PAL Charts week 14 (2009). Tenchu Shadow Assassins and Ninja Blade debuts.

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BengaBenga on 06 April 2009

DMeisterJ said:
Everyone, please recall that madworld's price was halved before any congratulatory measures.

On Wii's Top 10 Full Price it's at #6. Keyword: Full Price.

Afaik ChratTrack only counts full priced games for this list. The discounts are probably only for a few retailers.

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Damn at COD4! It's been revived because of the Modern Warfare 2 hype?

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Resident evil 5 is holding on good, bought the game yesterday :)

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Seneque on 06 April 2009

Ireland

(01)	01	RESIDENT EVIL 5	(CAPCOM)
(03)	02	FIFA 09	(ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(05)	03	CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE	(ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(18)	04	WHEELMAN	(UBISOFT)
(12)	05	CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR	(ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(04)	06	GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS	(TAKE 2)
(14)	07	CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE	(DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
(08)	08	WII FIT	(NINTENDO)
(16)	09	MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES	(SEGA)
(09)	10	BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE	(D3P)
(10)	11	NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET	(ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(06)	12	PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE	(NINTENDO)
(07)	13	KILLZONE 2	(SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
(02)	14	WWE LEGENDS OF WRESTLEMANIA	(THQ)
(__)	15	MONSTERS VS ALIENS	(ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
(17)	16	THE SIMPSONS GAME	(ELECTRONIC ARTS)
(11)	17	TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X.	(UBISOFT)
(__)	18	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	(NINTENDO)
(15)	19	GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	(TAKE 2)
(13)	20	STREET FIGHTER IV	(CAPCOM)

Unlike in the UK, the boost produced by the release of the animation movie "Monster VS Alien" is sufficient to help the related game climb into the Ireland top 20.

I can't explain myself how "Wheelman" can have such a good second week in both the UK and Ireland.

The 3rd place of "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" is really impressive. Even more impressive is that it doesn't seem to cannibalize the sales of "Call of Duty: World at War", ranked 5th - up 7 places.

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BKK2 on 06 April 2009

Seneque said:

I can't explain myself how "Wheelman" can have such a good second week in both the UK and Ireland.

Maybe first week shipment was too low?

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BKK2 said:

Seneque said:

I can't explain myself how "Wheelman" can have such a good second week in both the UK and Ireland.

Maybe first week shipment was too low?

Interesting. I forgot that possibility. That sounds quite plausible.

I had already eliminated the following hypothesis :

"Price drop" : impossible just 3 days after the release,
"Positive mouth to mouth" : professional reviews are mostly bad, and apparently so are users reviews, from my quick search.
"Mainstream longterm appeal" : Looks like any other average action-packed video game aimed at the 16-25 years old male gamers. Highly unlikely.
"Exceptionnal Promotion" : I have not heard of anything like a special advertisement campaign. It wouldn't have such an impact anyway.

Was there any report of sold-out for this game in retail stores in the UK and Ireland ?