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PAL Charts - Week 30, 2007

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Pokemon Diamond shines brightest

30/Jul/2007

Potter-mania is replaced by Poke-mania as Nintendo’s hugely successful franchise debuts with DS games ‘Pokemon Diamond’ at No1 and ‘Pokemon Pearl’ at No3. ‘Pokemon Diamond’ becomes the fastest selling DS game as well as the 2nd fastest selling Pokemon game, behind ‘Pokemon Yellow’ on Gameboy Colour which was released over 7 years ago.



Activision’s multi-format ‘Transformers: The Game’ almost spoils Nintendo’s party with the launch of the film helping boost sales by 76%, but failing to catch ‘Pokemon Diamond’ at the top by only 217 units. ‘Transformers: The Game’ remains at No2 in the All Formats Chart and holds on to top spot in the PS2 and Xbox 360 Charts with the PSP version climbing to No1 this week. ‘Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix’ falls from No1 to No4 as sales level out. There are now 4 DS exclusives and 2 Wii exclusives in the All Formats Top 10 (all published by Nintendo) with the remaining 4 Top 10 titles all released across a large number of formats (from publishers Activision and EA). ‘Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree’ proves that brain training is not just a DS phenomenon by increasing sales by 44% on its launch week, but falling one place to No5, while ‘Wii Play’ drops 2 places to No7 despite a rise in sales of 22%. Both brain training DS games continue to sell well despite ‘More Brain Training’ slipping 3 places to No6 and the original dropping one place to No9.

The All Formats Top 10 is rounded off by ‘Shrek the Third’ at No8 and ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07’ at No10, while there are new entries for ‘Rugby 08’ from EA at No22 and Activision’s DS game ‘Transformers: The Game – Autobot’ at No38.
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UK, All Price

Code: 
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES), WEEK ENDING 28 July 2007

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   TW     Title Developer Label Publisher 
-  1     POKEMON DIAMOND GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
2  2     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME TRAVELLER'S TALES ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
-  3     POKEMON PEARL GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
1  4     HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX EA UK EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
4  5     BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
3  6     MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
5  7     WII PLAY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
6  8     SHREK THE THIRD AMAZE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
8  9     DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
10  10     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 EA REDWOOD SHORES EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
9  11     COOKING MAMA OFFICE CREATE 505 GAMES 505 GAMES 
7  12     THE DARKNESS STARBREEZE 2K GAMES TAKE 2 
13  13     PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI 
20  14     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
11  15     PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS 
18  16     GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 
12  17     TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) RED STORM UBISOFT 
22  18     THE SIMS 2: PETS MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
24  19     RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN INSOMNIAC SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
16  20     NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
14  21     FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 
-  22     RUGBY 08 HB STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
15  23     MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED FOOTBALL NEXT LEVEL GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO 
35  24     MOTORSTORM EVOLUTION STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
26  25     CARS HELIXE THQ THQ 
27  26     THE SIMS 2 AMAZE ENTERTAINMENT EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
29  27     FIFA 07 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
-  28     SONIC RUSH SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA 
40  29     BIG BRAIN ACADEMY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
19  30     SPIDER-MAN 3 VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
32  31     FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 EA CHICAGO EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
28  32     FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA 
33  33     WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 YUKE'S THQ THQ 
17  34     TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS 
-  35     HAMSTERZ MTO UBISOFT UBISOFT 
-  36     ZOO TYCOON DS BLUE FANG THQ THQ 
34  37     THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
-  38     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME - AUTOBOT VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
38  39     WARIO WARE: SMOOTH MOVES INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS NINTENDO NINTENDO 
31  40     FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER 7 STUDIOS 2K GAMES TAKE 2

UK, Full Price

Code: 
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (FULL PRICE), WEEK ENDING 28 July 2007

