Reserved for UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
United Kingdom
06/Oct/2008
It’s the biggest ever launch of a FIFA game with EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ outselling last year’s game by 37.5%, toppling ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ at No1 in the All Formats Chart and debuting at the top of the PS2, PS3, PSP and Xbox 360 charts.
42% of sales were on Xbox 360, making it the 3rd fastest selling game on Microsoft’s format (behind GTA IV and Halo 3), while 40% of sales were on PS3 where it is the 2nd fastest selling game (behind GTA IV). The PS2 version accounted for 11% of sales and PSP 3%, while Nintendo’s formats and PC made up the remainder. Half of EA’s 8 All Formats No1’s so far this year have come in the past six weeks. Sales of ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ are down 40%, falling one place to No2, while Ubisoft’s ‘Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway’ climbs one place to No3. Nintendo’s popular Wii games ‘Wii Fit’ and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ are both down 2 places to No’s 3 and 4 respectively. EA have 2 All Formats games in the Top 10 this week as ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ is still swinging, down from No5 to No6.
The rest of the Top 10 is made up of 3 party game titles all on Nintendo’s formats – ‘Wii Play’ down from No6 to No7, ‘Big Beach Sports’ up one place to No8 and ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’ down from No7 to No10. In its second week, Disney’s racing game ‘Pure’ continues to teeter on the edge of the Top 10, down one place to No9. ‘FIFA 09’ may be the only new release to break into the All Formats Top 40 this week, but several games have good second week sales – Sega’s ‘Samba de Amigo’ breaks in at No18 along with ‘Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood’ at No31. There are also several retailer promotions on games such as ‘Super Mario Galaxy’, which re-enters at No21 and ‘Wall-E’ which climbs from No18 to No13.
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 4 October 2008
| LW |
TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  |
1 | FIFA 09 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
2 | FIFA 09 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
3 | FIFA 09 | PS2 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 1 |  |
4 | WII FIT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 2 | |
5 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | |
6 | BROTHERS IN ARMS: HELL'S HIGHWAY | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 3 | |
7 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | XB360 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| 6 | |
8 | WII PLAY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 8 | |
9 | BROTHERS IN ARMS: HELL'S HIGHWAY | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 9 | |
10 | BIG BEACH SPORTS | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| 7 | |
11 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | WII | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| - | |
12 | FIFA 09 | PSP | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 4 | |
13 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | PS3 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| - | |
14 | FIFA 09 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 |  |
15 | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 10 | |
16 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | WII | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | ||
| 11 | |
17 | PURE | XB360 | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| 18 | |
18 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
19 | SAMBA DE AMIGO | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 21 |  |
20 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 16 | |
21 | GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK | WII | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 19 | |
22 | FAMILY TRAINER | WII | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | ATARI | ||
| - | |
23 | SUPER MARIO GALAXY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 13 | |
24 | SPORE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 27 | |
25 | HALO 3 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 30 | |
26 | SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 20 | |
27 | SPORTS ISLAND | WII | HUDSON | KONAMI | ||
| 31 | |
28 | PUZZLER COLLECTION | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT | ||
| 14 | |
29 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED | PS2 | LUCASARTS | LUCASARTS | ||
| 25 | |
30 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 24 | |
31 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 35 | |
32 | SONIC CHRONICLES: THE DARK BROTHERHOOD | DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 12 | |
33 | WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING | PC | GOA | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
34 | WALL-E | DS | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| - | |
35 | RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS 2 | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
36 | WARIO LAND: THE SHAKE DIMENSION | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 28 | |
37 | GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR | DS | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
38 | DE BLOB | WII | THQ | THQ | ||
| 17 | |
39 | MARIO KART DS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 29 | |
40 | IMAGINE: TEACHER | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT |
France (consoles)
1. PS3 FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) (E)
2. Xbox 360 FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) (E)
3. Wii Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) (--)
4. PS2 FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) (E)
5. Wii Wii Fit (Nintendo) (-4)
6. PS3 Star Wars : Le Pouvoir de la Force (Lucas Arts) (-4)
7. PS3 Pure (Disney Interactice) (--)
8. Wii Star Wars : Le Pouvoir de la Force (Lucas Arts) (-4)
9. Wii Wii Play (Nintendo) (-3)
10. Xbox 360 Pure (Disney Interactice) (-2)
France (PC)
1 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning Electronic Arts
2 FIFA 2009 Electronic Arts
3 Spore Electronic Arts
4 Sacred 2 : Fallen Angel Koch Media
5 Les Sims 2 : La vie en appartment add-on Electronic Arts
Germany
1. FIFA 09 (PS3)
2. FIFA 09 (PS2)
3. FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
4. FIFA 09 (PC)
5. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PC)
6. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
7. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Collector's Edition (PC)
8. Wii Fit (Wii)
9. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
10. Crysis Warhead (PC)
Germany (consoles)
1 FIFA 09 (PS3)
2 FIFA 09 (PS2)
3 FIFA 09 (XBox 360)
4 Wii Fit (Wii)
5 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
6 FIFA 09 (PSP)
7 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
8 Dr. Kawashima: Mehr Gehirn-Jogging (DS)
9 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS2)
10 Mario Kart DS (DS)
Germany (PC)
1 FIFA 09
2 Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel
3 Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel Collectors Edition
4 Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
5 Crysis: Warhead
6 Medieval 2 - Total War
7 Civilization 4: Colonization
8 Spore
9 Die Sims 2: Apartment-Leben
10 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Spain
1. FIFA 09 (PS3)
2. FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
3. FIFA 09 (PS2)
4. Wii Fit (Wii)
5. Wii Play (Wii)
6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
7. FIFA 09 (PSP)
8. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
9. FIFA 09 (PC)
10. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
Italy
01 FIFA 09 (PS3) [33.200]
02 FIFA 09 (PS2) [22.300]
03 FIFA 09 (360) [19.600]
04 Wii Fit (WII) [7.150]
05 La Guida In Cucina (DS) [4.150]
06 Mario Kart Wii (WII) [3.750]
07 Wii Play (WII) [3.650]
08 FIFA 09 (PSP) [3.150]
09 Brain Training (DS) [3.000]
10 Kung Fu Panda (PS2) [2.450]
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, currently not avalible), 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:
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
