UK charts: Just Dance defeats MW2

By Robert Purchese Published 18 January, 2010

Ubisoft's Wii game comes from behind.

An unlikely champion has been found in Ubisoft's Wii game Just Dance, which has ended Modern Warfare 2's nine-week honeymoon atop the UK all-formats chart.

Just Dance sales were up 114 per cent from last week, which boosted the game from third into first.

The game has been on sale for seven weeks already, and gone from relative obscurity at the bottom of the chart to giant-killing at the top.

But had Just Dance not ended MW2's reign, Wii Fit Plus would have, after Nintendo's sporty number moved into second ahead of Activision's record-breaking war game.

This week's big newcomer, Army of Two: The 40th Day (Eurogamer review) entered the chart in fourth.

Meanwhile, SEGA's debutant Vancouver 2010 was absent from the Top 40, having piste-off into the separate PS3 and Xbox 360 charts in 18th and 29th, respectively.

Both of last week's newcomers Bayonetta and Darksiders stayed prominent in the top 10, although their roles were reversed and Darksiders finished the stronger of the pair.

Wii Sports Resort (5), Darksiders (6), Bayonetta (7), FIFA 10 (8), Avatar (9) and Assassin's Creed II (10) round out the top 10.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 3 Just Dance Wii
2 2 Wii Fit Plus Wii
3 1 Modern Warfare 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
4 New entry Army of Two: The 40th Day PS3, Xbox 360
5 4 Wii Sports Resort Wii
6 8 Darksiders PS3, Xbox 360
7 5 Bayonetta PS3, Xbox 360
8 6 FIFA 10 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
9 10 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
10 7 Assassin's Creed II PC, PS3, Xbox 360
11 9 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii
12 12 Mario Kart Wii Wii
13 23 Borderlands PC, PS3, Xbox 360
14 13 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360
15 11 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Wii
16 15 Batman: Arkham Asylum PC, PS3, Xbox 360
17 20 Wii Play Wii
18 24 Football Manager 2010 PC, PSP
19 21 LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
20 19 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
21 28 Grand Theft Auto IV PC, PS3, Xbox 360
22 26 Peppa Pig DS, Wii
23 18 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Xbox 360
24 17 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS3
25 22 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360
26 32 Up DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
27 16 Need for Speed: Shift PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
28 33 New Super Mario Bros. DS
29 27 Colin McRae: DiRT 2 DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
30 34 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC, PS3, Xbox 360
31 25 Left 4 Dead 2 PC, Xbox 360
32 Re-entry LEGO Indiana Jones DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
33 35 Brain Training DS
34 40 Tiger Woods: PGA Tour 10 PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
35 Re-entry LEGO Indiana Jones 2 DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
36 39 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
37 Re-entry EA Sports Active Wii
38 29 Tekken 6 PS3, Xbox 360
39 Re-entry PURE PC, PS3, Xbox 360
40 Re-entry SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection PS3, Xbox 360

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.

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  • TonyHarrison #1 2 years ago

    Meltdown in 3...2....1...

  • electrolite #2 2 years ago

    This is going to make some folks very upset

  • metalmike25 #3 2 years ago

    I think it's a good thing. A game without massive hype and without 7 stories about it on eurogamer each day gets to the top of the charts. I bet the people who play Just Dance really enjoy it and thats kind of the point of games.

    Still think they went a bit far including a level where you dance ina russian airport though

  • miiiguel #4 2 years ago

    This is slightly off-topic but I have to share this: Bayonetta is one of the most amazing games I have ever played. Ever.

  • AphoticCosmos #5 2 years ago

    The state of gaming today blah blah blah

    TBH, even as someone who kind of enjoys MW2, I think it's a good thing that it got toppled by a game I didn't know existed until today.

  • Thedni #6 2 years ago

    It's good to see something finally knock COD from its perch, whilst amusing it's not altogether suprising. Demand for Just Dance was HUGE over Christmas.

