UK charts: Prototype works for Acti

By Robert Purchese Published 22 June, 2009

Ghostbusters calls in at four.

Prototype has unseated The Sims 3 at the top of the UK all-formats chart after its second week on sale.

The Sims 3 is still strong at two, followed by chart familiar Wii Fit at three. Ghostbusters makes its debut on PS2 and PS3 at four.

Other new entries are Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii, pushing the multiformat game up to nine, and ArmA II on PC, which enters at 19.

Rock Band Unplugged and Let's Tap struggle, taking three and 14 in their respective platform lists.

Elsewhere there are good weeks for Call of Duty: World at War, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings and Resident Evil 5.

Those dropping off the bottom include Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 2 Prototype PC, PS3, Xbox 360
2 1 The Sims 3 PC
3 4 Wii Fit Wii
4 New entry Ghostbusters PS2, PS3
5 7 Call of Duty: World at War PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS
6 3 Red Faction: Guerrilla PS3, Xbox 360
7 5 UFC 2009: Undisputed PS3, Xbox 360
8 6 EA Sports Active Wii
9 11 Virtua Tennis 2009 PS3, Xbox 360
10 13 Grand Slam Tennis Wii
11 18 Professor Layton and the Curious Village DS
12 10 FIFA 09 PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS
13 32 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings DS, PS2, PSP, Wii
14 15 Mario Kart Wii Wii
15 14 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS
16 8 Pokémon Platinum DS
17 12 Guitar Hero: Metallica PS3, Xbox 360
18 9 inFamous PS3
19 New entry ArmA II PC
20 Re-entry Resident Evil 5 PS3, Xbox 360
21 17 Wii Play Wii
22 22 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii, DS
23 23 Guitar Hero: World Tour Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii
24 16 Terminator Salvation PC, PS3, Xbox 360
25 19 My Fitness Coach Wii
26 25 Carnival: Funfair Games Wii
27 29 Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy DS
28 36 Dr Kawashima's Brain Training DS
29 26 Football Manager 2009 PC
30 27 Star Ocean: The Last Hope Xbox 360
31 39 Walk With Me! Do You Know Your Walking Routine? DS
32 28 SEGA Superstars Tennis DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
33 24 FUEL PS3, Xbox 360
34 31 Mystery Stories DS
35 33 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360, PS3, PC
36 21 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel PC, PS3, Xbox 360
37 20 Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 Wii
38 35 Big Family Games Wii
39 40 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, PS2, Wii
40 Re-entry LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360

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

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Comments (69) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • coolbritannia #1 3 years ago

    Those COD games have some legs don't they...

  • TopKatt #2 3 years ago

    Still trying to decide whether to get infamous or prototype! I need a prototype demo I think.

  • AphoticCosmos #3 3 years ago

    Still don't regret passing Prototype over for Red Faction.

  • George-Roper #4 3 years ago

    Prototype is much more entertaining than InFamous.

  • systems #5 3 years ago

    Nice to see ArmA II in there. The 1.02 patch came out on Saturday morning so I waited for that before playing.

  • drumbaby #6 3 years ago

    They should ditch the PS3, in order to sell less.

  • shamblemonkee #7 3 years ago

    If you handed over Prototype for RF:G you need your head read! Prototype is a hundred times more entertaining ot play, which is the point in the end isn't it?

  • the_dudefather #8 3 years ago

    I prefer Red faction and infamous so far, but thats probobly one of those CRAZY things called opinions I guess ;)

  • Brianstorm #9 3 years ago

    Ghostbusters did well despite the negative PR campaign from Eurogamer....

  • lennon #10 3 years ago

    I found I was fed up with Prototype by the end of the first week. Bless you Gamestation...

  • LazyDan #11 3 years ago

    Ooerr the comments are all different and that.

  • IronGiant #12 3 years ago

    Infamous is a helluva lot better than Prototype.. one of the best games on PS3 and very entertaining.

  • rotmm #13 3 years ago

    @evilfoxhound,

    I seriously doubt that Prototype and/or Fifa09 (just to pick 2 titles) shifted more copies than any of the consoles listed.

    So no, it has nothing to do with which sold more copies.

  • DUFFKING #14 3 years ago

    Nice to see RFG doing well. Does Major Nelson still do the live charts? Haven't seen one for a while.

  • Beek4257 #15 3 years ago

    Off topic:

    "Ooerr the comments are all different and that."

    Yeah, I don't get it. How does it work? Threshold eh?

