 is 27,000 units, leaving Nintendo with it all to do in the coming week in order to claim what would be the Japanese giant’s first Christmas No1 since N64 ‘Zelda Ocarina of Time’ 10 years ago. If Activision Blizzard can hold on to the No1 spot for another week they will claim the longest uninterrupted All Formats chart topping run-in for a Christmas No1, with 6 consecutive weeks. Sales of the Top 6 games are relatively flat, meaning a 3% rise in sales for ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ is enough to drive it up one place to No4, while a 3% drop in ‘Brain Training’ sales pushes it down one place to No5. The price-promoted ‘Fallout 3’ is still a Top 10 contender with sales up 6%, rising from No7 to No6. Nintendo still have 4 Top 10 games with ‘Wii Play’ up 16% in sales, up from No9 to No7 and ‘Wii Fit’ (-5%) holding at No8. ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ is on song this week, sales up 18%, rising from No10 to No9, while ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ almost slips out of the Top 10, down from No6 to No10.

 

As is normal for this week of the year there are no new entries that make the Top 40, but outside the All Formats Top 10 there are several strong climbers, including the bundled ‘Lego Indiana Jones’ (+31%) up from No13 to No11, ‘Sonic Unleashed’ (+87%) up from No33 to No12, the competitively priced ‘Quantum of Solace’ (+53%) up from No27 to No13 and ‘LittleBigPlanet’ up from No29 to No16 (sales up 58%, handing it No1 in the PS3 Chart ahead of CoD).

 

Week 50, 2008 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

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

03 (03) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

04 (05) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

05 (04) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

06 (21) PS3 LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

07 (06) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

08 (07) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

09 (08) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

10 (14) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

11 (13) WII Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Nintendo)

12 (19) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

13 (20) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

14 (10) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

15 (34) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

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

17 (15) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

18 (12) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)

19 (11) WII Wii Music (Nintendo)

20 (31) NDS Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)

21 (24) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

22 (25) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

23 (29) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

24 (37) 360 Lips (Microsoft)

25 (32) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

26 (23) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

27 (38) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

28 (16) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

29 (__) WII Sonic Unleashed (Sega)

30 (26) NDS High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive Studios)

31 (28) 360 Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft)

32 (27) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

33 (17) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

34 (39) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

35 (22) NDS Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)

36 (__) WII High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (Disney Interactive Studios)

37 (__) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

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

39 (33) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)

40 (36) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)

 

Wii = 13

360 = 12

DS = 8

PS3 = 6

PC = 1

[dazzybee]

I think it should be on single unit sales personally I can't believe a game that came out over 6 months ago is only underselling a sequel from a huge game, that is out on 5 platforms and only been out 6 weeks (Mario kart and CoD if people didn't get that), absolutely phenomenal Come on Mario Kart - you can do it!!!

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 51, 2008

 

EA win it in injury time as ‘FIFA 09’ tops a hugely successful year by scoring the Christmas No1 ahead of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ which drops to No2 and Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ which falls from No2 to No3.

 

It is EA’s 6th All Formats Christmas No1 in the past 8 years. A perfectly timed retailer promotion saw sales of ‘FIFA 09’ soar past its rivals, up 89% on last week, while Call of Duty could only manage a 13% rise and sales of 'Mario Kart Wii' jumped 40% bringing it within 3,000 sales of Call of Duty. EA’s ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ makes sure of holding on to the No4 position as retailer discounting helps sales climb 27%, while Nintendo’s Brain Training is the only All Formats Top 10 title to drop sales, a non-mover at No5 with sales down 1%. Nintendo can celebrate a successful Christmas period however, with half the All Formats Top 10 made up of Nintendo published games. Nintendo’s games have enjoyed a strong presence in the All Formats Top 10 throughout the year and this week is no exception. Mario Kart Wii has been out for 37 weeks with only 4 of those weeks spent outside the Top 10.

 

‘Wii Play’ moves up one place to No6 and ‘Wii Fit’ drops 2 places to No10, but it is ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ which exceeds all expectations, re-entering the Top 40 at No8, proving to be a popular Christmas stocking filler, no doubt helped by strong demand and renewed stock. Activision Blizzard’s price promotion appears to have centred more around ‘Quantum of Solace’ than ‘Call of Duty’ as the Bond film tie-in is back in the Top 10, up from No13 to No7. ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ gets a well needed Christmas sales boost this week, up from No10 to No9 with sales climbing by 22%.

