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GTA IV tops 1 million sales in UK

Doing better on 360, it seems. Top 40 inside.

Grand Theft Auto IV has hung onto its top spot in the UK All Formats Chart this week despite a meaty 77 percent drop in sales.

It saw the acclaimed Rockstar game surge past the one million mark, as the format-favourite gap widened in Microsoft's favour: 62 percent of total sales were on Xbox 360, compared to 55 percent last week.

Wii Fit felt the burn a little and dropped 48 percent of last week's sales, but still managed to stretch its way to two.

Below was Wii Play at three, which swapped places with Mario & Sonic at the Olympics at four.

Iron Man did some science spectaculars to jump from 11 to five, with Call of Duty 4 at six, PES 2008 at seven, and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue at eight.

Rounding off the chart were Mario Kart Wii at nine and Brain Training at 10, helping Nintendo prolong its crown as the most well represented publisher in the Top 10.

There were no new entries this week and little movement across the chart. Those that did a little hopping around were Carnival Games up from 37 to 22, and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Football Manager 2008 and WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2008 all managing to get back into the Top 40.

Here's the list in full:

  1. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Xbox 360)
  2. Wii Fit (Wii)
  3. Wii Play (Wii)
  4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS)
  5. Iron Man: The Official Videogame (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  6. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS)
  7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, DS, PSP)
  8. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
  9. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  10. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  11. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, DS)
  12. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii)
  13. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360, PS3)
  14. Cooking Mama 2 (Wii, DS)
  15. Game Party (Wii)
  16. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  17. Imagine: Babies (DS)
  18. Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)
  19. UEFA Euro 2008 Xbox 360, PC, PS3, PS2, PSP)
  20. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (DS)
  21. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
  22. Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
  23. SEGA Superstars Tennis (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS)
  24. Sight Training (DS)
  25. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
  26. Mario Kart DS (DS)
  27. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS)
  28. Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
  29. The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  30. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, DS, PSP)
  31. Cooking Mama (Wii, DS)
  32. 42 All-Time Classics (DS)
  33. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS)
  34. Ratatouille (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, DS, PSP, GBA)
  35. Football Manager 20087 (PC, Xbox 360)
  36. My Word Coach (DS)
  37. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PS2, PSP)
  38. Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
  39. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  40. SingStar Summer Party (PS2)

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