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December 14th, 2009 at 07:50am
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has claimed the number 1 spot on the UK’s All Format Charts for a fifth week, despite an 11% sales decrease. The big question on everyone’s lips is can it stick it out for a sixth week to claim the Christmas number 1 position as the original Modern Warfare 2 did two years ago.
Wii Sports Resort climbs up to number 2 thanks to a 17% sales boost while Assassin’s Creed II hangs on to third (-3%). Wii Fit Plus also moves up the chart to number 4 (+11%) and FIFA 10 falls three places to fifth (-15%).
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is at number 6 (-5%) while Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is at number 7 (+15%).
Just Dance from Ubisoft climbs to number 8, moving up from last week’s number 30 thanks to a 274% sales boost. Forza Motorsport 3 keeps up its speed on the track at number 9 (+15%) and Mario Kart Wii gains 18% to finish tenth, giving Mario his third Top 10 title.
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the DS debuts at number 12 while James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game enters the chart at number 29 (+108%) with improved sales thanks to the release of the film drawing nearer.
Source: Chart Track
Continue Reading Chart Track UK Software Sales for week ending 12/12: Modern Warfare 2 claims number 1 for fifth week
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December 10th, 2009 at 09:35pm
Under Xbox 360
The US games industry’s performance numbers are out for November and,
as expected, software sales were
lead dominated by Activision / Infinity Ward’s
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game sold 4.2 million copies during the month on Microsoft’s console, while the version for Sony’s machine sold 1.9 million. Coming in an extremely strong second was
New Super Mario Bros. Wii at 1.4 million copies, proving that 1) people still love the plumber and 2) if a Wii game is published by Nintendo, it sells like crazy (well, unless it also has “
Wii Music” in its title).
Nintendo lead in hardware sales, with the number of DS units sold skyrocketing by 262% to 1.7 million units — that’s better than the same month last year. Wii sold over two million last November; this year it hit 1.26 million for the month, indicative of the year-long decline in sales the console’s been experiencing. Its competitors, Xbox 360 and PS3, sold 820 thousand and 710 thousand units, respectively.
-DS: 1.7M
1.2M (+262%)
-Wii: 1.26M753K (+149%)
-360: 820K570K (+228%)
-PS3: 710K389K (+121%)
-PSP: 294K119K (+76%)
-PS2: 203K85K (72%)
Check out the software sales chart after the break.
Continue reading November NPD: Modern Warfare 2 sells 6 million, DS dominates hardware
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December 10th, 2009 at 06:07am
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii has debuted at number 1 on the Japanese software chart with a whopping 935 000 copies. The release of the anticipated title in Japan broke Nintendo’s sales records for the publisher’s Wii console, becoming the biggest sales debut for a Wii game ever with an enormous 422 000 units sold on its first day of availability. The game also beat Super Smash Bros. Brawl (which sold 816 000 copies in one week) in terms of first week sales numbers for the region.
Sega’s Phantasy Star Portable for the PSP entered the chart at number 2 with an impressive 287 000 copies, while Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus, also for the PSP, was new at number 3 with 223 000 copies. Samurai Warriors for the Wii debuted at number 4 with 121 000 copies.
Professor Layton and the Flute of the Malevolent Destiny for the DS drops four places to number 5 with 85 000 copies while Friend Collection moves down four spots to sixth with 75 000 copies. PokePark Wii: Picachu’s Great Adventure for the Wii debuts at number 7 with 64 000 copies while Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver moves down five places to number 8 with 63 000 copies.
Wii Fit Plus keeps up the pace at number 9, although it drops five places with 52 000 copies. Assassin’s Creed II for the PS3 debuts at number 10 with 49 000 copies, making it the sixth new entry in the Top 10 this week. The Xbox 360 version of the game only manages to debut at number 16.
