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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 and Kurosaki Ichigo for their contribution.

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UK:

The All Formats Christmas Chart is only two weeks away and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ is still very much the gift of choice, holding on to No1 for a 4th consecutive week despite a 15% sales drop.

Last year’s Xmas No1 ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ was released a week earlier and only grabbed top spot in Christmas week itself, while this year the popular war game has the potential to hold on to No1 right up until Christmas. It has now sold over 1m units in the UK (it took ‘CoD 4: Modern Warfare’ 8 weeks to reach the same landmark). Nintendo emerges as this week’s strongest competitor as ‘Mario Kart Wii’ receives a power-up from widespread TV advertising, boosting it from No4 to No2 with sales rising by 15%. All four of Nintendo’s All Formats Top 10 games increase in sales with ‘Brain Training’ flexing its puzzle solving muscles, up from No5 to No4, the fluctuating ‘Wii Fit’ back on form with a 43% jump in sales, up from No12 to No8 and ‘Wii Play’ sales up 5% (down one place to No9).

EA are not out of the running as ‘FIFA 09’ is a non-mover at No3, ahead of fellow EA contender ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ which slips 3 places to No5 (sales down 21%). Lara Croft continues to shimmy her way up the All Formats Top 10: ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ climbing one place to No6, just in front of ‘Fallout 3’ at No7 which enjoys a 60% surge in sales, benefiting from a retailer price promotion. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ is still rocking the Top 10 despite falling from No9 to No10, but Konami’s ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2009’ and Sony’s ‘Resistance 2’ are both All Formats Top 10 casualties, falling to No’s 16 and 20 respectively. Another retailer promotion helps Microsoft’s ‘Fable II’ achieve an 81% increase in sales, rising from No35 to No19, while retailer promotion on ‘GTA IV’ coupled with the release of the PC version means Rockstar/Take 2’s record-breaker is back in the Top 40 at No22 (sales up 160%). There are two All Formats Top 40 new entries: ‘Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City’ on Wii at No26 and the latest ‘Prince of Persia’ on Xbox 360/PS3 at No30.

Week 49, 2008 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (03) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (02) 360 Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
04 (08) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
05 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (05) PS3 Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
07 (11) 360 Gears of War 2 (Microsoft)
08 (29) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
09 (31) 360 Fable 2 (Microsoft)
10 (06) PS3 Resistance 2 (SCEE)
11 (07) WII Wii Music (Nintendo)
12 (22) NDS Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (Nintendo)
13 (__) WII Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City (Nintendo)
14 (17) NDS More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
15 (09) 360 Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
16 (27) WII Guinness World Records: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
17 (25) 360 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
18 (21) WII Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
19 (16) 360 Kung Fu Panda (Activision Blizzard)
20 (15) 360 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (LucasArts)
21 (28) PS3 LittleBigPlanet (SCEE)
22 (12) NDS Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
23 (13) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
24 (23) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
25 (10) PS3 Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
26 (30) NDS High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive Studios)
27 (19) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
28 (20) 360 Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft)
29 (__) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)
30 (26) PS3 Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
31 (__) NDS Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Nintendo)
32 (14) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
33 (24) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
34 (34) WII Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
35 (__) NDS Imagine: Teacher (Ubisoft)
36 (__) WII Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)
37 (__) 360 Lips (Microsoft)
38 (__) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
39 (35) NDS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
40 (__) PS2 Singstar ABBA (SCEE)

360 x13
WII x10
NDS x8
PS3 x7
PS2 x1
PC x1

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Ireland:
Week 49, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
04 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (05) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (06) Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (Thq)
07 (08) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
08 (07) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
09 (09) Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
10 (11) Wii Play (Nintendo)
11 (10) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
12 (13) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
13 (12) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
14 (17) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
15 (15) Wii Music (Nintendo)
16 (__) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
17 (19) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
18 (__) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
19 (14) More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
20 (18) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

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Denmark :
TOP 20 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) - Week 49, 2008

