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PAL Charts - Week 52, 2008

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Many many thanks to Raist, felipeko and BishopLamont for taking their time doing it every week!
Thanks to dabra, Captain Smoker, Frankfurter, donny2112, test_account, Phife Dawg, tiong_fi, sensi97, 830920, Verve and Kurosaki Ichigo for their contribution.

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UK:
Chart-Track said:
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.
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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.)

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Denmark:
Week 52, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
04 (06) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
05 (12) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.E. Media)
06 (04) Singstar Abba (Nordisk Film)
07 (05) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Pan Vision)
08 (07) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
09 (10) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
10 (15) Fallout 3 (Ubisoft)
11 (__) Littlebigplanet (Nordisk Film)
12 (08) Crash: Mind Over Mutant (Activision Blizzard)
13 (09) Football Manager 2009 (Pan Vision)
14 (17) Wii Play (Nintendo)
15 (19) Counter-Strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision Blizzard)
18 (14) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
19 (18) The Legend Of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon (Activision Blizzard)
20 (16) Disney Sing It (K.E. Media)

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Netherlands:

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France:
Early Top 5 - Week 51, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (04) [WII] Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
05 (06) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

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Norway:
Week 51, 2008 - All Formatshttp://www.vg.no/spill/topp20konsoll.hbs?liste=2&uke=53&aar=2008

Consoles
01 (01) Singstar Abba (Sony)
02 (02) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)
03 (03) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
06 (07) Disney: Sing it (Disney Interactive)
07 (06) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
08 (10) Little Big Planet (Sony)
09 (17) Buzz: Quiz TV (Sony)
10 (08) Lego Batman: The Video Game (Warner Brothers Interactive)
11 (15) High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! (Disney Interactive)
12 (12) Lips (Microsoft)
13 (09) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14 (13) The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Activision)
15 (11) Quantum of Solace: The Game (Activision)
16 (19) Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
17 (14) Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)
18 (__) Sonic Unleashed (Sega)
19 (16) Crash: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
20 (20) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
Handheld
01 (01) Littlest Pet Shop (DS) (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
03 (03) Josefine og Drømmespeilet (Pan Vision)
04 (07) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
05 (10) Nintendogs (Nintendo)
06 (04) Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
07 (09) Crash: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
08 (__) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
09 (08) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (05) High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive)
PC
01 (01) Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
02 (02) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)
03 (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
04 (05) The Sims 2: Byliv (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
06 (08) The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (07) Spore (Electronic Arts)
08 (06) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Talljakten (Pan Vision)
10 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Bokstavjungelen (Pan Vision)

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Finland :
Week 51+52, 2008 - All Formats

01 (02) SingStar SuomiRock (Sony)
02 (01) SingStar ABBA (Sony)
03 (06) Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision-Blizzard)
04 (03) NHL 09 (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant (Activision-Blizzard)
06 (07) Need For Speed Undercover (Electronic Arts)
07 (08) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
08 (09) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision-Blizzard)
09 (04) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
10 (__) Lego Batman (Warner Bros.)

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Sweden :
Week 51, 2008

01 (01) [PS2] Singstar Abba
02 (02) [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
03 (03) [PS2] Guitar Hero: World Tour
04 (04) [Wii] Wii Fit
05 (08) [DS] New Super Mario Bros
06 (07) [360] Guitar Hero: World Tour
07 (05) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
08 (06) [Wii] Guitar Hero: World Tour
09 (20) [Wii] Wii Play
10 (11) [360] FIFA 09
11 (15) [PS2] FIFA 09
12 (10) [360] Lips
13 (09) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits Schlager
14 (__) [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy
15 (__) [PS2] Need for Speed Undercover
16 (__) [PS3] Guitar Hero: World Tour
17 (18) [PC] The Sims 2 Livet i lägenhet
18 (__) [Wii] Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
19 (17) [360] Need for Speed Undercover
20 (19) [PS3] Singstar Abba

