Game sales weekly - Narnia strangely absent

June 1, 2008 by myka

Heres the nitty gritty from Gamasutra.com based on Amazon public sales information.

As you can see Narnia is still conspicuosly absent, sure, some may blame the fact that the game got horrible reviews and is just generally bad, but it has a freakin' talking lion in it! I smell conspiracy. A really really pointless conspiracy.

Here's the list:

Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 2. Wii Fit
(Nintendo), 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 4.
Wii Play (Nintendo), 5. We Ski (Namco Bandai).

Japan: 1. Family Trainer (Bandai), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo),
3. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 4. Link no Bowgun Training + Wii Zapper
(Nintendo), 5. Totsugeki!! Famicom Wars VS (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Wii Play (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega), 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo),
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami).

Wii Fit moves up North America's Wii chart slightly in its
second week of release, though sales are still hampered by widespread
supply shortages. Aftermarket prices appear to have stabilized at just
above $160, and prices could soon fall once additional supply becomes
available to satisfy demand.

A discounted Guitar Hero III takes third in this week's results, meanwhile, as the upcoming Wii port of Rock Band outpaces Wii Play's U.S. chart performance in weekly preorder sales. In Japan, Bandai's exercise mat-bundled Family Trainer debuts as this week's best-selling Wii title, dropping Mario Kart Wii out of the region's top spot for the first time since its release last month.

Xbox 360
North America: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare -- Game of the
Year Edition (Activision), 2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 --
Limited Edition (Ubisoft), 3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 4. Scene
It? Lights, Camera, Action (Microsoft), 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of
Rock Bundle (Activision).

Japan: 1. Lost Planet: Colonies (Capcom), 2. Overlord
(Microsoft), 3. The Orange Box (EA Games), 4. Battle Fantasia (Arc
System Works), 5. The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Namco).

UK: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Rock Band (EA Games),
3. Halo 3 (Microsoft), 4. The Orange Box (EA Games), 5. Race Driver:
GRID (Codemasters).

This week's North American Xbox 360 software sales at Amazon find Grand Theft Auto IV falling to third place in favor of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and the Game of the Year Edition of Call of Duty 4. Both titles saw recent spikes in popularity resulting from a day-long Xbox 360 games sale at Amazon.

The peripheral-bundled trivia title Scene It? also finds a
significant boost in the wake of the sale, finishing at fourth place in
overall weekly numbers in the United States. Japanese sales are headed
by the just-released Lost Planet: Colonies and Overlord, meanwhile, as Arc System Works' anticipated 2D fighter Battle Fantasia debuts at fourth place in this week's results.

PlayStation 3
North America: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Guitar Hero
III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision), 3. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
(SCEA), 4. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft), 5. Rock Band Special Edition (EA
Games).

Japan: 1. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft), 2. Senjou
no Valkyria (Sega), 3. Turok (Touchstone), 4. Battle Fantasia (Arc
System Works), 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision).

UK: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar), 2. Haze (Ubisoft), 3.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (SCEE), 4. Race Driver: GRID (Codemasters), 5.
Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft).

Though last week's Guitar Hero III sale price remains in effect at Amazon, Grand Theft Auto IV pushes past to reclaim the top spot in this week's PlayStation 3 software sales in North America. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue jumps up to third place, as last week's newcomers Haze and SingStar are nowhere to be seen among this week's top U.S. sellers. The recently released Japanese version of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 tops regional PS3 sales, meanwhile, as Grand Theft Auto IV stays on top in the UK.

PlayStation 2
North America: 1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle
(Activision), 2. Rock Band Special Edition (EA Games), 3. Metal Gear
Solid: The Essential Collection (Konami), 4. Shin Megami Tensei:
Persona 3 FES (Atlus), 5. God of War II (SCEA).

Japan: 1. Beatmania IIDX 14: GOLD (Konami), 2. Togainu no Chi:
True Blood -- DX Pack (Kadokawa Shoten), 3. Mana Khemia 2: Ochita
Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi (Gust), 4. D.C. II P.S.: Da Capo II Plus
Situation (Kadokawa Shoten), 5. D.C. II P.S.: Da Capo II Plus Situation
-- DX Pack (Kadokawa Shoten).