    *Edit spelling - darn laptop keyboard*
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 15:18

  • superted1974 #7 2 years ago

    Does Eurogamer not review number one selling games?

    Is Just Dance beneath you?

    Edit: - Thanks for your post below Ellie - For the record I don't want to buy it - just wanted to see balanced coverage!
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 17:37

  • the_dudefather #8 2 years ago

    MW2 is oscar-mike in the charts.

  • Ellie #9 2 years ago

    I am just this minute finishing off the Just Dance review, as it happens :) Sorry for the delay - it would have been sooner but the snow made getting a copy difficult. Also the dog ate my review etc.

  • M_of_the_sys #10 2 years ago

    I wonder if people will complain that Just Dance doesn't have a well written story...

  • captain_Carl #11 2 years ago

    "Ubisoft's wii game comes from behind"

    Hahaha....Ha...Haha.

    On another note, damn, this is depressing.

  • Buenos_Estente #12 2 years ago

    Everytime i have been perusing in Gamestation for the last month I have heard a mother asking for Just Dance.

    They should have kicked her out, she must really be getting on thier tits.

  • altitude2k #13 2 years ago

    I always knew shovelware would prove its worth one day.

  • LR100 #14 2 years ago

    The UK gaming population is at least 80% chavs, they'll buy any old shit. And Modern Warfare 2.

  • wingedlegionary #15 2 years ago

    I'm not surprised in a way, as terrible as this game is meant to be, it was the first game ever my girlfriend pointed out as looking appealing to her. Although I don't watch much TV, I think Just Dance had some considerable advertising momentum behind it

  • MORZTAN #16 2 years ago

    Wow. IGN gave Just Dance 2/10...

    Meanwhile, Uncharted 2 is nowhere to be seen...

    EDIT: Oh yes... it's at 24... No justice. UC2 is the first game in like 5 years that I have been wanting to complete again, the second after I completed it.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 15:59

  • Freek #17 2 years ago

    I still don't get the MW2 flaming. Did people miss the reviews? It is actually a good game, people like it, they buy it. There is no conspiracy here about some shit game that got to the top with dubious marketing.

  • Mkwone #18 2 years ago

    Was there another facebook group movement i wasn't aware of?
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 16:07

  • Zidargh #19 2 years ago

    The titan is vanquished! ...
    ...
    Kind of.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 16:07

  • Olemak #20 2 years ago

    Good to se Batman still hangng in there, at 15th.

    Also, interesting that the PS3 version of Vancouver 2010n is outselling the 360 version by a rather wide margin, while the opposite is usually the case for multiplat titles. Possibly something to do with the title's casual appeal? Core gamers go for 360 titles on multiplat, but the casuals are flocking to the PS3?

  • FogHeart #21 2 years ago

    Looking forward to versions more appropriate for me, such as Just Dance: Look At This Idiot, Just Dance: Christ He's Ruined My Jimmy Choos, and Just Dance: Did You Just Spill My Pint, Mate?

  • gnrlstuart #22 2 years ago

    this is a sad day for gaming. but to be fair, thats what the wii is for, attracting endless droves of mums buying their 9 year olds some stupid game that they play for 3 hours, then use as a coaster( a mug mat).
    if we calculated the actual PLAY time of every game and gamer online and playing, i doubt 'just dance' would fare so well.
    in conclusion, this game is nothing but a one minute wonder phenomenon fabricated by prepubescent girls, a.k.a the driving force of the nintendo war machine.
    edit - @ LR100- I Agree, but most just dances in GAME have been bundled as one of the two 'shit mini games compilations' you get with a wii bundle deal, and they still count as a sale btw.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 16:27

  • macmurphy #23 2 years ago

    Mentioned this in another thread. Go to the metacritic review

    [link url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/justdance
    ]    http://ww w.metacritic.com/games/platform...[/link]

    You can see the gaming press hated but it nearly all the people posting consumer reviews loved it. Another big title that seems to have slipped through critical gap. It's probably fairly pap if you're a traditional gamer but it seems that it's great as a party game.