01 (01) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (05) Singstar Abba (Nordisk Film)
04 (03) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
05 (06) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
06 (04) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
07 (07) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Pan Vision)
08 (__) Grand Theft Auto IV (K.E. Media)
09 (08) Football Manager 2009 (Pan Vision)
10 (09) Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (Activision Blizzard)
11 (11) Crash: Mind Over Mutant (Activision Blizzard)
12 (__) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
13 (12) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
14 (14) The Legend Of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon (Activision Blizzard)
15 (__) Disney Sing It (K.E. Media)
16 (10) The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff (Electronic Arts)
17 (__) Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
18 (15) The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
19 (19) Counter-Strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
20 (__) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Activision Blizzard)

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Netherlands:
week 49, 2008

01 (06) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (__) [PC] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) [PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
05 (03) [PS3] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
06 (05) [360] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
07 (__) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [PC] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
09 (04) [PS3] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo)

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France:
Week 48, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (05) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (__) [WII] Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)
05 (07) [WII] Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
06 (03) [PS3] Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision)
07 (04) [PS3] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
08 (06) [PS3] Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
09 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton and The Curious Village (Nintendo)
10 (__) [PS3] Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)

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[BishopLamont]

Spain
Week 48, 2008

01. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. Wii Play (Wii)
03. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)
04. Need for Speed Undercover (PS3)
05. Wii Fit (Wii)
06. Resistance 2 (PS3)
07. Call of Duty: World At War (PS3)
08. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
09. Need for Speed Undercover (PS2)
10. Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia (DS)

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Italy:
Week 48, 2008

01 (01) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
02 (03) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (04) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (11) [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
05 (10) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
07 (02) [PS3] Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision)
08 (07) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
09 (__) [NDS] Brain Training (Nintendo)
10 (__) [NDS] More Brain Training (Nintendo)
11 (05) [PS3] Need For Speed Undercover (Electronic Arts)
12 (12) [PS2] FIFA 2009 (Electronic Arts)
13 (09) [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo)
14 (__) [PS2] Need For Speed Undercover (Electronic Arts)
15 (13) [PS2] Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant (Activision)

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Norway:
Week 49, 2008 - All Formatshttp://www.vg.no/spill/topp20konsoll.hbs?liste=2&uke=50&aar=2008

Consoles
01 (01) Singstar Abba (Sony)
02 (04) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)
03 (05) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
04 (03) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
05 (02) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
06 (11) The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Activision)
07 (__) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
08 (12) Lego Batman: The Video Game (Warner Brothers Interactive)
09 (__) Disney: Sing it (Disney Interactive)
10 (14) Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
11 (06) Little Big Planet (Sony)
12 (__) Resistance 2 (Sony)
13 (13) Quantum of Solace: The Game (Activision)
14 (08) Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
15 (__) Lips (Microsoft)
16 (15) Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (Activision)
17 (17) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18 (10) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
19 (09) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
20 (16) Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft)
PC
01 (01) Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
02 (02) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)
03 (03) Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
04 (04) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
05 (10) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
06 (09) The Sims 2: Byliv (Electronic Arts)
07 (06) Left 4 Dead (Valve)
08 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Talljakten (Pan Vision)
09 (__) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)
10 (__) Josefine Skolehjelp: Ordlek i luften (Pan Vision)
Handheld
01 (01) Littlest Pet Shop (DS) (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
03 (08) Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (Nintendo)
04 (09) Josefine og Dr°mmespeilet (Pan Vision)
05 (04) Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant (Activision)
06 (05) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
07 (03) High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney Interactive)
08 (__) MySims Kingdom (DS) (Electronic Arts)
09 (06) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Activision)

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Finland :

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Sweden :
Week 49, 2008

01 Singstar Abba (PS2)
02 GTA 4 (PC)
03 Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS2)
04 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)
05 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
06 Guitar Hero: World Tour (360)
07 Wii Fit (Wii)
08 Singstar Svenska hits Schlager (PS2)
09 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii)
10 New Super Mario Bros (DS)
11 Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (PS2)
12 Singstar Disney Svensk (PS2)
13 Call of Duty: World at War (360)
14 Need for Speed Undercover (PS3)
15 Lips (360)
16 Lego Batman (PS2)
17 Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3)
18 Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS)
19 Call of Duty: World at War (PC)
20 FIFA 09 (360)