Software Chart
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – Wii – 935 000 (New)
- Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) – PSP – 287 000 (New)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (Namco Bandai) – PSP – 223 000 (New)
- Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei) – Wii – 121 000 (New)
- Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) – NDS – 85 000
- Friend Collection (Nintendo) – NDS – 75 000
- PokePark Wii: Picachu’s Great Adventure (Pokemon Co.) – Wii – 64 000 (New)
- Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – NDS – 63 000
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – Wii – 52 000
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft) – PS3 – 49 000 (New)
Source: Media Create
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December 7th, 2009 at 02:40pm
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Though the November NPD sales report won’t be released until later this week, gaming industry analyst (and possible soothsayer) Michael Pachter has predicted November’s biggest players in the gaming hardware and software markets. Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the highlighted title in his report — not only does the report claim the game sold around 6 million units last month in the U.S. (for about $350 million), it credits the game with pulling the industry out of a downward spiral that it’s followed for seven of the past eight months.
The report also awards a large gold-star sticker to the PlayStation 3, which is predicted to have sold 700,000 units in November, an 85-percent year-over-year sales increase. Despite the two upswings, Pachter’s report ends on a decidedly dour note, stating, “as 2009 draws to an end, it is clear that it will end as a horrible year for video game publishers.” Pachter suggests that sales will drop off once more in December. Happy holidays, gaming industry professionals!
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December 7th, 2009 at 05:54am
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues its crushing sales supremacy over every other game in Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart this past week, crunching Fifa 10 at No. 2 and Assassin’s Creed II at No. 3 this week to snatch No. 1 once again.
Modern Warfare 2’s sales are down a miniscule 7%, which is small enough to retain its market leading performance for the fourth week in a row. We’ll have to wait and see if it matches its older sibling, Call of Duty: World at War, which managed a straight five weeks at No. 1 before being overtaken by Fifa 09.
The same pattern could be followed as Fifa 10 (sales up 24%) is looking quite dangerous, and despite what must be a desponding defeat this week, the football sim manages to climb to No. 2 from No. 4 last week, pushing Assassin’s Creed II down to No. 3 this week from No. 2, causing a domino effect that catches New Super Mario Bros. Wii and sends it to No. 4 from No. 3 last week.
Wii Sports Resort (sales up 30%) and Wii Fit Plus (sales up 21%) continue their chart dominance tussle, effectively swapping places with one another as Wii Sports Resort lands at No. 5 from No. 6, and Wii Fit Plus sits at No. 6 from No. 5.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (sales up by 28%) is a non-mover at No. 7 as LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (sales up 74%) shoots up to No. 8 from No. 12 last week. Forza Motorsport 3 (sales up 27%) stubbornly resists moving from No. 9, and Mario Kart Wii (sales up 24%) makes its way back into the coveted Top Ten, shifting into No. 10 from No. 11 last week.
Other interesting movement on the UK Software Sales Chart this week includes Left 4 Dead 2 dropping to No. 14 from No. 8 last week, F1 2009 losing a few places and charting at No. 16 from No. 10, Batman: Arkham Asylum (sales up 122%) re-entering the chart at No. 20 thanks to a retailer promotion, and Peppa Pig: The Game (sales up 384%) is launched back into the chart with the release of the Wii version.
Borderlands meanwhile reclaims positions and shifts to No. 23 from way down at No. 38 last week, Just Dance (sales up 290%) re-enters the chart at No. 30, and The Saboteur debuts in the chart at a lowly No. 39 in its first week on sale.
The Top Ten All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
- FIFA 10 (EA)
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft)
- New Super Mario Bros Wii. (Nintendo)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (LusasArts)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
- Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Source: Chart Track
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December 3rd, 2009 at 03:31am
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Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny for the DS debuted at the top of the Japanese software chart for the week ending the 11th of November. The latest Media Create figures show that the new Professor Layton adventure from Level 5 sold an impressive 306 000 copies in its opening week.
The rest of the chart features somewhat lackluster performances, with Tomadachi Collection for the DS sticking it out at number 2 with 59 000 copies and Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver moving down from last week’s number 1 to third with 54 000 copies.
