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Sunday, 3 April 2011

UK 2010 Top 10

UK 2010 Top 10 (100%):

01. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) - 3,266,298 / NEW
02. FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts) 2,390,231 / NEW
03. Just Dance (Ubisoft) - 1,305,338
04. Red Dead Redemption (Take 2) - 1,135,559 / NEW
05. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 920,811 / 1,889,093
06. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) - 903,866 / NEW
07. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) - 880,755 / NEW
08. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 818,554 / 2,307,351
09. Halo: Reach (Microsoft) - 781,331 / NEW
10. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts) -

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UK H1 2010 Top 10 (100%):

01. Just Dance (Ubisoft) - 940,358
02. Red Dead Redemption - (Rockstar/Take 2) - 819,161 / NEW
03. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - (Electronic Arts) - 590,580 / NEW
04. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 540,761 / 3,467,398
05. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 499,998 / 1,468,280
06. Wii Sports Resort - (Nintendo) - 439,920 / 1,928,717
07. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts) - 396,858 / NEW
08. Aliens vs Predator (Sega) - 359,968 / NEW
09. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix Europe) - 339,996 / NEW
10. FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 318,719 / 2,474,416

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UK 2009 Top 10 (100%):

01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 2,926,637 / NEW
02. FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 2,155,697 / NEW
03. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1,488,797 / NEW
04. Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 1,246,461 / 2,856,461
05. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 968,282 / NEW
06. Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft) - 920,910 / NEW
07. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 917,863 / 2,857,863
08. Mario & Sonic at Olympic Winter Games (Sega) - 825,027 / NEW
09. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard) - 769,726 / 2,199,726
10. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) - 713,314

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UK 2008 Top 10 (100%):

01. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) -
02. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 1,940,000 / NEW
03. Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2) - 1,850,000 / NEW
04. Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Games (Sega) -
05. Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 1,610,000 / NEW
06. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision) - 1,430,000 / NEW
07. Wii Play (Nintendo) -
08. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) - 1,310,000
09. Lego Indiana Jones: Original Advenures (LucasArts) -
10. Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2) -

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UK 2007 Top 10 (100%*):

01. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts) - 1,546,039 / NEW
02. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) - 1,129,509
03. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) - 1,038,938 / NEW
04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) - 874,869 / NEW
05. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo) - 844,694 / NEW
06. Halo 3 (Microsoft) - 816,862 / NEW
07. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts) - 816,217 / NEW
08. Wii Play (Nintendo) - 764,447
09. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) - 744,762 / NEW
10. WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2008 (THQ) - 625,690 / NEW

*Extrapolated to 100% from below

UK 2007 Top 10 (90%):

01. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts) - 1,391,435 / NEW
02. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) - 1,016,558
03. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) - 935,044 / NEW
04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) - 787,382 / NEW
05. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo) - 760,225 / NEW
06. Halo 3 (Microsoft) - 735,176 / NEW
07. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts) - 734,595 / NEW
08. Wii Play (Nintendo) - 688,002
09. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) - 670,286 / NEW
10. WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2008 (THQ) - 563,121 / NEW

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Thursday, 5 August 2010

UK Installed Bases through January 2010

These are from The GAME Group's 2009/2010 Annual Report which I missed back in May, so better late than never;

UK Installed Bases through January 2010:

NDS: 10,700,000
PS2: 10,000,000
WII: 6,600,000
360: 4,900,000
PSP: 3,600,000
PS3: 3,000,000

UK Installed Bases through June 2009:

NDS: 9,400,000
WII: 5,400,000
360: 3,900,000
PSP: 3,300,000
PS3: 2,200,000

UK Hardware Unit Sales July 2009 - January 2010:

NDS: 1,300,000
WII: 1,200,000
360: 1,000,000
PS3: 800,000
PSP: 300,000

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

June & July 2010 UK Sales Awards

July 2010 Elspa Sales Awards:

Silver (100,000+)


[PSP] Need for Speed: Undercover (EA)
[360] The Darkness (Take 2)
[WII] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)

Gold (200,000+)

[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
[360] Burnout Paradise (EA)
[PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA)
[360] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)

Platinum (300,000+)

[WII] EA Sports Active (EA)
[PS3] Resistance 2 (Sony)
[PC] *Driving Test Success all Tests 2008/09 (Focus Multimedia)

June 2010 Elspa Sales Awards:

Silver (100,000+)


[360] Lost Odyssey (Microsoft)
[WII] Toy Story Mania! (Disney)
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)

Gold (200,000+)

[PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
[PSP] Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Sony)
[WII] F1 2009 (Codemasters)
[PSP] Medal of Honor: Heroes (EA)

Platinum (300,000+)

[360] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
[PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)

Monday, 2 August 2010

UK June Top 10

June 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [360] Red Dead Redemption - 190,000
02. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 186,000
03. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption - 142,000
04. [WII] Just Dance - 61,000
05. [360] FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa - 52,000
06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 51,000
07. [PS3] FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa - 49,000
08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 43,000
09. [NDS] Rooms: The Main Building - 41,000
10. [360] Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 - 34,000

Saturday, 31 July 2010

UK April & May 2010 Top 10s

There are some serious errors in the May chart, note the missing Lost Planet 2 number, the fact that it doesn't match ELSPA Sales Awards, and it doesn't fit with the week on week percentage changes given by Chart-Track and the 2010 H1 numbers given by ERA (even when taking into account extrapolation).

One possibility is that the numbers have all been shifted up to the next game, and that the title with the missing data is actually Red Dead Redemption (360), not Lost Planet 2. I'm not very confident that's the case though, so May numbers should be considered unreliable.

May 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [360] Red Dead Redemption - 181,000
02. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption - 96,000
03. [WII] Just Dance - 75,000
04. [PS3] FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa - 72,000
05. [360] FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa - 70,000
06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 59,000
07. [360] Alan Wake - 48,000
08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 45,000
09. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 42,000
10. [360] Lost Planet 2 -


April 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [WII] Just Dance - 152,000
02. [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - 129,000
03. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - 76,000
04. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 66,000
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 61,000
06. [NDS] Pokemon SoulSilver - 45,000
07. [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 43,000
08. [360] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 42,000
09. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold - 42,000
10. [360] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 39,000



Monday, 19 July 2010

"Xbox 360 S" Sells around 70,000 UK First Week

Microsoft’s new and improved, slimmer XBox 360 console, the XBox 360 250GB (or XBox 360 S) achieves the biggest launch in the UK for a “revised” home console, surpassing the launches of both PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim and recording over two days around the same as the original Xbox 360's launch sales total back in week 48 2005.

This is even more impressive when you take into account that the original Xbox 360 was launched across two versions (Pro and Core).


Chart-Track

Chart-Track has told GamesIndustry.biz that UK consumers snapped up an estimated 165,000 PlayStation 3 units in the two days following the console's launch.

That makes PS3 the fastest-selling home console in history, beating the Wii - which shifted 105,000 units during its launch weekend - and Xbox 360, with 70,000 sold.


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UK First Half 2010 Top 10

These numbers have been extrapolated to reflect 100% of the UK market.

UK H1 2010 Top 10:

01. Just Dance (Ubisoft) - 940,358 / N/A
02. Red Dead Redemption - (Rockstar/Take 2) - 819,161 / NEW
03. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - (Electronic Arts) - 590,580 / NEW
04. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 540,761 / 3,467,398
05. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 499,998 / 1,468,280
06. Wii Sports Resort - (Nintendo) - 439,920 / 1,928,717
07. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts) - 396,858 / NEW
08. Aliens vs Predator (Sega) - 359,968 / NEW
09. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix Europe) - 339,996 / NEW
10. FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 318,719 / 2,474,416

UK 2009 Top 10:

01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 2,926,637
02. FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 2,155,697
03. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1,488,797
04. Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 1,246,461
05. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 968,282
06. Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft) - 920,910
07. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 917,863
08. Mario & Sonic at Olympic Winter Games (Sega) - 825,027
09. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard) - 769,726
10. FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts) - 713,314

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Wednesday, 2 June 2010

May 2010 Elspa Sales Awards

See the UK LTD Charts by platform for the latest update (bolded).

May 2010 Elspa Sales Awards:

Silver (100,000+)


[PS3] JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR: THE GAME (UBISOFT)
[360] RED DEAD REDEMPTION (TAKE 2)
[NDS] MAHJONG QUEST EXPEDITIONS (GSP/AVANQUEST)
[NDS] SOLITAIRE: ULTIMATE COLLECTION (KOCH)
[WII] GRAND SLAM TENNIS (EA)
[PS3] RED DEAD REDEMPTION (TAKE 2)
[PS3] 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA (EA)
[PS3] GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY (TAKE 2)
[360] 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA (EA)
[360] JUST CAUSE 2 (SQUARE ENIX)

Gold (200,000+)

[PS3] PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 (KONAMI)
[360] RED DEAD REDEMPTION (TAKE 2)

Diamond (1,000,000+)

[WII] JUST DANCE (UBISOFT)

Saturday, 22 May 2010

March & April 2010 UK Charts and Sales Awards

See the UK LTD Charts by platform for the latest update (bolded).

