Week ending the 25/jan/2009

Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.

UK

Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ goes from strength to strength at the top of the All Formats Chart with a 21% rise in sales, holding on to No1 for the first time since it was launched 9 months ago and weighing in with its sixth week at the top.

If it is to become Nintendo’s longest serving All Formats No1 it will need to better Pokemon Gold’s 7 weeks and then Pokemon Yellow’s 10 weeks at the top. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (sales up 3%) fends off another EA new release this week as ‘Skate 2’ debuts one place behind it at No3 (just like EA’s ‘Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ did last week). In fact EA claim the next 3 games in the All Formats Top 5 as ‘FIFA 09’ is a non-mover at No4 and ‘LOTR: Conquest’ drops two places to No5, sales down 31%. However, Nintendo have the most Top 10 games this week with 4 thanks to ‘Wii Play’, down one place to No6 and both ‘Mario Kart Wii’ and ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ slipping back into the Top 10.

‘Mario Kart Wii’ jumps from No13 to No8, boosted by hardware bundling, while renewed stock of ‘Professor Layton’ propels it back into the Top 40 at No10. Nintendo can’t claim all five of the Wii/DS exclusives in this week’s All Formats Top 10 because Ubisoft’s own Wii Fitness game ‘My Fitness Coach’ is a new entry at No7. The release of the PS2 version of ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ puts it back in the Top 10 at No9.

Germany (consoles)

Germany (PC)

France (consoles top 5)

France (consoles top 10)

France (PC top 5)

Italy

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:

2009:

Jan: 01 / 02 / 03

2008:

Dec: 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
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

Reserved for Australia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.

Netherlands *

* - note that the Netherlands chart is closed earlier than other European charts and, because of that, it's often not a good indicator of success for debuting games.

Ireland

Denmark

Australia

New Zealand

Sweden

Norway (consoles)

Norway (handhelds)

Norway (PC)

Finland (week 3-4)

oooh...Skate 2 - I forgot that released this week better get my money to the store...

I guess we will have to wait for UK.

Nice, I'll be waiting for the updates!

Wii Fit has Stamina!

Wii Fit has Stamina! 26/Jan/2009 Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ goes from strength to strength at the top of the All Formats Chart with a 21% rise in sales, holding on to No1 for the first time since it was launched 9 months ago and weighing in with its sixth week at the top. If it is to become Nintendo’s longest serving All Formats No1 it will need to better Pokemon Gold’s 7 weeks and then Pokemon Yellow’s 10 weeks at the top. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (sales up 3%) fends off another EA new release this week as ‘Skate 2’ debuts one place behind it at No3 (just like EA’s ‘Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ did last week). In fact EA claim the next 3 games in the All Formats Top 5 as ‘FIFA 09’ is a non-mover at No4 and ‘LOTR: Conquest’ drops two places to No5, sales down 31%. However, Nintendo have the most Top 10 games this week with 4 thanks to ‘Wii Play’, down one place to No6 and both ‘Mario Kart Wii’ and ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Village’ slipping back into the Top 10. ‘Mario Kart Wii’ jumps from No13 to No8, boosted by hardware bundling, while renewed stock of ‘Professor Layton’ propels it back into the Top 40 at No10. Nintendo can’t claim all five of the Wii/DS exclusives in this week’s All Formats Top 10 because Ubisoft’s own Wii Fitness game ‘My Fitness Coach’ is a new entry at No7. The release of the PS2 version of ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ puts it back in the Top 10 at No9.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 24 January 2009

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
1		1			WII FIT	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
2		2			WII PLAY	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
-		3			SKATE 2	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
-		4			MY FITNESS COACH	WII	GAMES FOR EVERYONE	UBISOFT
6		5			MARIO KART WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
4		6			CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
-		7			PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
3		8			THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
5		9			DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
8		10			CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7		11			MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES	WII	SEGA	SEGA
9		12			GEARS OF WAR 2	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
34		13			BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
13		14			LITTLEBIGPLANET	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
-		15			SKATE 2	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
18		16			FIFA 09	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
14		17			FIFA 09	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
11		18			CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES	WII	2KPLAY	TAKE 2
10		19			THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
17		20			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009	PC	SEGA	SEGA
12		21			MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
20		22			MARIO KART DS	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
19		23			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
-		24			TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD	PS2	EIDOS	EIDOS
-		25			RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
15		26			HALO 3	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
22		27			CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
23		28			LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES	XB360	LUCASARTS	LUCASARTS
33		29			BIG BEACH SPORTS	WII	PLAY THQ	THQ
24		30			KUNG FU PANDA	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26		31			RESISTANCE 2	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
-		32			TOUCHMASTER	DS	MIDWAY	MIDWAY
-		33			FABLE II	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
25		34			GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK	WII	REDOCTANE	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
-		35			OFF ROAD	WII	XPLOSIV	EMPIRE INTERACTIVE
32		36			42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
31		37			GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR	XB360	REDOCTANE	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
-		38			LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
38		39			LEFT 4 DEAD	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
30		40			GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR	WII	REDOCTANE	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

LBP is showing tremendous legs....shame that resistance 2 has gone awol already

another great week for wii and xbox 360

- Good start for 'Skate 2' on 360 and PS3, and good holding for 'The Lord of the Rings: Conquest'. Electronic Arts must be a little relieved.

- Incredible sales for 'Professor Layton and the curious village' (DS). It seems that Nintendo can't keep up with the demand: this was the 3rd or 4th time this game has gone out the chart due to stock problems.

- Surprised that 'Tomb Raider: Underworld' did so well on PS2 - this version has only been released this week. I thought that the delay compared to the HD or Wii version would have killed any sales. Apparently not.

- But, more importantly, while making this thread, I did choose not to mention 'My Fitness Coach' (Wii) in the title, thinking that it wasn't noticeable enough to get there and that it would not make it into the charts. It's ranked 4th in the individual chart. I have failed and feel deeply ashamed.

yea but who knew my fitness coach would make it to #4?