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Forums - Sales Discussion - PAL Charts Week 38 (2009). Need For Speed: Shift debuts.

Week ending the 20/sep/2009

RETAIL BIZ: Out This Week

Need For Speed and Wet lead another strong week of new releases

As the busiest season of the year continues to gain momentum, a number of major releases are heading to retail this Friday.

Firstly, Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed: Shift kicks off the reinvention of the long-running racing series. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC editions are touted as a ‘return to form’ for the franchise, and should satisfy fans with their focus on realism.

Meanwhile, Bethesda’s Wet provides fans of over-the-top action with an acrobatic blend of gunfights and swordplay. This stylised adventure features an adrenaline-fuelled combat system and the vocal talent of Eliza Dushku.

Also out this week is Toy Story Mania (Disney), Blood Bowl (THQ), NewU Fitness First Personal Trainer (Ubisoft) and Wacky World Of Sports (Sega).

You can also check this VGChartz's news for a more detailed released schedule for this week. (Many releases this week.)

 

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

 

UK

Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :

EA's Need For Speed Shift's Into First

21/Sep/2009

EA’s latest edition to their illustrious racing franchise, ‘Need for Speed: Shift’, debuts at number No1 this week.

Developed by the brilliantly named and newly formed London based Slightly Mad Studios, with the PS3 coming out as the top format with 52% of the sales, while Xbox 360 takes 44% and PC and PSP have the remaining 5%.

This means that both Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero 5’ and Codemasters’ ‘Colin McRae: Dirt 2’ shift down to No2 and No3 respectively.

Eidos’ ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ also moves down one place to No4, with Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ relaxing at No5.

The only other new entry in the Top 10 this week is Bethesda Softworks’ ‘WET’ which splashes down at No6.

EA’s ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ drops three places to No7 while Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ stays entrenched at No8.

Nintendo keeps apace with ‘Wii Fit’ at No9 and EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ rounds off the Top 10.

(__) 01 PS3 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 02 XB360 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(04) 03 WII WII SPORTS RESORT (NINTENDO)
(01) 04 XB360 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(07) 05 PS3 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(02) 06 XB360 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(06) 07 PS3 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(05) 08 XB360 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(11) 09 WII GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(03) 10 WII WII FIT (NINTENDO)
(09) 11 PS3 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(10) 12 WII MARIO KART WII (NINTENDO)
(14) 13 PC CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2010 (EIDOS)
(__) 14 XB360 WET (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(__) 15 PS3 WET (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(19) 16 XB360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(08) 17 XB360 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(24) 18 XB360 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(21) 19 DS DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING (NINTENDO)
(12) 20 WII THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(26) 21 XB360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(22) 22 DS PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (NINTENDO)
(15) 23 PS3 IL2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY (505 GAMES)
(27) 24 PS3 KILLZONE 2 (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(34) 25 XB360 SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS (SEGA)
(__) 26 PC BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(18) 27 WII ASHES CRICKET 2009 (CODEMASTERS)
(20) 28 PS3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 29 PS3 QUANTUM OF SOLACE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 30 PS3 FAR CRY 2 (UBISOFT)
(13) 31 PS3 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(29) 32 DS MARIO KART DS (NINTENDO)
(23) 33 PC THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(16) 34 PSP DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
(17) 35 XB360 IL2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY (505 GAMES)
(30) 36 WII WII PLAY (NINTENDO)
(36) 37 XB360 HALO 3 (MICROSOFT)
(35) 38 PS3 LITTLEBIGPLANET (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(33) 39 PS3 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD (UBISOFT)
(__) 40 DS PEPPA PIG: THE GAME (UBISOFT)

 

Germany (consoles)

