United Kingdom
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
| LW |
TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  |
1 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | XB360 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| - | |
2 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | PS3 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| 3 |  |
3 | WII FIT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 4 | |
4 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
5 | WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING | PC | GOA | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
6 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | WII | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| 8 |  |
7 | WII PLAY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 1 |  |
8 | SPORE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 10 | |
9 | BIG BEACH SPORTS | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| 11 | |
10 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | WII | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | ||
| 2 | |
11 | MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 14 | |
12 | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
13 | GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK | WII | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 19 | |
14 | MARIO KART DS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 6 | |
15 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
16 | CRYSIS WARHEAD | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
17 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | PS2 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| 9 | |
18 | MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 32 | |
19 | TOO HUMAN | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 5 | |
20 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 21 | |
21 | TNA IMPACT! | XB360 | MIDWAY | MIDWAY | ||
| 7 | |
22 | GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR | DS | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 23 | |
23 | SPORTS PARTY | WII | PLAY ZONE | UBISOFT | ||
| 39 | |
24 | TNA IMPACT! | PS2 | MIDWAY | MIDWAY | ||
| 16 | |
25 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 22 | |
26 | IMAGINE: TEACHER | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT | ||
| 18 | |
27 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 17 | |
28 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | DS | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | ||
| 28 | |
29 | TNA IMPACT! | PS3 | MIDWAY | MIDWAY | ||
| 40 | |
30 | COOKING MAMA 2 | DS | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 12 | |
31 | SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 29 | |
32 | THE SIMS 2: APARTMENT LIFE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 24 | |
33 | MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 13 | |
34 | SPORE CREATURES | DS | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 | |
35 | WALL-E | DS | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| 27 | |
36 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| - | |
37 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
38 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 25 | |
39 | OFF ROAD | WII | XPLOSIV | EMPIRE INTERACTIVE | ||
| 37 | |
40 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | PS3 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 |
France
1 Wii Fit + Balance Board Wii Nintendo
2 Mario Kart Wii + volant Wii Nintendo
3 Star Wars : le Pouvoir de la Force PS3 Activision
4 Star Wars : le Pouvoir de la Force Wii Activision
5 Star Wars : le Pouvoir de la Force XBox 360 Activision
6.Wii PLAY (Nintendo) Wii (-3)
7.SOULCALIBUR IV (Namco Bandaï) PS3 (-3)
8.SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL (Nintendo) Wii (-3)
9.LES SIMS 2: MES PETITS COMPAGNONS (Electronic Arts) NDS (-3)
10.NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. (Nintendo) NDS (-3)
Germany
01. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
02. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
03. Crysis Warhead (PC)
04. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector’s Edition (PC)
05. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360)
06. Spore (PC)
07. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)
08. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
09. Wii Fit (Wii)
10. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS2)
Germany - Consoles
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (XBox 360)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
- Wii Fit (Wii)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS2)
- Dr. Kawashimas Gehirn-Jogging (DS)
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (PS3)
- Dr. Kawashima: Mehr Gehirn-Jogging (DS)
- Mario Kart DS (DS)
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
- Crysis: Warhead
- Spore
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Die Sims 2: Apartment-Leben
- Die Siedler - Aufbruch der Kulturen
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
- World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
- Der Herr der Ringe: Die Schlacht um
Spain
01. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
02. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
03. Wii Fit (Wii)
04. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360)
05. Wii Play (Wii)
06. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)
07. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
08. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (PC)
09. Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (DS)
10. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS3)
Charts Calender:
Monday: UK, Ireland, France Top 5 (1 week delay), Germany (All, 1 week delay), Spain (1 week delay)
Tuesday: Denmark, Italy (1 week delay, currently not avalible), Finland (Fortnightly on even numbered weeks)
Wednesday: Germany (Separate console & PC)
Thursday: Australia, New Zealand, Norway , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland
Saturday: France Top 10 (2 week delay)
*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain
Archives:
2008:
Sep: 36 / 37
Aug: 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35
Jul: 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Jun: 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
May: 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
Mar: 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
2007:
Dec: 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
Nov: 44 / 45 / 46 / 47
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43
Sep: 39