    Nice to see a game doing so well on its own merits. Haven't seen a big marketing campaign or any blurb about this. Obviously whatever it's doing it's doing really well. Not my type of game, and it will probably encourage a load of toss shovelware that misses whatever made this game so popular.

    At least it shows you can make a shed load of money on Wii if you make a game people want to play. I just think that a lot of gaming executives have no idea what this is, and neither do a lot of reviewers.




    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 16:26

  • BabyJesus #24 2 years ago

    MW2 defeated finally!

    *(Just) Dances*

  • kincaide #25 2 years ago

    Bayonetta is awesome.

    That is all.

  • Stomp224 #26 2 years ago

    @ Olemak: "Also, interesting that the PS3 version of Vancouver 2010n is outselling the 360 version by a rather wide margin, while the opposite is usually the case for multiplat titles. Possibly something to do with the title's casual appeal? Core gamers go for 360 titles on multiplat, but the casuals are flocking to the PS3?"

    Uhh. Not quite. From my retail experience, PS3 owners are Men. with a captial M.

    The average ps3 customer seems (to me at least) to be in their 30s and prefer..... realistic games (for want of a better phrase). EG Gran turismo, Fifa, and to an extent COD. Which is why uncharted is floudering around in the bottom of the charts. As nice a game as it is (GOTY for me), its not what the UK ps3 owner wants. :S

  • Quint2020 #27 2 years ago

    They.... danced... from.... behind!

  • BabyJesus #28 2 years ago

    http://ww w.giantbomb.com/quick-look-just...

    XD

  • ryohazuki1983 #29 2 years ago

    @macmurphy - To be fair to the "critics" the game is utter shit! There's just no skill involved, it tracks the movement (badly) from the hand the wiimote is in, so moving around, using legs etc is pointless (but of course it's fun for kids/woman), just like watching a video of somebody dancing really with a random "score" at the end, my son(almost 4) almost got the same score from eating an orange (sounds weird I know but he wouldnt put the controller down!) whilst the missus frantically danced around....

  • GamesConnoisseur #30 2 years ago

    I m giggling!

    At the irony of the hardcore gamers WHO detests MW2 (especially PC gamers but applicable to many) and I for one who loves MW2 anyway just for the pleasure of MP and co op gaming, though I acknowledge the game could have been better.

    Now these gamers who was hoping MW2 dominance would be fallen by other worthy game such as Bayonetta, no that wasnt to be but would have been a good time to be taken off the chart.

    Instead we get this.... this.. erm... dance game?!

    What a story! Would the diehard haters of MW2 IW or Activision still thinks its a justice?!

    Good for the game and Nintendo, but... darn!

  • BabyJesus #31 2 years ago

    'WHO detests mw2'

    I think the World Health Organisation is rather neutral on mw2 to be fair.

  • MontyBrewster #32 2 years ago

    @ Olemak: "Also, interesting that the PS3 version of Vancouver 2010n is outselling the 360 version by a rather wide margin, while the opposite is usually the case for multiplat titles. Possibly something to do with the title's casual appeal? Core gamers go for 360 titles on multiplat, but the casuals are flocking to the PS3?"

    C'mon, it's not like it stormed the ps3 chart at no1.

    I'd imagine they actually shifted similar units on each console, as looking at the top 40 individual formats chart there are 15 xbox360 games compared to 9 on the ps3.

  • siro #33 2 years ago

    I wonder why the scores for Just Dance aren't better. It will help the very nerds that score it bottom low to score. If they would actually play it. And would actually go to a disco. Or speak with girls in general.

    No seriously, though some mechanics are broken, the game is crazy fun and better than Singstar at parties.

  • kangarootoo #34 2 years ago

    @altitude2k

    I've played this, and its not shovelware. I don't mean everyone will love it, or that you should like it, and it wouldn't be on my purchase list if I had a Wii, but what is clear is that it actually works.