(__) 01 PS3 Need for Speed: Shift  
(__) 02 XBox 360 Need for Speed: Shift  
(01) 03 Wii Wii Sports Resort  
(__) 04 XBox 360 Halo 3: ODST  
(__) 05 PS3 NHL 10  
(02) 06 Wii Wii Fit  
(04) 07 Wii Mario Kart Wii  
(05) 08 DS Pokemon Platin-Edition  
(07) 09 DS Mario Kart DS  
(03) 10 PS3 Colin McRae: DIRT 2  

 

Germany (PC)

(__) 01   Runes of Magic - The Elven Prophecy  
(__) 02   Need for Speed: Shift  
(01) 03   Die Sims 3  
(__) 04   Resident Evil 5  
(__) 05   Batman: Arkham Asylum  
(02) 06   Anno 1404  
(03) 07   World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King  
(05) 08   Counter-Strike: Source  
(09) 09   Fussball Manager 09  
(10) 10   World of Warcraft  

 

France (consoles top 5)

(__) 01 PS3 Need for Speed Shift (Electronic Arts)
(01) 02 Wii Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
(__) 03 XBox360 Need for Speed Shift (Electronic Arts)
(02) 04 PS3 Colin McRae : Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
(04) 05 XBox360 Colin McRae : Dirt 2 (Codemasters)

 

France (PC top 5)

(01) 01
Les Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
(__) 02
Need for Speed Shift (Electronic Arts)
(__) 03
Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
(04) 04
L’Entraîneur 2010 Championship Manager (Eidos)
(__) 05
Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

 

Charts Calendar:

Monday: UK, Ireland, France Top 5 (1 week delay), Germany (All, On hold), Spain (On hold)
Tuesday: Denmark, Italy (On hold), Finland (Fortnightly on even numbered weeks)
Wednesday: Germany (Separate console & PC)
Thursday: Australia, New Zealand , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway
Saturday: France Top 10 (On hold)

*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain

Archives:

2009:

Sep: 36 / 37
Aug: 32 / 33 / 34 / 35
Jul: 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Jun: 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
May: 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
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



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

Netherlands *

(01) 01 Wii WII SPORTS RESORT (NINTENDO)
(__) 02 PS3 COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 (SONY)
(__) 03 PS3 NEED FOR SPEED/SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 04 XBOX 360 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 05 XBOX 360 COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(__) 06 PS3 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 07 DS BRAIN TRAINING (NINTENDO)
(__) 08 Wii GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 09 XBOX 360 NEED FOR SPEED/SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 10 DS JEWEL MASTER/CRADLE OF EGYPT (EASY INTERACTIVE)

* - 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

(__) 01   NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(01) 02   BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(03) 03   GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(04) 04   COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(20) 05   QUANTUM OF SOLACE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 06   FAR CRY 2 (UBISOFT)
(02) 07   THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(05) 08   WII SPORTS RESORT (NINTENDO)
(07) 09   TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 10   WET (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(06) 11   CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(11) 12   WII FIT (NINTENDO)
(10) 13   FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 14   MARIO KART WII (NINTENDO)
(__) 15   TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD (EIDOS)
(14) 16   GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (TAKE 2)
(13) 17   CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(12) 18   ASSASSIN'S CREED (UBISOFT)
(__) 19   FIFA 09 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 20   PEPPA PIG: THE GAME (UBISOFT)

 

Denmark

(__) 01   NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(01) 02   PIXELINE 11: STJERNESTOV (KREA MEDIE)
(10) 03   MARIO KART WII (NINTENDO)
(02) 04   WII SPORTS RESORT (NINTENDO)
(05) 05   GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(06) 06   WII FIT (NINTENDO)
(__) 07   WII PLAY (NINTENDO)
(03) 08   GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(13) 09   THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(12) 10   COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(08) 11   FIFA 09 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(15) 12   G-FORCE (K.E. MEDIA)
(__) 13   MINI NINJAS (UBISOFT)
(07) 14   GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(16) 15   CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(09) 16   BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (UBISOFT)
(__) 17   NHL 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(18) 18   WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WRATH OF LICH KING (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 19   GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (K.E. MEDIA)
(__) 20   MADDEN NFL 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