April 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [WII] Just Dance - 152,000 / 898,000 - 942,000
02. [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - 129,000 / NEW
03. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - 76,000 / NEW
04. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 66,000 / 1,208,000
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 61,000 / 1,648,000
06. [NDS] Pokemon SoulSilver - 45,000 / 124,000
07. [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 43,000 / NEW
08. [360] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 42,000 / NEW
09. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold - 42,000 / 100,000 - 121,000
10. [360] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 39,000 / 241,000

April 2010 All Formats Top Ten:

01. Just Dance - 152,000
02. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - 129,000
03. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 89,500
04. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - 76,000+
05. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 -
06. Wii Fit Plus - 66,000
07. Wii Sports Resort - 61,000
08. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -
09. Just Cause 2 -
10. Pokemon: Soul Silver - 45,000

April 2010 Elspa Sales Awards:

Silver (100,000+)

[PS3] ALIENS VS PREDATOR (SEGA)
[PS3] GOD OF WAR III (SONY)
[PS3] OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING (CODEMASTERS)
[PS3] THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION GOTY (UBISOFT)
[NDS] POKEMON SOULSILVER (NINTENDO)
[PS3] TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 (EA)
[360] TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION (UBISOFT)
[NDS] CLASSIC WORD GAMES (GSP/AVANQUEST)
[NDS] POKEMON HEARTGOLD (NINTENDO)

Platinum (300,000+)

[360] GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY (TAKE 2)
[PC] FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 (SEGA)

Double Platinum (600,000+)

[WII] MARIO & SONIC AND THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (SEGA)

March 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [360] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 202,000 / NEW
02. [WII] Just Dance - 190,000 / 746,000 - 790,000
03. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII - 125,000 / NEW
04. [PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 122,000 / NEW
05. [360] Final Fantasy XIII - 110,000 / NEW
06. [PS3] God of War III - 94,000 / NEW
07. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 93,000 / 1,142,000
08. [PS3] Heavy Rain - 86,000 / 172,000
09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 84,000 / 1,587,000
10. [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver - 79,000 / NEW

March 2010 All Formats Top Ten:

01. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 324,000+
02. Final Fantasy XIII - 235,000
03. Just Dance - 190,000
04. Just Cause 2 -
05. Modern Warfare 2 -
06. God of War III - 94,000
07. Wii Fit Plus - 93,000
08. Heavy Rain - 86,000
09. Wii Sports Resort - 84,000
10. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
11. Pokemon Soulsilver - 79,000

March 2010 Elspa Sales Awards:

Silver (100,000+)

[PS3] HEAVY RAIN (SONY)
[NDS] STYLE BOUTIQUE (NINTENDO)
[360] BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 (EA)
[NDS] SCRABBLE INTERACTIVE: 2009 EDITION (UBISOFT)
[PS3] FINAL FANTASY XIII (SQUARE ENIX)
[PSP] GRAN TURISMO (SONY)
[WII] GUITAR HERO 5 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
[PS3] BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 (EA)
[360] FINAL FANTASY XIII (SQUARE ENIX)
[WII] SONIC AND THE BLACK KNIGHT (SEGA)
[NDS] MYSTERY STORIES (GSP/AVANQUEST)

Gold (200,000+)

[360] UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED (THQ)
[PC] CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (UBISOFT)
[360] BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 (EA)

Platinum (300,000+)

[NDS] LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA (LUCASARTS)
[WII] RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY (UBISOFT)
[WII] LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING (NINTENDO)
[PS3] NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT (EA)
[PS3] PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 (KONAMI)

Double Platinum (600,000+)

[360] FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (MICROSOFT)
[WII] JUST DANCE (UBISOFT)


From the All Formats Chart:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sold a further 70k - 80k in April across the three formats (PC games are excluded from the individual chart, but not the All Formats chart), in addition to the 324,000 it sold across 360 and PS3 in March. That puts total sales well past 400k when March's PC sales are included.

Just Cause 2 sold a further 50k or so in April, after selling over 100k in March (not sure how much over 100k, only that it was less than Just Dance's 190k). The 360 version should now be close to receiving an Elspa Silver Award

Modern Warfare 2 sold a further 50k - 60k in April, after the 100k or so it sold in March. This game must be getting close to passing the UK's all time number one seller "Dr Kawashima Brain Training" (with 3.5m through 2009 compared to Modern Warfare 2's 2.93m, both extraploated to 100% of the market). From this years All Formats charts I estimate that Modern Warfare 2 was at nearly 3.4m (100% extrapolated) through April.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing sold around 80k during March.