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Germany:
Week 51, 2008

01 (02) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
02 (03) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (07) [PS2] Singstar Schlager (Sony Computer Entertainment)
04 (06) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
05 (09) [NDS] Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
06 (05) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [PS2] Singstar Abba (Sony Computer Entertainment)
08 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
09 (10) [PS2] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)

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New Zealand :
 
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Elios83

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Francias Castiglione said:
Seems the UK doesn't know the REAL TRUTH about Tomb Raider Underworld!!!!!! :lol
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Underworld is being given for free through a 360 bundle, the same doesn't apply for the PS3 version which is only available as a standalone full price game.
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
John Dunbar said:
Hasn't it had huge price drops, though? It's £25 on Amazon UK and a couple days ago when I checked it was like £17.
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It's 7 in the value charts. Judging by the value charts the last couple of weeks, the average unit value hasn't been as low, or at least any lower, than some other titles that have been bumped-by-discount, and LBP has hung on longer than others that have been discounted too.

It might also have something to do with word spreading of it being a fantastic game :p

Who really cares though? It's a great game selling to more people, which is a good thing in any case.

I'd be really curious to see numbers for the UK alone over the last month. It's been top 10 for 3 of the busiest weeks of the year, which can't be an inconsiderable amount of games.
 
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Pancakes R Us

Member
John Dunbar said:
Hasn't it had huge price drops, though? It's £25 on Amazon UK and a couple days ago when I checked it was like £17.
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Yes, quite heavy discounting in a lot of places and bundling, too...though I'm not sure bundles count in sales. Either way, I am glad it is getting into consumers' hands.

For what was the cheapest console out there, Wii software remains full price for extremely long periods of time compared to the HD consoles. I mean, I don't own a PS3 or 360 (hope to next year), but if I did, I'd never buy software for either of these consoles on day 1. Nearly everything seems to get discounted within a couple of weeks of release (Fable 2, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space...being just some examples). It's crazy. All in all, the more expensive consoles really wouldn't be that expensive in the long run ;)
 
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John Dunbar said:
Hasn't it had huge price drops, though? It's £25 on Amazon UK and a couple days ago when I checked it was like £17.
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Was LBP like £17 a couple of days ago again and did Amazon sell the game themself? LBP was about £17 maybe a week ago or so on Amazon, but then it was not sold by Amazon themself if i recall correctly. I am not sure how much it actually matters if Amazon sells the game(s) themself or not though, as long as you can get it for that price, but i just wanted to mention it :) But £17 for LBP still a great price i must say no matter which retailer that is selling it :)
 
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DMeisterJ

Banned
DemonSwordsman said:
Whats wrong with the servers? They seem to run fine for me. Or is it a euro thing?
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Joining someone or inviting someone is sometimes an exercise in futility. I have High-speed internet (cable), and it's connected, and I almost can never join. Or no one can join me.

And the kicker is that it was fine a few weeks ago. I think what happened is that the servers are getting slammed from all the people who may have bought this for Christmas, or maybe that's wishful thinking.

Whatever the case, it also takes ages to get into user-created levels.

John Dunbar said:
Hasn't it had huge price drops, though? It's £25 on Amazon UK and a couple days ago when I checked it was like £17.
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Gears 2 is also like 25 pounds on Amazon. So is Fallout 3. Point?
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
DMeisterJ said:
Joining someone or inviting someone is sometimes an exercise in futility. I have High-speed internet (cable), and it's connected, and I almost can never join. Or no one can join me.

And the kicker is that it was fine a few weeks ago. I think what happened is that the servers are getting slammed from all the people who may have bought this for Christmas, or maybe that's wishful thinking.

Whatever the case, it also takes ages to get into user-created levels.
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OT, but..

These problems must be localised for some users (either server-side in certain areas, or client-side due to connections)..I've mostly had a fine online experience. There was bad lag with a couple of people I tried to play with, but with most others it's been fine.

(This is from experience up to and including the weekend just past).