 

Australia

(02) 01 Wii Wii Fit  
(01) 02 Wii Wii Sports Resort  
(__) 03 PS3 Need For Speed: Shift  
(__) 04 360 Guitar Hero 5  
(__) 05 PS3 Guitar Hero 5  
(03) 06 PS3 Batman Arkham Asylum  
(05) 07 Wii Mario Kart Wii  
(06) 08 Wii Wii Play  
(__) 09 Wii Guitar Hero 5 - Bundle  
(__) 10 360 Need For Speed: Shift  

 

New Zealand

(03) 01 Wii Wii Fit  
(__) 02 PS3 Need For Speed: Shift  
(01) 03 PS3 Batman Arkham Asylum  
(05) 04 Wii Wii Play  
(04) 05 Wii Wii Sports Resort  
(__) 06 360 Need For Speed: Shift  
(02) 07 PS2 Rock Band  
(07) 08 PSP Dissidia: Final Fantasy  
(__) 09 PS3 Colin McRae: Dirt 2  
(10) 10 PC The Sims 3  

 

Sweden

(__) 01 360 NHL 10  
(__) 02 PS3 NHL 10  
(__) 03 PS3 Need for Speed: Shift  
(__) 04 360 Need for Speed: Shift  
(04) 05 Wii Wii Sports: Resort  
(01) 06 360 Guitar Hero 5  
(13) 07 PS3 Little Big Planet  
(02) 08 PS3 Guitar Hero 5  
(03) 09 PS3 Colin McRae Dirt 2  
(07) 10 PC The Sims 3  
(__) 11 PC Need for Speed: Shift  
(06) 12 PS2 Guitar Hero 5  
(10) 13 PS3 Batman Arkham Asylum  
(12) 14 PC World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King  
(09) 15 Wii Guitar Hero 5  
(17) 16 Wii Punch-Out  
(__) 17 PC Batman Arkham Asylum  
(05) 18 360 Colin McRae Dirt 2  
(14) 19 PS3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare  
(16) 20 DS New Super Mario Bros  

 

Norway (consoles)

(__) 01   Need for Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
(02) 02   Guitar Hero 5 (Activision)
(01) 03   Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
(__) 04   NHL 10 (EA Sports)
(06) 05   Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
(__) 06   Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
(03) 07   Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
(08) 08   The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
(05) 09   Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
(07) 10   Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
(09) 11   Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Ubisoft)
(11) 12   Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision)
(13) 13   G-Force (Disney Interactive)
(12) 14   Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
(10) 15   Buzz: Norgesmester (Sony)
(18) 16   Guitar Hero: Metallica (Activision)
(15) 17   Wolfenstein (Activision)
(17) 18   Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
(14) 19   Singstar Abba (Sony)
(__) 20   Rock Band 2 (Electronic Arts)

 

Norway (handhelds)

(01) 01   New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
(04) 02   Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
(03) 03   Littlest Pet Shop - DS (Electronic Arts)
(02) 04   Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
(05) 05   G-Force (Disney Interactive)
(__) 06   Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix)
(07) 07   Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
(__) 08   Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney Interactive)
(__) 09   Hello Kitty Daily (Nobilis)
(06) 10   Super Princess Peach (Nintendo)

 

Norway (PC)

(01) 01   The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
(__) 02   Need for Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
(02) 03   World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)
(03) 04   Spore (Electronic Arts)
(08) 05   Call of Duty: World at War (Activision)
(__) 06   Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)
(04) 07   Empire: Total War (Sega)
(05) 08   Wolfenstein (Activision)
(06) 09   Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
(10) 10   Spore: Pa eventyr i galaksen (Electronic Arts)

 



(__) 05 XBOX 360 COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 (SONY)

What??? Xbox game published by Sony??



Gabriel84 said:
(__) 05 XBOX 360 COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 (SONY)

What??? Xbox game published by Sony??