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Germany:
Week 49, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (__) [PS2] Singstar Schlager (Sony Computer Entertainment )
03 (04) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
04 (06) [NDS] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
05 (05) [PS2] Singstar: Abba (Sony Computer Ent.)
06 (03) [PS2] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
07 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) [NDS] High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance! (Disney Interactive)
10 (10) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
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Australia:
Week 49, 2008

01 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Microsoft)
02 (01) [WII] Wii Play W/ Remote (Nintendo)
03 (03) [WII] Mario Kart Wii W/ Wheel (Nintendo)
04 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
05 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
06 (07) [NDS] Brain Training (Nintendo)
07 (04) [PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony)
08 (06) [PS2] Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (THQ)
09 (__) [NDS] More Brain Training (Nintendo)
10 (__) [WII] Sonic Unleashed (Sega)

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New Zealand :
Week 49, 2008

01 (03) [PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony)
02 (04) [PS2] Disney Sing It Camp (S/W) (Disney Interactive)
03 (01) [PS2] Singstar Abba Bundle (Sony)
04 (02) [PS2] Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (THQ)
05 (09) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
06 (08) [WII] Wii Play W/ Remote (Nintendo)
07 (05) [360] Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
08 (__) [PS3] Little Big Planet (Sony)
09 (07) [PC] Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
10 (__) [PS2] Singstar Hottest Hits Bundle (Sony)

 

[Version 3.0]

Call of Duty didn't chart on the Wii...bummer. Not that it deserved to, necessarily, but I want more FPS on the Wii, and it's too bad to see the self-fulfilling prophecy at work again.

Just realized this is its week 4...went back hoping to see it in week 1 at least...nope. :-(

 

[ksamedi]

Go Wii Music.

And look at all those DS games that released 3 years ago. Amazing. Nintendogs must have sold 25 million worldwide by now.

 

[Firewire]

Should I be surprised that WaW beat Gears 2 in the U.K.?

Did WaW come out after Gears or something, or are COD games just that big in the U.K.?

 

[EagleEyes]

Wow, Tomb Raider for the 360 has obviously had more staying power than the PS3 version. Didn't the PS3 version outsell it the first week. Weird

 

[p3tran]

is pgr4 bundled in UK?

 

[swerve]

Wow, Tomb Raider for the 360 has obviously had more staying power than the PS3 version. Didn't the PS3 version outsell it the first week. Weird

Lots of things were competing with the 360 version.

 

[Flyguy]

Is that the debut for Singstar ABBA?

 

[Frillen]

So where are the "Tomb Raider 360 version outsells the PS3 version" articles now random PS3 sites? You were so desperate to post the story about Tomb Raider PS3 outselling the 360 version first week, but what now?

 

[-MB-]

Call of Duty didn't chart on the Wii...bummer. Not that it deserved to, necessarily, but I want more FPS on the Wii, and it's too bad to see the self-fulfilling prophecy at work again.

Just realized this is its week 4...went back hoping to see it in week 1 at least...nope. :-(

Signal is clear, wii owners don't want ports of HD system multiplatforms for the most part.
Probably because most who would buy those games already have a ps3 or 360 and can't be bothered with an SD version with no unique qualities to set it apart on the wii.
Wii needs big budget high advertised 3rd party core titles.

 

[AdamChrisH]

Bit of a poor first week showing for Animal Crossing in my opinion - I thought it'd debut in the lower top 10... Yeah, yeah I know it'll rise next week, and float around the top 20 for quite a while, but I did think it'd enter slightly higher based upon the huge success of the DS version and a pretty big marketing campaign.

 

[Cronen]

Nice jump up the charts for Fallout 3 and Fable II.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

TRU DLC and Demo redeemed after all.

 

[Dragon]

So where are the "Tomb Raider 360 version outsells the PS3 version" articles now random PS3 sites? You were so desperate to post the story about Tomb Raider PS3 outselling the 360 version first week, but what now?

Who are you referring to and why are you such a dickhead?

