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As with 2007 and 2008, week 51 is the final published chart before Christmas and this is therefore the Official Christmas Chart of 2009. So, in the final analysis, Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ remained No1 on the All Formats Chart for 6 straight weeks since tearing up all the records in week 46, all the way up to claiming the Christmas Chart No1 (+3%).
The anticipated surge on EA’s ‘FIFA 10’ brought the title up 3 places but not enough to dislodge the aforementioned Activision title,
settling at No2 (+24%). However, EA can take comfort in the fact that an EA title has held the Christmas No1 11 times over the 25 years that we have been tracking videogame Christmas No1’s. For those with any interest in this ranking, the No2 behind EA in terms of Xmas No1’s? Ocean (3 times, 1988, 1989, 1991). Bringing us back to the present, Nintendo take 4 out of the Top 10 with Wii titles, 2 of which follow directly after ‘FIFA 10’ - ‘Wii Fit Plus’ at No3 (+9%) and ‘Wii Sports Resort’ at No4 (+0%) were both strong Christmas purchases.
Ubisoft are down 2 places to No5 with ‘Assassin’s Creed II’ (-5%), Sega are up one place to No6 with ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games’ (+13%), Nintendo’s ‘New Super Mario Bros. Wii’ is No7 (-1%), Microsoft’s ‘Forza Motorsport 3’ is No8 (+11%) and Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ is No9 (+12%). Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance’ continues to delight Wii customers with an interest in perfecting their moves, all at an impulse price point – the title drops 2 positions but rounds off the Christmas Top 10 (-18%). Also of note this week is Ubisoft’s ‘James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game’ which is benefitting from an overload of advertising at present, both for the film and thegame, plus the 360/PS3 versions this week saw around £10 off – the title rockets from No29 to No12 as the highest climber (+129%).
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TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 19 December 2009
| LW |
TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| 2 |  |
1 | WII FIT PLUS | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 1 |  |
2 | WII SPORTS RESORT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 3 |  |
3 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | |
4 | MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 4 | |
5 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 6 | |
6 | ASSASSIN'S CREED II | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 13 | |
7 | FIFA 10 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 9 | |
8 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 10 | |
9 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 11 | |
10 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 8 | |
11 | ASSASSIN'S CREED II | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 7 | |
12 | JUST DANCE | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 14 | |
13 | FIFA 10 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 16 | |
14 | LEFT 4 DEAD 2 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 | |
15 | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 18 | |
16 | LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 19 | |
17 | PURE | XB360 | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| 20 | |
18 | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 21 | |
19 | MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES | DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 12 | |
20 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 22 | |
21 | RABBIDS GO HOME | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 24 | |
22 | WII PLAY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 23 | |
23 | GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 17 | |
24 | F1 2009 | WII | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 28 | |
25 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 29 | |
26 | UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 25 | |
27 | NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - |  |
28 | JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR: THE GAME | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 26 | |
29 | COOKING MAMA 3 | DS | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 30 | |
30 | HALO 3: ODST | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 27 | |
31 | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 31 | |
32 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 33 | |
33 | MARIO KART DS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
34 | JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR: THE GAME | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
35 | HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT: VOL 2 | WII | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
36 | BIG BEACH SPORTS | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| - | |
37 | U-SING | WII | MINDSCAPE | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 34 | |
38 | LIPS: NUMBER ONE HITS | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| - | |
39 | MONOPOLY | WII | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 39 | |
40 | NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
