Reserved for UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
United Kingdom
08/Sep/2008
EA knock themselves off the top of the All Formats Chart this week, but it’s not the critically acclaimed ‘Spore’ which grabs top spot, rather the explosive ‘Mercenaries 2: World in Flames’. ‘Mercenaries 2’ sells 60% on Xbox 360 and 33% on PS3 with the remainer on PS2 and PC.
‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09’ is the only game in the All Formats Top 10 to rise in sales, up 9% on last week, but it still has to settle for 2nd place. ‘Spore’, designed by Sims creator Will Wright is only 1,162 units behind at No3, handing EA a clean sweep of the Top 3 games. Sales of ‘Spore’ account for 53% of all full priced PC games sold this week. The rest of the All Formats Top 10 all shuffle amongst themselves with Nintendo still making its presence felt in the Top 10 despite ‘Wii Fit’ dropping one place to No4, ‘Mario Kart Wii’ slipping from No2 to No6 and ‘Wii Play’ down 2 places to No7. Take 2 continue to celebrate strong sales of ‘Carnival: Funfair Games’, down from No4 to No5, while Sega’s ‘Mario and Sonic’ is down from No6 to No8.
THQ hang on in the All Formats Top 10 with ‘Big Beach Sports’ down 2 places to No9 and ‘Wall-E’ is a non-mover at No10. This week’s remaining non-EA new releases are all outside the Top 20: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ‘Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise’ at No23, Deep Silver’s PC ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky’ at No25 and Square-Enix’s Xbox 360 ‘Infinite Undiscovery’ at No28. Sales increases in the 2nd week of release see DS titles from Ubisoft and Atari break into the Top 40: ‘Imagine: Teacher’ at No31 and ‘Driving Theory Training’ at No39.
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 6 September 2008
| LW |
TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  |
1 | SPORE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
2 | MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 2 |  |
3 | WII FIT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 1 | |
4 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 3 | |
5 | WII PLAY | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
6 | MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 12 |  |
7 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 7 | |
8 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | WII | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | ||
| 4 | |
9 | BIG BEACH SPORTS | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| 10 |  |
10 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 11 | |
11 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 8 | |
12 | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 6 | |
13 | THE SIMS 2: APARTMENT LIFE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 9 | |
14 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 5 | |
15 | TOO HUMAN | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 13 | |
16 | GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR | DS | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 14 | |
17 | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | DS | 2KPLAY | TAKE 2 | ||
| 16 | |
18 | SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 17 | |
19 | WALL-E | DS | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| - | |
20 | VIVA PIÑATA: TROUBLE IN PARADISE | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| - | |
21 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CLEAR SKY | PC | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 31 | |
22 | SCRABBLE INTERACTIVE: 2007 EDITION | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
23 | INFINITE UNDISCOVERY | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 15 | |
24 | BEIJING 2008 | XB360 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| - | |
25 | IMAGINE: TEACHER | DS | GAMES FOR EVERYONE | UBISOFT | ||
| 22 | |
26 | MARIO KART DS | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 21 | |
27 | MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 26 | |
28 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 19 | |
29 | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 25 | |
30 | SPORTS PARTY | WII | PLAY ZONE | UBISOFT | ||
| 18 | |
31 | BEIJING 2008 | PS3 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 34 | |
32 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
33 | DRIVING THEORY TRAINING | DS | ATARI | ATARI | ||
| 27 | |
34 | METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS | PS3 | KONAMI | KONAMI | ||
| 23 | |
35 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | PS3 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| - | |
36 | SPORE CREATURES | DS | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
37 | FAMILY SKI | WII | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | NINTENDO | ||
| 29 | |
38 | WALL-E | WII | PLAY THQ | THQ | ||
| - | |
39 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 20 | |
40 | GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK | WII | REDOCTANE | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
Console
01 01 Wii Fit (Wii)
02 02 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03 03 Soul Calibur IV (PS3)
04 04 Wii Play (Wii)
05 05 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
__ 06 Les Sims 2: Mes Petits Compagnons (DS)
07 07 New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
08 08 Mario Kart DS (DS)
__ 09 Mercenaries 2 : L'enfer des Favelas (PS3)
__ 10 Leçons de Cuisine (DS)
PC
__ 01 Spore
01 02 Les Sims 2 : La vie en appartment
__ 03 Spore : Galactic Edition
__ 04 Les Sims 2 : Double Deluxe
__ 05 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Clear Sky
All *
__ 01 Spore (PC)
__ 02 The Sims 2: Apartment Life (PC)
02 03 Wii Fit (Wii)
__ 04 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (PC)
01 05 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
__ 06 The Settlers: Awakening of Cultures (PC)
__ 07 Spore Galactic Edition (PC)
__ 08 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Wii)
03 09 Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
07 10 Wii Play (Wii)
Consoles
02 01 Wii Fit (Wii)
01 02 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
03 03 Dr. Kawashimas Gehirn-Jogging (DS)
04 04 Mario Kart DS (DS)
07 05 Dr. Kawashima: Mehr Gehirn-Jogging (DS)
__ 06 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS3)
__ 07 Uncharted: Drakes Schicksal (PS3)
05 08 Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen (DS)
__ 09 Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 (PS2)
08 10 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
PC
__ 01 Spore
01 02 Die Sims 2: Apartment-Leben
__ 03 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
__ 04 Die Siedler - Aufbruch der Kulturen
__ 05 SPORE Galactic Edition
05 06 World of Warcraft
03 07 Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang
07 08 Der Herr der Ringe: Die Schlacht um Mittelerde 2
06 09 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
04 10 Geheimakte 2: Puritas Cordis
Spain *
01 01 Wii Fit (Wii)
03 02 Wii Play (Wii)
__ 03 The Sims 2: Apartment Life (PC)
04 04 Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
07 05 Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat ? (DS)
__ 06 Spore (PC)
05 07 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
02 08 Beijing 2008 (PS3)
09 09 Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
__ 10 Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
(* Note : there don't seem to be a week 35 chart, so the previous rank is taken from week 34).
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, Norway , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland
Saturday: France Top 20 (2 week delay, currently on summer break)
*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain
Archives:
2008:
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