 

[Stop It]

is pgr4 bundled in UK?

Yes, not that it should have to be to sell.

Spoiler

Buy PGR 4 you bastards

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (03) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
04 (08) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
05 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

Dear fucking Christ.

 

[Scrubking]

Call of Duty didn't chart on the Wii...bummer. Not that it deserved to, necessarily, but I want more FPS on the Wii, and it's too bad to see the self-fulfilling prophecy at work again.

Just realized this is its week 4...went back hoping to see it in week 1 at least...nope. :-(

Wait till NPD. Besides Treyarch is asking Wii gamers how to make the next game better so...

Signal is clear...

Yeah, don't gimp the Wii version.

 

[slaughterking]

360 x13
WII x10
NDS x8
PS3 x7
PS2 x1
PC x1

 

[Captain Smoker]

Mario Kart Wii ist just a beast.

Double Dash didn't even manage 100.000 units in UK, MKW cracked the million mark. xD

 

[AAK]

October NPD Deja Vu:

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Who are you referring to and why are you such a dickhead?

I don't think they're referring to anyone in particular. Just that some people got a little over excitied because TR PS3 charted higher than the 360 version. Reminds me of the GameCube days. Always have hope

EDIT: Re. CoD WaW...I don't think the game would fare much better here even if the dev put some real effort behind it and made a stand out game. Obviously there are people who will buy the game, but the Wii audience for this game - here in the UK, at least - isn't made up of huge numbers.

 

[p3tran]

is pgr4 bundled in UK?

Yes, not that it should have to be to sell.

Spoiler

Buy PGR 4 you bastards

01 (01) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (03) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
04 (08) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
05 (04) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

Dear fucking Christ.

I thought so...
I agree about pgr, but what can you do? apparently we have entered the WII ERA!!!!!1
who knows, maybe tommorow I play some wii music lolz :lol

 

[FabCam]

Who are you referring to and why are you such a dickhead?

He's a well known troll, don't feed it.

I thought SingStar ABBA would debut higher. Also surprised at the power of COD.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

October NPD Deja Vu:

Damn cold

 

[test_account]

So where are the "Tomb Raider 360 version outsells the PS3 version" articles now random PS3 sites? You were so desperate to post the story about Tomb Raider PS3 outselling the 360 version first week, but what now?

Personally i dont think there are too much of a news when a multiplatform game sells more on the Xbox 360 compared to the PS3 because so far it have happends maybe 90 - 95 percent of the time, and it seems that people are used to that the Xbox 360 version of a multiplatform game sells more compared to the PS3 version of a multiplatform game. The Xbox 360 installbase in the UK is something like 1 million bigger than the PS3 installbase if i am not mistaken.

When a multiplatform game sells more on the PS3 compared to the Xbox 360, then people seems to be more suprised by this, which i guess is because it doesnt happend that often, probably most due to that the bigger Xbox 360 installbase is bigger compared to the PS3 installbase.

Sure, you can point out that the Xbox 360 version of Tomber Raider Underworld sold more than the PS3 version in the 2nd week and people did say something like "it seemed that the Xbox 360 demo of Tomb Raider Underworld didnt work too much", so i think it is fine that you point this out. I also think people should wait to see how sales goes for atleast some weeks to see if there is a trend that is happening or not before if they want to say something "negative" about some sales, like in this case with Tomb Raider Underworld. I would say that there was a chance that the Xbox 360 version would outsell the PS3 version in the upcomming week(s), and that is what happend

Why do you keep mentioning these things about the PS3 by the way? "LBP will go down the next week" (you did say you could be wrong though, so i think that this comment about LBP is fair enough ), "i love that Sony fanboys are ignoring the lower Playstation 3 Media Create numbers" when the Famitsu sales number reported higher sales for the Playstation 3 compared to what Media Create reported, and now this thing about the Tomb Raider Underworld? (i think this is fair to point out though). It is not mostly what you write, but it is the way that you write it. To me it seems that you are very negative against Sony and/or the PS3. Do you have anything against Sony or the PS3? Please correct me if i am wrong, but hat is the way i understand it atleast :\ Or are you talking about the Sony fanboys?