UK: 1. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 2. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
(Konami), 3. Shadow of the Colossus (SCEE), 4. Guitar Hero II
(Activision), 5. SingStar Summer Party (SCEE).

This week's North American PS2 sales results remain unchanged from last week's findings. Discounts for Guitar Hero III and Rock Band continue to drive sales for both titles, as Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES remain popular sellers from week to week. Elsewhere, Konami's DJ simulation sequel Beatmania IIDX 14: GOLD premieres this week to chart-topping sales in Japan, with fellow debuts Togainu no Chi: True Blood and Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi taking second and third place.

PC
North America: 1. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures --
Collector's Edition (Eidos), 2. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
(Eidos), 3. Mass Effect (EA Games), 4. The Orange Box (EA Games), 5.
Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock).

Japan: 1. Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin (Kogado Studio), 2.
Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection (Square Enix), 3. Clannad Full
Voice (Key), 4. Final Fantasy XI: Altana no Kamihei (Square Enix), 5.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision).

UK: 1. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Eidos), 2. The Sims 2
(EA Games), 3. Race Driver: GRID (Codemasters), 4. Football Manager
2008 (Sega), 5. Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition (Sega).

Though the Collector's Edition of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
remained in short supply in the title's first week of release,
additional stock has since been made available at Amazon, resulting in
a first-place finish for the edition in this week's U.S. sales results.

The PC version of Mass Effect debuts this week to a
third-place finish, meanwhile, though customer ratings at Amazon have
thus far been poor, due to the title's widely criticized copy
protection. Meanwhile, this week's release of Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin leads PC sales in Japan, where two different versions of Final Fantasy XI also make a top five finish.

Nintendo DS
North America: 1. Brain Age (Nintendo), 2. Brain Age 2
(Nintendo), 3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo), 4. Mario Kart DS
(Nintendo), 5. My Word Coach (Ubisoft).

Japan: 1. Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga
(Banpresto), 2. Kuukan * Zukei: Hirameki Training - KuuTore (Benesse),
3. Lux-Pain (Marvelous), 4. Fushigi? Kagaku: Nazotoki Quiz Training -
NazoTore (Benesse), 5. DS Bimoji Training (Nintendo).

UK: 1. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo), 2. MySims (EA
Games), 3. Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends (505 Games), 4. Mario
Kart DS (Nintendo), 5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega).

Nintendo's Brain Age series tops this week's Nintendo DS charts in North America, with New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS trailing close behind. My Word Coach's
recent price drop continues to spur strong sales, as the title hangs on
to a top five finish for the third week in a row. Japanese DS sales
find a new leader in the debuting Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga, though the Benesse-published pair Kuukan * Zukei: Hirameki Training - KuuTore and Fushigi? Kagaku: Nazotoki Quiz Training - NazoTore put up a strong fight in their first week of release.

PlayStation Portable
North America: 1. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix),
2. God of War: Chains of Olympus (SCEA), 3. Metal Gear Solid: Portable
Ops (Konami), 4. Patapon (SCEA), 5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories (Rockstar).

Japan: 1. Clannad (Prototype), 2. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu
Portable 3 (Konami), 3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom), 4.
Valhalla Knights 2 (Marvelous), 5. Maplus Portable Navi 2 (Edia).

UK: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami), 2. God of War: Chains
of Olympus (SCEA), 3. FIFA 08 (EA Sports), 4. Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
(EA Games), 5. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories -- Platinum
(Rockstar).

The PC-ported Clannad and Konami's baseball franchise update Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 lead cross-platform Japanese software sales in their first week of release, deposing longtime chart champion Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. In North America, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
is back at the top this week following an Amazon-sponsored "Deal of the
Day" promotion that offered the title at a significant discount. God of War: Chains of Olympus drops back to second place after claiming a chart-topping victory last week.

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