Wii Fit Plus re-enters the Top 10, up nine places to number 4 with 47 000 copies while Momotaro Railway 2010 for the Wii debuts at number 5 with 44 000 copies. Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders drops two places to number 6 with 28 000 copies and World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 for the PS3 remains in seventh with 20 000 copies.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the DS moves up one spot to number 8 with 18 000 copies and Wii Sports Resort is the second Nintendo-published title to re-enter the Top 10 this week, up from last week’s number 13 to ninth with 17 000 copies. Taiko Drum Master Wii drops five places to number 10 with 16 000 copies.
Naruto: Shippuden Ryujinki for the Wii debuted at number 14, while a couple of other titles slipped out of the Top 10 this week: J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J for the PSP down four to number 12, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the PS3 down five spots to number 15 and Left 4 Dead 2 for the Xbox 360 plummeting to number 27 from last week’s number 6.
Software Chart
- Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) – NDS – 306 000 (New)
- Friend Collection (Nintendo) – NDS – 59 000
- Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – NDS – 54 000
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – Wii – 47 000
- Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) – Wii – 44 000 (New)
- Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) – NDS – 28 000
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – PS3 – 20 000
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) – NDS – 18 000
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – Wii – 17 000
- Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Namco Bandai) – Wii – 16 000
Source: Media Create
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November 30th, 2009 at 06:13am
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Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has once again claimed the No. 1 spot on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart this week, beating last week’s contenders Assassin’s Creed II and New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the punch.
Modern Warfare 2’s sales are down 32% from the previous week, which it seems is more than enough to keep Assassin’s Creed II at No. 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii at No. 3, both of which are non-movers from last week.
Fifa 10 manages to step up to No. 4 from No. 6 last week, as Wii Sports Resort swaps places, moving down to No. 6 this week from No. 4. Wii Fit Plus in between is another non-mover at No. 5.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games also takes a quick walk upwards, from No. 8 to No. 7 this week, Left 4 Dead 2 exchanges positions by moving down to No. 8 from No. 7, Forza Motorsport 3 is yet another non-mover at No. 9, and F1 2009 moves into the coveted Top Ten by sliding into No. 10 from No. 11 last week.
Other interesting movement on the UK Software Sales Chart this week includes Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training moving up to No. 18 this week from No. 26, Dragon Age: Origins slipping to No. 20 from No. 17, DJ Hero vaulting into No. 21 from No. 35 last week, Rabbids Go Home careening into No. 23 from No. 40, Tekken 6 fighting its way to No. 26 this week from No. 33, and Halo 3: ODST tumbling to the last spot (No. 40) from No. 34 last week.
The Top Ten All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft)
- New Super Mario Bros Wii. (Nintendo)
- FIFA 10 (EA)
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
- F1 2009 (Codemasters)
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 28/11: Modern Warfare 2 triumphs again
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November 26th, 2009 at 03:17am
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Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver has jumped back up the Media Create Japanese software chart to claim first place with 55 000 copies. Tomodachi Collection, another regular in the Top 10, climbs up two spots to number 2 with 49 000 copies, while Wii Fit Plus is at number 3, also moving up two places with 43 000 copies.
Last week’s number 7 Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders moves up to fourth place with 29 000 copies while Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 debuts at number 5 with 28 000 copies. Left 4 Dead 2 for the Xbox 360 debuts at number 6 with 27 000 copies while World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 for the PS3 drops to number 7 with 24 000 copies.
J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6 moves down to number 8 with 24 000 copies, this after debuting at number one last week with 85 000 copies. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the DS is this week’s third new entry in the Top 10, new at number 9 with 23 000 copies, while Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the PS3 drops seven places to number 10 with 17 000 copies in its second week on the chart.
A couple of new entries in the Top 30 include Dorabase 2: Nettout Ultra Stadium for the DS at number 11, Armored Core: Silent Line Portable at 12, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time for the PS3 at 14 and Metal Fight Beyblade: Gachinko Stadium for the Wii at number 18.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers drops out of the Top 10 to number 16, as does Persona 3 Portable to number 17 and Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star to number 24.
