Week ending the 03/may/2009
RETAIL BIZ: Out this week
Movie licenses top the agenda once again this week, though there’s unlikely to be much target market crossover between the grumpy Wolverine and happy-smiley Hannah Montana.
Along with X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard) and Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney Interactive), other titles to look out for include DS sequel Gardening Mama (505 Games), Japanese DS hit Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo) and new outings for Naruto (Atari) and Dynasty Warriors (Koei).
And let’s not forget the gaming debut of none other than morning TV star-gazer Russell Grant, either. Seriously.
UK releases for this week:
You can also check this VGChartz's news.
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
Sales of ‘Wii Fit’ are only up by 115 units, but it still manages to outsell Wolverine by 1.7 to 1. However, Activision Blizzard do manage to launch ahead of a resurgent ‘FIFA 09’ (+28%), which moves up one place to No3. Activision’s film tie-in also sits at the top of the Xbox 360 and PS3 charts with 51% of sales on Xbox 360 and 39% on PS3 (the rest on PS2, PSP, Wii, DS and PC). Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ (+47%) and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (+15%) both enjoy upturns in sales alongside an increase in sales of the Wii console. ‘Wii Play’ moves from No8 to No4, while ‘Mario Kart Wii’ is bumped up one place to No6. ‘Resident Evil 5’ (-2%) is proving to have a strong survival instinct, holding its own in the All Formats Top 10 for an 8th week while sticking at No5 for a 3rd consecutive week.
Recent titles from Atari and EA both drop to the bottom half of the All Formats Top 10 with ‘The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena’ (-31%) slipping from No2 to No7 and EA’s ‘The Godfather II’ (-22%) sliding from No3 to No8. Sales of ‘Professor Layton’ are static, but it still finds itself dropping 3 places to No9, while ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+5%) is still fighting in the All Formats front line at No10, having never fallen out of the Top 10 since it was launched 25 weeks ago. There are jumps up the chart for ‘Street Fighter IV’ (+97%), up from No25 to No11 and ‘Halo Wars’ (+75%), a re-entry at No25 – both boosted by retailer promotions. The only other new All Formats Top 40 title other than ‘Wolverine’ this week comes from Sony – ‘Singstar Pop Edition’ on PS3 at No32.
| (01) | 01 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (05) | 02 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (04) | 03 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (03) | 04 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 05 | XB360 | X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 06 | PS3 | X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (12) | 07 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (02) | 08 | XB360 | THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: DARK ATHENA | (ATARI) |
| (11) | 09 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH | (UBISOFT) |
| (16) | 10 | PS3 | KILLZONE 2 | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (07) | 11 | XB360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (08) | 12 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (06) | 13 | XB360 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (10) | 14 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (28) | 15 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (15) | 16 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (36) | 17 | XB360 | HALO WARS | (MICROSOFT) |
| (17) | 18 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (09) | 19 | PS3 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 20 | PS3 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (27) | 21 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 22 | PS3 | SINGSTAR POP EDITION | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (23) | 23 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (18) | 24 | DS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (TAKE 2) |
| (__) | 25 | XB360 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (19) | 26 | XB360 | GEARS OF WAR 2 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (13) | 27 | PS3 | THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: DARK ATHENA | (ATARI) |
| (21) | 28 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (26) | 29 | PC | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (33) | 30 | DS | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (20) | 31 | DS | PUZZLER COLLECTION | (UBISOFT) |
| (35) | 32 | XB360 | HALO 3 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (__) | 33 | DS | RHYTHM PARADISE | (NINTENDO) |
| (30) | 34 | DS | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (34) | 35 | DS | CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (14) | 36 | WII | RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY | (UBISOFT) |
| (40) | 37 | PS3 | LITTLEBIGPLANET | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (__) | 38 | XB360 | BURNOUT PARADISE | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (24) | 39 | DS | MYSTERY CASE FILES: MILLIONHEIR | (NINTENDO) |
| (22) | 40 | XB360 | LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES | (LUCASARTS) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (__) | 03 | PS2 | Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 4 | |
| (03) | 04 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (04) | 05 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (10) | 06 | PS3 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 | |
| (07) | 07 | DS | Dr. Kawashimas Gehirn-Jogging | |
| (__) | 08 | PS2 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 | |
| (__) | 09 | Wii | Mario Power Tennis | |
| (05) | 10 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 |
Germany (PC)
| (02) | 01 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (01) | 02 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (03) | 03 | Empire: Total War | ||
| (06) | 04 | World of Warcraft | ||
| (05) | 05 | Die Sims 2 | ||
| (07) | 06 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (09) | 07 | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | ||
| (__) | 08 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 | ||
| (04) | 09 | Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor | ||
| (__) | 10 | Left 4 Dead |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii + volant Wii Wheel | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 03 | DS | Professeur Layton et l’étrange village | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 04 | PS3 | X-Men Origins : Wolverine | (Activision Blizzard) |
| (05) | 05 | Wii | Wii Play + Télécommande | (Nintendo) |
France (consoles top 10)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii FIT | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | MARIO KART Wii | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 03 | NDS | PROFESSEUR LAYTON ET L'ETRANGE VILLAGE | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 04 | PS3 | X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | (Activion) |
| (05) | 05 | Wii | Wii PLAY | (Nintendo) |
| (04) | 06 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (__) | 07 | PS3 | PES 2009 Platinum | (Konami) |
| (__) | 08 | 360 | X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE | (Activion) |
| (06) | 09 | NDS | MARIO KART DS | (Nintendo) |
| (08) | 10 | Wii | MARIO POWER TENNIS Nouvelle façon de jouer | (Nintendo) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Empire Total War | (Sega) |
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| (03) | 02 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche |
(Activision Blizzard) | |
| (05) | 03 | GTA IV | (Take2) | |
| (__) | 04 | Company of heroes : tales of valor | (THQ) | |
| (__) | 05 | Counter-Strike | (Electronic Arts) |
Italy
| (01) | 01 | WII | Mario Kart Wii | 100.0% | |
| (02) | 02 | WII | Wii Fit | 83.88% | |
| (03) | 03 | WII | Wii Play | 55.10% | |
| (04) | 04 | WII | Mario Power Tennis | 34.38% | |
| (07) | 05 | NDS | Mario Kart DS | 27.93% | |
| (__) | 06 | PS3 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 25.81% | |
| (__) | 07 | PS2 | PES 2009 | 23.45% | |
| (__) | 08 | PS2 | Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja 4 | 23.60% | |
| (09) | 09 | NDS | New Super Mario Bros. | 21.96% | |
| (13) | 10 | NDS | Brain Training | 21.69% | |
| (__) | 11 | NDS | More Brain Training | 21.32% | |
| (10) | 12 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 20.97% | |
| (06) | 13 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | 19.68% | |
| (11) | 14 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | 19.32% | |
| (05) | 15 | PS3 | The Godfather 2 | 18.77% |
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:
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
Mar: 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
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
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."
