UK charts: Just Dance denies BFBC2

By Robert Purchese Published 12 April, 2010

Dancing more popular than war death.

Just Dance is at the top of the UK all-formats chart again, after a week devoid of any noteworthy new challengers.

Incidentally, we're sorry the charts are a little late.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 moved up a space into second and elbowed Just Cause 2 down into third. Modern Warfare 2 remained in fourth, followed by Wii Sports Resort in fifth and Wii Fit Plus in sixth.

Pokemon SoulSilver was seventh and Pokemon HeartGold ninth - the pair interrupted by FIFA 10 in eighth. New Super Mario Bros. rounded the chart out in 10th.

The release of the Borderlands DLC double-pack didn't reinstate Gearbox's game back in the top 40 and, surprisingly, the year-and-a-half late boxed release of Torchlight has been overlooked by people in shops with money.

Sakura Wars, last week's only real new entry, isn't anywhere to be seen.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 1 Just Dance Wii
2 3 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
3 2 Just Cause 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
4 4 Modern Warfare 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
5 6 Wii Sports Resort Wii
6 9 Wii Fit Plus Wii
7 5 Pokemon SoulSilver DS
8 8 FIFA 10 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
9 7 Pokemon HeartGold DS
10 10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii
11 11 SONIC & SEGA All-Stars Racing DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
12 13 Mario Kart Wii Wii
13 12 Aliens vs. Predator PC, PS3, Xbox 360
14 16 Assassin's Creed II PC, PS3, Xbox 360
15 18 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Wii
16 17 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360
17 14 God of War III PS3
18 21 LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
19 15 Final Fantasy XIII PS3, Xbox 360
20 19 Ben 10: Alien Force - Vigilax Attacks DS, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
21 30 Mass Effect 2 PC, Xbox 360
22 24 New Super Mario Bros. DS
23 20 Heavy Rain PS3
24 23 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
25 28 Grand Theft Auto IV PC, PS3, Xbox 360
26 36 Dragon Age: Origins PC, PS3, Xbox 360
27 38 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story DS
28 35 Football Manager 2010 PC, PSP
29 25 Peppa Pig DS, Wii
30 27 Peppa Pig 2: Fun and Games DS
31 26 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
32 29 Darksiders PS3
33 34 Pure PC, PS3, Xbox 360
34 40 SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection PS3, Xbox 360
35 37 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
36 39 MX vs. ATV Reflex DS, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
37 Re-entry The Sims 3 PC
38 Re-entry Band Hero DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
39 33 Professor Layton and Pandora's Box DS
40 Re-entry Mario Kart DS DS

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

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About Robert Purchese

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  • Nephirion #1 2 years ago

    Dancing, more popular than shooting ...

  • SpaceMonkey77 #2 2 years ago

    This is really funny. They could just watch one of those silly dance programs instead.

  • captainrentboy #3 2 years ago

    What the fuck? Has anyone else got the screencap for the 'Just Dance reveal trailer' under the charts? What's with that old woman, she looks sinister as fuck! Literally the stuff of nightmares, infact she looks like the crazy old zombie woman from the Rec movies. *shudder*
    Edited by captainrentboy at 12/04/10 @ 16:16

  • Eraysor #4 2 years ago

    Captain, I was similarly freaked out by that image.

    Also, people should be buying the Pokemon games for their kids, because unlike Just Dance, they are brilliant.

  • smithdown #5 2 years ago

    She wants to suck out my soul with her demonic eyes and drooling gums of horror!

    PS - Just Dance is a pile of cack but I couldn't help but love bopping along to 'You Cant Touch This' at my mate's recent 30th. Might have been to do with the cocktails mind....
    Edited by smithdown at 12/04/10 @ 16:36

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #6 2 years ago

    Interesting formatting. Now what have I done?

  • kangarootoo #7 2 years ago

    "They could just watch one of those silly dance programs instead."

    You do know what a game is, right?

  • PlugMonkey #8 2 years ago

    Also, people should be buying the Pokemon games for their kids, because unlike Just Dance, they are brilliant.

    Should they buy Pokemon to play with their friends at parties?

    I don't want to come to your parties. ;)

  • malexous #9 2 years ago

    Good showing for Nintendo consoles:

    http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c...

  • Quixz #10 2 years ago

    FFS this pisses me off. BFBC2 should be at Number 1 ONE!!!!
    Bought 2 copies the other for my brother.

  • Sid-Nice #11 2 years ago

    I've now bought 6 copies of Just Dance; just to keep the FPS shit from making the No1 spot.

  • Octoroc #12 2 years ago

    They shoot horses don't they?

  • Macdory #13 2 years ago

    I'm assuming that PC downloads still don't get recorded in the charts?

    Way to compare apples with pears !

  • higgins78 #14 2 years ago

    Fair enough. I personally think this title (Just Dance) is hopeless but people shouldn't be so snobbish. If the game sells well its only a bi-product of the Wii's popularity and inevitable. Gamers who are self proclaimed "hardcore" should take their head out of the clouds...games are a business!

  • kangarootoo #15 2 years ago

    @higgins78

    Its not just that games are a business, it is also the case that shit loads of people that play Just Dance genuinely have fun doing so. They aren't sheep, they aren't dumb, they no doubt couldn't care less whether they are "real gamers" or not. They just enjoy playing the game, and consequently they play it for EXACTLY the same reasons that those who play MW2 or WoW do so.

    As a game that exists to entertain, it is every bit as valid as an FPS. That it makes good business sense is an extra.

  • alcides #16 2 years ago

    very, very weird that pokémon SoulSilver sales so much more than HeartGold.

    I'm roaming Kanto as of now. The game is excellent, as expected.