 

Week 51, 2008 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

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

03 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

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

05 (03) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

06 (05) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

07 (26) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

08 (06) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

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

10 (08) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

11 (21) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

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

13 (13) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

14 (12) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

15 (10) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

16 (28) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

17 (17) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

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

19 (14) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

20 (19) WII Wii Music (Nintendo)

21 (15) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

22 (11) WII Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Nintendo)

23 (23) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

24 (22) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

25 (24) 360 Lips (Microsoft)

26 (33) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

27 (09) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

28 (18) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)

29 (__) PS2 Singstar Abba (Sony Computer Ent.)

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

31 (30) NDS High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive Studios)

32 (__) 360 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

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

34 (25) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

35 (__) PS3 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

36 (36) WII High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (Disney Interactive Studios)

37 (34) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

38 (20) NDS Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)

39 (__) PSP Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

40 (37) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

 

 

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Ireland:

Week 51, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

02 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

03 (05) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

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

05 (04) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

06 (07) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

07 (06) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)

08 (10) Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

09 (11) More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

10 (08) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

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

12 (15) Wii Play (Nintendo)

13 (16) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

14 (14) Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

15 (__) Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

16 (20) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

17 (13) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

18 (18) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

19 (19) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

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

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 52, 2008

 

Activision Blizzard rounds off the year with ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ reclaiming No1 ahead of EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ at No2 and ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ at No3.

 

Nintendo has both No4 with ‘Mario Kart Wii’ and No5 with ‘Wii Play’. Eidos’ ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ moves up three places to No6, Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ moves up four places to No7 followed by ‘Quantum of Solace’ at No8. Sega completes the Top 10 with ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ moving up to No9 and ‘Sonic Unleashed’ jumping ten places to No10.

 

Week 52, 2008 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

02 (03) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

03 (05) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

04 (10) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

05 (02) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

06 (17) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

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

08 (07) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

09 (12) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

10 (08) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

11 (11) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

12 (24) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

13 (23) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

14 (13) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

15 (26) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

16 (15) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

17 (14) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

18 (06) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

19 (22) WII Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Nintendo)

20 (33) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

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

22 (__) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

23 (21) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

24 (28) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)

25 (16) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

26 (19) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

27 (30) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

28 (25) 360 Lips (Microsoft)

29 (__) WII Sonic Unleashed (Sega)

30 (32) 360 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

31 (27) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

32 (37) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

33 (__) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

34 (__) 360 Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)

35 (40) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

36 (34) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

37 (__) PS3 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

38 (20) WII Wii Music (Nintendo)

39 (38) NDS Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)

40 (__) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

 

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Ireland:

Week 52, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

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

03 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

04 (03) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

05 (05) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

06 (08) Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

07 (12) Wii Play (Nintendo)

08 (09) More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

09 (16) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

10 (18) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

11 (19) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

12 (06) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

13 (07) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)

14 (20) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

15 (10) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

16 (__) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

17 (15) Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

18 (17) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

19 (__) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Activision Blizzard)

20 (14) Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 1, 2009

 

2009 begins in a similar fashion to 2008 – with FIFA on top of the All Formats Chart. ‘FIFA 09’ is not only Christmas No1, but is now the first All Formats No1 of 2009, knocking ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ off top spot for a second time, despite a 41% drop in sales.

 

Sales of Activision Blizzard’s shooter are down 50%, but it remains 5,000 sales ahead of EA’s ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ which is a non-mover at No3. Activision Blizzard do have reason to be cheerful however with 3 games in the All Formats Top 10: ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ moving to its highest ever chart position, up from No7 to No4, and ‘Quantum of Solace’ only slipping one place to No9. The rest of the All Formats Top 10 all shuffle positions with old favourite ‘Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games’ performing well, up from No9 to No5 and ‘Wii Play’ replacing ‘Mario Kart Wii’ as Nintendo’s highest charting game this week at No6. ‘Mario Kart Wii’ slams on the breaks heavily this week as sales slide 60%, putting it one place behind Ubisoft’s ‘Far Cry 2’ at No8. Sega fill the last Top 10 position, steady at No10 with ‘Sonic Unleashed’. In fact, every game in the All Formats Top 40 drops sales except Nintendo’s ‘100 Classic Book Collection’ which breaks into the Top 40 for the first time at No27.

