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UK :

The force is stronger than it has ever been before with the debut of ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ at No1 in the All Formats Chart, the biggest launch week ever for a Star Wars game.
Released across all major formats (PS2, PS3, PSP, XB360, Wii and DS), the LucasArts title storms to No1 in every chart except Nintendo Wii and DS (where it reached No3 and No39 respectively). 48% of sales were on Xbox 360 and 30% on PS3, making it the 10th fastest selling title ever for each format. The Wii version accounted for 15% of sales with the remainder on PS2, PSP and DS. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ may be the biggest all-formats launch since GTA IV, but Nintendo content themselves this week with success on their own titles as renewed stock of ‘Wii Fit’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ push them both up 3 places to No’s 2 and 3 respectively.
They are the only All Formats Top 10 titles to increase in sales, while sales of last week’s No1 from EA, ‘Mercenaries 2’, plummet by 65%, dropping to No6 in the All Formats Chart. EA however are the only other company to register any new releases in the Top 40 this week thanks to 2 new PC games: MMORPG and Warcraft competitor ‘Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning’ entering at No4 and ‘Crysis Warhead’ at No21. EA may have gone from having all Top 3 games to none in the Top 3, but they still have a strong Top 10 presence with ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ down from No2 to No5 and ‘Spore’ falling from No3 to No10. Outside the Top 10, Activision-Blizzard are back on song with ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ up from No27 to No12, helped by a retailer promotion on the Wii version, but ‘Guitar Hero: On Tour’ on DS falls out of the Top 10, down from No8 to No23.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS) - Week 38, 2008

01 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
02 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
03 (03) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) [WII] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
07 (08) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
08 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) [WII] Big Beach Sports (Thq)
10 (11) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
11 (02) [360] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
12 (14) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
13 (__) [WII] Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
14 (19) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
15 (06) [WII] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) [PC] Crysis Warhead (Electronic Arts)
17 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
18 (09) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
19 (32) [360] Too Human (Microsoft)
20 (05) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
21 (21) [360] TNA Impact! (Midway)
22 (07) [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)
23 (23) [WII] Sports Party (Ubisoft)
24 (39) [PS2] TNA Impact! (Midway)
25 (16) [360] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
26 (22) [NDS] Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
27 (18) [PS3] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
28 (17) [NDS] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
29 (28) [PS3] TNA Impact! (Midway)
30 (40) [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
31 (12) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
32 (29) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
33 (24) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
34 (13) [NDS] Spore Creatures (Electronic Arts)
35 (15) [NDS] Wall-E (THQ)
36 (27) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
37 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
38 (__) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
39 (25) [WII] Off Road (Empire Interactive)
40 (37) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)


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Ireland :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 38, 2008

01 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
02 (02) Tiger Woods GA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (06) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (01) Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
07 (05) TNA Impact! (Midway)
08 (07) Wii Play (Nintendo)
09 (__) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
10 (20) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
11 (04) Spore (Electronic Arts)
12 (09) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
13 (10) The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
14 (13) Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
15 (08) Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
16 (16) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
17 (11) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
18 (__) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
19 (14) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
20 (18) Wall-E (THQ)

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Denmark :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 38, 2008

01 (__) Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision Blizzard)
03 (01) Spore (Electronic Arts)
04 (02) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) Wall-E (THQ)
06 (04) Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
07 (05) FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
08 (__) Buzz! The Sports Quiz (Nordisk Film)
09 (__) Singstar R&B (Nordisk Film)
10 (11) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
11 (09) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Activision Blizzard)
12 (06) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
13 (__) Crysis Warhead (Electronic Arts)
14 (__) World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Activision Blizzard)
15 (07) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
16 (12) Madden Nfl 09 (Electronic Arts)
17 (__) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
18 (__) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Nordisk Film)
19 (__) Singstar Legends (Nordisk Film)
20 (__) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (K.e. Media)

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Netherlands :
Week 38, 2008http://www.dutchcharts.nl/game_charts.asp?cat=&year=2008&date=20080920

01 (03) [WII] Mario Kart (Nintendo)
02 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [PC] S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (Atari)
06 (06) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
07 (07) [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
08 (10) [WII] Sports Island (Konami)
09 (05) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto 4 (Take - Two Interactive)

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France :
week 37, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (04) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (03) [PS3] Soulcalibur IV (Ubisoft)
05 (05) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
06 (06) [NDS] The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (Electronic Arts)
07 (07) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS2] Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 (Namco Bandai)
09 (08) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
10 (__) [WII] Sports Islands (Konami)