Some people have said they've problems with LBP but not with other games, which leads me to suspect it's less tolerant of certain types of connection than other games. But these problems are by no means universal.
 
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Professor Layton must've had HUGE shortages; 2nd hand copies in the UK could fetch up to £50 online sometimes over the Christmas period, way more than the game costs brand new.

If they had the supplies that game would've done stonkingly good, and quite rightly too.
 
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markatisu

Member
bcn-ron said:
CNN Money: funfair games a sinking ship, sales plummet.
WSJ: hope fades for Funfair Games as a Comeback Player.
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I hope that was sarcasm because the comparison to the PS3 news threads is in no way similar.

Carnival Games is a shovelware title that has amassed huge sales and massive profit. the PS3 is a expensive piece of hardware that has consistently lost money and is having trouble finding its footing in a 3 console race
 
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Frillen

Member
DMeisterJ said:
Joining someone or inviting someone is sometimes an exercise in futility. I have High-speed internet (cable), and it's connected, and I almost can never join. Or no one can join me.

And the kicker is that it was fine a few weeks ago. I think what happened is that the servers are getting slammed from all the people who may have bought this for Christmas, or maybe that's wishful thinking.

Whatever the case, it also takes ages to get into user-created levels.



Gears 2 is also like 25 pounds on Amazon. So is Fallout 3. Point?
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Aren't you the same DJMeister that hangs on VGChartZZZ and claims they are reliable numbers?
 
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SupahBlah

Banned
Pancakes R Us said:
Yes, quite heavy discounting in a lot of places and bundling, too...though I'm not sure bundles count in sales. Either way, I am glad it is getting into consumers' hands.

For what was the cheapest console out there, Wii software remains full price for extremely long periods of time compared to the HD consoles. I mean, I don't own a PS3 or 360 (hope to next year), but if I did, I'd never buy software for either of these consoles on day 1. Nearly everything seems to get discounted within a couple of weeks of release (Fable 2, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space...being just some examples). It's crazy. All in all, the more expensive consoles really wouldn't be that expensive in the long run ;)
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I think only bundles done by the console manufacturers (in the box themselves) aren't counted LBP is just in store bundles, usually they just pick them off the shelves and scan them in.

LBP has been heavily discounted but I believe its back up to full price pretty much everywhere now.

Underworld has been getting advertised heavily with a 360 jump in at the end as well as being cheap and available in a bundle which probably explains the big difference between both console versions.

Prince of Persia will be disappointing for Ubisoft, all I ever see the advert for it and its even been updated to say its £20 at Argos.

More bullshit with Layton, the game is simply nowhere to be found it would have been number one throughout all December/Christmas if they had enough copies to stock.

My parents ask me about Layton. :lol
 
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dejan

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Elios83 said:
Underworld is being given for free through a 360 bundle, the same doesn't apply for the PS3 version which is only available as a standalone full price game.
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So what you're saying is that the Xbox360 must be selling like hotcakes in the UK.
 
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Sweden :
Week 51, 2008

01 (01) [PS2] Singstar Abba
02 (02) [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
03 (03) [PS2] Guitar Hero: World Tour
04 (04) [Wii] Wii Fit
05 (08) [DS] New Super Mario Bros
06 (07) [360] Guitar Hero: World Tour
07 (05) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
08 (06) [Wii] Guitar Hero: World Tour
09 (20) [Wii] Wii Play
10 (11) [360] FIFA 09
11 (15) [PS2] FIFA 09
12 (10) [360] Lips
13 (09) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits Schlager
14 (__) [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy
15 (__) [PS2] Need for Speed Undercover
16 (__) [PS3] Guitar Hero: World Tour
17 (18) [PC] The Sims 2 Livet i lägenhet
18 (__) [Wii] Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
19 (17) [360] Need for Speed Undercover
20 (19) [PS3] Singstar Abba
 
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Norway:
Week 51, 2008 - All Formatshttp://www.vg.no/spill/topp20konsoll.hbs?liste=2&uke=53&aar=2008