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   TW     Title Developer Label Publisher 
-  1     POKEMON DIAMOND GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
2  2     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME TRAVELLER'S TALES ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
-  3     POKEMON PEARL GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
1  4     HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX EA UK EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
3  5     SHREK THE THIRD AMAZE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
4  6     THE DARKNESS STARBREEZE 2K GAMES TAKE 2 
6  7     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 EA REDWOOD SHORES EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
12  8     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
5  9     PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS 
15  10     RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN INSOMNIAC SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
7  11     FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 
-  12     RUGBY 08 HB STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
9  13     MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED FOOTBALL NEXT LEVEL GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO 
19  14     MOTORSTORM EVOLUTION STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
11  15     SPIDER-MAN 3 VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
10  16     TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS 
18  17     THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
8  18     TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) RED STORM UBISOFT 
-  19     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME - AUTOBOT VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
21  20     WARIO WARE: SMOOTH MOVES INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS NINTENDO NINTENDO 
20  21     COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS EA LA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
14  22     COLIN MCRAE: DIRT CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS 
13  23     VIRTUA TENNIS 3 SUMO DIGITAL SEGA SEGA 
26  24     MARIO KART DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
16  25     RESIDENT EVIL 4 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM 
-  26     GUITAR HERO: ROCKS THE 80S HARMONIX REDOCTANE ACTIVISION 
35  27     GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 
28  28     PONY FRIENDS TANTALUS EIDOS EIDOS 
36  29     FORMULA 1: CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION STUDIO LIVERPOOL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
33  30     PAWLY PETS: MY PET HOTEL DIGITAL TAINMENT POOL UBISOFT UBISOFT 
32  31     TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT 
27  32     NINTENDOGS: DALMATIAN & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
22  33     NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
30  34     OVERLORD TRIUMPH CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS 
29  35     FLATOUT: ULTIMATE CARNAGE BUGBEAR EMPIRE EMPIRE INTERACTIVE 
31  36     SONIC AND THE SECRET RINGS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA 
34  37     ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
40  38     MEDAL OF HONOR: VANGUARD EA LA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
-  39     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME - DECEPTICON VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
-  40     RIDGE RACER 7 NAMCO NAMCO BANDAI GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT.

Ireland, All Price

Code: 
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES), WEEK ENDING 28 July 2007

LW

   TW     Title Developer Label Publisher 
-  1     POKEMON DIAMOND GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
3  2     TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME TRAVELLER'S TALES ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
1  3     MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
-  4     POKEMON PEARL GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO 
2  5     HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX EA UK EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 
4  6     DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
6  7     WII PLAY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
14  8     BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
7  9     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
5  10     SHREK THE THIRD VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 
10  11     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 EA REDWOOD SHORES EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
-  12     RUGBY 08 HB STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
8  13     PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM KONAMI 
17  14     WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 YUKE'S THQ THQ 
-  15     BIG BRAIN ACADEMY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 
15  16     CARS HELIXE THQ THQ 
9  17     THE DARKNESS STARBREEZE 2K GAMES TAKE 2 
-  18     SONIC RUSH SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA 
-  19     FIFA 07 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 
12  20     NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS

Source: Chart-Track.
 
Hum, Resistance on the chart?

Either they sold lots of new PS3s this week (what else are you gonna buy with it? :p) or this doesn't make sense
 
First post updated with Ireland, Full Price chart from UK and the press release for UK (Transformers almost stealing Pokémon Diamond's first place!)
 
Pokemon not occupying top two slots shocker!

I was wondering if Pokemania was wearing off a bit. Diamond has been behind the Wii all week on Amazon and Pearl is well down the top ten (I know Amazon doesn't mean a lot, but it's something).
 
Oxx said:
Pokemon not occupying top two slots shocker!

I was wondering if Pokemania was wearing off a bit. Diamond has been behind the Wii all week on Amazon and Pearl is well down the top ten (I know Amazon doesn't mean a lot, but it's something).
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The games only released on the 27th.
 
Metalmurphy said:
Hum, Resistance on the chart?

Either they sold lots of new PS3s this week (what else are you gonna buy with it? :p) or this doesn't make sense
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its one of the benefits of having an online community that sticks around, methinks.


and if it was bundled, then a LOT of people must have bought that bundle to have motorstorm be not so behind resistance.
 
holy crap at ps3 games coming back... every couple weeks there seems to be a wave of people jumping on Resistance/Motostorm/F1 championship racing...

very very strange...
 
Razoric said:
Damn some of the older first party PS3 games making a come back. Do bundled games get counted for this list?
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Not in official bundles..but they do in unofficial ones. As the official bundle is due August 2nd it means all the current bundled software is included in the chart.
 
Well, bundle or not, it shows that PS3's keep selling well in UK (and yeah, I think those sales may come from "custom" starter packs", that is store making those without being the "true", official pack)
 
Oxx said:
Yeah, but this is Pokemon.

I didn't expect Transformers to be so close to Diamond.

Still, Pokemon will have insane legs.
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Stop trying to damn it with faint praise.

It's the fastest selling DS game ever in the UK - what do you want it to be the zeroth fastest selling?

And look at the top ten - six Nintendo first party titles. They don't even have it that good in Japan sometimes and this is the UK, where the pre-DS Nintendo's name has been mud.
 
Taker666 said:
Not in official bundles..but they do in unofficial ones. As the official bundle is due August 2nd it means all the current bundled software is included in the chart.
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The starter pack released in the UK on the 18th I believe? It should have rolled out completely in Europe by August 2nd.
 