 

[markatisu]

Wii Music continues to hang around, Mario Kart and Wii Fit are just unreal

 

[Verve]

Why do you keep mentioning so much about the PS3 by the way? "LBP will go down the next week", "i love that Sony fanboys are ignoring the lower Media Create numbers" and now this thing about the Tomb Raider Underworld? Do you have anything against Sony or the PS3? Please correct me if i am wrong, but hat is the way i understand it atleast :\

I think some kind of "hype control" and getting back to reality is important when the news sites Frillen mentioned don't look at the picture as a whole and only see those great, shocking headlines to get some clicks.

Most articles don't mention the huge competition the 360 version had and that this could result in the sales being not so much frontloaded.

I like it when somebody keeps track of the things happening and puts them into perspective even if they don't make a sensationalist headline at that time any more.

 

[test_account]

I think some kind of "hype control" and getting back to reality is important when the news sites Frillen mentioned don't look at the picture as a whole and only see those great, shocking headlines to get some clicks.

Most articles don't mention the huge competition the 360 version had and that this could result in the sales being not so much frontloaded.

I like it when somebody keeps track of the things happening and puts them into perspective even if they don't make a sensationalist headline at that time any more.

That might be, and what he says might be true, but it is actually the way that he writes it that i question. The way i understand it is that he writes some of these comments in a negative way, like he is taking a shot at the PS3 preformace.

I once remember that he asked something like "why are people comparing Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles to Uncharted? Have the Sony fanboys hit a new low?". And then maybe 1-2 weeks later or something like that when the NPD numbers for USA came out, then he said something like "Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles outsold Uncharted? (insert like 10x "lol" emoticons here)", which in my opinion could be understood that he was comparing these 2 games to eachother himself. I also think he was banned for this comment if i am not mistaken (or atleast he was banned around at that time when he said that comment). This happend about a year ago, so i am not trying to pull up old stuff here, but i just wanted to say that this isnt the first time he writes some comments about the PS3 sales preformance.

When he was unbanned i cant recall seeing too many PS3 comments from him, but now they seem to be more frequently compared to how they were before, atleast after my knowledge. To me it feels more like he is more trying to take a shot at the PS3 sales and at the "Sony fanboys" rather than trying to put things into perspective (it might be that he tries to do this as well, but the way i understand it, he doesnt do it in a "neutral" way (or what i shall say) atleast), but as i said, please correct me if i am wrong, i could be missunderstand what he means.

I am not saying anything negative about Frillen just to point that out, he is probably a nice guy, i just wonder what he means with some of these comments about the PS3

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Lips, in its 3rd week, outsells Singstar Abba. Praise the lord.

 

[BishopLamont]

Is that the debut for Singstar ABBA?

He's a well known troll, don't feed it.

I thought SingStar ABBA would debut higher. Also surprised at the power of COD.

It debut 4 weeks ago at number 2 on the PS2 charts, it has been number 1 ever since.

 

[FabCam]

It debut 4 weeks ago at number 2 on the PS2 charts, it has been number 1 ever since.

Ah, good to know! I love me some ABBA.

 

[dabra]

Netherlands:
week 49, 2008

01 (06) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
02 (__) [PC] Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
04 (__) [PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
05 (03) [PS3] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
06 (05) [360] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
07 (__) [PS2] Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [PC] Call Of Duty/world At War (Activision Blizzard)
09 (04) [PS3] Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo)

France:
Early Top 5 - Week 48, 2008

01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
03 (05) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (__) [WII] Guitar Hero: World Tour Bundle (Activision Blizzard)
05 (07) [WII] Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)

 

[C.T.]

LAYYYTTTOOONNN. Nintendo, more supply please.

 

[bj00rn_]

08 (29) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
09 (31) 360 Fable 2 (Microsoft)

I don't know anything about sales numbers, but that seems quite impressive no matter the explanation.

 

[FabCam]

08 (29) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
09 (31) 360 Fable 2 (Microsoft)

I don't know anything about sales numbers, but that seems quite impressive no matter the explanation.

