[Raist]

Many many thanks to felipeko for the automated formating scripts :)
Thanks to dabra, Captain Smoker, Frankfurter, donny2112, test_account, Phife Dawg, tiong_fi and Kurosaki Ichigo for their contribution.

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UK :

EA knock themselves off the top of the All Formats Chart this week, but it’s not the critically acclaimed ‘Spore’ which grabs top spot, rather the explosive ‘Mercenaries 2: World in Flames’. ‘Mercenaries 2’ sells 60% on Xbox 360 and 33% on PS3 with the remainer on PS2 and PC. ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ is the only game in the All Formats Top 10 to rise in sales, up 9% on last week, but it still has to settle for 2nd place. ‘Spore’, designed by Sims creator Will Wright is only 1,162 units behind at No3, handing EA a clean sweep of the Top 3 games. Sales of ‘Spore’ account for 53% of all full priced PC games sold this week. The rest of the All Formats Top 10 all shuffle amongst themselves with Nintendo still making its presence felt in the Top 10 despite ‘Wii Fit’ dropping one place to No4, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ slipping from No2 to No6 and ‘Wii Play’ down 2 places to No7. Take 2 continue to celebrate strong sales of ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’, down from No4 to No5, while Sega’s ‘Mario and Sonic’ is down from No6 to No8. THQ hang on in the All Formats Top 10 with ‘Big Beach Sports’ down 2 places to No9 and ‘Wall-E’ is a non-mover at No10. This week’s remaining non-EA new releases are all outside the Top 20: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ‘Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise’ at No23, Deep Silver’s PC ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky’ at No25 and Square-Enix’s Xbox 360 ‘Infinite Undiscovery’ at No28. Sales increases in the 2nd week of release see DS titles from Ubisoft and Atari break into the Top 40: ‘Imagine: Teacher’ at No31 and ‘Driving Theory Training’ at No39.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS) - Week 36, 2008

01 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
07 (12) [WII] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
09 (04) [WII] Big Beach Sports (Thq)
10 (10) [360] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
11 (11) [PS3] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
12 (08) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
13 (06) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
14 (09) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
15 (05) [360] Too Human (Microsoft)
16 (13) [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)
17 (14) [NDS] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
18 (16) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
19 (17) [NDS] Wall-e (Thq)
20 (__) [360] Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise (Microsoft)
21 (__) [PC] S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Clear Sky (Koch Media)
22 (31) [NDS] Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition (Ubisoft)
23 (__) [360] Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix Europe)
24 (15) [360] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
25 (__) [NDS] Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
26 (22) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
27 (21) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
28 (26) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
29 (19) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
30 (25) [WII] Sports Party (Ubisoft)
31 (18) [PS3] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
32 (34) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
33 (__) [NDS] Driving Theory Training (Atari)
34 (27) [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Konami)
35 (23) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
36 (__) [NDS] Spore Creatures (Electronic Arts)
37 (__) [WII] Family Ski (Nintendo)
38 (29) [WII] Wall-e (Thq)
39 (__) [PC] Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
40 (20) [WII] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)

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Ireland :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 36, 2008

01 (01) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) Spore (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (12) Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
07 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (11) Wii Play (Nintendo)
09 (05) Wall-e (Thq)
10 (07) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
11 (06) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
12 (08) Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
13 (10) The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
14 (16) Ben 10: Protector Of Earth (D3p)
15 (09) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
16 (__) Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
17 (19) Big Beach Sports (Thq)
18 (20) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
19 (13) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
20 (17) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)

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Denmark :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 36, 2008

01 (__) Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) Wall-e (Thq)
04 (05) Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
07 (11) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
08 (06) Grand Theft Auto IV (K.e. Media)
09 (10) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Activision Blizzard)
10 (14) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
11 (20) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Activision Blizzard)
12 (18) Madden Nfl 09 (Electronic Arts)
13 (19) Pixeline: Trafiksikker (Krea Medie)
14 (__) Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
15 (__) Pixeline 2: Hulen I Træet (Krea Medie)
16 (__) Pixeline: Engelsk (Krea Medie)
17 (__) Pixeline 6: For Fulde Sejl (Krea Medie)
18 (__) Counter-strike 1: Anthology (Electronic Arts)
19 (17) Buzz! Quiz Tv (Nordisk Film)
20 (15) The Sims 2: Ikea Home Stuff (Electronic Arts)

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Netherlands :
Week 36, 2008

01 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (03) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
06 (__) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
07 (07) [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
08 (__) [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
09 (05) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto 4 (Take 2 Interactive)
10 (__) [WII] Sports Island (Konami)

