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Ubisoft and Namco-Bandai welcome us back to the stage of history, ensuring that “the soul still burns” as ‘SoulCalibur IV’ debuts this week at No1 in the All Formats Chart.
It is the first All Formats No1 for the SoulCalibur franchise since ‘SoulCalibur II’ (GC, PS2 and Xbox) reached the summit for one week, back in September 2003. It has been almost 3 years since ‘SoulCalibur III’ was launched, only on PS2. Released on Xbox 360 and PS3 the long-anticipated sequel is the fastest selling in the franchise with the PS3 version outselling it’s PS2 predecessor’s launch week by more than 3 to 1. It is the fastest selling traditional beat-em up game to be launched on either PS3 or Xbox 360 (56% of sales were on Microsoft’s format) and marks a mini-revival for the genre after the recent success of Nintendo’s ‘Super Smash Bros. Brawl’ on Wii. Nintendo however have put up a good fight; despite dropping down to No2, ‘Wii Fit’ sales are up 35% on last week and sales of ‘Mario Kart Wii’, a non-mover at No3, are up 25%.
THQ’s ‘Wall-E’ drops 2 places to No4 – sales are slowing 3 weeks after the release of the film. THQ however can celebrate a strong showing from the hardware-bundled ‘Big Beach Sports’, up from No10 to No5, while former No1 ‘Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures’ moves in the opposite direction down from No5 to No10.
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TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS) - Week 31, 2008
01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (__) [360] Soulcalibur Iv (Ubisoft)
04 (07) [WII] Big Beach Sports (Thq)
05 (03) [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) [PS3] Soulcalibur Iv (Ubisoft)
07 (04) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
08 (06) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
09 (05) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
10 (10) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
11 (08) [WII] Sports Party (Ubisoft)
12 (09) [NDS] Wall-e (Thq)
13 (15) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
14 (12) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
15 (13) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
16 (11) [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Konami)
17 (14) [360] Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)
18 (24) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
19 (26) [WII] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
20 (29) [NDS] Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)
21 (16) [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
22 (25) [360] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
23 (21) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
24 (40) [NDS] Sight Training (Nintendo)
25 (20) [WII] Wall-e (Thq)
26 (__) [WII] Sports Island (Konami)
27 (30) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
28 (19) [NDS] Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
29 (22) [360] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
30 (38) [WII] Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Ubisoft)
31 (18) [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Darkness (Nintendo)
32 (31) [PS3] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
33 (__) [360] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
34 (17) [NDS] Touchmaster (Midway)
35 (32) [PS2] Wall-e (Thq)
36 (23) [NDS] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)
37 (28) [NDS] Imagine: Babies (Ubisoft)
38 (27) [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Time (Nintendo)
39 (__) [NDS] 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo)
40 (37) [WII] Game Party (Midway)
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