GAME had an amazing deal of Fable 2 this week. Just £20! Hopefully that will have given it a lasting sales bump.

 

[Kasumi1970]

I dont think there are too much of a news when a multiplatform game sells more on the Xbox 360 compared to the PS3 because so far it have happends maybe 90 - 95 percent of the time, and it seems that people are used to that the Xbox 360 version of a multiplatform game sells more compared to the PS3 version of a multiplatform game. The Xbox 360 installbase in the UK is something like 1 million bigger than the PS3 installbase if i am not mistaken.

When a multiplatform game sells more on the PS3 compared to the Xbox 360, then people seems to be more suprised by this, which i guess is because it doesnt happend that often, probably most due to that the bigger Xbox 360 installbase is bigger compared to the PS3 installbase.

Sure, you can point out that the Xbox 360 version of Tomber Raider Underworld sold more than the PS3 version in the 2nd week, but is it too much to write an article about it?


Why do you keep mentioning these things about the PS3 by the way? "LBP will go down the next week" (you did say you could be wrong though, so i think that this comment about LBP is fair enough ), "i love that Sony fanboys are ignoring the lower Media Create numbers" and now this thing about the Tomb Raider Underworld? Do you have anything against Sony or the PS3? Please correct me if i am wrong, but hat is the way i understand it atleast :\

This person probaly has nothing against the PS3, If he is like me he gets tired of the Sony Loyalists or PS3 only owners making comments like, " Microsft going to bail out or Microsft doomed", when once in a blue moon a PS3 game does better then an Xbox 360 game. I own a PS3 and a 360, so i am not bais in this matter.

 

[Loudninja]

This person probaly has nothing against the PS3, If he is like me he gets tired of the Sony Loyalists or PS3 only owners making comments like, " Microsft going to bail out or Microsft doomed", when once in a blue moon a PS3 game does better then an Xbox 360 game. I own a PS3 and a 360, so i am not bais in this matter.

What?

Anyway, glad to see LBP went up in the charts

 

[Master Z]

That might be, and what he says might be true, but it is actually the way that he writes it that i question. The way i understand it is that he writes some of these comments in a negative way, like he is taking a shot at the PS3 preformace.

I once remember that he asked something like "why are people comparing Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles to Uncharted? Have the Sony fanboys hit a new low?". And then maybe 1-2 weeks later or something like that when the NPD numbers for USA came out, then he said something like "Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles outsold Uncharted? (insert like 10x "lol" emoticons here)", which in my opinion could be understood that he was comparing these 2 games to eachother himself. I also think he was banned for this comment if i am not mistaken (or atleast he was banned around at that time when he said that comment). This happend about a year ago, so i am not trying to pull up old stuff here, but i just wanted to say that this isnt the first time he writes some comments about the PS3 sales preformance.

When he was unbanned i cant recall seeing too many PS3 comments from him, but now they seem to be more frequently compared to how they were before, atleast after my knowledge. To me it feels more like he is more trying to take a shot at the PS3 sales and at the "Sony fanboys" rather than trying to put things into perspective (it might be that he tries to do this as well, but the way i understand it, he doesnt do it in a "neutral" way (or what i shall say) atleast), but as i said, please correct me if i am wrong, i could be missunderstand what he means.

I am not saying anything negative about Frillen just to point that out, he is probably a nice guy, i just wonder what he means with some of these comments about the PS3

It's simple. Frillen is an xbox warrior, don't get baited just ignore it.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

GAME had an amazing deal of Fable 2 this week. Just £20! Hopefully that will have given it a lasting sales bump.

Fallout 3 was also available for about £25, including the special edition. I notice Far Cry 2 is back in the top 40 - Possibly in large part thanks to Play.com selling the steelbook edition for £17.99 for the first couple of days of last week.

 

[gtj1092]

This person probaly has nothing against the PS3, If he is like me he gets tired of the Sony Loyalists or PS3 only owners making comments like, " Microsft going to bail out or Microsft doomed", when once in a blue moon a PS3 game does better then an Xbox 360 game. I own a PS3 and a 360, so i am not bais in this matter.

nvm.