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Archive :
Week 37
Week 36
Week 35
Week 34
Week 33

 

[Raist]

Spain :
Week 37, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
03 (03) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (06) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
06 (05) [NDS] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat ? (Nintendo)
07 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
09 (10) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
10 (09) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

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Italy :


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Norway :
Week 37, 2008 - All Formatshttp://www.vg.no/spill/topp20konsoll.hbs?liste=2&uke=39&aar=2008

Consoles
01 (02) Wall-E (THQ)
02 (03) Buzz: Quiz TV (Sony)
03 (01) Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
04 (04) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Activision)
05 (05) Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
06 (09) Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)
07 (07) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
08 (06) Beijing 2008 (Sega)
09 (12) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009 (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami)
11 (08) Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (LucasArts)
12 (10) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
13 (__) NHL 09 (Electronic Arts)
14 (17) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
15 (11) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
16 (__) Army of Two (Electronic Arts)
17 (14) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
18 (16) Race Driver: Grid (Codemasters)
19 (13) Soul Calibur IV (Ubisoft)
20 (__) Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)

Handhelds
01 (01) Wall-E (THQ)
02 (02) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
03 (03) Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
04 (07) Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (Nintendo)
05 (__) Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
06 (05) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
07 (06) Nintendogs (Nintendo)
08 (10) The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (Electronic Arts)
09 (08) Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)
10 (__) Spore Creatures (Electronic Arts)

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Finland :
Week 37+38, 2008 - All Formats

01 (01) Singstar SuomiRock (Sony)
02 (__) NHL 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
04 (03) Spore (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision Blizzard)
06 (08) Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
07 (02) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
08 (04) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
09 (05) Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
10 (06) Wii Fit (Nintendo)

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Sweden :
Week 38, 2008

01 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
04 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
05 (02) [360] NHL 09 (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) [PC] Crysis Warhead (Electronic Arts)
07 (03) [PC] The Sims 2 Livet i lägenhet (Electronic Arts)
08 (04) [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
09 (08) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (Electronic Arts)
10 (07) [PC] World of Warcraft Battlechest (Vivendi Games)
11 (10) [PS2] Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (Sony Computer Ent.)
12 (__) [Wii] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
13 (06) [PS2] Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (Activision)
14 (05) [PC] World of Warcraft (Vivendi Games)
15 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
16 (09) [PC] World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Vivendi Games)
17 (13) [Wii] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18 (17) [PS2] Guitar Hero Aerosmith (Activision)
19 (12) [PC] The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
20 (__) [PC] Counter-Strike Source (Electronic Arts)

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Germany :
Week 38, 2008

01 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision)
02 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision)
03 (__) [WII] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision)
04 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision)
07 (03) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (Sony)
09 (05) [NDS] More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
10 (06) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

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Australia :
Week 38, 2008

01 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
02 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
03 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [WII] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
06 (02) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
09 (03) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
10 (06) [PS2] Wall-E (THQ)

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New Zealand :
Week 38, 2008

01 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
02 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
03 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
04 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
06 (08) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
07 (05) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
08 (04) [PS2] Rugby 2008 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) [NDS] Dr. KAwashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
10 (__) [PSP] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)

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Week 39 Releases for Consoles (September 22nd ~ September 27th) :

WII
*Brothers in Arms: Double Time
*De Blob
*Family Trainer
*G1 Jockey Wii 2008
*My Pet Hotel
*Pipemania
*Rock Band: Song Pack 1
*Samba de Amigo
*Warioland: Shake Dimension

360
*Baja
*Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
*PDC world Championship Darts 2008
*Pure

PS3
*Baja
*Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
*G1 Jockey 4 2008
*Pure
*SBK 08: World Superbike Championship

NDS
*8 Ball All Stars
*Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun
*Clever Kids: Farmyard fun
*Clever Kids: Pirates
*Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants
*Hells Kitchen
*Locks Quest
*Make 10: A Journey of Numbers
*My Pet Hotel 2
*Pipemania
*Shaun the Sheep
*SimCity Creator
*Sonic Chronicles - The Dark Brotherhood
*World Cup Of Pool

PSP
*PDC world Championship Darts 2008
*Pipemania
*R-Type Tactics

PS2
*Pipemania
*Rock Band: Song Pack 1

 

[Timber]

05 (__) [PC] S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (Atari)

damn if that dont make me feel patriotic

Crysis Warhead didn't do as well. Not knocking Crysis but SURELY this is a sign that the people CRAVE more FPSRPG. There is a (frothing?) demand that needs to be met with more supply!

