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Seneque on 25 May 2009

A quick note : there's a bank holyday today (last monday of May) in the UK. So I don't think Chart-Track will release any chart before tomorrow.



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BKK2 on 26 May 2009

UFC is Undisputed No1

26/May/2009

Major new releases over the last 2 months have been few and far between, but this week sees 3 big new titles at 1-2-3 across 4 different formats.

 

 

It’s taken THQ’s mixed martial arts ‘UFC 2009: Undisputed’ to finally wrestle the top spot out of Nintendo’s hands with impressive week 1 sales split 52% Xbox360 & 48% PS3 – the game is developed by Yuke’s, best known most recently for the ‘WWE Smackdown vs Raw’ series 2006-2009. Nintendo debut at No2 with ‘Pokemon Platinum’ on DS, a director’s cut of ‘Pokemon Diamond’ & ‘Pokemon Pearl’, released in July 2007. EA debut at No3 with ‘EA Sports Active’, a Wii title aimed squarely at the lifestyle/fitness segment. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit’ (+6%) had the last 7 consecutive weeks / 16 weeks in total at No1 and still needs 2 more No1’s to equal the all time record holder (‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ / Eidos). EA’s ‘FIFA 09’ (-8%) drops 3 places to No5, with Activision Blizzard’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ (+2%) dropping 3 places to No6. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Play’ (+95%) drops 2 places to No7, Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart Wii’ drops 3 places to No8 (+13%) and Ubisoft’s own Wii lifestyle/fitness title ‘My Fitness Coach’ (+82%) climbs 5 places and back in to the Top 10 at No9. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ drops 6 places to No10 (-0%). Also new this week is Capcom’s ‘Bionic Commando’ at No14, THQ’s ‘Big Family Games’ at No30 and Codemasters’ ‘Damnation’ at No35.

Latest UK Software Charts
 
TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 23 May 2009

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   TW     Title Format Label Publisher
- 1     POKEMON PLATINUM DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 2     UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED XB360 THQ THQ
- 3     UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED PS3 THQ THQ
- 4     EA SPORTS ACTIVE WII EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 5     WII FIT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 6     WII PLAY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 7     MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 8     MY FITNESS COACH WII GAMES FOR EVERYONE UBISOFT
6 9     X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4 10     PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 11     FIFA 09 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 12     THE MYSTERY OF THE MUMMY DS UBISOFT UBISOFT
7 13     DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
8 14     RHYTHM PARADISE DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 15     FIFA 09 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 16     KILLZONE 2 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
12 17     BATTLESTATIONS: PACIFIC XB360 EIDOS EIDOS
11 18     X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
- 19     BIONIC COMMANDO XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
- 20     BIG FAMILY GAMES WII THQ THQ
22 21     FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 PC SEGA SEGA
16 22     MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
18 23     MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES DS SEGA SEGA
31 24     CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
17 25     CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
20 26     MARIO KART DS DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
29 27     BURNOUT PARADISE XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
21 28     HALO 3 XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS MICROSOFT
27 29     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 30     LITTLEBIGPLANET PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
23 31     HALO WARS XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
24 32     MYSTERY CASE FILES: MILLIONHEIR DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 33     THE GODFATHER II XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 34     SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS XB360 SEGA SEGA
36 35     TRIVIAL PURSUIT XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 36     PUZZLER COLLECTION DS GAMES FOR EVERYONE UBISOFT
28 37     CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES WII 2KPLAY TAKE 2
- 38     NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 39     LEFT 4 DEAD XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 40     RESIDENT EVIL 5 XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM

 


spiyde on 26 May 2009

ok.. where is punchout?bionic commando ps3? why are there so many old xboxgames there? burnout halo3 seriously? are they bundled?
ps3 software is abysmal but the 360 is just a software monster



BKK2 on 26 May 2009

Bionic Commando (PS3) and Punch-Out both bomb badly, neither making the top 40.

Bionic Commando is 9th on PS3 full price chart, 4 places adrift of the last top 40 charting PS3 game; LBP.

Punch-Out is 7th on Wii full price chart, 3 places adrift of the last top 40 charting Wii game; Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Great start for UFC, and expected for Pokemon.



Xen on 26 May 2009

Punch-Out didn't chart in the UK?

That fucking hurts.



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Tbone on 26 May 2009

Platinum first as expected, Ufc good start, Bionic commando not so good.



 

BKK2 on 26 May 2009

A thing to note about Bionic Commando and Punch-Out, these are both remakes of NES titles, which wasn't that big of a console in the UK (Master System was more popular), so there isn't very much brand recognition for these games at all in the UK.

Usually UK is a pretty good indicator on how well games will do in the US, but that probably isn't the case for these two games where NES was massive in US.



I LOVE GIGGS on 26 May 2009

UFC did better than what I expected
I didn't think that it will sell more than Pokemon
Good legs for Killzone 2

bunch out?!?!
I hope it will have great legs



Zlejedi on 26 May 2009

I'm suprised Bionic Commando didn't chart at all.

I never expected big numbers but something like places 20-40 was reasonable. I'm even more suprised Punch Out didn't chart considering huge hype it had on VGC.



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Dazkarieh on 26 May 2009

X360, Ps3 and Wii not selling Hard-Core games confirmed???

Hehe