From Chart Track:
Microsoft and Fable II’s fairytale start to life in the All Formats Chart is cut short by Bethesda’s ‘Fallout 3’ which hands the well respected American developer their first self-published UK All Formats No1.
‘Fallout 3’ was launched on Xbox 360 (55%), PS3 (28%) and PC (17%) and tops each of its individual charts this week with the Xbox 360 launch outselling that of Bethesda’s critically acclaimed ‘Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion’ by 57%. The original Fallout was launched in Q1 1998 and ‘Fallout 2’ in Q4 1998, so gamers have had to wait 10 years for the 3rd official Fallout game. It appears that it was well worth the wait as in two days ‘Fallout 3’ has outsold the total sales to date of every previous Fallout game combined (including spin-offs ‘Fallout Tactics’ and ‘Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel’). Sales of ‘Fable II’ drop 51%, falling from No1 to No4, while ‘FIFA 09’ moves in the other direction, up from No3 to No2. ‘Wii Fit’ enjoys its 3rd best week ever with sales jumping an impressive 126%, up from No8 to No3 and outselling ‘Fallout 3’ on Xbox 360 to become this week’s top selling title across a single format in terms of both units and revenue.
Konami’s ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2009’ slips one place to No5 despite the launch of the PS2 version, which is this week’s top selling version of ‘PES 2009’, accounting for 38% of sales, ahead of PS3 and Xbox 360, both 30%. ‘Far Cry 2’ falls from No2 to No6, ahead of Activision Blizzard’s new Bond game ‘Quantum of Solace’, debuting appropriately at No7. ‘LEGO Batman’ from Warner Bros. is down one place to No8, but only 700 sales behind Bond. The top 8 games this week are all from different publishers with Nintendo the only publisher to have two Top 10 games. THQ round off the All Formats Top 10 as ‘Saints Row 2’ drops 5 places to No10. There are new entries for ‘Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3’ at No15, ‘MySims Kingdom’ at No25, ‘More Touchmaster’ at No28 and DS ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year’ at No29.
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 1 November 2008
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
7 | 1 | WII FIT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
- | 2 | FALLOUT 3 | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
1 | 3 | FABLE II | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | |||
8 | 4 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
- | 5 | FALLOUT 3 | PS3 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
9 | 6 | FIFA 09 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
3 | 7 | FAR CRY 2 | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | |||
13 | 8 | WII PLAY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
14 | 9 | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
- | 10 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 | PS2 | KONAMI | KONAMI | |||
6 | 11 | FAR CRY 2 | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | |||
- | 12 | FALLOUT 3 | PC | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |||
2 | 13 | SAINTS ROW 2 | XB360 | THQ | THQ | |||
15 | 14 | FIFA 09 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
- | 15 | COMMAND AND CONQUER: RED ALERT 3 | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
5 | 16 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 | XB360 | KONAMI | KONAMI | |||
4 | 17 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 | PS3 | KONAMI | KONAMI | |||
- | 18 | QUANTUM OF SOLACE | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
- | 19 | QUANTUM OF SOLACE | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |||
17 | 20 | FIFA 09 | PS2 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
10 | 21 | DEAD SPACE | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
20 | 22 | MIDNIGHT CLUB: LOS ANGELES | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | |||
19 | 23 | MIDNIGHT CLUB: LOS ANGELES | PS3 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | |||
18 | 24 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | WII | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | |||
22 | 25 | FIFA 09 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
25 | 26 | FIFA 09 | PSP | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
11 | 27 | SAINTS ROW 2 | PS3 | THQ | THQ | |||
16 | 28 | DEAD SPACE | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | |||
23 | 29 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | |||
28 | 30 | LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME | WII | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | |||
12 | 31 | FAR CRY 2 | PC | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | |||
21 | 32 | LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME | PS2 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | |||
24 | 33 | LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME | DS | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | |||
27 | 34 | MARIO KART DS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
26 | 35 | BIG BEACH SPORTS | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | |||
- | 36 | MORE TOUCHMASTER | DS | MIDWAY | MIDWAY | |||
- | 37 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR | DS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | |||
- | 38 | MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | |||
30 | 39 | FAMILY TRAINER | WII | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | ATARI | |||
- | 40 | IMAGINE: TEACHER | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT |
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.