Week ending the 14/dec/2008
UK
One week to go until the All Formats Christmas Chart and the top 3 games are all non-movers, with sales of ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ rising by 2%, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ sales up by 1% and ‘FIFA 09’ sales down 1%.
The gap between Call of Duty at No1 and Mario Kart Wii at No2 is 27,000 units, leaving Nintendo with it all to do in the coming week in order to claim what would be the Japanese giant’s first Christmas No1 since N64 ‘Zelda Ocarina of Time’ 10 years ago. If Activision Blizzard can hold on to the No1 spot for another week they will claim the longest uninterrupted All Formats chart topping run-in for a Christmas No1, with 6 consecutive weeks. Sales of the Top 6 games are relatively flat, meaning a 3% rise in sales for ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ is enough to drive it up one place to No4, while a 3% drop in ‘Brain Training’ sales pushes it down one place to No5. The price-promoted ‘Fallout 3’ is still a Top 10 contender with sales up 6%, rising from No7 to No6. Nintendo still have 4 Top 10 games with ‘Wii Play’ up 16% in sales, up from No9 to No7 and ‘Wii Fit’ (-5%) holding at No8. ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ is on song this week, sales up 18%, rising from No10 to No9, while ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ almost slips out of the Top 10, down from No6 to No10.
As is normal for this week of the year there are no new entries that make the Top 40, but outside the All Formats Top 10 there are several strong climbers, including the bundled ‘Lego Indiana Jones’ (+31%) up from No13 to No11, ‘Sonic Unleashed’ (+87%) up from No33 to No12, the competitively priced ‘Quantum of Solace’ (+53%) up from No27 to No13 and ‘LittleBigPlanet’ up from No29 to No16 (sales up 58%, handing it No1 in the PS3 Chart ahead of CoD).
| (01) | 01 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (02) | 02 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (03) | 03 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (05) | 04 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (04) | 05 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (21) | 06 | PS3 | LITTLEBIGPLANET | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (06) | 07 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (07) | 08 | XB360 | GEARS OF WAR 2 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (08) | 09 | XB360 | FALLOUT 3 | (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS) |
| (14) | 10 | DS | MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA | (NINTENDO) |
| (13) | 11 | WII | ANIMAL CROSSING: LET'S GO TO THE CITY | (NINTENDO) |
| (19) | 12 | XB360 | KUNG FU PANDA | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (20) | 13 | XB360 | LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES | (LUCASARTS) |
| (10) | 14 | PS3 | RESISTANCE 2 | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (34) | 15 | WII | RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY | (UBISOFT) |
| (18) | 16 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (15) | 17 | XB360 | NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (12) | 18 | DS | NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS | (NINTENDO) |
| (11) | 19 | WII | WII MUSIC | (NINTENDO) |
| (31) | 20 | DS | COOKING GUIDE: CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO EAT? | (NINTENDO) |
| (24) | 21 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (25) | 22 | PS3 | NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (29) | 23 | XB360 | FAR CRY 2 | (UBISOFT) |
| (37) | 24 | XB360 | LIPS | (MICROSOFT) |
| (32) | 25 | PC | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (23) | 26 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (38) | 27 | PS3 | FALLOUT 3 | (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS) |
| (16) | 28 | WII | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: THE VIDEOGAME | (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE) |
| (__) | 29 | WII | SONIC UNLEASHED | (SEGA) |
| (26) | 30 | DS | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (28) | 31 | XB360 | PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (27) | 32 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (17) | 33 | XB360 | TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD | (EIDOS) |
