Week ending the 23/aug/2009
The last quiet week for new releases in the summer paves the way for the return of a legendary franchise.
Activision Blizzard’s Wolfenstein continues the long-running FPS, delighting fans once more with intense gunfights against Occult-obsessed Nazis and their demonic creations.
Other notable releases this week include Peppa Pig (Ubisoft) and Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack (Majesco).
No VGChartz's news this week too, so you'll still have to directly check the release page for the complete release list (the 21th Aug 09).
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
24/Aug/2009
Nintendo were only taking a short break from No1 in the All Formats Chart. After 2 weeks of watching ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ take top spot, ‘Wii Sports Resort’ (-12%) climbs one place back to No1, pipping Activision-Blizzard’s newcomer ‘Wolfenstein’ by 2,000 sales.
Nintendo have now claimed the No1 spot in the All Formats Chart for an impressive 15 weeks so far this year. By way of consolation, Activision-Blizzard’s resurrection of the classic ‘Wolfenstein’ franchise takes the No1 position on the PS3, 360 and PC charts. Codemasters’ ‘Ashes Cricket 2009’ is bowled out, forced to settle for No3 in the All Formats batting order after a 56% drop in sales. Activision-Blizzard now matches Nintendo with 3 titles in the All Formats Top 10 this week, boosted by price promotions on ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ (+ 36%) which jumps 2 places to No5 and ‘Prototype’ (-10%) sneaking back into the Top 10, up one place to No10. Nintendo’s old guard of ‘Wii Fit’ (-8%) and ‘Mario Kart Wii’ are proving resiliant, maintaining a strong Top 10 presence by only slipping one place to No’s 4 and 7 respectively.
In its third week of price promotion, Ubisoft’s ‘Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood’ falls 2 places to No6 (-26%). Sales of ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ (-24%) are down by a similar margin at No8, but fellow EA Sports title and previous chart topper ‘Fight Night Round 4’ (-5%) scraps its way back into the Top 10 at No9. American football is proving less robust for EA with ‘Madden NFL 10’ (-43%) dropping to No20 after debuting last week at No8.
| (01) | 01 | WII | WII SPORTS RESORT | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 02 | XB360 | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (05) | 03 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (02) | 04 | WII | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (06) | 05 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 06 | PS3 | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (03) | 07 | PS3 | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (20) | 08 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (04) | 09 | XB360 | ASHES CRICKET 2009 | (CODEMASTERS) |
| (__) | 10 | PC | WOLFENSTEIN | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (08) | 11 | PC | THE SIMS 3 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (10) | 12 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (07) | 13 | PS3 | CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD | (UBISOFT) |
| (09) | 14 | XB360 | CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD | (UBISOFT) |
| (11) | 15 | WII | EA SPORTS ACTIVE | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (15) | 16 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 17 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (13) | 18 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 19 | DS | GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (12) | 20 | DS | CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (14) | 21 | DS | POKEMON PLATINUM | (NINTENDO) |
| (21) | 22 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (17) | 23 | XB360 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (23) | 24 | XB360 | FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (24) | 25 | PS3 | FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (25) | 26 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (19) | 27 | WII | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (32) | 28 | DS | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | (NINTENDO) |
| (31) | 29 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH: GET IN SHAPE | (UBISOFT) |
| (34) | 30 | PS3 | PROTOTYPE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (18) | 31 | DS | G-FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (35) | 32 | WII | CARNIVAL GAMES: MINI GOLF | (TAKE 2) |
| (38) | 33 | DS | MYSTERY STORIES | (GSP/AVANQUEST) |
| (29) | 34 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 35 | XB360 | SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS | (SEGA) |
| (37) | 36 | DS | PEPPA PIG: THE GAME | (UBISOFT) |
| (39) | 37 | XB360 | HALO 3 | (MICROSOFT) |
| (__) | 38 | DS | SHERLOCK HOLMES: MYSTERY OF THE MUMMY | (UBISOFT) |
| (26) | 39 | XB360 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (16) | 40 | XB360 | MADDEN NFL 10 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
Germany (consoles)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | |
| (02) | 02 | DS | Pokemon Platin-Edition | |
| (04) | 03 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (03) | 04 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (08) | 05 | Wii | EA SPORTS ACTIVE Personal Trainer | |
| (05) | 06 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (06) | 07 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (07) | 08 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (09) | 09 | DS | Animal Crossing: Wild World | |
| (10) | 10 | DS | Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen |
Germany (PC)
| (01) | 01 | Die Sims 3 | ||
| (02) | 02 | Anno 1404 | ||
| (__) | 03 | Wolfenstein | ||
| (03) | 04 | Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis | ||
| (04) | 05 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (05) | 06 | Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2009 | ||
| (06) | 07 | World of Warcraft | ||
| (07) | 08 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (08) | 09 | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | ||
| (09) | 10 | Gothic 3 |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 02 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (04) | 03 | Wii | Mario Kart + volant | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 04 | DS | Pokémon - version platine | (Nintendo) |
| (05) | 05 | DS | Professeur Layton et l’étrange village | (Nintendo) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Les Sims 3 | (Electronic Arts) |
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| (02) | 02 | Les Sims 3 + agenda collector | (Electronic Arts) | |
| (03) | 03 | Blood Bowl | (Focus Home Interactive) | |
| (05) | 04 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche | (Activision Blizzard) | |
| (04) | 05 | Anno 1404 | (Ubisoft) |
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:
Aug: 32 / 33
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
