Crysis, what crisis!?
28/Mar/2011 EA’s highly anticipated ‘Crysis 2’ enters at the top of the All Formats Chart this week with EA’s biggest launch of the year so far. The successful PC gaming franchise from German developer ‘Crytek’ comes to consoles for the first time with Xbox 360 accounting for 57% of ‘Crysis 2’ sales, ahead of PS3 with 29% and PC 14%. LucasArts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ is also another new entry, debuting at No2 ahead of last week’s No1 ‘HomeFront’ which drops to No3. It’s a big week for new releases thanks in a large part to the launch of Nintendo’s new 3DS console. 11 out of the 16 new 3DS games launched this week feature in the All Formats Top 40 with 4 represented in the Top 10. ‘Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition’ is the top selling 3DS launch title, a new entry at No4, ahead of ‘PilotWings Resort’ at No6 and ‘Rayman 3D’ at No9, while ‘Lego Star Wars III’ on 3DS features with its other formats. There were 12 new games on 3DS-only while 4 others (Lego, Sims 3, PES 2011 and Madden) all charted alongside their other formats. The other new entry (out of the 6 to make it into the Top 10 this week) is ‘The Sims: Medieval’ which debuts at No8, while Square’s new PSP title ‘Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy’ launches at No24. New 3DS versions mean ‘The Sims 3’ and ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2011’ shoot up the chart, landing at No’s 17 and 18. It is refreshing to see that the Top 6 selling 3DS titles are all from different publishers.
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Title
Format
Label
Publisher
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1
CRYSIS 2
XB360
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
1
2
HOMEFRONT
XB360
THQ
THQ
-
3
CRYSIS 2
PS3
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
4
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS
XB360
LUCASARTS
LUCASARTS
2
5
HOMEFRONT
PS3
THQ
THQ
-
6
SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D EDITION
N3DS
CAPCOM
CAPCOM
3
7
POKEMON WHITE VERSION
DS
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
-
8
PILOTWINGS RESORT
N3DS
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
5
9
POKEMON BLACK VERSION
DS
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
-
10
THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL
PC
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
11
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS
PS3
LUCASARTS
LUCASARTS
-
12
RAYMAN 3D
N3DS
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
-
13
CRYSIS 2
PC
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
14
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS
WII
LUCASARTS
LUCASARTS
6
15
JUST DANCE 2
WII
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
-
16
SUPER MONKEY BALL 3D
N3DS
SEGA
SEGA
-
17
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS
N3DS
LUCASARTS
LUCASARTS
-
18
RIDGE RACER 3D
N3DS
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
8
19
KILLZONE 3
PS3
SONY COMPUTER ENT.
SONY COMPUTER ENT.
-
20
NINTENDOGS CATS: GOLDEN RETRIEVER
N3DS
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
7
21
DRAGON AGE II
XB360
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
22
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS
DS
LUCASARTS
LUCASARTS
-
23
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011
N3DS
KONAMI
KONAMI
12
24
UDRAW STUDIO
WII
THQ
THQ
15
25
FIFA 11
XB360
EA SPORTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
26
DISSIDIA 012: FINAL FANTASY
PSP
SQUARE ENIX
SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
9
27
FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION
XB360
EA SPORTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS
10
28
FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION
PS3
EA SPORTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
29
ASSASSIN'S CREED II
PS3
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
17
30
WII PARTY
WII
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
21
31
WII SPORTS RESORT
WII
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
34
32
MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE
WII
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
18
33
JUST DANCE
WII
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
23
34
WII FIT PLUS
WII
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
29
35
FIFA 11
PS3
EA SPORTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS
-
36
THE SIMS 3
N3DS
EA GAMES
ELECTRONIC ARTS
25
37
ART ACADEMY
DS
NINTENDO
NINTENDO
-
38
TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: SHADOW WARS
N3DS
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
20
39
DANCE JUNIORS
WII
UBISOFT
UBISOFT
4
40
SHOGUN 2: TOTAL WAR
PC
SEGA
SEGA