 

[Brakara]

Most articles don't mention the huge competition the 360 version had and that this could result in the sales being not so much frontloaded.

I think the major reason TR did so well on the PS3 the first week compared to the 360 is because it's the third TR game on the 360, while it's the first one on the PS3. I would be surprised if, by now, some TR fatigue hasn't crept into 360 owners. At least I know it has for me.

 

[test_account]

This person probaly has nothing against the PS3, If he is like me he gets tired of the Sony Loyalists or PS3 only owners making comments like, " Microsft going to bail out or Microsft doomed", when once in a blue moon a PS3 game does better then an Xbox 360 game. I own a PS3 and a 360, so iam not bais in this matter.

Is that always the case though? Like when some good PS3 sales news comes out, are there always someone that says something negative about Microsoft and/or the Xbox 360 at the same time?

Are the Microsoft Loyalists any different thant the Sony Loyalists by the way? For example, check the "lolz" comments about the PS3 sales in the latest USA NDP thread (i am not accusing everyone that said some "lolz" comments about the PS3 sales in the latest USA NPD thread to be some Microsoft Loyalists just to underline that, but i would assume that some of the people who said some of these "lolz" comments are Microsoft Loyalists atleast). I am not saying that any sides are better than the other or anything, and i havnt really followed "every" posts on NeoGAF and on other different gaming forums so i dont really know the whole situation with the Loyalists are in general, but are one side any better than the other?

Maybe you used the "bail out" and "doomed" comments as a general examples, but to comment specificly on these 2 comments, i would guess that they are probably in general (maybe with a few expections) more of an ironic thing though, atleast that is the way that i understand it. For example when Wii Music sold like 65k in the first month in USA if i am not mistaken, and then maybe someone says "Nintendo is doomed!" etc. People know that Nintendo isnt doomed even if Wii Music should sell 1 single copy.

It's simple. Frillen is an xbox warrior, don't get baited just ignore it.

I didnt mean to take any bait or something, and i am not arguing against him, i just wanted to ask Frillen what he mean with these comments, if he has an "agenda" (or what i shall call it) behind some of these posts or if he is just pointing out things and then he mentions them

And just to underline, i have nothing against Frillen as a person, so this is nothing negative against him, he is probably a nice person. I just wanted to ask him what he ment with these comments

 

[dabra]

Spain
Week 48, 2008

01. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
02. Wii Play (Wii)
03. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)
04. Need for Speed Undercover (PS3)
05. Wii Fit (Wii)
06. Resistance 2 (PS3)
07. Call of Duty: World At War (PS3)
08. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
09. Need for Speed Undercover (PS2)
10. Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia (DS)

Ireland:
Week 49, 2008 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
04 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (05) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (06) Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (Thq)
07 (08) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
08 (07) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
09 (09) Resistance 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
10 (11) Wii Play (Nintendo)
11 (10) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
12 (13) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
13 (12) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
14 (17) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
15 (15) Wii Music (Nintendo)
16 (__) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
17 (19) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
18 (__) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
19 (14) More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
20 (18) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)

 

[Loudninja]

I see Resistance 2 is dojng good in the charts.

 

[Psychotext]

Wow @ France. :lol

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I don't know anything about sales numbers, but that seems quite impressive no matter the explanation.

It's a shame they don't provide actual numbers, impressive jump none the less.

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

the latest ‘Prince of Persia’ on Xbox 360/PS3 at No30.

And not even in the top 40 for individual formats. What happened here? Sands of Time all over again? Will we get a darker, Warrior-Within-like sequel?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

And not even in the top 40 for individual formats.

Microsoft seem to have a strange policy of advertising a game in the UK after its release.

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

And not even in the top 40 for individual formats. What happened here? Sands of Time all over again? Will we get a darker, Warrior-Within-like sequel?

I blame;

-Zero advertising
-Launching too late in the Q4 period (most titles have ad campaigns/word of mouth propelling them onwards and upwards now)

And no demo.... (gimme a demo Ubi)

 

[squatingyeti]

Couple of 360 software titles jumping way up along with LBP taking a little big push.