Consoles
01 (01) Singstar Abba (Sony)
02 (02) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)
03 (03) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
06 (07) Disney: Sing it (Disney Interactive)
07 (06) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
08 (10) Little Big Planet (Sony)
09 (17) Buzz: Quiz TV (Sony)
10 (08) Lego Batman: The Video Game (Warner Brothers Interactive)
11 (15) High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! (Disney Interactive)
12 (12) Lips (Microsoft)
13 (09) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14 (13) The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Activision)
15 (11) Quantum of Solace: The Game (Activision)
16 (19) Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
17 (14) Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)
18 (__) Sonic Unleashed (Sega)
19 (16) Crash: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
20 (20) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
Handheld
01 (01) Littlest Pet Shop (DS) (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
03 (03) Josefine og Drømmespeilet (Pan Vision)
04 (07) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
05 (10) Nintendogs (Nintendo)
06 (04) Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
07 (09) Crash: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
08 (__) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
09 (08) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (05) High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive)
PC
01 (01) Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
02 (02) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)
03 (03) Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
04 (05) The Sims 2: Byliv (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
06 (08) The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (07) Spore (Electronic Arts)
08 (06) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Talljakten (Pan Vision)
10 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Bokstavjungelen (Pan Vision)
 
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Burai

shitonmychest57
Good to see Wii Music dying a death.

It's got legs like Stephen Hawking. Yeah, you can see them but they aren't worth shit.
 
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spwolf

Member
gofreak said:
It's 7 in the value charts. Judging by the value charts the last couple of weeks, the average unit value hasn't been as low, or at least any lower, than some other titles that have been bumped-by-discount, and LBP has hung on longer than others that have been discounted too.

It might also have something to do with word spreading of it being a fantastic game :p

Who really cares though? It's a great game selling to more people, which is a good thing in any case.

I'd be really curious to see numbers for the UK alone over the last month. It's been top 10 for 3 of the busiest weeks of the year, which can't be an inconsiderable amount of games.
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exactly, which means it is actually less discounted than other top 10 titles :lol
 
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Xavien

Member
Verve said:
does wiifit have supply issues in the UK again?
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Yes, most stores are selling wii fit as part of some £110 bundle, finding Wii Fit on its own is real hard, most retailers are importing them from Europe and sticking a £30-40 premium on them.

On ebay.co.uk, Wii Fits go for £110-£130 depending on the demand. Nintendo really really needs to up shipping of the damn things to the UK.

Edit: For reference RRP for Wii Fit is £69.99
 
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jesusraz

Member
I'm surprised 100 Classic Book Collection didn't chart, considering it was the 10th Best Seller at Amazon UK over the weekend (now sold out), it's the No.1 selling DS game at Play.com, it's sold out at HMV, it's one of the best sellers at GAME and copies are going for more than the RRP on eBay (for example, I'm selling the cartridge alone and it's already at £18.75 with over a day left!).
 
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RJT

Member
gofreak said:
It's 7 in the value charts. Judging by the value charts the last couple of weeks, the average unit value hasn't been as low, or at least any lower, than some other titles that have been bumped-by-discount, and LBP has hung on longer than others that have been discounted too.
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Some games should have much lower prices to start with. Things like Little Big Planet, Bloom Box, Blast Works, World of Goo (the PAL retail version), and so on. Yeah, I know these are great games, and are worth full price. But they sell a lot better at a lower price and I'm sure it would benefit the publishers (they should look up Price Elasticity in an encyclopedia).
 
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Elios83

Member
dejan said:
So what you're saying is that the Xbox360 must be selling like hotcakes in the UK.
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Yes it seems to be doing really well considering the jump a few 360 titles are enjoying.
 
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Burai

shitonmychest57
jesusraz said:
I'm surprised 100 Classic Book Collection didn't chart, considering it was the 10th Best Seller at Amazon UK over the weekend (now sold out), it's the No.1 selling DS game at Play.com, it's sold out at HMV, it's one of the best sellers at GAME and copies are going for more than the RRP on eBay (for example, I'm selling the cartridge alone and it's already at £18.75 with over a day left!).
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It was only released on the 26th. This chart week ends on the 27th.
 