  • NotSoSlim #16 3 years ago

    The ending alone makes Infamous awesome!!

  • Triggerhappytel #17 3 years ago

    "Yeah, I don't get it. How does it work? Threshold eh?"

    Threshold is the point at which a comment which has received negative rep is hidden, unless you select to see it. So, if some div like (just plucking a name out of the sky) CountFapula makes one of his usual erudite posts which gets six points of negative rep, if your current threshold is -5, his posts won't show up unless you want them to.

  • Seoh #18 3 years ago

    agreed infamous ending = awesome.

    I just completed prototype and the game starts out fun but then quickly becomes frustrating, you should probably play both but i think infamous is the better game.

  • rotmm #19 3 years ago

    I haven't played either, but I personally think that Infatype is the better game. Or maybe I mean Protomous. Yes, that one is better.

    It's always good to have an opinion and state it as fact.

  • des #20 3 years ago

    Prototype-destruction in game-destruction in charts.

    "Ghostbusters: The Video Game’ (98% PS3 & 2% PS2)"
    Come on Sony only 2% left,you can do it.

    Decent start for Ghostbusters,surprised how good it is.

  • danathjo #21 3 years ago

    What the hell happened to the comments page? It's gone all Joystiq.com...I don't like change

    /wheels off on his penny farthing

  • StooMonster #22 3 years ago

    When's Ghostbusters out on non-Sony formats?

  • makeamazing #23 3 years ago

    Ghostbusters is a pretty good game, but its shorter than I expected/hoped for.. my ten year old son has completed it already after a few days.. so its not difficult by any means. Still its alot of fun.

  • rotmm #24 3 years ago

    October-ish I think.

  • Doctor_What #25 3 years ago

    @ TopKatt: I'm loving Infamous and I'm about 15 hours in at the moment. If you're undecided, the rough guide seems to be this:

    Infamous: slow starting, lots of fun by the end, leans more heavily on movement and exploration for gameplay (but still with a lot of combat)

    Prototype: Leans more heavily on the combat, has some significant frustrations, but overall is a good blast.

    TBH, I prefer the exploration and movement of Infamous, but they're both very good games. Prototype will likely perform better because it's cross-platform, but I sincerely hope that Infamous does well enough to geta sequel.

  • tossetaz #26 3 years ago

    Impressive that the CoD games are still doing this good, but then again I just bought CoD: Modern Warfare (xbox360) for 2,5€ in Gamestop, had to trade in a game though :)
    Edited by 1 at 22/06/09 @ 13:12

  • Beek4257 #27 3 years ago

    @Triggerhappytel

    Ok, got it. Thank you.

  • lavalant #28 3 years ago

    Infamous looks the better title than prototype, but I'd take Crackdown over both.

    Annoyed that I Had to import my xbox copy of Ghostbusters though, I'm sure Sony thought it was worth it though, 540p and all.

  • kissthestick #29 3 years ago

    well done to SE having a game last for atleast 3 weeks in the top 30

  • bad09 #30 3 years ago

    Ghostbusters is friggin' awesome!

  • miiiguel #31 3 years ago

    How does Ghostbusters work in MP ? Imported it, and I'm curious. Is it cooperative, or competitive?

  • GreyBeard #32 3 years ago

    If you check out the UK top 40 by individual formats on Kotaku, you might be surprised to see more PS3 titles in the top 20 than 360 ones. Sony aren't doing nearly as badly as a lot of people seem to think.

  • woodnotes #33 3 years ago

    @ Greybeard: But Prototype sold 61% of copies on 360 compared to 36% on PS3. Although obviously it has more (recent) genre competition on PS3 with Infamous only just coming out.

    I'd agree that Sony aren't doing anywhere near as bad as people like to make out in comparison to 360, but they're still doing rediculously bad sales-wise compared to their PS1/PS2 days. Which is a shame - everyone should get the chance to play The Last Guardian!
    Edited by 1 at 22/06/09 @ 15:09

  • DanC89 #34 3 years ago

    Poor RB: Unplugged...although it isn't suprising since half the people on here are waiting for it to be available as a digital download.

  • GreyBeard #35 3 years ago

    @Woodnotes

    I'm not disagreeing with you.

    I do get cheesed off with the endless negativity surrounding the PS3 though. Globally its already outsold the GameCube and with a price-cut it should sell considerably more, especially with the software line-up announced at E3.

    Personally I couldn't give a toss who's the most successful platform holder. As long as each console has a decent market-share games will keep coming, which is all I really care about.