    Shovelware implies low quality, but this is actually a well coded dancing game that in my limited experience really does work (compared to the competition - its not flawless by any means), and for people that like this sort of thing I expect it will be money well spent.


    Its no huge surprise to see a few gamers acting all put out because a mainstream game is topping the charts, but it still makes no sense. What do any of you care what sits at the top of the charts. Charts of all kinds are pointless marketing devices anyway. They represent what every else is buying and playing, but why on earth would I care what anyone else is buying or playing? I know what I am buying and playing, which is all that matters in my living room.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 17:13

  • macmurphy #35 2 years ago

    @ryohazuki

    Fair one mate. I think amlot of the critical points are probably spot on and I'm not trying to take an awkward line about how critics are removed from people and have no idea what they like.

    I just think that sometimes games reviewers emphasise technical shortfalls and review the game as 'traditional' gamers. They aren't reviewing the game with the right mindset.

    Obviously this title really appeals to a certain type of gamer - I think that anything that does this much business without a big marketing spend must just play pretty well. My guess is that for a lot of customers all the technical shortfalls do not spoil the gaming experience. The BabyJesus video made it look like fun; it would probably take me six beers to get there but once I did I'm pretty sure this would be a laugh.

    So I think review sites should try and imagine how the game is supposed to be played, and who it's aimed at, then review it accordingly. All the stinking reviews aren't matching the sales figures, and I think the gaming press needs to address this disparity.

    Pretty sure if you were shitfaced at a party this would be gaming gold.

  • Mono_X #36 2 years ago

    I still find it funny that the 'so called' hardcore gamerz have such hatred for games like Just Dance. Yet games like Guitar Hero that are fundamentally the same get much less hate. Especially since games like Dance Dance Revolution and Singstar have been around for years.
    It's also funny how games which were not considered 'core' games 5 years ago now are 'hardcore'.

    I think the difference is that Just Dance and its ilk are blatantly marketed at women.

    Who would have thought that the manly hardcore would be so threatened by girls' games!

  • ignatiusjreilly #37 2 years ago

    I understand the anti-elitist stance here, but lets not go overboard. Despite the fact that it might be fun for a certain audience, Just Dance is a terrible video-game that is well-deserving of it's 3/10 scores from the specialist press.

    I'm happy to for it to get an 8/10 in Sugar magazine, but lets not throw our self-respect in the bin and start feigning respect for tat like this highly just because it has hit the sweet spot with regards to a certain demographic appeal.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 17:24

  • BartonFink #38 2 years ago

    macmurphy wrote:
    So I think review sites should try and imagine how the game is supposed to be played, and who it's aimed at, then review it accordingly. All the stinking reviews aren't matching the sales figures, and I think the gaming press needs to address this disparity.

    Pretty sure if you were shitfaced at a party this would be gaming gold.

    So you are suggesting that the reviewers either get a lobotomy or play the game shitfaced?
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 17:25

  • BabyJesus #39 2 years ago

    Just Dance is fun I had a go at the weekend and it's a great little party game.

    You make an arse of yourself but thats half the fun of party games.

  • kangarootoo #40 2 years ago

    @ignatiusjreilly

    "Despite the fact that it might be fun for a certain audience, Just Dance is a terrible video-game that is well-deserving of it's 3/10 scores from the specialist press."

    That sounds very similar to a big 'ol contradiction to me. If a game is fun for its intended audience, on what basis would you declare it a terrible video game? What exactly SHOULD a video game if not fun for its intended audience?

    If the specialist press aren't the intended audience, but are reviewing the game as if they were, the score is largely pointless (deserved or otherwise).

  • thiswaynow #41 2 years ago

    The only review I am going to trust on Lets Dance is Ellies. She's the only reviewer to know how to handle these sorts of games.

  • ignatiusjreilly #42 2 years ago

    That sounds very similar to a big 'ol contradiction to me. If a game is fun for its intended audience, on what basis would you declare it a terrible video game?