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Burai

shitonmychest57
cjelly said:
It's the same for every new release.
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You can't see why a game released the day after Christmas and registering 2 days of sales might not sell as many as those available in the run-up to the biggest gift buying holiday of the year and registering 6?
 
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nli10

Member
jesusraz said:
I'm surprised 100 Classic Book Collection didn't chart, considering it was the 10th Best Seller at Amazon UK over the weekend (now sold out), it's the No.1 selling DS game at Play.com, it's sold out at HMV, it's one of the best sellers at GAME and copies are going for more than the RRP on eBay (for example, I'm selling the cartridge alone and it's already at £18.75 with over a day left!).
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39 in the DS alone chart - DS games traditionally rise in their 2nd week. Perfectly placed to get in on the 'game for my new DS crowd'.

Wii Music is still doing better than most people thought, even if it is down this week to 12th on Wii (not seen it discounted like 3rd party titles tho). Played it at the parents and it's actually a lot more involving than I'd thought.

LBP seems to be the go to game for new PS3 owners. Hooray!

Lock's Quest is £12.50 in GameStation this week so I picked that up instead of the big name titles that will continue to price collapse their way through Jan. COD is vastly reduced in GS this week too so expect that to stay high next week.

Burai said:
You can't see why a game released the day after Christmas and registering 2 days of sales might not sell as many as those available in the run-up to the biggest gift buying holiday of the year and registering 6?
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The boxing day sales on Fri, followed by a Sale Saturday would see massive amounts of people in the stores. It's no different to any other week of the year really - especially as there is one day missing as you pointed out (although online sales on the 25th in the UK would still see action). Casual games, esp. those on DS and Wii rarely have explosive starts and tend to rise in the following week. With the level of discounted stock out there at the moment and the length of the queues I think everything in the main top 40 is selling good chunks - expect the next ELSPA blurb to have a lot of 100k titles.
 
jesusraz

jesusraz

Member
nli10 said:
39 in the DS alone chart - DS games traditionally rise in their 2nd week. Perfectly placed to get in on the 'game for my new DS crowd'.
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Exactly, especially with Nintendo's big TV advertising campaign. I haven't seen any myself, but I know the plan was to start the ads a couple of days before Christmas and hope to pick up the post-Xmas sales. At least it started in the Top 50, unlike poor Fire Emblem, which still hasn't crept in. I fully expect 100 Classic Book Collection to rise up next week, but the sold out sites are saying up to three weeks before despatch. Actually, that's not too worrying as Prof. Layton had the same problem (and is still suffering it seems) and managed to bounce back into the Top 10 last week when re-stocked.

I'm really surprised Nintendo didn't push these two, though: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness and Trauma Center: New Blood. Why not try to capitalise on sales of each one's predecessor? Odd.
 
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Jokeropia

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spwolf said:
exactly, which means it is actually less discounted than other top 10 titles :lol
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Not necessarily, because other top 10 titles are also higher in the value charts or have lower MSRP to begin with.
 
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spwolf

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Jokeropia said:
Not necessarily, because other top 10 titles are also higher in the value charts or have lower MSRP to begin with.
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what exactly are you talking about? Its 7th in value charts, 10th in units charts... meaning it outsold, by revenue, 3 other titles to move up to 7th by revenue...

In the other words, if LBP was discounted more than other titles, it would lose places in revenue charts, not gain them.
 
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gofreak

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spwolf said:
what exactly are you talking about? Its 7th in value charts, 10th in units charts... meaning it outsold, by revenue, 3 other titles to move up to 7th by revenue...

In the other words, if LBP was discounted more than other titles, it would lose places in revenue charts, not gain them.
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Without knowing the actual units sold and value sold for each title, we can only say for sure that it had a higher average value than titles it both a) sold fewer units than, and b) sold greater value than (which this week means, Sonic and Mario.. in previous weeks there were other 'discounted' titles already mentioned that it was less discounted than, though..but those titles have since dropped off below LBP, so we can't really compare them for sure any more).