    I believe that a situation where all 3 manufacturers are relatively close and competitive with each other is better for us as consumers than a scenario where one corporation is overwhelmingly dominant. This is what really bugs me about a lot of "alleged" Xbox fans, they moan and groan about Sony being the evil empire while praying that MS can maneuver themselves into the exact same position of tyranny... As the song says; "Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss".


  • Retroid #36 3 years ago

    @Brianstorm: quite a few sites were disappointed with the PS3 version of Ghostbusters so it was far from a negative PR campaign by EG ;P

  • Retroid #37 3 years ago

    Also, sad to see inFamous drop so quickly, I really enjoyed the demo and the only reason I haven't bought it is that I'm too busy moving home :/

  • Law07 #38 3 years ago

    Who the fuck is buying all these CoD games?!

  • smelly #39 3 years ago

    @GreyBeard : I too dont get it.

    But for me, the 360 and ps3 are so similar - with pretty much the same games on both platforms. I dont see either being "better" than the other. In fact to me there seems to be very little reason to buy both, and the choice of one over the other is purely down to which is the cheapest. The ps3 works out cheaper long run if you play a lot of online games, the 360 is the cheapest if you dont.

  • smelly #40 3 years ago

    good to see 8, 9, & 10 proving that 3rd party wii games DO sell...

  • smelly #41 3 years ago

    CountFapula : Well the ps3 outselling the gamecube, is more than the original xbox managed...

  • makeamazing #42 3 years ago

    @countmuppet, So a multiplatform game is outselling a single platform game, wow who would have thought it... seriously after last weeks fun of you changing your mind every two seconds to suit your argument, you would have thought you would have learnt your lesson... obviously not.

  • El-Dev #43 3 years ago

    "Prototype RAPED inFAMOUS in sales, just as predicted."

    That wasn't much of a gamble really considering it had over twice the potential audience. What was amusing was your prediction that Prototype would review better than inFamous.

    [link url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/i nfamous?q=infamous
    ]http://ww w.metacritic.com/games/platform...[/link]

    [link url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms /xbox360/prototype?q=prototype
    ]http://ww w.metacritic.com/games/platform...[/link]

    Like to comment on that Fapula?

  • El-Dev #44 3 years ago

    Fapula, I suppose if Prototype had scored better reviewers would have been all knowing video game geniuses.

    You're an amusing fellow, I'll give you that.

  • El-Dev #45 3 years ago

    Generally when those games come out for the 360 there hasn't been much around the release date, a few weeks either side, so it is a beacon in a bleak period which people get excited about and buy.

    Halo Wars was released the same date as KZ2 and KZ2 came out on top that week, FACT!

    [link url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/uk-chart- killzone-2-beats-halo-wars
    ]http://ww w.eurogamer.net/articles/uk-cha...[/link]

    Also many of the titles you named are well supported already and guaranteed sales. Many of the PS3 exclusives were new IPs and in the case of KZ2 coming as the sequel to a somewhat poor first game.

  • makeamazing #46 3 years ago

    Yawn seriously you should try and get out more..

    If I want to play the game at your childish level, actually looking at the sales figures (for the UK at least), Prototype isnt actually doing that well against Infamous. Lets see if the game can keep up the sales in the weeks to come eh!

  • El-Dev #47 3 years ago

    I live in the UK, Australia has no relevance to me. Nor should it to you only to make you happy that an RTS has sold well there.

    At the minute you could put Halo on a box of dog turd and it will still sell in it's millions , ie Halo Wars which has been the only 360 exclusive of note this year and considering it's now appraoching July is a little disappointing especially as I just bought a 360.

    Hoping by Christmas time there will be a few games for it but they'll need to be special as it looks like Uncharted2 will be the game taking up most of my festive period.

    If sales point to quality for you then your music collection must be a joy to behold.

    Edited by 1 at 22/06/09 @ 23:36

  • the_dudefather #48 3 years ago

    'What do you think activision cares more about: metacritic, or games sales? '

    why should I give 2 donkey dicks about sales figures for a single player game?

    especially since I own them both?

  • makeamazing #49 3 years ago

    You shouldnt, and actually the only person who seems to care is CountMuppet.

    I really enjoyed Infamous, and all I care is that it sold well enough to justify making version 2 and continuing the story. As it sounds like its done about half a million copies in three weeks I am hopefull.

  • Slipstream #50 3 years ago

    Good to see Ghostbusters on there, it's a pretty good game.
    Prototype and COD, excellent IPs in the hands of a corrupt publisher =(

  • makeamazing #51 3 years ago

    Lol the funny thing CountMuppet is that you call everyone else a moron, but if you look through the majority of your posts people have negatively rated them, to me this suggests people think differently of you :D

    I cant be arsed to give you the sales figures, because I dont know the validity of the information, it could be a load of old tosh.. what I do know is that I enjoyed Infamous, I like Sony, and I dont give a rats ass that you think millions of people are brainwashed - Ironically perhaps it is you who is brainwashed!

  • smelly #52 3 years ago

    Cilit Bang! And the fapula is gone!

  • Triggerhappytel #53 3 years ago

    Fapula, you are such a fucking retard. If you love the Yanks so much, piss off and find an American forum, because no-one here gives two shits about your embarrasingly biased opinion.

    Your arguments are so fucking pissy to call them paper thin would be an insult to paper everywhere. So, the latest instalment in the Halo series - that's a franchise which has sold in excess of 20 million just in the US - does well and you're running around proclaiming it's a failure for Sony? Ditto the latest part of the biggest videogame franchise in the world - it's hardly surprising that even as a DL title it outsold anything on the PS3.


    And you're obviously very quick to lash out at big Sony titles such as inFamous or Uncharted, but tell me a bit about these games, since you've obviously played them. How far did you get in both, for example?

  • makeamazing #54 3 years ago

    To be honest CountMuppet I am too old to be get wound up by a little muppet like you. I suspect you are either very young and immature or if you are any older, well i feel sorry for you...haha.

    Your arguments are very lame, and to be honest your blind loyalty to a company and a product that doesnt have a good track record either is quite funny. Many years ago I worked in IT and used to laughed at the Unix people who hate MS... especially as its stability problems kept me in a job for a long time.. but MS have screwed many people over, I mean releasing a product that was not ready to ship and lots of RROD.. obviously you are just as much as an idiot as anyone who owns a PS3...

    Oh and unlike you, I own all three consoles, because I can afford it, and because I am a gamer who doesnt just follow one company... unlike... well YOU...haha. Seems all of your arguments point back to you as being a blind rabid fanboy. Good luck with that!

  • bad09 #55 3 years ago

    / Switches on PKE
    / Detects HUGE negative energy
    / talk with the others...

    Dr. Peter Venkman: This site is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
    bad09: What do you mean, "biblical"?
    Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, bad09, real wrath of God type stuff.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
    Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
    Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! RE5, volcanoes...
    Winston Zeddemore: The Darkfail players rising from the game!
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, Smelly and brown FPS's living together... mass hysteria!

    / covers everyone with positivly charged slime
    / All is right with EG
    / dances with Ray Parker Jr
    / watches and plays Ghostbusters again
    Edited by 1 at 23/06/09 @ 07:40

  • Goodfella #56 3 years ago

    Thanks for giving me such great entertainment CountFapula. I would like some monetary compensation for loss of earnings though because the very idea that you think you like to have intelligent debates on here caused me to go into seizure after laughing so hard and I've ruptured my spleen, so no work for several weeks.

  • AlvySinger #57 3 years ago

    It might have got a 'good but but not great' review on EG but, for my money, Prototype is the greatest superhero game ever made.

    Any game where you can stand in the middle of a warzone, with zombies, soldiers, tanks and helicopters all duking it out, and think "I could take out everyone here without breaking a sweat" hits my sweet spot.

    Cheers Radical, you've made my month.

  • Triggerhappytel #58 3 years ago

    I'm not arguing that inFamous is a triple-A game. It's a solid 7 or 8/10 with lots of room for improvement, and I sincerely hope there's a sequel. To suggest Uncharted is not triple-A though is idiotic - clearly you either haven't played it at all, didn't give the demo time of day or your incessant Sony hate convinced you it was average. Even if you personally didn't like the game, no gamer in their right mind could argue its (abundant) qualities. Admit it, you're just against these games from the word go because of this Sony hate? Y'know, you remind me of one of those ten year old boys who shows attention to the girl he fancies by bullying her - is that what this is? You can't afford a PS3, or your one broke on you, or something...?

    And you're still arguing that Halo Wars sold better than Killzone - admittedly, Sony's marketing this gen is utter shit, but Microsoft could reskin Shellshock 2 as Halo and it would still sell a couple of million on the franchise alone. You seem to be assuming sales and quality go hand-in-hand, and surely you must accept that this is not always the case?!