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France :
Week 35, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (06) [PS3] Soulcalibur IV (Ubisoft)
04 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
05 (05) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
06 (04) [PS3] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
07 (09) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (10) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
09 (07) [360] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
10 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)

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Archive :
Week 35
Week 34
Week 33
Week 32
Week 31

[Raist]

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Italy :


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Norway :
Week 35, 2008 - All Formats

Consoles
01 (16) Wall-E (THQ)
02 (08) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
03 (06) Buzz: Quiz TV (Sony)
04 (01) Beijing 2008 (Sega)
05 (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
06 (04) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Activision)
07 (03) Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)
08 (09) Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
09 (05) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
10 (17) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
11 (__) Too Human (Microsoft)
12 (12) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
13 (07) Soul Calibur IV (Ubisoft)
14 (13) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami)
15 (10) Kung Fu Panda (Activision)
16 (15) Race Driver: Grid (Codemasters)
17 (18) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
18 (__) Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)
19 (11) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
20 (__) Buzz: The Pop Quiz (Sony)

Handhelds
01 (02) Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
02 (05) Wall-E (THQ)
03 (01) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
04 (04) Nintendogs (Nintendo)
05 (03) Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (Nintendo)
06 (06) Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)
07 (__) Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
08 (07) High School Musical 2: Work This Out (Disney Interactive)
09 (__) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
10 (__) Hannah Montana: Music Jam (Disney Interactive)

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Finland :
Week 35+36, 2008 - All Formats

01 (01) Singstar SuomiRock (Sony)
02 (__) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) Spore (Electronic Arts)
04 (02) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
05 (__) Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
06 (03) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
07 (05) Counter-Strike Source (Electronic Arts)
08 (04) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
09 (07) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
10 (09) Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)

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Sweden :
Week 36, 2008

01 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
03 (08) [PS2] Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
04 (__) [360] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
05 (06) [PC] World of Warcraft (Vivendi Games)
06 (09) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (Electronic Arts)
07 (03) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
08 (__) [PS3] Buzz! Quiz TV (Sony)
09 (05) [PC] World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Vivendi Games)
10 (14) [PC] World of Warcraft Battlechest (Vivendi Games)
11 (15) [360] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
12 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
13 (02) [Wii] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14 (04) [PC] The Sims 2: Ikea Home Stuff (Electronic Arts)
15 (10) [PC] The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
16 (07) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (Sony)
17 (__) [PS2] Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 (Atari)
18 (__) [PS2] Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
19 (12) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
20 (__) [PC] Counter-Strike Source (Electronic Arts)

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Germany :
Week 36, 2008

01 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (03) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
04 (04) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
05 (07) [NDS] More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
07 (09) [PS3] Uncharted : Drake's Fortune (Sony)
08 (05) [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
09 (__) [PS2] Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 (Namco Bandai)
10 (08) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

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Australia :
Week 36, 2008

01 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (05) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (04) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (08) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
07 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
08 (09) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) [NDS] More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
10 (__) [WII] Guitar Hero III Double Pack (Activision)

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New Zealand :
Week 36, 2008

01 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
04 (04) [PS2] Rugby 2008 (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (08) [360] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
07 (02) [360] Too Human (Microsoft)
08 (07) [PSP] Secret Agent Clank (SCE)
09 (09) [PC] The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)

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Week 37 Releases for Consoles (September 8th ~ September 13th) :

WII
*Ferrari Challenge
*Opoona
*Pimp My Ride
*Rock Band
*TNA Impact!

360
*NHL 09
*NHL 2K9
*Supreme Commander
*TNA Impact!
*Warhammer: Battle March

PS3
*NHL 09
*NHL 2K9
*Rock Band
*TNA Impact!

NDS
*Bakushow
*Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen
*Picto Image
*Subbuteo

PSP
*none

PS2
*Ferrari Challenge
*NHL 2K9
*Rock Band
*Sea Monsters
*TNA Impact!

[Blablurn]

I wonder how big the Rock Band impact is going to be.

[dabra]

Sweden
August

01 (__) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
02 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PC] The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff (Electronic Arts)
04 (07) [360] Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
05 (11) [PS2] Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (Activision)
06 (19) [PC] World of Warcraft (Vivendi Games)
07 (01) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PC] World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Vivendi Games)
09 (05) [PS2] Guitar Hero Aerosmith (Activision)
10 (__) [PC] The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
11 (__) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (Electronic Arts)
12 (20) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (SCE)
13 (__) [PC] World of Warcraft Battlechest (Vivendi Games)
14 (09) [360] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
15 (12) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
16 (__) [PS3] Soulcalibur Iv (Ubisoft)
17 (__) [360] Soulcalibur Iv (Ubisoft)
18 (03) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
19 (__) [PC] The Sims 2 Kök & badrum (Electronic Arts)
20 (__) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits (SCE)

[Tntnnbltn]

Sweden August 20 (__) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits (SCE)

Is that the original SingStar Svenska Hits from 2005? Talk about legs!