It may have had an equal or higher avg unit value than others, but without the missing figures we can't say for sure.
 
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Jokeropia

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spwolf said:
what exactly are you talking about? Its 7th in value charts, 10th in units charts... meaning it outsold, by revenue, 3 other titles to move up to 7th by revenue...

In the other words, if LBP was discounted more than other titles, it would lose places in revenue charts, not gain them.
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I should really ask you to simply read my post again (and try to comprehend it this time), but ok, I'll attempt to explain it as thoroughly as possible:

The titles that outsold LBP by units but not by value are Mario & Sonic, Wii Play and Brain Training. All of these have a lower MSRP (that is, the 'starting price' without any discounts) than LBP, and thus do not need to be "more discounted" than LBP for this to happen.
 
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spwolf

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gofreak said:
Without knowing the actual units sold and value sold for each title, we can only say for sure that it had a higher average value than titles it both a) sold fewer units than, and b) sold greater value than (which this week means, Sonic and Mario.. in previous weeks there were other 'discounted' titles already mentioned that it was less discounted than, though..but those titles have since dropped off below LBP, so we can't really compare them for sure any more).

It may have had an equal or higher avg unit value than others, but without the missing figures we can't say for sure.[/I]
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well, it certainly had higher average per unit sold if it outsold games that sold more units :).


Just because 1-2 stores heavily discount an item, does not mean average game sold is at that price. For instance Mario and Sonic sold for 20 GBP at Amazon while LBP was 18 GBP last week, and yet LBP jumped it over on average per unit sold.

What we do know, is that last week LBP generated 7th best revenue in the UK... quite important figure, because it is obviously creating a lot of revenue for publisher (7th best) despite what price it is selling at (or what we think it is selling at)...
 
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spwolf

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Jokeropia said:
The titles that outsold LBP by units but not by value are Mario & Sonic, Wii Play and Brain Training. All of these have a lower MSRP (that is, the 'starting price' without any discounts) than LBP, and thus do not need to be "more discounted" than LBP for this to happen.
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now we are getting techinical, eh? It is not only those Wii games - it could have been outsold by NFS for PS3, or FIFA PS3, or any other game that was behind it in units, if price that LBP was selling at was unique to it... which it wasnt, because obviously most games dropped prices for holidays.

Does not matter how you put it, LBP is 7th best revenue generator for week ending 27th of Dec in UK, no matter what the price is/was.

Obviously game has huge staying power.
 
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Jokeropia

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spwolf said:
now we are getting techinical, eh?
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Technical? I'm trying to use as simple terms as possible here and my point has been the same all along: the fact that LittleBigPlanet is higher on the value chart than the unit chart does not mean that it was "less discounted" than other games.
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if price that LBP was selling at was unique to it... which it wasnt
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That's what I said. It it not "less discounted" than other games.
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Obviously game has huge staying power.
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Looking at some other games up there in the chart, that really depends on how you define "huge".
 
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dabra

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Germany:
Week 51, 2008

01 (02) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
02 (03) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (07) [PS2] Singstar Schlager (Sony Computer Entertainment)
04 (06) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
05 (09) [NDS] Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
06 (05) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [PS2] Singstar Abba (Sony Computer Entertainment)
08 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
09 (10) [PS2] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
 
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Blablurn

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dabra said:
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Germany:
Week 51, 2008

01 (02) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
02 (03) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (07) [PS2] Singstar Schlager (Sony Computer Entertainment)
04 (06) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
05 (09) [NDS] Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
06 (05) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [PS2] Singstar Abba (Sony Computer Entertainment)
08 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
09 (10) [PS2] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
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hm =(


hm :-/

At least Singstar Schlager is fighting against the Nintendomination :lol :lol

And I hate my countrymen for not supporting Little Big Planet =(
 
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