Just Dance Just Beats Just Cause

Easter takes a hold of the games market, with Good Friday signalling a time to settle back, meet the family and play some games. With that in mind, Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance’ manoeuvres its way back to No1 (+56%) with a third chart-topping week on the Entertainment All Formats (it was No1 in weeks 2 & 3 this year and also claims an impressive 12 out of 13 weeks of the year so far on top of the Entertainment Software Budget Price Top 40).

Square Enix’s ‘Just Cause 2’ (-21%) has to settle for No2 this week, having parachuted straight into No1 at launch last week (although keeps hold of No1 on both 360 and PS3 Full Price Charts).  EA’s ‘Battlefield: Bad Company 2’ (-7%) remains at No3 and Activision Blizzard celebrate a return to the Top 5 for the first time in 5 weeks with ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ climbing 2 places to No4 (+52%) – 21 weeks since launch and MW2 still has not dropped out of the Top 10.  Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Soulsilver’ (-37%) drops 3 places to No5, ‘Wii Sports Resort’ climbs 3 places to No6 (+52%) and ‘Pokemon HeartGold’ drops 3 places to No7 (-34%).

‘FIFA 10’ celebrates a return to the Top 10 after 3 weeks just outside, up 4 places to No8 (+70%).  There are no new releases within the Top 40, with only P2Games/Ubisoft’s ‘Peppa Pig: Fun and Games’ from last week entering the Top 40 at No27 (+312%).  Those looking to find PQube/Zen’s ‘Blazblue: Calamity Trigger’ will be interested to learn that it was the biggest new release of week 13, but is just outside the published Entertainment Software All Prices Top 40 (you can find it on the Entertainment Software Full Price Top 40 at No38 and at No21 on 360 and No19 on PS3 Full Price Charts).

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
3		1			JUST DANCE	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
1		2			POKEMON SOULSILVER	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
8		3			WII SPORTS RESORT	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
2		4			POKEMON HEARTGOLD	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
4		5			JUST CAUSE 2	XB360	EIDOS	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
12		6			CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6		7			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
5		8			JUST CAUSE 2	PS3	EIDOS	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
9		9			WII FIT PLUS	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
11		10			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
10		11			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
13		12			CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
18		13			MARIO KART WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
7		14			GOD OF WAR III	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
19		15			FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
14		16			HEAVY RAIN	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
21		17			FIFA 10	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
22		18			ALIENS VS PREDATOR	XB360	SEGA	SEGA
30		19			FIFA 10	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
23		20			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
20		21			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	WII	SEGA	SEGA
16		22			FINAL FANTASY XIII	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
17		23			FINAL FANTASY XIII	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
-		24			PEPPA PIG: FUN AND GAMES	DS	P2 GAMES	UBISOFT
32		25			MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES	WII	SEGA	SEGA
31		26			ALIENS VS PREDATOR	PS3	SEGA	SEGA
36		27			ASSASSIN'S CREED II	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
39		28			LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
25		29			PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
-		30			PURE	XB360	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
-		31			MARIO AND LUIGI: BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
29		32			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010	PC	SEGA	SEGA
35		33			ASSASSIN'S CREED II	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
-		34			MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES	DS	SEGA	SEGA
15		35			METRO 2033	XB360	THQ	THQ
-		36			MASS EFFECT 2	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
-		37			MARIO KART DS	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
34		38			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	DS	SEGA	SEGA
-		39			PEPPA PIG: THE GAME	DS	P2 GAMES	UBISOFT
-		40			THE SIMS 3	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS