UK - Skate 2 Debuts in 3rd Place

UK – Nintendo’s Wii Fit retained its lead at the top of the software charts with a 21% increase in sales, marking the first time the game has held the number one spot for consecutive weeks.

Skate 2 debuted at number three, replacing EA’s previous new release, Lord of the Rings: Conquest, which moved down to number five following a 31% drop in sales. EA also maintains the fourth spot with FIFA 09.

Nintendo still has the most Top 10 games this week, thanks to Mario Kart Wii’s hardware bundling. Ubisoft’s own Wii Fitness game, My Fitness Coach, has entered the Top 10 at number seven.

The ubiquitous Playstation 2 has pushed Tomb Raider: Underworld into the Top 10 at number nine.

Rank Title - Publisher

1 Wii Fit - Nintendo
2 Call Of Duty: World At War - Activision Blizzard
3 Skate 2 - Electronic Arts
4 Fifa 09 - Electronic Arts
5 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest - Electronic Arts
6 Wii Play - Nintendo
7 My Fitness Coach - Ubisoft
8 Mario Kart Wii - Nintendo
9 Tomb Raider: Underworld - Eidos
10 Professor Layton And The Curious Village - Nintendo
11 Guitar Hero: World Tour - Activision Blizzard
12 Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games - Sega
13 Need For Speed: Undercover - Electronic Arts
14 Dr Kawashima's Brain Training - Nintendo
15 Carnival: Funfair Games - Take 2
16 Lego Batman: The Videogame - Warner Bros. Interactive
17 Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures - Lucasarts
18 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - Konami
19 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Activision Blizzard
20 Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks
21 Gears Of War 2 - Microsoft
22 Football Manager 2009 - Sega
23 Grand Theft Auto Iv - Take 2
24 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - Nintendo
25 Littlebigplanet - Sony Computer Ent.
26 Quantum Of Solace - Activision Blizzard
27 Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock - Activision Blizzard
28 Shaun White Snowboarding - Ubisoft
29 Sonic Unleashed - Sega
30 More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima - Nintendo
31 Rayman Raving Rabbids Tv Party - Ubisoft
32 Mario Kart Ds - Nintendo
33 Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft
34 New Super Mario Bros. - Nintendo
35 Wall-E - Thq
36 Kung Fu Panda - Activision Blizzard
37 Saints Row 2 - Thq
38 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - Lucasarts
39 Off Road - Empire Interactive
40 Left 4 Dead - Electronic Arts

Investor Relations: EA 2Q FY09 Results ($310M Net Loss)

Console Notes:
Check out the 360 total this quarter. Unbelievable! More than its console competitors combined.



Handheld Notes:
Gaming's greatest secret? WIRELESS BEATS DS AND PSP THIS QUARTER!


Fascinating quarter. Read the full report @ EA's Official Site

Investor Relations: EA Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results

Read the whole (exhausting) release HERE. $95 millon loss? YOU BET! Changes coming? A renewed focus and over 40 games in development on worldwide hardware leaders Wii and DS says yes. Read the Joystiq take on the EA Conference Call HERE.

Notice:
1. Revenue on the 360 dropping each quarter consecutively, including the holiday season: this has to be a huge concern for EA as they seem to have bet on them early, as they already admitted earlier this week.

2. PS2 driving 300 million in revenue in FY08Q3, nearly 2 years into the next generation: this is further evidence that backing the worldwide market leader (independent of graphical quality/hardware ability) drives revenue growth for years after the peak sales ability of said system has passed.

3. PSP and PS3 both doing the best of consoles and handhelds for EA in FY09Q1 is an interesting counterpoint to their renewed commitment to focus on market leaders DS and Wii.




Chart Notes:
1. Scale kept the same for comparative purposes.
2. Source = EA press release/investor relations.

PL