[JonathanEx]

I wonder how big the Rock Band impact is going to be.

Nonexistant.

[carlosp]

i bought Guitar Hero 1 with the guitar for 19 Euro on Friday :) Cant wait to get the other episodes and download tones of stuff from psn.

[frankie_baby]

are the uk charts up yet? i'd check myself but i'm brosing on a wii and it dont work

[kottila]

are the uk charts up yet? i'd check myself but i'm brosing on a wii and it dont work

yep: http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.j....jsp&ct=110032

EA triple on the top 40

[felipeko]

UK :
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK 36, September 2008
01 (__) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
07 (12) [WII] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
09 (04) [WII] Big Beach Sports (Thq)
10 (10) [360] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
11 (11) [PS3] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
12 (08) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
13 (06) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
14 (09) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
15 (05) [360] Too Human (Microsoft)
16 (13) [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)
17 (14) [NDS] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
18 (16) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
19 (17) [NDS] Wall-e (Thq)
20 (__) [360] Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise (Microsoft)
21 (__) [PC] S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Clear Sky (Koch Media)
22 (31) [NDS] Scrabble Interactive: 2007 Edition (Ubisoft)
23 (__) [360] Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix Europe)
24 (15) [360] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
25 (__) [NDS] Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
26 (22) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
27 (21) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
28 (26) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
29 (19) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
30 (25) [WII] Sports Party (Ubisoft)
31 (18) [PS3] Beijing 2008 (Sega)
32 (34) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
33 (__) [NDS] Driving Theory Training (Atari)
34 (27) [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (Konami)
35 (23) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
36 (__) [NDS] Spore Creatures (Electronic Arts)
37 (__) [WII] Family Ski (Nintendo)
38 (29) [WII] Wall-e (Thq)
39 (__) [PC] Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
40 (20) [WII] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
DS = 12
Wii = 12
PS3 = 6
X360 = 6
PC = 4

[JonnyBrad]

As expected Tiger Woods Wii goes up...

[APZonerunner]

Wow. a PC game at number 1. Take a good look, this is the last time you'll see that until The Sims 3.

(Maybe Red Alert 3 next month.. but I doubt it)

[later]

Tiger Woods Wii goes up!

[Timber]

20 (__) [360] Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise (Microsoft)
21 (__) [PC] S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Clear Sky (Koch Media)
23 (__) [360] Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix Europe)

LAME

[Xyphie]

20 (__) [360] Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise (Microsoft)

Support your fellow countrymen. :(

[iceatcs]

Mercenaries 2 doing really well on both versions but the advert media is deffo help the sale.
I am sort of surprise that Spore take the top chart after strong Wii softwares but it is good news.

Too bad for Viva Piñata and Infinite Undiscovery, hope it will have some legs.

[nli10]

No DS games in the top 10? Not even Train Braining? :(


Driving Theory Training is beginning it's accent to the top though (or at least had decent 2nd week sales).


Apparently MORrisONS UK are doing half price chart games atm (£15 DS, £20 Wii, £25 HD) so if you fancy the new stuff it's worth a trip.

[Count Dookkake]

Remember when people were crowing the Tiger Woods Wii was behind the others?

[Iksenpets]

Surprisingly strong opening for Mercs, really disappointing opening for Viva. Too Human takes a harsh drop, too, but I guess that's expected.

[pswii60]

Support your fellow countrymen. :(

The first Viva Pinata didn't even chart in the Top 40.

I haven't seen a single TV ad for this VP, so given the userbase of the 360 I'm surprise it even charted.

What the hell is the point in 'diversifying' with games like this if you aren't going to market them? Wii games have legs because they're still being advertised endlessly on the TV. MS need to wise up. It's almost like Sega in the Dreamcast days. Only they have money, they're just not using it.

[Fuzz Rez]

I'm glad Spore is doing well and it's good to see that S.t.a.l.k.e.r. Clear Sky did well.

[Parl]

Remember when people were crowing the Tiger Woods Wii was behind the others?

Some were, some weren't. The ones that act as if the days following the first three days of sales are pointless for a publisher and Sales-Age , are silly.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

I was going to say "damn" about IU but then I remembered FFIV. It is #20 in the NDS top50. Damnnn.