    Can't follow that line of thought I'm afraid. There are a million bad movies that have their fans, but I am quite happy calling them bad movies, and I''m sure Roger Ebert (or whoever) would agree with me.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 17:38

  • ryohazuki1983 #43 2 years ago

    @macmurphy

    Yeah, I agree with what you're saying, to be honest I don't pay much attention to review scores(does anybody these days?) as some games that get near perfect scores I don't like at all and others that get slated I love..each to their own. IMO Just Dance doesn't actually require any skill, and the scoring system appears to be broken.

    But like you and others say its a good party game, made for people who don't normally play games.

    @kangarootoo

    People think if "shit" games sell, then "good" games will stop getting developed....well in theory, however i'm not sure how true that will turn out to be. The way I look on the Wii is it's a good console for people who don't normally play games with a few decent games for the more traditional gamer to enjoy, different market to 360/PS3. That's why so many of us have 360s and Wiis.

  • Mono_X #44 2 years ago

    @ryohazuki1983: We used to play 6-player Bomberman on my Sega Saturn, on one particular occasion someone won 2 rounds when they were in the toilet!
    Luck is a fundamental part of (and enhances) some kinds of multiplayer game experiences.

  • Mono_X #45 2 years ago

    "I know it can sound that way, but even though Mario Bros movie has its fans, I am quite happy stating that it is pap. It is a bad movie, even if some people liked it."

    That's not the point. It's more like a horror film website reviewing Toy Story and calling it a crap horror film and giving it 0/10.

  • secombe #46 2 years ago

    and for people that like this sort of thing I expect it will be money well spent.

    Spot on, I got this for the other half for her Birthday...I've said it in two other threads: but I wish I enjoyed gaming as much as she enjoys Just Dance. She's over 7hrs in to it already, so £16 is looking like pretty good value.

    It's also not as broken as some would make it out to be, the other half really gets into the flow of it and manages to knock up some serious scores. Sure, you can swing the remote around like a loon and get some sort of a score, and sure it - obviously - only tracks one hand, but dancing properly keeps you 'in the groove' as it were, so it's actually beneficial to dance 'properly'.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 18:05

  • macmurphy #47 2 years ago

    @Bartonfink

    I just think to get the most of it you might need some beers and teenage girls, but I find that's true with life in general.

  • gamefan #48 2 years ago

    It is often said that s**t always rises to the surface...

  • secombe #49 2 years ago

    The only review I am going to trust on Lets Dance is Ellies. She's the only reviewer to know how to handle these sorts of games.

    A review is fairly pointless (especially one as misdirected as the IGN one), watch 15 seconds of it in action and you will instantly know if it appeals to you in any way whatsoever. The only thing worth knowing is if the controls work or not...and after 7hrs or so of play (and yes, I've been roped into quite a few goes myself, and yes it's actually quite a good laugh), we can safely say that yes, 90% or more of the time they do. As I've said above, the proof is in the fact that anyone 'properly' dancing can usually put together huge combos compared to somebody stood still doing it.

    The other interesting thing is seeing how different people react to the fact that absolutely everything is unlocked the moment you first boot the game up. Of the numerous people I know who have this game - they all commented on how good that was. I have to say I agree; why have a party game that you are only likely to ever play with friends, where the content needs to be unlocked? Some 'party' games even force you to do this in single player mode, which is ridiculous. My folks have a few 'party' games where half of the content is locked, and will be forever, despite the fact that they play them loads.

  • patchbox360 #50 2 years ago

    hmmm.. i'm starting to think theres alot more money in casual gaming than hardcore, the production cost of just dance must be minute in comparison to MW and this success with virtually no advertising.

  • malloc #51 2 years ago

    To be honest it's nice to see a 3rd party game that hasn't been hyped to death and not necessarily regarded as "cool" doing well. Fair play to Ubisoft. Now let's see some more (decent) games on the Wii from 3rd parties please.

  • GamesConnoisseur #52 2 years ago

    Just Dance game being equalled to Guitar Hero may be a fair point, but I dont get into these kind of games anyway. I suspect quite a few gamers doesnt go for those kind of games but these do sell as quite a lot of people love them to the death including my daughter.

    I m not being a hypocrite, just read the damn posts in EG regarding MW2 and where people were sort of hoping Bayonetta would be the one to take MW2 peg down.

    People just never would have expected Just Dance to be the one but still would have been a matter of time anyway with any game and only Wii games is able to sell over a longer period of time. Wii Fit, Wii Sports etc.

    Just a kind of justice that 'hardcore' massmarket game is being fellen by a 'casual' mass market game? Signs of the time innit?!

  • Slipstream #53 2 years ago

    "Title knowingly released as a shovelware romp beats out Modern Warfare Shocker"

    Nah, I can't say I'm surprised. If you work in games retail you'd have know that the competition was stiff from the start.

    How did I know Nintendo wrote this off as shovelware? Well I can guaran-damn-tee that if stores had gotten more than 20 or so copies each, over christmas, it would've outsold Modern Warefare as christmas number 1 no doubts whatsoever.
    When the game was originally released it was pegged at £19.99, check the prices now, £29.99!

  • secombe #54 2 years ago

    Well I can guaran-damn-tee that if stores had gotten more than 20 or so copies each, over christmas, it would've outsold Modern Warefare as christmas number 1 no doubts whatsoever.

    I was just about to post this very same thing. Knowing how hard it was to track down during most of December and having brief chats with staff in stores (our local Blockbuster said they could have got 1000 copies in and sold them all, an exaggeration, sure, but they were apparently asked about it more than any game they can remember) it does seem to have taken the distributors by surprise. I've still never actually seen a copy in a shop since the first week of release, I guess they must be appearing now though.

  • Nephirion #55 2 years ago

    With MW2 I like the way they have such few maps that players will be going insane for new ones by spring, soon as BFBC 2 is out fuck you IW we are off!!!!!

  • Fab4 #56 2 years ago

    I was playing this over Xmas at my sister's house, with all the family over, and we had a good few giggles playing it, and isnt that what gaming is all about?

  • Simonkey75 #57 2 years ago

    It's definately not shovelware, some thought has been put into it, and my wife's performances on it suggest that it isn't as broken as some of the reviews have tried to make it out to be - I think you actually have to be quite good at dancing, as my scores are pitiful and hers are stratospheric!

    All in all a decent partygame, so what's the beef?

    And it would have slaughtered MW2 in the xmas charts if they hadn't underestimated demand so badly - no shop for miles had it, and copies were going for up to £80 and beyond during xmas week on Ebay etc. I was like Arnie in Jingle All The Way running around after that fucker, I can tell you...

  • Machetazo #58 2 years ago

    It's a victory for consumer choice. AAA ain't the only way. But, it's nice when done well, too.

  • Sharzam #59 2 years ago

    All non gaming people i know have a Wii and most of them have Just Dance so not all that surprising. What i think is funny when i see all the girls playing on it and trying to do all the full dance moves then the guys have a go and stay in armchairs and just wave a wiimote around.

    Saying that most of the guys i know would rather play on a Xbox or Ps3 than the Wii so thats probably it.

  • smelly #60 2 years ago

    >On another note, damn, this is depressing.

    Whats depressing? That an overhyped mediocre incredibly short shooter isnt at the top of the charts?

  • smelly #61 2 years ago

    BTW- I noticed "Peppa Pig" in the charts.. what on earth is that?

  • smelly #62 2 years ago

    Triple post combo!

    There seems to be a problem with games reviewers not "getting" games which dont have shooting in them. IGN gave this 2/10. But if you look at the comments from the customers who BOUGHT this game on amazon, they're all singing it's praises:

    [link url=http://www.amazon.co.uk /product-reviews/B002O3W3V0/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?ie=UTF8 &coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDesc ending
    ]http://ww w.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/...[/link]

    So obviously someone is wrong here - and it's not the people who are enjoying it...

