UK - Resident Evil 5 Remains Dominant; Many New Games Debut

Resident Evil 5 has remained number 1 on the UK Top 40 software chart for the week ending March 21st, 2009, despite a 52% drop in sales.

After a strong debut, Capcom’s biggest launch ever remains ahead of Nintendo’s popular Wii Fit, which recently surpassed sales of Halo 3 in the United States with 6 million units, according to Kotaku.

WWE Legends of Wrestlemania debuted at number 4, as well as the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars at number 6.

Due to Mother’s Day Promotion of the turquoise DS Lite Starter Pack, Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training jumped from number 21 to number 8.

Former top 10 games such as Halo Wars and Empire: Total War dropped from 8 to 18 and 9 to 19, respectively.

Singstar Queen has appeared at number 22, Madworld at number 34, and MySims Party at 35.


Rank – Title – Publisher

1. Resident Evil 5 – Capcom
2. Wii Fit – Nintendo
3. Professor Layton and the Curious Village – Nintendo
4. WWE Legends of Wrestlemania – THQ
5. Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. – Ubisoft
6. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – Take 2
7. Street Fighter IV – Capcom
8. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training – Nintendo
9. FIFA 09 - EA
10. Call of Duty: World at War – Activision Blizzard

11. Killzone 2 – Sony
12. Puzzler Collection – Ubisoft
13. Wii Play – Nintendo
14. Ben 10: Alien Force – D3P
15. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Activision Blizzard
16. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Sega
17. My Fitness Coach – Ubisoft
18. Empire: Total War – Sega
19. Halo Wars – Microsoft
20. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force – Disney

21. Sonic and the Black Knight – Sega
22. Singstar Queen – Sony
23. Grand Theft Auto IV – Take 2
24. Mario Power Tennis – Nintendo
25. Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo
26. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection – Sega
27. Scrabble Interactive: 2009 Edition – Ubisoft
28. Carnival: Funfair Games – Take 2
29. SOCOM: US Navy Seals Confrontation – Sony
30. Mystery Case Files: Millionheir – Nintendo

31. Guitar Hero: World Tour – Activision Blizzard
32. Disney’s Bolt – Disney
33. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima – Nintendo
34. Madworld – Sega
35. MySims Party – EA
36. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga – LucasArts
37. Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures – LucasArts
38. 100 Classic Book Collection – Nintendo
39. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin – Warner Bros.
40. Mario Kart DS - Nintendo

Source: GfK Chart-Track