[Zzoram]

Spore is selling, that's a good sign. There was concern about how they would market the game to casuals.

[Totalriot]

Wow. a PC game at number 1. Take a good look, this is the last time you'll see that until The Sims 3. (Maybe Red Alert 3 next month.. but I doubt it)

Wrath of the Lich King will definatley be at the top spot and Warhammer Online has also a good chance.

[Second]

FF4 tanked?

How did FF3?

[GarthVaderUK]

UK All Formats chart info:

EA's Mercenaries fires-up Chart EA knock themselves off the top of the All Formats Chart this week, but it’s not the critically acclaimed ‘Spore’ which grabs top spot, rather the explosive ‘Mercenaries 2: World in Flames’. ‘Mercenaries 2’ sells 60% on Xbox 360 and 33% on PS3 with the remainer on PS2 and PC. ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ is the only game in the All Formats Top 10 to rise in sales, up 9% on last week, but it still has to settle for 2nd place. ‘Spore’, designed by Sims creator Will Wright is only 1,162 units behind at No3, handing EA a clean sweep of the Top 3 games. Sales of ‘Spore’ account for 53% of all full priced PC games sold this week. The rest of the All Formats Top 10 all shuffle amongst themselves with Nintendo still making its presence felt in the Top 10 despite ‘Wii Fit’ dropping one place to No4, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ slipping from No2 to No6 and ‘Wii Play’ down 2 places to No7. Take 2 continue to celebrate strong sales of ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’, down from No4 to No5, while Sega’s ‘Mario and Sonic’ is down from No6 to No8. THQ hang on in the All Formats Top 10 with ‘Big Beach Sports’ down 2 places to No9 and ‘Wall-E’ is a non-mover at No10. This week’s remaining non-EA new releases are all outside the Top 20: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ‘Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise’ at No23, Deep Silver’s PC ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky’ at No25 and Square-Enix’s Xbox 360 ‘Infinite Undiscovery’ at No28. Sales increases in the 2nd week of release see DS titles from Ubisoft and Atari break into the Top 40: ‘Imagine: Teacher’ at No31 and ‘Driving Theory Training’ at No39.

[pswii60]

‘Mercenaries 2’ sells 60% on Xbox 360 and 33% on PS3

This shit is weird. Tiger Woods was almost neck and neck on both formats last week, and yet this for Mercs 2. Then again, Mercs 2 has guns, and...

EDIT: I'm surprised Infinite Undiscovery charted at all. Niche JRPG, poor reviews, no real marketing. Seems like there are some seriously starved JRPG fans this generation.

[Raist]

Ireland :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 36, 2008

01 (01) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) Spore (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (12) Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
07 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (11) Wii Play (Nintendo)
09 (05) Wall-e (Thq)
10 (07) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
11 (06) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
12 (08) Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
13 (10) The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
14 (16) Ben 10: Protector Of Earth (D3p)
15 (09) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
16 (__) Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
17 (19) Big Beach Sports (Thq)
18 (20) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
19 (13) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
20 (17) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)




France :
Early Top 5 - Week 35, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (06) [PS3] Soulcalibur IV (Sega)
04 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
05 (05) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

[Raist]

DP

[Nolan.]

There's just too many games releasing within the same period for the 360 I think. If a game like Infinite undiscovery is going to sell well its going to need all the help it can get. Having a lot of other good games being released too isn't help, oh well it might sell well in N/a :( .

[APZonerunner]

20 for Viva isn't bad. I expect Viva to sell a lot over a long period, rather than a shitload in a month.

[Phife Dawg]

Hooray for Spore - my copy hasn't arrived yet :(.

Tiger Woods Wii does what we all expected and will continue to do so - hopefully they'll have a 100% compelling product ready for '10. M&S still holding strong even after the Olympics is really mindboggling, the DS version made quite the jump this week.

I would have liked higher entries for Stalker and Viva but it was to be expected.

Interesting that SE Europe is publishing IU.

[RJT]

Great for Spore. STALKER isn't bad either, on line with console niche products (like IU). Football Manager also deserves the love. One of the best series ever.

WiiPC > PS360

hooray!!!!

[APZonerunner]

FF4 tanked? How did FF3?

Not Charting =/= Tanking

It'll sell. Just slowly but surely. FF3 DS sold pretty well in EU, FF1 and 2 on PSP did also, but these aren't games that chart and more games that slow-burn outside the chart. As of these chart figures being published it'd only been out for 2 days.

[cjelly]

I was certain Too Human would be out of the Top 40 already.