Software Chart
- Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo) – NDS – 55,000
- Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – NDS – 49,000
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – Wii – 43,000
- Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) – NDS – 29,000
- Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai) – Wii – 28,000 (New)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts Victor) – Xbox 360 – 27,000 (New)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – PS3 – 24,000
- J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (SEGA) – PSP – 24,000
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) – NDS – 23,000 (New)
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) – PS3 – 17,000
Source: Media Create
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November 23rd, 2009 at 06:40am
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For the second week in a row, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has taken perch atop Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart, fending off valiant advances from newcomers such as Left 4 Dead 2, Assassin’s Creed II and New Super Mario Bros. Wii in the process.
Sales of Modern Warfare 2 this past week dropped a massive 86% from its enormous launch week, which makes this chart topping feat all the more impressive.
Assassin’s Creed II (releasing on Xbox 360, PS3, DS and PSP) debuts at No. 2, outperforming the original entry to the series by 12% on launch week (although the original title notably shot straight to No. 1 in its first week of sales in 2007).
New Super Mario Bros. Wii also makes its first chart appearance, only below Assassin’s Creed II at No. 3, while two other Nintendo titles, Wii Sports Resort (sales down 10%) and Wii Fit Plus (sales up 10%) take positions 4 and 5 respectively (dropping from No. 2 and No. 4 respectively).
Fifa 10 (sales down 5%) drops from No. 3 to No. 6 this week, as Left 4 Dead 2, another debut title in the UK, charts at No. 7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games steps down to No. 8 this week from No. 6, Forza Motorsport 3 falls to No. 9 from No. 5 last week, and LEGO Batman: The Videogame appears at No. 10, moving down from No. 7 last week.
Other interesting movement on the UK Software Sales Chart this week includes the debut of Codemasters’ Formula One racing game, F1 2009 on Wii and PSP at No. 11, the debut of LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues at No. 16, Dragon Age: Origins slipping down to No. 17 from No. 13 last week and GTA: Episodes From Liberty City falling to No. 21 from No. 10 last week.
Meanwhile, Football Manager 2010 fumbles its way to No. 23 from No. 12, Style Boutique shoots up the chart to No. 25 this week from No. 40, Uncharted 2 trips and falls to No. 29 from No. 18, Tekken 6 drops to No. 33 from No. 20 last week, DJ Hero continues its poor performance by slipping down further to No. 35 from No. 27, and LittleBigPlanet re-enters the chart at No. 38 thanks to the release of the PSP version.
The Top Ten All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft)
- New Super Mario Bros Wii. (Nintendo)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
- FIFA 10 (EA)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
- LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
Source: Chart Track
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 21/11: Modern Warfare 2 fends off AC II, L4D 2
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November 20th, 2009 at 01:47am
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J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J debuted at the top of the Japanese software chart. The latest Media Create figures show that the new PSP title sold 85 000 copies for the week ending the 15th of November.
Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver continues to sell well in second place with 63 000 copies while Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the PS3 is new at number 3 with 58 000 copies. Another popular DS title, Tomodachi Collection, sticks it out at number 4 with 56 000 copies while Wii Fit Plus falls two places to fifth with 53 000 copies.
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 for the PS3 drops to number 6 with 49 000 copies after debuting at number 1 just last week and Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders is at number 7 with 37 000 copies.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers for the Wii debuts at number 8 with 35 000 copies and Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star for the DS is new at number 9 with 23 000 copies, the last of four new entries in the Top 10 this week. Persona 3 Portable for the PSP drops five places to number 10 with 17 000 copies.
A number of titles drop out of the Top 10 this week: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) drops to number 11, Bayonetta ( PS3) to number 12 and Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light (NDS) to number 16. There are also quite a few new titles in the Top 30, chief among them is Need for Speed: Shift for the PS3 which debuts at number 20 and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the Xbox 360 at number 28.
Software Chart
- J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (SEGA) – PSP – 85,000 (New)
- Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – NDS – 63,000
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) – PS3 – 58,000 (New)
- Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) – NDS – 56,000
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – Wii – 53,000
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – PS3 – 49,000
- Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders – Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) – NDS – 37,000
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers (Square Enix) – Wii – 35,000 (New)
- Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star (Capcom) – NDS – 23,000 (New)
- Persona 3 Portable (Atlus Co.) – PSP – 17,000
Source: Media Create
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