Sony are distributing the Playstation versions of Dirt 2 in PAL regions.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-to-distribute-colin-mcrae-dirt-2-across-pal-regions

Just like with Ghostbusters, except this time without the timed exclusivity.



yeah lol. Sony is only publishing the PS3 version in Europe ^^



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wholikeswood said:
Gabriel84 said:
(__) 05 XBOX 360 COLIN MCRAE DIRT 2 (SONY)

What??? Xbox game published by Sony??

Sony are distributing the Playstation versions of Dirt 2 in PAL regions.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-to-distribute-colin-mcrae-dirt-2-across-pal-regions

Just like with Ghostbusters, except this time without the timed exclusivity.

lol but not for the 360



Yeah, sorry, assumed we were talking about the PS3 version. Must be a typo by the 360.



UK

Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :

EA's Need For Speed Shift's Into First

21/Sep/2009

EA’s latest edition to their illustrious racing franchise, ‘Need for Speed: Shift’, debuts at number No1 this week.

Developed by the brilliantly named and newly formed London based Slightly Mad Studios, with the PS3 coming out as the top format with 52% of the sales, while Xbox 360 takes 44% and PC and PSP have the remaining 5%.

This means that both Activision Blizzard’s ‘Guitar Hero 5’ and Codemasters’ ‘Colin McRae: Dirt 2’ shift down to No2 and No3 respectively.

Eidos’ ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ also moves down one place to No4, with Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports Resort’ relaxing at No5.

The only other new entry in the Top 10 this week is Bethesda Softworks’ ‘WET’ which splashes down at No6.

EA’s ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ drops three places to No7 while Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ stays entrenched at No8.

Nintendo keeps apace with ‘Wii Fit’ at No9 and EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ rounds off the Top 10.

(__) 01 PS3 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(__) 02 XB360 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(04) 03 WII WII SPORTS RESORT (NINTENDO)
(01) 04 XB360 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(07) 05 PS3 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
(02) 06 XB360 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(06) 07 PS3 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(05) 08 XB360 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(11) 09 WII GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(03) 10 WII WII FIT (NINTENDO)
(09) 11 PS3 GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(10) 12 WII MARIO KART WII (NINTENDO)
(14) 13 PC CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2010 (EIDOS)
(__) 14 XB360 WET (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(__) 15 PS3 WET (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
(19) 16 XB360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(08) 17 XB360 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(24) 18 XB360 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(21) 19 DS DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING (NINTENDO)
(12) 20 WII THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(26) 21 XB360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(22) 22 DS PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (NINTENDO)
(15) 23 PS3 IL2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY (505 GAMES)
(27) 24 PS3 KILLZONE 2 (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(34) 25 XB360 SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS (SEGA)
(__) 26 PC BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
(18) 27 WII ASHES CRICKET 2009 (CODEMASTERS)
(20) 28 PS3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 29 PS3 QUANTUM OF SOLACE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 30 PS3 FAR CRY 2 (UBISOFT)
(13) 31 PS3 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(29) 32 DS MARIO KART DS (NINTENDO)
(23) 33 PC THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(16) 34 PSP DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
(17) 35 XB360 IL2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY (505 GAMES)
(30) 36 WII WII PLAY (NINTENDO)
(36) 37 XB360 HALO 3 (MICROSOFT)
(35) 38 PS3 LITTLEBIGPLANET (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(33) 39 PS3 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD (UBISOFT)
(__) 40 DS PEPPA PIG: THE GAME (UBISOFT)

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So, do I put Codemasters as the publisher for the 360 version of "Colin McRae: Dirt 2" in the Netherlands chart, and keep Sony for the PS3 version ? (Not that it really matters actually...)



Pretty large fall for Dissidia, but glad it still charts, same with LBP.

Killzone 2 up 3 places. :D



another game shifting more on PS3 than xbox looks like the tide has finally turned in the uk at least