From Chart-Track's weekly Chart News:

WK17 %48% [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 43,000 / NEW
WK17 %47% [360] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 42,000 / NEW
WK17 100% [ALL] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 89,500 / NEW
WK18 -34% [ALL] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 59,000 / 148,500
WK19 -42% [ALL] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 34,000 / 182,500
WK19 -01K [360] Alan Wake - 33,000 / NEW
WK19 -12K [360] Lost Planet 2 - 21,000 / NEW
WK19 100% [ALL] Lost Planet 2 - 31,000 / NEW
WK19 %34% [PS3] Lost Planet 2 - 11,000 / NEW
WK20 -25% [ALL] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - 25,500 / 208,000

Sunday, 21 March 2010

February 2010 UK Charts

See the UK LTD Charts by platform for the latest update (bolded).

February 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [WII] Just Dance - 172,000 / 556,000+
02. [360] Aliens VS Predator - 119,000 / NEW
03. [360] Bioshock 2 - 111,000 / NEW
04. [PS3] Heavy Rain - 86,000 / NEW
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 73,000 / 1,503,000
06. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 72,000 / 748,000
07. [PS3] Aliens VS Predator - 70,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 66,000 / 1,049,000
09. [360] Mass Effect 2 - 60,000 / 150,000
10. [PS3] Bioshock 2 - 49,000 / NEW

Previous months

February 2010 All Formats Top Ten:

01. Aliens vs Predator - 189,000+ / NEW
02. Just Dance - 172,000 / 556,000+
03. BioShock 2 - 160,000+ / NEW
04. Modern Warfare 2
05. Heavy Rain - 86,000 / NEW
06. FIFA 10
07. Wii Sports Resort - 73,000 / 1,503,000
08. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 72,000 / 748,000
09. Mass Effect 2
10. Wii Fit Plus - 66,000 / 1,049,000

Monday, 15 March 2010

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 becomes second highest selling game of all time in UK

According to Chart-Track Modern Warfare 2 has now passed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to become the second highest selling game in the UK after Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training on DS. All three titles are somewhere north of 3m units.

Final Fantasy XIII topped the charts during week 10, sales split fairly evenly with PS3 taking 54% of unit sales to Xbox 360's 46%

Final Fantasy XIII SKU breakdown:

[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII - 45%
[360] Final Fantasy XIII - 43%
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition - 9%
[360] Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition - 4%

Final Fantasy XIII wasn't the only Japanese game released last week, Yakuza 3 managed a respectable position of 23 in the individual formats chart. Way of the Samurai 3 failed to make the individual formats or all formats top 40, but did chart at #24 in the PS3 top 30, and #28 in the Xbox 360 top 40. Samurai Shodown Sen failed to make the Xbox 360 top 40. This week sees the release of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger on PS3 and Xbox 360, with publisher Zen United targeting a top 3 place in both the PS3 and Xbox 360 charts.

Individual Formats Top 40:

01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII
02. [360] Final Fantasy XIII
23. [PS3] Yakuza 3

PS3 Full Price Top 30:

01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII
06. [PS3] Yakuza 3
24. [PS3] Way of the Samurai 3

360 Full Price Top 40:

01. [360] Final Fantasy XIII
28. [360] Way of the Samurai 3
DNC: [360] Samurai Shodown Sen

Top 5 First Week Sales 2010:

01. Final Fantasy XIII (WK10)
02. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (WK09)
03. Aliens Vs Predator (WK07)
04. Bioshock 2 (WK06)
05. Mass Effect 2 (WK04)

Saturday, 13 March 2010

ELSPA Sales Awards February 2010

See the UK LTD Charts by Platform for the latest update (bolded)

Silver (100,000+)

[360] MASS EFFECT 2 (EA)
[360] JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR: THE GAME (UBISOFT)
[NDS] SHERLOCK HOLMES: MYSTERY OF THE MUMMY (UBISOFT)
[WII] FERRARI CHALLENGE: TROFEO PIRELLI (PLAY IT)
[360] BIOSHOCK 2 (TAKE 2)
[360] ALIENS VS PREDATOR (SEGA)
[360] LIPS: NUMBER ONE HITS (MICROSOFT)

Gold (200,000+)

[NDS] LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME (WARNER BROS.)
[WII] CALL OF DUTY 3 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
[WII] SONIC UNLEASHED (SEGA)
[NDS] PEPPA PIG: THE GAME (UBISOFT)

Platinum (300,000+)

[360] PURE (DISNEY)
[360] FAR CRY 2 (UBISOFT)

Diamond (1,000,000+)

[WII] WII FIT PLUS (NINTENDO)

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

2009 UK Software Charts

I've used a variety of sources including ELSPA Sales Awards, Monthly Top 10s, ERA's 2009 Handbook, and Top Global Markets to add a range of possible sales for each game in the 2009 charts published in MCV571.