| (39) | 34 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (22) | 35 | DS | BIG BRAIN ACADEMY | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 36 | WII | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR DANCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (__) | 37 | WII | GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 38 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (33) | 39 | XB360 | SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS | (SEGA) |
| (36) | 40 | WII | SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING | (UBISOFT) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (03) | 02 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (04) | 03 | DS | Dr. Kawashimas Gehirn-Jogging | |
| (07) | 04 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (08) | 05 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | |
| (10) | 06 | DS | Dr. Kawashima: Mehr Gehirn-Jogging | |
| (02) | 07 | PS2 | Singstar Schlager | |
| (09) | 08 | DS | High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! | |
| (__) | 09 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (06) | 10 | PS2 | Need for Speed: Undercover |
Germany (PC)
| (01) | 01 | Grand Theft Auto 4 | ||
| (02) | 02 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (03) | 03 | Call of Duty: World at War | ||
| (04) | 04 | Need for Speed: Undercover | ||
| (05) | 05 | Fussball Manager 09 | ||
| (07) | 06 | FIFA 09 | ||
| (__) | 07 | Far Cry 2 | ||
| (06) | 08 | Die Sims 2: Villen- und Garten-Accessoires | ||
| (08) | 09 | Fallout 3 | ||
| (10) | 10 | Tomb Raider: Underworld |
France (consoles top 10)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii FIT | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | MARIO KART Wii | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 03 | Wii | Wii PLAY | (Nintendo) |
| (04) | 04 | Wii | RAYMAN PROD' PRESENTE: THE LAPINS CRETINS SHOW | (Ubisoft) |
| (05) | 05 | Wii | GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR Bundle | (Activision) |
| (06) | 06 | NDS | MARIO KART DS | (Nintendo) |
| (07) | 07 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (Activision) |
| (__) | 08 | Wii | GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR + Guitare | (Activision) |
| (__) | 09 | Wii | SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 10 | NDS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (Nintendo) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Take2 |
| (02) | 02 | Call of Duty : World at War | Activision Blizzard |
| (04) | 03 | Les Sims 2 : Double Deluxe | Electronic Arts |
| (03) | 04 | World of Warcraft : la Colère du Roi Liche | Activision Blizzard |
| (05) | 05 | Football Manager 2009 | Sega |
Italy
| (01) | 01 | PS2 | PES 2009 | 45.500 | |
| (02) | 02 | WII | Mario Kart Wii | 43.900 | |
| (03) | 03 | WII | Wii Fit | 35.950 | |
| (__) | 04 | NDS | More Brain Training | 31.100 | |
| (04) | 05 | WII | Wii Play | 24.300 | |
| (07) | 06 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 18.800 | |
| (__) | 07 | PS2 | Need For Speed Undercover | 15.250 | |
| (08) | 08 | PS3 | PES 2009 | 14.350 | |
| (09) | 09 | NDS | Brain Training | 13.350 | |
| (06) | 10 | NDS | Pokemon Ranger: Ombre Su Almia | 11.450 |
Italy (top 15)
| 01 | PS2 | PES 2009 | 100,00% |
| 02 | WII | Mario Kart | 96,44% |
| 03 | DS | More Brain Training | 65,87% |
| 04 | WII | Wii Fit | 62,49% |
| 05 | WII | Wii Play | 53,26% |
| 06 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 42,09% |
| 07 | PS2 | Need For Speed Undercover | 33,34% |
| 08 | PS3 | PES 2009 | 31,44% |
| 09 | DS | Brain Training | 29,21% |
| 10 | DS | Pokemon Ranger: Orme Su Almia | 24,99% |
| 11 | PS3 | Prince Of Persia | 23,96% |
| 12 | PSP | PES 2009 | 23,17% |
| 13 | PS3 | Need For Speed Undercover | 22,83% |
| 14 | DS | High School Musical 3 | 22,34% |
| 15 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | 22,23% |
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), Finland (Fortnightly on even numbered weeks)
Wednesday: Germany (Separate console & PC)
Thursday: Australia, New Zealand , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway
Saturday: France Top 10 (2 week delay)
*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain
Archives:
2008:
Dec: 49
Nov: 45 / 46 / 47 / 48
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44
Sep: 36 / 37 / 38 / 39
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