 

Week 1, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

02 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

03 (03) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

04 (09) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

05 (04) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

06 (05) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

07 (08) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

08 (06) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

09 (18) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

10 (07) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

11 (13) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

12 (35) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

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

14 (11) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

15 (12) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

16 (22) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

17 (__) NDS 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)

18 (10) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

19 (33) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

20 (23) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

21 (20) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

22 (34) 360 Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)

23 (16) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

24 (14) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

25 (36) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

26 (32) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

27 (30) 360 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

28 (19) WII Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Nintendo)

29 (40) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

30 (29) WII Sonic Unleashed (Sega)

31 (__) PS3 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

32 (27) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

33 (17) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

34 (__) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

35 (25) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

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

37 (26) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

38 (31) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

39 (__) PS3 Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)

40 (__) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)

 

12x Wii

12x X360

9x PS3

6x NDS

1x PC

 

Mirrors Egde climbed back into the charts.

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 2, 2009

 

‘FIFA 09’ holds on to No1 in the All Formats Chart as the top 3 are all non-movers for a second consecutive week. However, the gap between FIFA and ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ at No2 has now shrunk from 5,000 to 400 units.

 

EA’s ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ sticks at No3 as sales of almost all Top 40 titles more than halve. ‘Wii Fit’ is a notable exception, star jumping up the chart from No20 to No4, no doubt boosted by some well-intentioned New Year resolutions to shed pounds gained over Christmas. All Top 40 games lose sales, but ‘Wii Fit’ only drops by 1%, topping the Wii Chart for the first time since week 44 2008. The remaining Top 10 games all shuffle places, except ‘Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures’ which re-enters the Top 10 after a 6 month absence, up from No17 to No9, benefiting from competitive retailer pricing.

 

Week 2, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (09) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (01) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

03 (02) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

04 (03) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

05 (06) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

06 (04) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

07 (05) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

08 (17) NDS 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)

09 (08) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

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

11 (07) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

12 (14) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

13 (15) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

14 (13) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

15 (20) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

16 (23) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

17 (18) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

18 (11) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

19 (24) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

20 (16) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

21 (21) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

22 (26) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

23 (34) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

24 (25) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

25 (12) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

26 (33) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

27 (19) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

28 (32) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

29 (27) 360 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

30 (22) 360 Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)

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

32 (31) PS3 Prince Of Persia (Ubisoft)

33 (__) WII Wall-e (Thq)

34 (30) WII Sonic Unleashed (Sega)

35 (29) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

36 (__) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

37 (37) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

38 (__) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

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

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

[sagat]

wow nice to see PS2 still "going" strong

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 3, 2009

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ looks in great shape at the top of the All Formats Chart as an 18% jump in sales pushes it up 3 places to No1, relegating last week’s chart topper ‘FIFA 09’ off the top spot and dropping to No4 (sales down 35%).

 

 

It is the 5th time ‘Wii Fit’ has reached the top of the All Formats chart, a position it has so far never managed to hold on to for longer than one week. The last time ‘Wii Fit’ claimed No1 in the All Formats chart was the beginning of August last year. ‘Wii Fit’ is only 1,262 sales ahead of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ which manages a relatively respectable 18% drop in sales, holding on to the No2 spot. EA however are not out of the running, charting ahead of ‘FIFA’ with this week’s only All Formats Top 40 new entry – ‘The Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ new at No3. It’s a close run thing between the top 3 with just over 2,500 sales separating ‘Wii Fit’ at No1 and ‘Lord of the Rings’ at No3. ‘Wii Play’ (-19%) is a non-mover at No5, ahead of ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ (-52%) which skids from No3 to No6. ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ (-29%) and ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ (-34%) both keep their grip on the All Formats Top 10 - ‘Mario & Sonic’ a non-mover at No7 and ‘Guitar Hero’ down 2 places to No8. Continued strong sellers on Wii and DS make up the last two spots with ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’ (-18%) slipping back into the Top 10, up from No11 to No9 and the evergreen ‘Dr Kawashima Brain Training’ (-17%) is up from No13 to No10.

 

Other than ‘Wii Fit’ there are only 2 other All Formats Top 40 titles that see sales gains this week. They are ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ (+26%), up from No33 to No18 thanks to a retailer price promotion and ‘Halo 3’ (+20%), back in the Top 40 at No29. The release this week of ‘Mirror’s Edge’ on PC can’t stop EA’s adventurous new IP from falling from No23 to No27 (-38%).

