Week ending the 19/apr/2009
RETAIL BIZ: Out This Week
A relatively quiet week serves as the calm before the storm as the mammoth line-up of April 24th approaches (including the likes of SingStar, Riddick and Little King’s Story) – that’s not to say consumers won’t find anything that appeals to them on the 17th, of course.
Leading the way this week is Phantasy Star Portable, the first handheld entry in Sega’s long-running online RPG series. Combining the content and storyline of the last two console titles, Phantasy Star Universe and Ambition Of The Illuminus, this game brings everything fans expect from the franchise to the PSP, including the all-important online multiplayer.
Dragon Ball: Evolution also hits shelves, complementing the release of the series’ first ever live action movie to hit Europe. Fans can take on the role of their favourite characters and relive their favourite moments of the film in this official companion title.
Also out this week is CID The Dummy (Oxygen), Dementium: The Ward (South Peak) and the latest additions to the PC Gamer Presents range including Stranglehold and Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War (Mastertronic).
UK releases for this week:
When posted by BKK2.
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
After Easter, sales of ‘Wii Fit’ are down by 30%, while ‘The Godfather II’ remains at No2, sales falling by 32%. EA will have to wait in the wings for another week in order to become the Don of the games charts, but old favourite ‘FIFA 09’ (-17%) ensures a strong presence at the top end of the Chart for the big American publisher, up 2 places to No3. The rest of the All Formats Top 10 shuffle places, ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ (-35%) and ‘Resident Evil 5’ (-30%) are both down one place to No’s 4 and 5 respectively. Nintendo’s 3 other Top 10 titles all perform relatively well, each with only small drops in sales – ‘Professor Layton’ (-9%) is up one place to No6, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (-1%) up 2 places to No7 and ‘Wii Play’ (-13%) is a non-mover at No8. Activision Blizzard still have a foothold in the Top 10 despite ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (-23%) slipping from No6 to No9.
With no new releases of any note out this week it gives consistent chart performer ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’ (-12%) the opportunity to sneak back into the Top 10, up from No16 to No10.
| (01) | 01 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (05) | 02 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (02) | 03 | XB360 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (07) | 04 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (06) | 05 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (03) | 06 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (04) | 07 | PS3 | THE GODFATHER II | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (08) | 08 | XB360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (09) | 09 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (11) | 10 | DS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (TAKE 2) |
| (13) | 11 | WII | RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY | (UBISOFT) |
| (10) | 12 | DS | CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (14) | 13 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH | (UBISOFT) |
| (21) | 14 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (12) | 15 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (34) | 16 | XB360 | LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES | (LUCASARTS) |
| (16) | 17 | PS3 | KILLZONE 2 | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (31) | 18 | XB360 | KUNG FU PANDA | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (29) | 19 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (23) | 20 | DS | PUZZLER COLLECTION | (UBISOFT) |
| (18) | 21 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (33) | 22 | DS | MYSTERY CASE FILES: MILLIONHEIR | (NINTENDO) |
| (17) | 23 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (22) | 24 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (27) | 25 | DS | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (__) | 26 | DS | IMAGINE: DOCTOR | (UBISOFT) |
| (15) | 27 | PS3 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (30) | 28 | DS | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (38) | 29 | XB360 | GEARS OF WAR 2 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (26) | 30 | XB360 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (20) | 31 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (37) | 32 | XB360 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | (TAKE 2) |
| (19) | 33 | XB360 | WHEELMAN | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 34 | PC | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 | (SEGA) |
| (40) | 35 | WII | GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 36 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 37 | WII | MONOPOLY | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (25) | 38 | PS3 | WHEELMAN | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 39 | WII | ANIMAL CROSSING: LET'S GO TO THE CITY | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 40 | PS3 | LITTLEBIGPLANET | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (02) | 02 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (03) | 03 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (04) | 04 | DS | Animal Crossing: Wild World | |
| (05) | 05 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (07) | 06 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | |
| (06) | 07 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (10) | 08 | Wii | Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City | |
| (__) | 09 | Wii | New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis | |
| (09) | 10 | Wii | Mein Fitness-Coach: Gut in Form |
Germany (PC)
| (02) | 01 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (01) | 02 | Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor | ||
| (05) | 03 | Die Sims 2 | ||
| (04) | 04 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (03) | 05 | Empire: Total War | ||
| (06) | 06 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (09) | 07 | BattleForge | ||
| (__) | 08 | Grand Theft Auto 4 | ||
| (__) | 09 | Der Herr der Ringe: Die Schlacht um Mittelerde 2 | ||
| (07) | 10 | World of Warcraft |
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) | 04 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | (Capcom) |
| (__) | 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) | 04 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (06) | 05 | Wii | Wii PLAY | (Nintendo) |
| (05) | 06 | PS3 | LE PARRAIN 2 | (Electronic Arts) |
| (__) | 07 | NDS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (Take 2) |
| (08) | 08 | Wii | MARIO POWER TENNIS Nouvelle façon de jouer | (Nintendo) |
| (07) | 09 | 360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (10) | 10 | NDS | MARIO KART DS | (Nintendo) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Empire Total War | (Sega) |
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| (03) | 02 | Les Sims 2 : Double Deluxe |
(Electronic Arts) | |
| (02) | 03 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (04) | 04 | Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of war 2 | (THQ) | |
| (__) | 05 | Counter-Strike | (Electronic Arts) |
Italy
| (01) | 01 | WII | Mario Kart Wii | 100.0% | |
| (02) | 02 | WII | Wii Fit | 74.63% | |
| (05) | 03 | WII | Mario Power Tennis | 51.57% | |
| (07) | 04 | WII | Wii Play | 49.25% | |
| (04) | 05 | PS3 | The Godfather 2 | 46.92% | |
| (03) | 06 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | 39.36% | |
| (09) | 07 | 360 | The Godfather 2 | 28.65% | |
| (08) | 08 | PS2 | PES 2009 | 26.59% | |
| (11) | 09 | NDS | New Super Mario Bros. | 26.27% | |
| (13) | 10 | NDS | Mario Kart DS | 26.24% | |
| (__) | 11 | WII | My Fitness Coach | 23.24% | |
| (10) | 12 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 22.76% | |
| (__) | 13 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | 22.44% | |
| (12) | 14 | 360 | Resident Evil 5 | 21.97% | |
| (__) | 15 | PS3 | Fallout 3 | 20.90% |
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
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