 

[Kilrogg]

Netherlands :
Week 38, 2008http://www.dutchcharts.nl/game_charts.asp?cat=&year=2008&date=20080920

01 (03) [WII] Mario Kart (Nintendo)
02 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [PC] S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (Atari)
06 (06) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
07 (07) [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
08 (10) [WII] Sports Island (Konami)
09 (05) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto 4 (Take - Two Interactive)

Damn. Are Holland and France video game twins or what? The Nintendo domination/love is sooo complete in those two countries. How come? Is Nintendo's marketing incredible in NL/FR or something?

 

[Raist]

Damn. Are Holland and France video game twins or what? The Nintendo domination/love is sooo complete in those two countries. How come? Is Nintendo's marketing incredible in NL/FR or something?

Can't speak for NL, but in France Nintendo has always been successful. Even the gamecube did well.

 

[Xavien]

nm

 

[[Nintex]]

Can't speak for NL, but in France Nintendo has always been successful. Even the gamecube did well.

The Wii is the first real succes for them, they always had a small loyal fanbase in the Netherlands and the NES and SNES did great but they weren't very succesfull with the N64 and GameCube. Only Mario Kart, Zelda and some other high profile releases sold well here after they lost the RPG support(some RPG's were translated into Dutch during the SNES era including Luffia 2).

I've never seen a Wii like gaming hype before. The PS2 was succesfull but the Wii is even more popular.

 

[Progmetal]

Wow, MGS4 fell out of the Norway charts and now suddenly jumps to number 10 again.

 

[Kilrogg]

Can't speak for NL, but in France Nintendo has always been successful. Even the gamecube did well.

Je sais . Je me demandais surtout POURQUOI il en était ainsi. Note qu'à lire certains forums français, on croirait vraiment pas que Nintendo est populaire chez nous :lol.

 

[Sadist]

The Wii is the first real succes for them, they always had a small loyal fanbase in the Netherlands and the NES and SNES did great but they weren't very succesfull with the N64 and GameCube. Only Mario Kart, Zelda and some other high profile releases sold well here after they lost the RPG support(some RPG's were translated into Dutch during the SNES era including Luffia 2).

I've never seen a Wii like gaming hype before. The PS2 was succesfull but the Wii is even more popular.

Daar komt het wel op neer ja.

It's rather freaky too. Last gen nobody cared for Nintendo in Holland, the stores had no shelfspace whatsoever. And now, when you mention you have a Wii, people go all like "oh man, that's so cool. I want a Wii too". The marketing is non-excistent at the moment. There were quite a few comercials (including Kart, Brawl, Guitar Hero III and Pro Evolution) but that was several months ago.

 

[felipeko]

UK :

The force is stronger than it has ever been before with the debut of ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ at No1 in the All Formats Chart, the biggest launch week ever for a Star Wars game.

Released across all major formats (PS2, PS3, PSP, XB360, Wii and DS), the LucasArts title storms to No1 in every chart except Nintendo Wii and DS (where it reached No3 and No39 respectively). 48% of sales were on Xbox 360 and 30% on PS3, making it the 10th fastest selling title ever for each format. The Wii version accounted for 15% of sales with the remainder on PS2, PSP and DS. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ may be the biggest all-formats launch since GTA IV, but Nintendo content themselves this week with success on their own titles as renewed stock of ‘Wii Fit’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ push them both up 3 places to No’s 2 and 3 respectively. They are the only All Formats Top 10 titles to increase in sales, while sales of last week’s No1 from EA, ‘Mercenaries 2’, plummet by 65%, dropping to No6 in the All Formats Chart. EA however are the only other company to register any new releases in the Top 40 this week thanks to 2 new PC games: MMORPG and Warcraft competitor ‘Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning’ entering at No4 and ‘Crysis Warhead’ at No21. EA may have gone from having all Top 3 games to none in the Top 3, but they still have a strong Top 10 presence with ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ down from No2 to No5 and ‘Spore’ falling from No3 to No10. Outside the Top 10, Activision-Blizzard are back on song with ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ up from No27 to No12, helped by a retailer promotion on the Wii version, but ‘Guitar Hero: On Tour’ on DS falls out of the Top 10, down from No8 to No23.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 20 September 2008
01 (__) [360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
02 (__) [PS3] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
03 (03) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (__) [PC] Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) [WII] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
07 (08) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
08 (01) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) [WII] Big Beach Sports (Thq)
10 (11) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
11 (02) [360] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
12 (14) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
13 (__) [WII] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision Blizzard)
14 (19) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
15 (06) [WII] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) [PC] Crysis Warhead (Electronic Arts)
17 (__) [PS2] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
18 (09) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
19 (32) [360] Too Human (Microsoft)
20 (05) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
21 (21) [360] Tna Impact! (Midway)
22 (07) [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard)
23 (23) [WII] Sports Party (Ubisoft)
24 (39) [PS2] Tna Impact! (Midway)
25 (16) [360] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
26 (22) [NDS] Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
27 (18) [PS3] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
28 (17) [NDS] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
29 (28) [PS3] Tna Impact! (Midway)
30 (40) [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
31 (12) [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
32 (29) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
33 (24) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
34 (13) [NDS] Spore Creatures (Electronic Arts)
35 (15) [NDS] Wall-e (Thq)
36 (27) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
37 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
38 (__) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
39 (25) [WII] Off Road (Empire Interactive)
40 (37) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
Chart is up!

