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Week ending the 19/jul/2009

RETAIL BIZ: Out This Week

Ubisoft’s My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout leads the latest wave of new releases

This week sees a modest number of new releases hitting retail shelves, mostly made up of budget titles.

However, Ubisoft brings out the most notable new game in the form of My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout. This sequel to January’s MFC: Get In Shape focuses on cardio training with several workouts based on Boxercise.

Also out this week is Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward (Oxygen), Line Rider: Freestyle (Deep Silver) and Hail To The Chimp (South Peak).

Now that we're fully into the summer holiday season in Europe, the releases should start to be more scattered. At least, there's "Wii Sport Resort" next week (this friday), and then we have to wait for the last week of August to have some significant titles (in the name of "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "The King of Fighters XII").

 

You can also check this VGChartz's news for a more detailed released schedule for this week. (Well, technically, only Purr Pals isn't cited.)

 

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

 

UK

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

Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince Crowned No1

20/Jul/2009

The release of ‘Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince’ in cinemas has helped magic another All Formats No1 for EA, knocking their own title ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ (-20%) down from No1 to No3.

Sales of ‘Harry Potter’ only rise by 5%, but it is enough to see it pass both Tiger Woods and Activision-Blizzard’s film tie-in ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ which rises from No3 to No2 despite a 4% dip in sales.

It has been a very successful couple of months for the US publisher with 4 separate EA titles reaching No1 in the All Formats Chart for a total of 6 out of the past 7 weeks. They also now have a total of five games in the All Formats Top 10.

‘Wii Fit’ (-3%) continues its consistent good form, back up 2 places to No4, having remained in the All Formats Top 10 since the first week of the year.

‘Fight Night Round 4’ (-30%) is on the ropes, down from No2 to No5, while sales of Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ (-27%) are down by a similar margin, however it only drops one place to No6.

‘The Sims 3’ and ‘Virtua Tennis 2009’ change places, the former up to No7 and the latter down to No8.

Perhaps price is import with ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ (-7%) continuing to outsell its younger brother ‘World At War’ by holding steady at No9.

EA round off the All Formats Top 10 with ‘EA Sports Active’ returning to the All Formats Top 10, up from No13 to No10.

‘Rhythm Paradise’ (+96%) re-enters the Top 40 at No21, aided by a TV advert starring Beyoncé.

(01) 01 WII WII FIT (NINTENDO)
(02) 02 PC THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(03) 03 XB360 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(08) 04 WII EA SPORTS ACTIVE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(11) 05 WII MARIO KART WII (NINTENDO)
(12) 06 XB360 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(04) 07 PS3 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(09) 08 WII TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(14) 09 DS PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (NINTENDO)
(06) 10 PS3 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD (UBISOFT)
(07) 11 XB360 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD (UBISOFT)
(10) 12 XB360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(21) 13 WII HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(15) 14 XB360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(23) 15 DS HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(13) 16 PS3 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(05) 17 WII GRAND SLAM TENNIS (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(16) 18 PS3 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(19) 19 WII WII PLAY (NINTENDO)
(17) 20 DS POKEMON PLATINUM (NINTENDO)
(__) 21 DS RHYTHM PARADISE (NINTENDO)
(20) 22 PS3 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 (SEGA)
(31) 23 XB360 SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS (SEGA)
(18) 24 XB360 PROTOTYPE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(26) 25 PS3 INFAMOUS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(24) 26 XB360 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 (SEGA)
(30) 27 PS3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(29) 28 PSP BUZZ! MASTER QUIZ (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(28) 29 PS3 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(36) 30 DS MARIO KART DS (NINTENDO)
(27) 31 WII VIRTUA TENNIS 2009 (SEGA)
(37) 32 DS TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE - AUTOBOTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(__) 33 PS2 SINGSTAR SINGALONG WITH DISNEY (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(22) 34 XB360 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED (THQ)
(38) 35 WII MY FITNESS COACH: GET IN SHAPE (UBISOFT)
(__) 36 DS DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING (NINTENDO)
(__) 37 DS CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
(25) 38 PS3 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED (THQ)
(__) 39 DS LEGO BATTLES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
(33) 40 PS3 PROTOTYPE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

 

Germany (consoles)

(01) 01 DS Pokemon Platin-Edition  
(02) 02 Wii Wii Fit  
(03) 03 Wii Mario Kart Wii  
(07) 04 DS Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf  
(04) 05 PSP Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite  
(05) 06 DS Mario Kart DS  
(06) 07 Wii Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz  
(08) 08 DS New Super Mario Bros.  
(__) 09 PS2 SingStar Mallorca Party  
(__) 10 PS2 Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz  

 

Germany (PC)

(01) 01   Anno 1404  
(02) 02   Die Sims 3  
(03) 03   World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King  
(07) 04   World of Warcraft  
(06) 05   Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009  
(08) 06   Counter-Strike: Source  
(10) 07   Anno 1404 Limitierte Edition  
(__) 08   Fallout 3 Addon Pack 1: The Pitt & Operation Anchorage  
(04) 09   Street Fighter 4  
(05) 10   Die Sims 3 Collectors Edition  

 

France (consoles top 5)

(01) 01 Wii Wii Fit + Balance Board (Nintendo)
(02) 02 DS Pokémon - version platine (Nintendo)
(03) 03 Wii Mario Kart + volant (Nintendo)
(04) 04 DS Professeur Layton et l’étrange village (Nintendo)
(__) 05 Wii EA Sports Active (Electronic Arts)

 

France (PC top 5)

(01) 01
Les Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
(03) 02
Pro Cycling Manager : Tour de France 2009 (Focus Interactive)
(02) 03
Blood Bowl (Focus Home Interactive)
(04) 04
Anno 1404 (Ubisoft)
(__) 05
World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche (Activision Blizzard)

 

Charts Calendar:

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:

Jul: 27 / 28
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