  • fknetwork #63 2 years ago

    They forget to tell you Just Dance is number one only because it has been reduced to £14.99 in Tescos and Asda, saw it there today lol
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 22:16

  • X3Entente #64 2 years ago

    i used to think that videogames were diferent from films and music, that unlike music where taste is subjective (and 90% of the public are tone deaf sheep that watch x factor) everyone is united on what games are decent and what games are shovelware/derivative gunk. reading these charts and seeing avatar, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Peppa Pig, Army of Two: The 40th Day proves to me not to put to much faith in society. I could get depressed over peoples lack of taste, but ill think ill instead snuggle up in smug sense of superioty. sheep are made for shaving

  • smelly #65 2 years ago

    @X3Entente : Define "junk" As i showed in the amazon customer reviews, nearly everyone who bought it thought it was good. As for Peppa Pig - i've done some research, it's an educational game for 3 year olds and costs 10 quid, so classifying that as "junk" or "shovelware" is also nonsense. As for mario & sonic, that got good reviews, and is a reasonably good game for what it is - so again not shovelware.

    Are you one of those gaming snobs who's 12 years old and thinks that every game should be a shooter by any chance?

  • Slipstream #66 2 years ago

    They forget to tell you Just Dance is number one only because it has been reduced to £14.99 in Tescos and Asda, saw it there today lol

    This would apply to supermarkets who generally don't recieve much stock of the games they sell anyway.
    You can bet that with that cheap game they sell their attachment rate is through the roof because of the variety of other producs at their disposal. Brilliant strategy.

    [/i]Like it or not it's the truth[/i]
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/10 @ 23:08

  • captain_Carl #67 2 years ago

    Hm, why did i get voted down? I was laughing at the sexual innuendo in the tagline.

    Oh well

  • smelly #68 2 years ago

    >Hm, why did i get voted down?

    I'm guessing it was the bit that said:

    >damn, this is depressing.

  • JuanKerr #69 2 years ago

    Gamers are pathetic - MW2 has sold millions and millions of copies and there is a huge choice of so called 'hardcore' games that are out there and selling well, but they STILL moan when something like Just Dance tops the charts.

    What's the matter? Are you upset that your precious hobby is being 'invaded' by the general public? Does it bother you that other people might buy this game and enjoy it?

    Honestly, some of the comments on here make me embarrassed to own consoles. I can only assume that most of your are 14 years old or are intellectually stunted.

  • trip919 #70 2 years ago

    MW2 being displaced is a good thing.

    You overgrown gorilla, take a Sonic-Fucking-Boom!

  • Quixz #71 2 years ago

    So the King has been knocked from first place. We all know it will still be in the top 10 come December.

  • Mono_X #72 2 years ago

    Also; it's hugely ironic that just as Ubisoft say they're going to dump the Wii 'casual' support this game comes along and proves a big success and has outstripped expectations.
    [link url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/just-da nce-takes-uk-no-1-spot
    ]http://ww w.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ju...[/link]

  • smelly #73 2 years ago

    "So the King has been knocked from first place. We all know it will still be in the top 10 come December. "


    And personally having rented, played it, and completed it.. that makes me more depressed than a casual game getting to #1. Means more over hyped middle of the road shooters coming.. erm.. yay?

  • BartonFink #74 2 years ago

    Ellie review is up a solid 7 and reviewed from the perspective of the target audience. Drunks, girls, kids all get a mention ;)
    Edited by 1 at 19/01/10 @ 08:37

  • roz123 #75 2 years ago

    Original game knocks unoriginal game of the top. woohoo there is hope for us all. Innovation in gaming in any form is more important imo then seeing the same shit churned out every year.

  • kangarootoo #76 2 years ago

    @ignatiusjreilly

    A bad game like a bad movie is subjective. If someone likes a movie, its not a bad movie to them (b movie semantics aside). My point is that you dismiss this as a bad game (without having played it I imagine), whilst in the same breath saying that you agree its target audience will find it fun.