 

Week 3, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

03 (__) 360 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

04 (04) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

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

06 (03) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

07 (06) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

08 (10) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

09 (07) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

10 (__) PS3 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

11 (14) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

12 (16) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

13 (17) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

14 (12) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

15 (38) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

16 (23) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

17 (24) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

18 (11) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

19 (21) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

20 (22) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

21 (08) NDS 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)

22 (31) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

23 (19) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

24 (26) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

25 (36) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

26 (37) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

27 (09) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

28 (__) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

29 (28) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

30 (25) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

31 (20) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

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

33 (27) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

34 (__) WII Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

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

36 (18) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

37 (13) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

38 (39) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

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

40 (33) WII Wall-e (Thq): World At War (Activision Blizzard)

09 (07) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

10 (__) PS3 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

11 (14) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

12 (16) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

13 (17) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

14 (12) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

15 (38) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

16 (23) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

17 (24) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

18 (11) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

19 (21) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

20 (22) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

21 (08) NDS 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)

22 (31) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

23 (19) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

24 (26) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

25 (36) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

26 (37) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

27 (09) 360 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

28 (__) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

29 (28) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

30 (25) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

31 (20) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

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

33 (27) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

34 (__) WII Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

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

36 (18) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

37 (13) PS3 Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

38 (39) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

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

40 (33) WII Wall-e (Thq)

[Choze]

LBP still doing very well. Really sad to not see Prince of Persia. Its a classic!

 

Was surprised to read that PS3 owners brought the most games and spent more on them in 2008 than the other consoles. To be honest nott surprising.

[dazzybee]

Bought. Bought. Not brought.

[Dante]

LBP still doing very well. Really sad to not see Prince of Persia. Its a classic!

 

Was surprised to read that PS3 owners brought the most games and spent more on them in 2008 than the other consoles. To be honest nott surprising.

 

What?

Where did you get that from?

[Dante]

UK TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - Week 4, 2009

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ goes from strength to strength at the top of the All Formats Chart with a 21% rise in sales, holding on to No1 for the first time since it was launched 9 months ago and weighing in with its sixth week at the top.

 

If it is to become Nintendo’s longest serving All Formats No1 it will need to better Pokemon Gold’s 7 weeks and then Pokemon Yellow’s 10 weeks at the top. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (sales up 3%) fends off another EA new release this week as ‘Skate 2’ debuts one place behind it at No3 (just like EA’s ‘Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ did last week). In fact EA claim the next 3 games in the All Formats Top 5 as ‘FIFA 09’ is a non-mover at No4 and ‘LOTR: Conquest’ drops two places to No5, sales down 31%. However, Nintendo have the most Top 10 games this week with 4 thanks to ‘Wii Play’, down one place to No6 and both ‘Mario Kart Wii’ and ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ slipping back into the Top 10.

 

‘Mario Kart Wii’ jumps from No13 to No8, boosted by hardware bundling, while renewed stock of ‘Professor Layton’ propels it back into the Top 40 at No10. Nintendo can’t claim all five of the Wii/DS exclusives in this week’s All Formats Top 10 because Ubisoft’s own Wii Fitness game ‘My Fitness Coach’ is a new entry at No7. The release of the PS2 version of ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ puts it back in the Top 10 at No9.

 

 

Week 4, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

03 (__) 360 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

04 (__) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

05 (06) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

06 (04) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

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

08 (03) 360 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

09 (05) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

10 (08) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

11 (07) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

12 (09) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

13 (34) WII Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

14 (13) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

15 (__) PS3 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

16 (18) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

17 (14) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

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

19 (10) PS3 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

20 (17) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

21 (12) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

22 (20) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

23 (19) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

24 (__) PS2 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

25 (__) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party (Ubisoft)

26 (15) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

27 (22) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

28 (23) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

29 (33) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

30 (24) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

31 (26) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

32 (__) NDS Touchmaster (Midway)

33 (__) 360 Fable Ii (Microsoft)

34 (25) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

35 (__) WII Off Road (Empire Interactive)

36 (32) NDS 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)

37 (31) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

38 (__) WII Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo)

39 (38) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

40 (30) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Ireland:

Week 4, 2009 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

02 (02) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

03 (03) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

04 (04) Wii Play (Nintendo)

05 (__) Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

06 (07) The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

07 (06) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

08 (__) Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

09 (09) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

10 (05) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)

11 (08) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)

12 (17) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)

13 (12) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

14 (10) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

15 (11) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

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

17 (19) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

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

19 (__) Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

20 (20) Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)

[Dante]

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ (-17%) takes a third consecutive week at the top to equal Nintendo’s previous 2nd best chart topper, ‘Pokemon Gold’ which also managed 7 weeks at No1 back in 2001. To become Nintendo’s longest serving All Formats No1 it needs another 4 weeks at the top which will better ‘Pokemon Yellow’ (10 weeks at the top way back in 2000).

