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[ANALYSIS] by Christopher Dring
IT MAY not be dramatic, but 505 GAMES and Zumba Fitnessis still the retail revelation.
It rose in sales this week, up by 16 per cent, and that’s despite the fact the game has been out for so long that a sequel is almost finished.
It has been No.1 11 times this year, putting it in joint third for the most No.1s (alongside a raft of FIFAtitles). If it can shrug off competition from the incoming influx of September
blockbusters, the game could even do the unthinkable and topple Eidos’ Who Wants To Be a Millionaire,which has an incredible 18 No.1s from 2000.
CODEMASTERS has raced up the charts this week. In fact sales of Dirt 3rose by a very nice 50 per cent following a spate of price promotions at retail.
It means DISNEY’S Cars 2has dropped to third place, and it dropped in sales as well, down 16 per cent week-on-week.
Just Dance 2(down four per cent) and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (down six per cent) make up the remainder of the Top Five.
Meanwhile, kids and families are still going crazy over Harry Potter. Well, the LEGO version anyway. The WARNER BROS game enjoyed a sales increase of 24 per cent, despite being just over a year old. It now sits at No.8, just behind the more recent Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2from EA, which suffered a sales dip of 19 per cent.
There are three LEGO games in the Top 40, the other being LUCASARTS’ LEGO Star Wars III at No.32.
As probably the quietest week all year for new releases, there were no new games in the Chart-Track Top 40.
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TOP 40 ALL FORMATS 1 ZUMBA FITNESS
[ENTERTAINMENT - ALL PRICES] Formats: Wii, 360, PS3
This week
Last week
Title 26 DIRT 3 360, PS3 32 CARS 2 Wii, DS 360, PS3, 44 JUST DANCE 2: EXTRA SONGS Wii 2
55 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Wii, DS, 3DS, 360, PS3, PC, PSP 69 FIFA 11 360, PS3, Wii, PS3, PSP, DS, PC
73 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2360, PS3, Wii, PC, DS 813
LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 Wii, DS, 3DS, 360, PS3, PC, PSP 4 5
99 L.A. NOIRE 360, PS3 10 3 11 16 12 40 13 14 14 11 15 10 16 30 17 21 18 26 19 15 20 18 21 19 22 38 23 20 24 12 25 25 26 27 27
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28 32 29 23 30 22 31 35 32 17 33 24 34 34 35 28 36
Week ending August 6th 2011
37 31 38 36 39 33 40 29
CALL OF JUAREZ: THE CARTEL 360, PS3 THE SIMS 3 PC, DS, 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS PORTAL 2 360, PS3, PC
ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD 360, PS3 DUNGEON SIEGE III 360, PS3, PC
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS PS3, 360, Wii, PC, DS DUKE NUKEM FOREVER 360, PC, PS3 JUST DANCE 2 Wii
SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR PS3, 360, PC BRINK 360, PS3, PC
FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION 360, PS3 WII SPORTS RESORT Wii HOMEFRONT360, PS3, PC
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2360, PS3, PC THE SIMS 3: TOWN LIFE STUFF PC UFC PERSONAL TRAINER 360, PS3, Wii RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON 360, PS3, PC EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2 Wii, PS3, 360 THE SIMS 3: GENERATIONS PC
TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS 360, PS3, Wii BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM360, PS3, PC MARIO KART WII Wii
LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS Wii, DS, 3DS, 360, PS3, PC, PSP TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON360, PS3 ART ACADEMYDS
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RED DEAD REDEMPTION 360, PS3 POKÉMON WHITE VERSION CRYSIS 2 360, PS3, PC WII FIT PLUS Wii
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D 3DS MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP
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