 

[Wollan]

I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with the Norway charts. Buzz Quiz TV has supposedly been in the top 3 since July it seems. There's a lot of Sony love in the country but still.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Did they lower the price of Too Human? That's a big jump.

 

[RJT]

Interesting stuff this week. PC releases are doing fine, and the "next gen" versions of TFU, as expected, sell much better than the Wii version (I'm sure the MC talk will tell how much better). I actually thought the Wii version would chart much lower...

I wonder if TFU shows the same pattern as Tiger Woods (lower first week sales on Wii, but much better legs).

 

[Tntnnbltn]

Did they lower the price of Too Human? That's a big jump.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335868&highlight=human+bomba

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Yakuza 2 at #7 in the PS2 Budget-only Top20 :/ and DQIV doesn't make it to DS Top 50 again. Damn you UK *shakefist*

 

[test_account]

I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with the Norway charts. Buzz Quiz TV has supposedly been in the top 3 since July it seems. There's a lot of Sony love in the country but still.

There has been (or maybe there still is) some commercial on TV in Norway for Buzz Quiz TV for the PS3. Maybe this commercial is the reason why the game is charting in the top 3? But there can be a mistake in the Top 20 list as you said.

 

[Wollan]

Well, I don't intently believe that but the game is doing really well.

 

[°°ToMmY°°]

yakuza

 

[Katana_Strikes]

The force is stronger than it has ever been before with the debut of ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ at No1 in the All Formats Chart, the biggest launch week ever for a Star Wars game.

Released across all major formats (PS2, PS3, PSP, XB360, Wii and DS), the LucasArts title storms to No1 in every chart except Nintendo Wii and DS (where it reached No3 and No39 respectively). 48% of sales were on Xbox 360 and 30% on PS3, making it the 10th fastest selling title ever for each format. The Wii version accounted for 15% of sales with the remainder on PS2, PSP and DS. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ may be the biggest all-formats launch since GTA IV, but Nintendo content themselves this week with success on their own titles as renewed stock of ‘Wii Fit’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ push them both up 3 places to No’s 2 and 3 respectively.

They are the only All Formats Top 10 titles to increase in sales, while sales of last week’s No1 from EA, ‘Mercenaries 2’, plummet by 65%, dropping to No6 in the All Formats Chart. EA however are the only other company to register any new releases in the Top 40 this week thanks to 2 new PC games: MMORPG and Warcraft competitor ‘Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning’ entering at No4 and ‘Crysis Warhead’ at No21. EA may have gone from having all Top 3 games to none in the Top 3, but they still have a strong Top 10 presence with ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ down from No2 to No5 and ‘Spore’ falling from No3 to No10. Outside the Top 10, Activision-Blizzard are back on song with ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ up from No27 to No12, helped by a retailer promotion on the Wii version, but ‘Guitar Hero: On Tour’ on DS falls out of the Top 10, down from No8 to No23.

From Charttrack.

 

[test_account]

Well, I don't intently believe that but the game is doing really well.

Ye, it seems so atleast But i dont know, it might be a mistake indeed as you said.

 

[Phife Dawg]

<snip> beaten...