Wollan said:
The starter pack released in the UK on the 18th I believe? It should have rolled out completely in Europe by August 2nd.
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The major game stores (Game and Gamestation) offer their own bundles (Game = PS3+Sixaxis+3 set games for £425, Gamestation = PS3+Sixaxis+2 games from a list for £399) rather than having the official bundle, since their bundles are a better deal anyway.
 
one game on at least 6 platforms, boosted by 76% failed to hit top spot occupied by one game on one platform!!

And the top 20 is almost reading like a Japanese chart!!
 
resistance_boxart_mod.jpg
 
Wollan said:
The starter pack released in the UK on the 18th I believe? It should have rolled out completely in Europe by August 2nd.
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Oh I didn't know that. I have yet to see an official bundle in store to be honest. Maybe they are getting rid of the old stock first.
 
Much closer than I thought - If the DS games for transformers had been included it would have been number 1!! (due to a different wording of the title & split versions they don't count :lol)

Pokemon combined destroyed everything this week and dragged a lot of other DS games up.

The rises in Wii software %ages are great.

PS3 bundles with those 3 exclusive games are in all stores with 2 controllers for £425 (Woolworths/Dixons etc. as well as game stores) at the moment and are HEAVILY press advertised. Retailers are still trying to shift their launch allocation of hardware...
 
Seeing is people usually like doing this;

Games per Platform on the Full Chart list (UK):

Wii: 9 games (Sonic being the lowest)
360: 4, perhaps up to 7 (has FlatOut been released on PC in Europe yet? If not, the the number is at least 5, not 4.
PS3: 7 (whoa!)
Nintendo DS: 28 (HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!) (Transformers: Decepticons being the lowest)
 
Taker666 said:
Oh I didn't know that. I have yet to see an official bundle in store to be honest. Maybe they are getting rid of the old stock first.
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That's mostly because the bundles retailers are doing were already better than the official bundle. 2 controllers, 2 games and a film or two for £400.
 
Wii software sales continue to do very well, even rising in sales over the week prior.

PS3 games charted because there's been many retailers doing non-official bundles. This was the case in last week's charts, too, and is the reason why you see Resistance and Motorstorm (its two top games) rising the most.
 
Mario Strikers hanging in there. Keep it up, lil buddy!

Aside from Nintendo software, there's only licensed stuff in the Top 10. Nintendo saves the industry once again!
 
I think you'd have to take up Resistance's actual sales up with Sales-Age. This just sounds like the same sketchy Sony PR they've been doing for the past couple years.
 
Hcoregamer00 said:
Don't worry, it isn't your countries fault for having good taste in games.
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I must admit that I didn't even look at the games on there. It's just usually 2 or 3 posts before someone says the UK taste in games is sh*te. :lol
 
Psychotext said:
On behalf of the UK I apologise for what people are buying.
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:lol :lol :lol

I don't know whether to support this statement or celebrate that the UK has a large and diverce game buying audience :lol
 
Wow at DS software sales.
Oxx said:
Pokemon not occupying top two slots shocker!

I was wondering if Pokemania was wearing off a bit. Diamond has been behind the Wii all week on Amazon and Pearl is well down the top ten (I know Amazon doesn't mean a lot, but it's something).
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Did you see this:
Chart-Track said:
Potter-mania is replaced by Poke-mania as Nintendo’s hugely successful franchise debuts with DS games ‘Pokemon Diamond’ at No1 and ‘Pokemon Pearl’ at No3. ‘Pokemon Diamond’ becomes the fastest selling DS game as well as the 2nd fastest selling Pokemon game, behind ‘Pokemon Yellow’ on Gameboy Colour which was released over 7 years ago.
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Pokemon Diamond became the second fastest selling Pokemon game EVER.
 
Furret said:
Stop trying to damn it with faint praise.

It's the fastest selling DS game ever in the UK - what do you want it to be the zeroth fastest selling?

And look at the top ten - six Nintendo first party titles. They don't even have it that good in Japan sometimes and this is the UK, where the pre-DS Nintendo's name has been mud.
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what do you mean by "They don't even have it that good in Japan sometimes"?
 
jrricky said:
what do you mean by "They don't even have it that good in Japan sometimes"?
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He means sometimes there aren't even six Nintendo titles in the top 10in Japan, but in the UK there is right now.

In any case, Pokemon Pearl behind transformers is a shocker. Even if it came out the 27th, I would've still expected it at #2.
 
Cruceh said:
He means sometimes there aren't even six Nintendo titles in the top 10in Japan, but in the UK there is right now.

In any case, Pokemon Pearl behind transformers is a shocker. Even if it came out the 27th, I would've still expected it at #2.
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For real???
What is this "Nintendo Top Ten" then?
 
Sage00 said:
The games only released on the 27th.
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Not to mention that for some reason they bundle all versions of a game together (and Transformers: The Game was released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, DS and PSP).
 
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