These numbers are not extrapolated, Chart-Track cover around 90% of UK retail.

See the UK LTD Charts by Platform for the latest update (bolded).

ALL FORMATS TOP 50:
01. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 2,634,000
02. FIFA 10 - 1,940,000
03. WII SPORTS RESORT - 1,340,000
04. WII FIT - 1,122,000
05. WII FIT PLUS - 871,000
06. ASSASSIN’S CREED II - 829,000
07. MARIO KART WII - 826,000
08. MARIO & SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES - 743,000
09. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR - 693,000
10. FIFA 09 - 642,000
11. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII - 619,000
12. WII PLAY - 524,000 - 619,000
13. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE - 524,000 - 619,000
14. FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 - 524,000
15. LEGO BATMAN - 422,000 - 524,000
16. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE - 422,000 - 524,000
17. NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT - 422,000 - 524,000
18. RESIDENT EVIL 5 - 422,000 - 524,000
19. DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING - 363,000 - 524,000
20. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES - 363,000 - 524,000
21. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX - 363,000 - 524,000
22. HALO 3: ODST - 363,000 - 461,000
23. THE SIMS 3 - 363,000 - 461,000
24. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM - 363,000 - 461,000
25. GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR - 300,000 - 461,000
26. CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES - 300,000 - 461,000
27. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV - 300,000 - 461,000
28. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 - 300,000 - 461,000
29. UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED - 300,000 - 461,000
30. LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES - 300,000 - 461,000
31. KILLZONE 2 - 300,000 - 368,000
32. NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER - 263,000 - 368,000
33. STREET FIGHTER IV - 263,000 - 368,000
34. LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA - 263,000 - 368,000
35. MARIO KART DS - 263,000 - 368,000
36. UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES - 263,000 - 300,000
37. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS - 222,000 - 300,000
38. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2010 - 222,000 - 300,000
39. FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 - 222,000 - 300,000
40. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 - 222,000 - 300,000
41. LEFT 4 DEAD 2 - 222,000 - 300,000
42. TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2010 - 222,000 - 300,000
43. BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE - 222,000 - 300,000
44. PURE - 222,000 - 300,000
45. MY FITNESS COACH: GET IN SHAPE - 222,000 - 300,000
46. GTA EPISODES: LIBERTY CITY - 222,000 - 300,000
47. EA SPORTS ACTIVE - 222,000 - 300,000
48. OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING - 222,000 - 300,000
49. GUITAR HERO 5 - 222,000 - 300,000
50. SONIC UNLEASHED - 222,000 - 300,000

WII:
01. WII SPORTS RESORT - 1,340,000 / NEW
02. WII FIT - 1,122,000 / 2,571,000
03. WII FIT PLUS - 871,000 / NEW
04. MARIO KART WII - 826,000 / 2,572,000
05. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS WII - 619,000 / NEW
06. WII PLAY - 524,000 - 619,000 / 2,496,000 - 2,646,000
07. MARIO & SONIC OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SEGA - 521,000 / NEW
08. MARIO & SONIC OLYMPIC GAMES - 222,000 - 521,000 / 1,326,000 - 1,860,000
09. MY FITNESS COACH: GET IN SHAPE - 222,000 - 300,000 / NEW
10. EA SPORTS ACTIVE - 222,000 - 300,000 / NEW

X360:
01. COD: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 1,449,000 / NEW
02. FIFA 10 - 840,000 / NEW
03. FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 - 524,000 / NEW
04. ASSASSIN’S CREED II - 461,000 / NEW
05. HALO 3: ODST - 363,000 - 461,000 / NEW
06. COD: WORLD AT WAR - 222,000 - 331,000 / 891,000 - 1,000,000
07. RESIDENT EVIL 5 - 222,000 - 300,000 / NEW
08. LEGO BATMAN THE VIDEOGAME - 222,000 - 300,000 / 222,000 - 300,000
09. GTA EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY - 222,000 - 300,000 / NEW
10. LEFT 4 DEAD 2 - 200,000 - 300,000 / NEW

PS3:
01. MODERN WARFARE 2 - 1,053,000 / NEW
02. FIFA 10 - 600,000 - 799,000 / NEW
03. ASSASSIN’S CREED II - 368,000 / NEW
04. KILLZONE 2 - 300,000 - 368,000 / NEW
05. UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES - 263,000 - 300,000 / NEW
06. NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT - 200,000 - 300,000 / NEW
07. LITTLEBIGPLANET - 200,000 - 300,000 / 500,000 - 600,000
08. COD: WORLD AT WAR - 200,000 - 300,000 / 675,000 - 775,000
09. RESIDENT EVIL 5 - 200,000 - 300,000 / NEW
10. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM - 163,000 - 200,000 / NEW

DS:
01. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE - 524,000 - 619,000
02. DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING - 363,000 - 524,000
03. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX - 363,000 - 524,000
04. MARIO KART DS - 263,000 - 368,000
05. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. - 222,000 - 300,000
06. POKEMON PLATINUM. - 222,000 - 300,000
07. MARIO & SONIC OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - 222,000
08. CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE - 200,000 - 222,000
09. MORE BRAIN TRAINING
10. CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES

PC - Full Price:
01. THE SIMS 3 - 363,000 - 461,000
02. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 - 222,000 - 300,000 / NEW
03. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 - 132,000 - 200,000 / 332,000 - 500,000
04. EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR - 132,000 - 200,000 / NEW
05. COD: MODERN WARFARE 2 - 132,000 / NEW
06. WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR II 0 - 100,000
07. WOW: LICH KING
08. DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS:
09. THE SIMS: DOUBLE DELUXE
10. THE SIMS 3: WORLD ADVENTURES

PSP:
01. FIFA 10 - 63,000 - 100,000
02. FIFA 09 - 0 - 100,000
03. GRAN TURISMO
04. RATCHET AND CLANK: SIZE MATTERS
05. LITTLEBIGPLANET
06. TEKKEN: DARK RESURRECTION
07. GTA: LIBERTY CITY STORIES
08. GTA: VICE CITY STORIES
09. INVIZIMALS
10. GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS

PS2:
1 FIFA 10 - 0 - 100,000
2 SINGSTAR ABBA
3 COD: WORLD AT WAR
4 BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE
5 FIFA 09
6 SINGSTAR TAKE THAT
7 SINGSTAR SING-A-LONG WITH DISNEY
8 SINGSTAR QUEEN
9 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER
10 GTA: SAN ANDREAS

Sunday, 21 February 2010

January 2010 UK Charts

See the UK LTD Charts by platform for the latest update (bolded).

January 2010 Individual Format Top Ten:

01. [WII] Just Dance - 184,000 / 384,000+
02. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 111,000 / 983,000
03. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 90,000 / 1,430,000
04. [360] Mass Effect 2 - 90,000 / NEW
05. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 61,000 / 1,510,000
06. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 57,000 / 676,000
07. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 56,000 / 1,109,000
08. [WII] Mario Kart Wii - 45,000 / 2,149,000+*
09. [360] Forza Motor Sports 3 - 39,000 / 563,000
10. [360] Army of Two: The 40th Day - 37,000 / NEW

* missing Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec 09 data

Previous months

January 2010 All Formats Top Ten:

01. Just Dance - 184,000
02. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 175,000
03. Wii Fit Plus - 111,000
04. Mass Effect 2 - 103,000
05. Wii Sports Resort - 90,000
06. FIFA 10
07. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 57,000
08. Army of Two: The 40th Day
09. Assassin's Creed 2
10. James Cameron's Avatar
**. Mario Kart Wii - 45,000

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

ELSPA Sales Awards January 2010

See the UK LTD Charts by Platform for the latest update (bolded)

Silver (100,000+)

[PS3] WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2010 (THQ)
[PS3] EYEPET (SONY)
[NDS] THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS (NINTENDO)
[PSP] FIFA 10 (EA)
[360] COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 (CODEMASTERS)
[360] DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS (EA)
[NDS] COOKING MAMA 3 (505 GAMES)
[NDS] DISNEY FAIRIES: TINKERBELL (DISNEY)
[WII] BOOM BLOX (EA)

Gold (200,000+)

[NDS] MY WORD COACH (UBISOFT)
[PS3] BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (EIDOS)
[360] MIRROR'S EDGE (EA)
[PS2] SINGSTAR LEGENDS (SONY)
[NDS] CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE (DISNEY)

Platinum (300,000+)


[PS3] UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (SONY)
[NDS] CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES (TAKE 2)
[WII] JUST DANCE (UBISOFT)

Friday, 5 February 2010

Top Global Markets 2009 Report

2009 VIDEO GAME SOFTWARE SALES ACROSS TOP GLOBAL MARKETS EXPERIENCE DECLINES FOR CONSOLE AND PORTABLE PLATFORMS
Overall Sales in United States, United Kingdom and Japanese Markets Experience Annual Decline of 8 Percent

NEW YORK, TOKYO, LONDON, February 3, 2010 - According to recent findings from Top Global Markets, an integrated monthly report from leading providers of consumer and retail information in the video games industry, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., combined video game software unit sales across the world’s three largest games markets experienced a decline of 8 percent in calendar year 2009* (Jan.-Dec.), totaling 379.3 million units.

The declines were more modest in Japan, which experienced a 2 percent decline in software units (5 percent decline in console software and a 1 percent decline in portable game software). The United States and UK saw respective declines of 7 percent and 14 percent. In the U.S., console and portable software experienced respective declines of 7 percent and 8 percent, while UK units saw respective declines of 6 percent and 25 percent.

Continuing the trend from 2008, the overall gaming software market in 2009 declined in large part due to the shrinking PlayStation 2 software market, which experienced a 57 percent decrease across the top global markets in 2009 based on units (U.S. -56 percent; UK -67 percent; Japan -55 percent).

Japan
“Japan's 2009 game software market was blessed with a string of Nintendo DS software hits during the period, including the trio of double-million-plus sellers, ‘Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito,’ ‘Pocket Monster Heart Gold/Soul Silver,’ and the year's most successful non-sequel, ‘Tomodachi Collection,’ which sold 2 million units,” said Mitsunobu Uwatoko, manager of global marketing, Enterbrain, Inc. “Moreover, ‘Final Fantasy XIII,’ ‘Wii Sports Resort,’ and ‘Wii Fit Plus,’ sold over a million each on top of the long-awaited ‘New Super Mario Bros. Wii,’ which sold over 2.4 million during its first month at retail.

However, these titles could not manage to recover the losses experienced during the first half of the year, thus the annual total sales was slightly down.”

United Kingdom
“For the UK videogame home console software market it is clear that current generation systems suffered slight negative growth overall in 2009, even though PS3 and 360 both enjoyed record volume (and value) software sales for the year, and were the only formats to exhibit positive growth over 2008,” said Dorian Bloch, Business Group Director, GfK Chart-Track Limited. “Growth on these platforms did not manage to offset the steep decline in PS2 software units (-67%), which in real terms was close to a decline of 4 million units. Also, the incredible performance exhibited by Nintendo's Wii in 2008 meant that Wii units fell back 10 percent, although remained the number one format in terms of units sold in 2009.

Within the portable market, it is clear that this is the reason for the overall console software decline. Nintendo DS volume (and value) sales in 2008 reached a high point brought about by massive, record-breaking DS Lite sales, and the corresponding sales of hit titles such as 'Dr Kawashima,' 'Mario & Sonic at the Olympics,' 'New Super Mario,' and 'Mario Kart DS.' Rolling on to 2009 saw much lower DS hardware sell-through and no new must-have DS titles at the top of the charts, apart from 'Professor Layton and Pandora's Box.' Sony’s PSP suffered a similar fate, with few must-have titles arriving in 2009, and a continued decline in PSP hardware sales, ever since the sweet spot achieved in 2006 with the original PSP.”

United States
“Looking at software sales performance, video game software unit sales declined seven percent for all of 2009. Still, while year-over-year comparisons show declines, the industry is still boasting significant volumes that were unseen before 2008,” said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. “With the huge investment needed to produce software for this generation’s consoles, many publishers talk about releasing fewer titles each year, which will allow their teams to better focus on maximizing the success of each title. The theory is that this will produce more high- quality games resulting in better sales. However, the year-end data from 2009 shows us that the number of titles entering the market is still growing with 778 new titles released in 2009, up from the 764 in 2008.

So, while there has been no noticeable slow down in the number of titles launched each year, we do see some evidence of a converse relationship between the number of titles launched and the average unit sales of a title. When looking back at the past seven years, we see that 2004 had the lowest number of titles launched, yet the highest average unit sales. On the other hand, 2009 had the most titles launched and average unit sales were lower than they’ve been since 2005.”