Wii is only accounting to 15% of the sales - while I didn't think it'd beat the 360 version I thought it could manage to get a bit more than that. It could have much longer legs but I'm sceptical about that.

Retailer promo helps GHIII Wii, what retailer was that? Must be pretty big I guess.

A lot of other movers as well, price collapse seemed to help Too Human jump some places, M&S makes a steep decline, guess Paralympics did help after all? :lol SSBB is also falling at a brisk rate.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Been a while since the last Star Wars game, hasn't it?

I guess everyone was gagging for one.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Holy hell PSP. 7% of Star Wars between PS2, PSP and DS. PS2 is #17 so it must be taking a good amount of that 7%. In other words, PSP and DS Star Wars did like shit. But Star Wars is #1 on the PSP! Holy hell, on DS its just #39. UK is taking Reeves advice about torrent I suppose.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Been a while since the last Star Wars game, hasn't it?

I guess everyone was gagging for one.

Dunno about the UK but here it was heavily advertised as well.

 

[°°ToMmY°°]

surprised by the sales of star wars. i guess there are a lot of SW fans in UK.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Holy hell PSP. 7% of Star Wars between PS2, PSP and DS. PS2 is #17 so it must be taking a good amount of that 7%. In other words, PSP and DS Star Wars did like shit. But Star Wars is #1 on the PSP! Holy hell, on DS its just #39. UK is taking Reeves advice about torrent I suppose.

Not really surprising, PSP software has been selling like shit for a long, long time.

Dunno about the UK but here it was heavily advertised as well.

Well, I've seen a TV ad for it once, I think.

 

[dyls]

Can we skip the part where everyone goes on about third-party Wii games not selling and go directly to two months from now when the Wii version of SW:TFU has caught up to and surpassed the other two?

 

[°°ToMmY°°]

Can we skip the part where everyone goes on about third-party Wii games not selling and go directly to two months from now when the Wii version of SW:TFU has caught up to and surpassed the other two?

who's talking about that?

 

[test_account]

Wii is only accounting to 15% of the sales - while I didn't think it'd beat the 360 version I thought it could manage to get a bit more than that. It could have much longer legs but I'm sceptical about that.

Retailer promo helps GHIII Wii, what retailer was that? Must be pretty big I guess.

A lot of other movers as well, price collapse seemed to help Too Human jump some places, M&S makes a steep decline, guess Paralympics did help after all? :lol SSBB is also falling at a brisk rate.

Do you mean that Paralymics didnt help? If so, Paralymics 2008 ended 17th September, so we were "missing" (or what i shall say) 3 days because this week's Top 40 UK charts go to 20th September, thats why Mario & Sonic declined this week Hehe

Seriously though, wasnt there some promotion for Mario & Sonic last week? I guess thats why it jumped up in place last week. Maybe the promotion is still going though, so i dont know why Mario & Sonic fell relatively many places this week. Maybe shortage or less interest since already over 1 million have already bought Mario & Sonic? I dont know.

 

[Taker666]

Thought we might have seen a few more 360 titles charting considering the price cut and mass software bundling.

 

[okrim]

GTA 4 and COD 4 on ps3 are never missing in the chart? Or are back?

 

[AranhaHunter]

Holy hell PSP. 7% of Star Wars between PS2, PSP and DS. PS2 is #17 so it must be taking a good amount of that 7%. In other words, PSP and DS Star Wars did like shit. But Star Wars is #1 on the PSP! Holy hell, on DS its just #39. UK is taking Reeves advice about torrent I suppose.

Damn....no wonder companies don't release games on PSP anymore.

 

[RBH]

TNA Impact is in virtually the exact same spot as last week.

Steady legs, I guess. :lol

 

[Doc Evils]

Interesting to see the Wii version selling less of Star wars.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Do you mean that Paralymics didnt help? If so, Paralymics 2008 ended 17th September, so we were "missing" (or what i shall say) 3 days because this week's Top 40 UK charts go to 20th September, thats why Mario & Sonic declined this week Hehe

Seriously though, wasnt there some promotion for Mario & Sonic last week? I guess thats why it jumped up in place last week. Maybe the promotion is still going though, so i dont know why Mario & Sonic fell relatively many places this week. Maybe shortage or less interest since already over 1 million have already bought Mario & Sonic? I dont know.

No I was actually serious about it, remembering our conversation a few weeks ago .

Can we skip the part where everyone goes on about third-party Wii games not selling and go directly to two months from now when the Wii version of SW:TFU has caught up to and surpassed the other two?