[Spiegel]

Not Charting =/= Tanking It'll sell. Just slowly but surely. FF3 DS sold pretty well in EU, FF1 and 2 on PSP did also, but these aren't games that chart and more games that slow-burn outside the chart. As of these chart figures being published it'd only been out for 2 days.

FF3 debuted at 2 in the DS chart and 11 in the all formats (all prices) chart

http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.js...r=2007&week=18

FF4 has tanked badly

[Raist]

[test_account]

Hooray for Spore - my copy hasn't arrived yet :(. Tiger Woods Wii does what we all expected and will continue to do so - hopefully they'll have a 100% compelling product ready for '10. M&S still holding strong even after the Olympics is really mindboggling, the DS version made quite the jump this week. I would have liked higher entries for Stalker and Viva but it was to be expected. Interesting that SE Europe is publishing IU.

Paralymics started about 2 days ago :) I dont know if that will boost too much sales of M&S though, but i think this game will keep on selling good atleast to christmas 2008, and mayb even longer :)

[nli10]

M&S still holding strong even after the Olympics is really mindboggling, the DS version made quite the jump this week.

Mario & Sonic are at the Paralympics now. Blind football is amazing!


And as for FFIV tanking only 5 PS2 final fantasy games have sold over 100,000 copies since 2001.
If Square want to get FF to sell on the DS in the UK they are going to have to call it Imagine:Nerdy Boyfriend.

[Threi]

IT BEGINS

[cleveridea]

nice. loving mercenaries 2, be cool to get a sequel. eurogamer 5/10. never forget.

[RJT]

IT BEGINS

What? PC to dominate the charts?

[Fady K]

Family Ski.
Driving Theory Training.
Sports Party
Imagine Teacher
Scrabble Interactive
Carnival: Funfair Games. (x2)
Big Beach Sports.

As a Nintendo fan, im not too proud of their software domination on their platforms when this is most of what it consists of.

[nli10]

What? PC to dominate the charts?

Nope. As Spore is both PC AND MAC out of the box I feel a new Era of Mac gaming approaching. Or at least I would if it worked on my non intel Mac. Fuckers.

Family Ski. Driving Theory Training. Sports Party Imagine Teacher Scrabble Interactive Carnival: Funfair Games. (x2) Big Beach Sports. As a Nintendo fan, im not too proud of their software domination on their platforms when this is most of what it consists of.

If you ignore their top 4 selling titles this week, then yeah... ;)

[Jammy]

Family Ski. Driving Theory Training. Sports Party Imagine Teacher Scrabble Interactive Carnival: Funfair Games. (x2) Big Beach Sports. As a Nintendo fan, im not too proud of their software domination on their platforms when this is most of what it consists of.

When Sony was dominating it was virtually the same thing, only with Harry Potter, Need for Speed, etc.

[Phife Dawg]

Paralymics started about 2 days ago :) I dont know if that will boost too much sales of M&S though, but i think this game will keep on selling good atleast to christmas 2008, and mayb even longer :)

I know it was half in jest but does anyone actually care about the Paralympics? I sure don't.

IT BEGINS

PC resurgence incoming - prepare for massive gaming bliss.

Family Ski. Driving Theory Training. Sports Party Imagine Teacher Scrabble Interactive Carnival: Funfair Games. (x2) Big Beach Sports. As a Nintendo fan, im not too proud of their software domination on their platforms when this is most of what it consists of.

Fanily Ski isn't half bad (albeit way too expensive).

[jrricky]

Family Ski. Driving Theory Training. Sports Party Imagine Teacher Scrabble Interactive Carnival: Funfair Games. (x2) Big Beach Sports. As a Nintendo fan, im not too proud of their software domination on their platforms when this is most of what it consists of.

You seem to think that Nintendo made those games. You need a wake up call.

And where the hell is Mercs 2 for the PS2 in those charts?

[Fady K]

If you ignore their top 4 selling titles this week, then yeah... ;)

Im actually proud of their top 4. Well except for Wii Play =P

When Sony was dominating it was virtually the same thing, only with Harry Potter, Need for Speed, etc.

Yeah but thats not as bad as this. If it was I would have also named the Tiger Woods games on my list.

You seem to think that Nintendo made those games. You need a wake up call. And where the hell is Mercs 2 for the PS2 in those charts?

I know Nintendo didnt make any of those games, I should have been more clear, sorry. I meant not proud of *whats selling* software-wise on the Nintendo platforms.

[test_account]

I know it was half in jest but does anyone actually care about the Paralympics? I sure don't.

Ok :) Personally i dont have too much interest in the Paralympics, but i guess several of people do, especially the people who have a physical handicap in some way and especially if they are interested in sport as well, if i should guess that is, but i dont know.