    What's more, I've just been onto VGChartz (unless someone can suggest a better source?) which says Killzone 2 has sold 1.7 million copies and Halo Wars sold 1.3 million -- if this is to be believed, surely your argument is rendered somewhat invalid...?!
    Edited by 1 at 23/06/09 @ 10:34

  • Triggerhappytel #59 3 years ago

    I can't even be bothered debating with you any more, because clearly you're blinkered to anything outside your own little circle of rationale. If you can suggest a better source than VGChartz then go ahead; until you do it is saying Killzone 2 has sold half a million copies more than Halo Wars.

    And you clearly haven't played Uncharted if you think it's a rip off of Tomb Raider. It's closer to Gears than Lara.

    And I'm happy with my PS3 and most of my games are first-party exclusives which I very much like, so where does someone like me fit into your argument? What's more, I didn't even pay for my PS3, but got it free with a phone contract.

  • makeamazing #60 3 years ago

    @Countmuppet...The funny thing is, YOU are the one with the problem, because you cannot accept people want something you do not want. There is nothing wrong with the PS3, is a nice bit of kit IMHO..your opinion counts for nothing, because there is no good reasoning, just rabib fanboy crap. Until you learn to grow up, no one here will take you seriously.. so you might as well go to the forums where apparently you say are more mature. (No one will stop you :D

    I have all three consolses and they all have their advantages and disadvantages, to blantantly say one Console has nothing to offer shows your fanboy obsession..

  • makeamazing #61 3 years ago

    Sorry Countmuppet is your name.. :D

    And I highly doubt you own all 3 consoles. I've never seen you in any 360 or wii only game threads on this site.

    Well thats because generally you spend all your time in PS3 topics slating a product that you dont own.

    Haha calling me a Chav... thats funny coming from a guy who cannot afford a PS3.. oh for shame.. mommy on social... your paper round wont cover it...

  • Triggerhappytel #62 3 years ago

    CountFapula - yes, he does make a good argument; far better than any you have made so far. The thing is, he is referring to PS3 trolls and you are a 360 troll, so you're no better than those fanboys he is talking about.

    And stop saying the PS3 has no good games, because you clearly don't have a clue. Just because you are anti-Sony doesn't mean the console does not have good software.

  • M_of_the_sys #63 3 years ago

    ''I live in the uk, unfortunately, but i know most people in the uk especially are fucking morons.''

    You are certainly good proof for the point you make.

  • makeamazing #64 3 years ago

    If you want anything Muppet, get it yourself, click on my profile if you want to see any posts, not that it matters because you will just be an idiot like you normally are and come up with some crap.

    To be honest your boring me...you come out with the same tosh every time.. PS3 has no good games, games that were rated highly is because well the sites are idiots, 20+ million sales is because were all apparently Sony fanboys... etc etc.

    In fact rather than you keep getting everyone else to give you information, how about you tell us your age and what you do for a living, I could do with a laugh.

  • makeamazing #65 3 years ago

    The only thing i have ever suggested is you cannot afford a PS3 and that you are an idiot.of which both statements are true :D

  • makeamazing #66 3 years ago

    Yawn, picking on spelling now, we are getting desperate arn't we :D

    Seriously tell me your age and what you do for a living, I really want to know where you have earnt this high opinion of your gaming knowledge.

  • makeamazing #67 3 years ago

    With all your swearing, that makes me think your probably very young.

    Hey look your the big shot with all the answers... surely your big enough and tough enough to tell me what you do for a living!

  • Triggerhappytel #68 3 years ago

    @ Fapula

    You're right, I couldn't afford a PS3, or any console really this gen. The recession has hit me and my girlfriend hard, we have expensive mortgage repayments and I don't have hundreds of spare pounds to blow on a luxury like a new games console - not that you would know anything about this, since you're clearly about twelve years old. However, for an 18 month phone contract for Ł5 more than I was paying per month, I could get a free console. And 360s are in the same deal too, idiot - often available with a cheaper contract than you get a PS3 with, so check your facts before spouting off because [if possible] it makes you look even dumber than you already do.

    Now please crawl away and never return to the Internet, you unpleasant little shit.

  • uk_john #69 3 years ago

    Don't worry Protoype will only be No.1 for one week. Notice it's on 3 formats? That's why multiformat charts are a waste of space and we should go back to individual machine charts. If one game is on 3 machines and sells 300,000 units and another game is on one machine and sells 299,000 on that one machine - what game is really No.1?