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Neither Assassin's Creed II nor New Super Mario Bros. Wii have managed to displace Modern Warfare 2 at the top of the UK All-Formats chart, despite Activision's champion selling 86 per cent fewer copies during its second week on sale.
Ubisoft's sequel finished second but recorded a 14 per cent better opening weekend than its predecessor.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is third, followed by Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, FIFA 10, and this week's final debutant, Left 4 Dead 2.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Forza Motorsport 3 and LEGO Batman round out the top 10.
Other new entries this week are F1 2009 (11), LEGO Indiana Jones 2 (16), The Sims 3: World Adventures (36) and LittleBigPlanet on PSP (38).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | New entry | Assassin's Creed II | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 3 | New entry | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Wii |
| 4 | 2 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 5 | 4 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii |
| 6 | 3 | FIFA 10 | PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 7 | New entry | Left 4 Dead 2 | PC, Xbox 360 |
| 8 | 6 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | DS, Wii |
| 9 | 5 | Forza Motorsport 3 | Xbox 360 |
| 10 | 7 | LEGO Batman | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 11 | New entry | F1 2009 | PSP, Wii |
| 12 | 8 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 13 | 9 | Pure | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 11 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 15 | 14 | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box | DS |
| 16 | New entry | LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues | DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | 13 | Dragon Age: Origins | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 18 | 17 | Need for Speed: Shift | PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 |
| 19 | 15 | SingStar: Take That | PS2, PS3 |
| 20 | 16 | WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 | PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360 |
| 21 | 10 | Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City | Xbox 360 |
| 22 | 26 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village | DS |
| 23 | 12 | Football Manager 2010 | PC, PSP |
| 24 | 22 | Wii Fit | Wii |
| 25 | 40 | Style Boutique | DS |
| 26 | 25 | Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training | DS |
| 27 | 23 | LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 28 | 24 | Wii Play | Wii |
| 29 | 18 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | PS3 |
| 30 | 19 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition | Wii |
| 31 | 29 | Borderlands | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 32 | 37 | Guitar Hero 5 | PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 33 | 20 | Tekken 6 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 34 | 33 | Halo 3: ODST | Xbox 360 |
| 35 | 27 | DJ Hero | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 36 | New entry | The Sims 3: World Adventures | PC |
| 37 | 34 | LEGO Indiana Jones | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | Re-entry | LittleBigPlanet | PS3, PSP |
| 39 | 30 | EyePet | PS3 |
| 40 | 38 | Rabbids Go Home | Wii, DS |
Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.
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superjag86
23/11/09 @ 14:18
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LBP gets no love :(
Still I bought it and from PSN so that has to count for something! |
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asphaltcowboy
23/11/09 @ 14:22
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Going to get AC2 for Christmas. All about MW2 and L4D2 before then!
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kangarootoo
23/11/09 @ 14:29
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"so MW2 sold 224k copies?"
? It sold something like 1.7m in the last week or so. Where did you get 224k from? |
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BiscuitBase
23/11/09 @ 14:42
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>> "I'm sure Reggie's choking on his "NSMB will outsell MW2" nonsense by now..."
You never know, it might do over the long term. Nintendo will still be advertising NSMB for a couple of years whereas the "core" gamers would have moved on to the next big thing. |
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kangarootoo
23/11/09 @ 14:51
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"The article says 86% fewer sold than week before" and all the other responses.
Ahhh, so we are talking about one week of sales. Doh! |
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I'm willing to bet good money that a lot of developers are kicking themselves for not releasing their games when they should have i.e.around MW2. For all it's mega hype it's still only the faithful and their mates that bought and are playing it. The other 25 million 360 and 20 million PS3 people are all spending their money elsewhere because there is nothing for them to buy!
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MaFlippinHeadHurts
23/11/09 @ 15:12
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I'm in the minority who actually enjoyed the first AC, however the second is way better - class game
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kangarootoo
23/11/09 @ 15:13
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"For all it's mega hype it's still only the faithful and their mates that bought and are playing it"
I'm not sure what you mean by "the faithful and their mates". You say that as if its a handful of people. Over 8 million sales in such a short time is a lot by any measure. You can dress it up any way you want, but the "mega-hype" as you put it hasn't failed at all (except on me and you perhaps - I didn't buy MW2 either). 8 million sales means nearly 18% of the 360 and PS3 userbase (your numbers) has spent their game buying money for this month/week/Xmas. That is a huge chunk of people to remove from the pile of potential customers before you then start competing with all the other games out there for the remaining money. |
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I bought AC2 on Friday after work and played it until about 3am. I was mostly bored of MW2 after a day or so as I felt like I had played it before, but AC2 has me gripped. I'm about 20 hours in and so far don't feel like I'm repeating anything or going through the motions just to unlock story missions. It feels very organic and compelling.
Of course, my mam immediately moaned at me that she was going to buy it for me for xmas and now she doesn't know what to get me. Meh. |
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@kangooroo
Well, the general feeling they apparntly have is we buy one or 2 games a year or something. It's like when people buy MW2 they won't touch anything else for 4 months or so. Sure there are people who do that, but they won't buy the other games either way. And I still don't freaking get why games like Bayonetta would be afraid of it as well, totally different game and audience. |
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makeamazing
23/11/09 @ 17:40
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Enjoying AC2 so far... the start wasnt as bad as the Review pointed out (though they were right it was a bit clunky)... but exccept the odd issues dropping down from a building and jumping... going good. Enjoying it way more than MW2... traded that in with no 2nd thoughts. I really hope MW2 doesnt win GOTY... really doesnt deserve it (though the sales are amazing).
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AC II is probably one of the best games this year!...So much better then the 1st game. Graphics are amazing and open to all areas, not just backgrounds. Animation, fighting, platforming, story, fighting, story all AAA stuff - and it's bloody huge game. MW2 may be a different game, but it's a mainly liner shooter - that's all!
Nice to see Pure to get back in the charts - this was a highly enjoyable game with great graphics and customization, though didn't get the recognition it deserved . These guys are also making the amazing looking Split/Second.
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Lunatic4ever
23/11/09 @ 20:13
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definetels the worst month to launch a game...modern warfare took em all out...imagine they had launched this game for christmas...it wouldve been even more insane!
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Alterego-X
23/11/09 @ 22:55
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"I'm sure Reggie's choking on his "NSMB will outsell MW2" nonsense by now..."
You know he was talking about LONG TERM SALES, on ONE PLATFORM, right? MW2 will practically stop selling after a few weeks, as every other hardcore game does. On the 360, it was 4 million first week, 1 million second week, it will be a few hundred thousand third week, etc. It might end up with 6 million. NSMB Wii can reasonably sell 1 million EVERY WEEK until the end of the year, with long term sales like every other Wii game's. By the end of the year, it can outsell the 360 version. By the end of next year, it can outsell it on all platforms. In two years, it might outsell it on all platforms.. TIMES TWO!
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