Jan - Dec 2009
Jul - Sep 2009
Jan - Dec 2008
Jul - Sep 2008
Jan - Jul 2008

It should be noted that Chart-Track cover an estimated 90% of UK retail, they do not extrapolate to 100% of the market in their reports, and neither do ELSPA with their Sales Awards, or the monthly top ten charts published in Famitsu. However, in the Top Global Market reports UK sales are extrapolated with a simple 90% - 100% formula to bring them into line with the 100% extrapolated Japan and US figures.

Multiplying the UK sales for Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus by 0.9 gives the non-extrapolated totals of 1.34M and 871K respectively, which matches perfectly with the monthly UK charts published in Famitsu.

As I previously didn't have exact non-extrapolated UK lifetime figures for Wii Fit and New Super Mario Bros. through December, I've now updated the UK LTD Charts by Platform with the above figures (multiplied by 0.9) for these two games.

Sunday, 24 January 2010

UK PS3 sales hit 3m

SCEE reveal to MCV that UK PS3 sales have passed 3 million, although I think this is probably a shipped figure, and actual sell-through may be slightly less.

December 2009 UK Charts (22/11/09 - 02/01/10)

Check out the UK LTD Charts by platform for the latest update (bolded).

Individual Format Top Ten:

01 [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 591,000 / 1,340,000
02 [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 578,000 / 872,000
03 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 540,000 / 619,000
04 [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 424,000 / 1,449,000
05 [360] Assassin's Creed II - 361,000 / 461,000
06 [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - 355,000 / 521,000
07 [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 327,000 / 1,053,000
08 [PS3] Assassin's Creed II - 288,000 / 368,000
09 [360] FIFA 10 - 268,000 / 840,000
10 [360] Forza Motorsport 3 - 268,000 / 524,000

Previous months

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

UK All Time Top 3 Software Titles

Chart-Track report that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now the third highest selling title of all time in the UK. Thanks to the first week sales of 1.78M released by Chart-Track, along with subsequent weekly percentage change reports we know that Modern Warfare 2 was at 2.97M through Jan 09. This number is the estimated total for 100% of the market, actual tracked sales from Chart-Track which covers around 90% of the UK market should be 2.67M.

Dr.Kawashima's Brain Training currently holds the number one spot having passed 3M and GTA: San Andreas in the first half of 2009, again, this number is for 100% of the market. With the title still charting it should have added a few hundred thousand since then.

Current second position holder is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, ELSPA accidentally posted the PS2 version's LTD of 2,355,328 with the week 10 2009 charts, as it was still selling ~1K/week it should be around 2.4M by now. The Xbox version is between 200,000 and 300,000, with the PC version between 100,000 and 200,000 according to their ELSPA Sales Awards. The ELSPA numbers aren't extrapolated for 100% of the market though. GTA: San Andreas launched on PS2 in November 2004 when Chart-Track covered 85% of the market, before they increased to 90% coverage in January 2005, which complicates extrapolating to 100% of the market as sales are split over two different percentage coverages. For simplicities' sake I've used the middle figure of 87.5%. This puts the tracked sales at around 2.8M, or around an estimated 3.2M for 100% of the market.

Below shows that MW2 should soon take second place from GTA: SA, but first place should take a while longer, if at all. Maybe if Chart-Track are feeling generous they'll mention how much the other two have sold when this occurs.

All Time UK Top 3: 90% / 100%

01. [NDS] Dr.Kawashima's Brain Training: 2,800,000+ / 3,100,000+
02. [ALL] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: ~2,800,000 / ~3,200,000
03. [ALL] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: 2,670,000 / 2,970,000

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 weekly sales (100%):

WK46 09: ---% = 1,780,000
WK47 09: -86% = 249,000
WK48 09: -32% = 169,000
WK49 09: -07% = 158,000
WK50 09: -11% = 140,000
WK51 09: +03% = 144,000
WK52 09: +17% = 169,000
WK53 09: -41% = 100,000
WK01 10: -41% = 59,000

Total: 2,970,000

WK02 10: -17% = 49,000
WK03 10: -10% = 44,000
WK04 10: -03% = 43,000
WK05 10: -12% = 38,000

Total: 3,148,000

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sales (85%-90%):

[PS2] 2,355,328 (WK10 09)
[XBX] 200,000+
[PC] 100,000+

Monday, 11 January 2010

UK Software Unit Sales over the past decade



Wii and X360 are now neck and neck with total software unit sales of nearly 47M each. Whilst Wii is shown as slightly ahead through 2009, the difference is within the margin of rounding errors. PS3 now overtakes PSP with 26.5M to 21.5M, PS3 also passes the original Xbox's total of 24.5M.