    If the game was targetted at you, and it failed to make you happy, your critisism would be relevant. But that is not the case. It is like me reviewing a fishing rod, and concluding that it is shit because "fishing is boring".

    ... and what Mono_X said.


    @ryohazuki1983

    I understand the fear you describe, though I'm not sure it applies as widely as you suggest. Many people do indeed say that is shit games sell, good games won't sell so much and so won't get developed (I agree with the logic), but more often than not as I believe we are seeing in this case, the true source of the angst is plain old snobbery.

    A lot of hardcore gamers don't like what they see as mainstream games, not because of the effect they may or may not have on the market, but purely because they deride what they don't find personally appealing. Their perception of quality is utterly biased by their own preferences, after which they start finding other reasons to back up their dismissive point of view (such as the effect of "these games" on the market place).

  • kangarootoo #77 2 years ago

    @X3Entente

    "i used to think that videogames were diferent from films and music, that unlike music where taste is subjective (and 90% of the public are tone deaf sheep that watch x factor) everyone is united on what games are decent and what games are shovelware/derivative gunk"

    Well more fool you I'm afraid. I'm not sure you really understand the proper meaning of the word subjective. It has nothing to do with weight of common opinion. Everybody on the planet could agree on something, but it would still be subjective if that is what it was.

    Its a common mistake you are making though, if that makes you feel any better ;)

  • 00.00.01 #78 2 years ago

    Ghehe, 'highly acclaimed shooter" gets booted from N.1 spot by a Wii-title. What a laugh. My wee cousin (5) 's got this and it's a good laugh, not for hardcore-gamers probably but great for (alcohol/smoke-fuelled)parties. You might not like the Wii as it's not hardcore enough, but developers/publishers love it because it sells like f*%k (see http://ww w.eurogamer.net/articles/modern... )
    MW2 has only been on the No.1 spot because they sold large numbers, not because the game re-invented anything or is of high quality. PS3-owners get a cheaply ported X360 version, PC-gamers get knifed in the back.
    Meanwhile Activision Blizzard announced that Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to set sell-through records crossing the $1 billion mark in retail sales worldwide since its launch in November. This was January 14th.....
    Raking in like greedy bankers, DLC ready....but wherever I read, MW2 doesn''t make happy gamers. It gets slagged al over the webs for NOT delivering a step forward in the industry.
    And then they get topped by a Wii dance game, 2 months after releasing MW2.
    Says it all for me. My MW copy already found its way back to GAME, nice refund (got original from Asda, £ 27.50) and pre-ordered BFBC and MAG. Meanwhile I'll be hipping and hopping with my cousin. For a good ol' laugh.

  • jambo74 #79 2 years ago

    No OFDR - Good, Good

  • M_of_the_sys #80 2 years ago

    I can see a lot of people are happy to see a game they don't like knocked off the number 1 spot and a lot of people annoyed to see a game they don't like or have never played hit the number 1 spot.

    Personally, I'm not fussed either way but has anyone thought that the reason MW2 has dropped is because, after 9 weeks at number 1, they've peaked in sales and are going to decline to a steady sales rate for a while now? It might just so happen that Just Dance was lucky enough to be top spot but won't be in the next chart? Or maybe they will be. Either way, this thread has been very amusing.

    Edit: Also surprised that no one has mentioned the individual format chart yet. Usually seems to be such a sore point for a lot of people.

    As you were.
    Edited by 1 at 19/01/10 @ 11:07

  • nottingham01 #81 2 years ago

    good cod is shit

  • king2001 #82 2 years ago

    Peppa Pig sells more than Uncharted 2?

    Is that the third person action adventure game where she and her friends seek revenge for the death of her family at the hands of the evil Danepak corporation...and then fall down laughing at the end of the game?

    Note to self: stop paying so much attention to the shows my daughters watch (although I prefer Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom)

  • N.A.T.O #83 2 years ago

    I still find it highly amusing when teenage FPS fans describe other gamers as 'Casuals'.

    I echo the sentiments of Roz123 regarding innovation in gaming. Just Dance FTW!