That part hasn't started (yet?). For a game with a broad appeal I'd be inclined to agree but I think a game like TFU will make most of it's sales in the initial period, esp. when the game is mediocre through and through (judging by the demo, dunno about the Wii version, will give it a rent later on). It'll be a long way to make up for the headstart - we'll see with ELSPA awards I guess.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

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[Raist]

France :
Week 37, 2008http://www.sell.fr/spip.php?article57

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

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

Ireland :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 38, 2008

01 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
02 (02) Tiger Woods GA Tour 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (06) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (01) Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
07 (05) TNA Impact! (Midway)
08 (07) Wii Play (Nintendo)
09 (__) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
10 (20) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
11 (04) Spore (Electronic Arts)
12 (09) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
13 (10) The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
14 (13) Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
15 (08) Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
16 (16) Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
17 (11) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
18 (__) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Lucasarts)
19 (14) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
20 (18) Wall-E (THQ)

 

[test_account]

No I was actually serious about it, remembering our conversation a few weeks ago .

Ah ok, i am sorry for the missunderstanding. I first thought you ment that the Paralympics didnt help because of the decline this week, but maybe you ment since the Paralympics is now over, and that is the reason for the decline?

In afterthought i think that promotion was the main reason for the boost in sales for Mario & Sonic last week. You were right that there werent much coverage of the Paralymics (atleast after my experience), so i guess the Paralymics didnt do too much for the sale as i first though, but maybe it helped alittle atleast?

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

I had a feeling that the Wii version of TFU would come in at No. 1, but I guess that turned out to be wrong. However, now I'll go out on a limb and suggest that it'll have longer legs than the PS3/360 versions. I can see it being something that works its way into many Christmas stockings.

Mercs 2 fell pretty hard, I wonder how much of an impact the Morrison's £25 sale had on that game? From most people's accounts although it is a decent game, its not a £40 game. I wonder if people went into Morrison's to take advantage of that week long offer and just went for the newest title on the shelves. That or it just has a solid fanbase from the first title and is reaching beyond that.

Too Human.... definitely not worth £40, apparently £20 seems to be hitting a sweeter spot. Personally I'll wait to borrow it off a friend. :lol

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Can we skip the part where everyone goes on about third-party Wii games not selling and go directly to two months from now when the Wii version of SW:TFU has caught up to and surpassed the other two?

Like madden, this will never happen for TFU, be serious.

 

[Luckyman]

Like madden, this will never happen for TFU, be serious.

This thread needs more NDF

 

[mr_bishiuk]

Thought we might have seen a few more 360 titles charting considering the price cut a mass software bundling.

Game and gamestation both bundled a free copy of force unleashed, I guess that would have been the preferred option for people buying a 360 seeings as its the latest game out, might explain why the 360 version did so well.

 

[farnham]

Did they lower the price of Too Human? That's a big jump.

well after all this backlash and the backlash of the backlash it looks like its doing well after all :lol :lol :lol

 

[Brakara]

Well, I don't intently believe that but the game is doing really well.

The PS2 Buzz-games were regularly charting for like a year, so... yeah. I would call it more a love for Buzz, than Sony though.

 

[Raist]

Spain :
Week 37, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
03 (03) [PC] The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (06) [PC] Spore (Electronic Arts)
06 (05) [NDS] Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat ? (Nintendo)
07 (__) [PS3] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
09 (10) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
10 (09) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)

 

[Copycat_Wannabe]

Next week wil be interesting, alot of DS and Wii-games being released.
It will also be interesting to see how Brothers in arms sell, usually multiplattform games in that genre sell the most on X360.

 

[Taker666]

Next week wil be interesting, alot of DS and Wii-games being released.
It will also be interesting to see how Brothers in arms sell, usually multiplattform games in that genre sell the most on X360.

I'm expecting Family Trainer,De Blob, Samba De Amiga and Warioland to be massive bombs on Wii. Zero marketing for any of them from what I've seen.

I'm very surprised by the lack of push for Family Trainer and Samba as both could be massive with the casual market. I would have expected both to have massive TV advertising campaigns.

 

[Nocebo]

I'm expecting Family Trainer,De Blob, Samba De Amiga and Warioland to be massive bombs on Wii. Zero marketing for any of them from what I've seen.

Depends, are they released in a UK holiday week?

 

[Taker666]

Depends, are they released in a UK holiday week?

Nope. Just a normal week.