 

Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (-11%) remains at No2 and EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ climbs one place to No3 (+9%). Nintendo’s DS ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ continues to climb thanks to replenished stock (+54%) up 6 places to No4. EA’s new release from last week ‘Skate 2’ falls 2 places to No5 (-28%) followed at No6 by Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (+5%). Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ drops one place to No7 (-19%) whilst the other new release from last week, Ubisoft’s ‘My Fitness Coach’ drops one place to No8 (-12%). Eidos remain at No9 with ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ (+2%) and EA re-enter the Top 10 with ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ climbing 3 places to No10 (-3%). This week’s new releases do not make the Top 40 but EA’s ‘SimAnimals’ debuts at No16 on the Wii Full Price chart and at No20 on the DS Full Price chart. On the PC Entertainment Full Price chart Ubisoft debut at No6 with ‘CSI: New York’ and THQ debut at No18 with ‘Saints Row 2’.

 

 

Week 5, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

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

03 (05) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

04 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

05 (04) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

06 (03) 360 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

07 (06) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

08 (09) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

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

10 (11) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

11 (16) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

12 (17) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

13 (14) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

14 (08) 360 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

15 (12) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

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

17 (__) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)

18 (15) PS3 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

19 (13) WII Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

20 (22) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

21 (20) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

22 (21) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

23 (23) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

24 (33) 360 Fable Ii (Microsoft)

25 (34) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

26 (31) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

27 (39) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

28 (29) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

29 (28) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

30 (__) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

31 (30) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

32 (26) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)

33 (32) NDS Touchmaster (Midway)

34 (24) PS2 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)

35 (37) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

36 (36) NDS 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)

37 (27) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

38 (__) WII Sports Island (Konami)

39 (__) NDS Ea Playground (Electronic Arts)

40 (__) WII Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Lucasarts)

[Dante]

Nintendo are showing no signs of over-exertion, as their fitness drive moves into a fourth consecutive week at the top of the All Formats Chart. Sales of ‘Wii Fit’ are only down 2% on last week – the lowest sales decline of any All Formats Top 10 game this week.

 

‘FIFA 09’ (-12%) shimmies up one place to No2, knocking Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ down to No3 (-20%) – its lowest All Formats Chart position since its launch 13 weeks ago. Every game in the All Formats Top 10 loses sales and Nintendo’s ‘Mystery Case Files: Millionheir’ is the only Top 40 new release, debuting at No4, one place ahead of similar title ‘Professor Layton’ (-14%). Nintendo manage 5 games in the All Formats Top 10 with familiar favourites ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (-13%) and ‘Wii Play’ (-16%) both non-movers at No’s 6 and 7 respectively. This week last year the software market was up and there were 3 new games in the All Formats Top 10 and a new No1 with Capcom’s ‘Devil May Cry 4’. In 2009 the software market has not yet witnessed its first weekly sales increase, while Nintendo and Wii Fit’s dominance at the top in 2009 is in stark contrast to the 5 different games that were All Formats No1’s during the first six weeks of last year.

 

EA’s ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ (-28%) may have dropped out of the Top 10, from No10 to No13, but the American publisher still has two Top 10 games despite a 37% drop in sales for ‘Skate 2’ – down from No5 to No8. Despite falling sales, Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic’ (-5%) and Activision-Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ (-18%) climb back into the Top 10, both up 3 places to No’s 9 and 10 respectively. A retailer price promotion on the Xbox 360 version of ‘Left 4 Dead’ (+32%) sees it climb 14 places to No15, while another EA title, ‘SimAnimals’ (+90%) enters the Top 40 for the first time at No22, in its second week of release.

 

Week 6, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

 

01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

02 (__) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)

03 (02) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)

04 (03) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

05 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

06 (07) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

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

08 (06) 360 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

09 (10) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

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

11 (05) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

12 (11) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

13 (27) 360 Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)

14 (12) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)

15 (13) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)

16 (21) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)

17 (20) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

18 (23) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

19 (26) PS3 Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)

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

21 (28) WII Big Beach Sports (Thq)

22 (22) NDS More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)

23 (24) 360 Fable Ii (Microsoft)

24 (19) WII Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

25 (14) 360 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

26 (15) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)

27 (38) WII Sports Island (Konami)

28 (18) PS3 Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)

29 (33) NDS Touchmaster (Midway)

30 (29) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)

31 (__) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

32 (31) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)

33 (__) WII Simanimals (Electronic Arts)

34 (__) WII Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)

35 (36) NDS 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)

36 (40) WII Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Lucasarts)

37 (25) WII Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

38 (__) PS3 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)

39 (17) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)

40 (35) 360 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)