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UK CHARTS: Devil May Cry swings into top spot

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UK CHARTS: Devil May Cry swings into top spot

Capcom’s daemon slasher leaps up the charts, beating off competition from Mario, Sonic and Turok

Devil May Cry has made it to the top spot of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, something it hasn’t done in the franchises’ history. The ex-PlayStation exclusive has managed it with a little help from the Xbox 360, which accounted for 61 per cent of the game’s sales.

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games jumps two places into second position, thanks to the arrival of a DS version of the game.  The DS title follows the Wii version, which was released before Christmas and sold half a million copies in its first seven weeks.

There’s another new entry in third, as Disney brings dinosaur hunter, Turok, back from the video game wilderness. And Burnout Paradise drops three places, parking itself in fourth place.

Elsewhere in the charts, PDC World Championship Darts ’08 is finally released on Wii, debuting at number six, and Sega’s The Club slips in at ninth.

The ChartTrack All Formats Top 10 in full:

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1.  Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
2.  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3.  Turok (Disney Interactive)
4.  Burnout Paradise (EA)
5.  Wii Play (Nintendo)
6.  PDC World Championship Darts ’08 (Oxygen)
7.  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8.  Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
9.  The Club (Sega)
10. FIFA ’08 (EA)

Thats a lot of help

posted by Chuck Norris Feb 12, 2008 at 11:58 am
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Accounting for 61% of the sales isnt a little help imo thats a lot.

I am loving this game on the Xbox 360, until the true hack and slash game comes out which is Ninja Gaiden 2.

Funny how DMC4 sounds and seems somewhat similar to Ninja Gaiden.

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Re: Thats a lot of help

posted by _-MrT-_ Feb 12, 2008 at 7:44 pm
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Why bring fanboy talk into this?

Personally, I'm surprised by this, but good for Capcom. Would have liked to have seen The Club chart higher - certainly above bleedin' Turok. WTF?

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Re: Thats a lot of help

posted by Willypiggy Feb 12, 2008 at 9:08 pm
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DMC4 doesn't surprise me... I dislike DMC but, well, what am I gonna do? The club has surprised me and as me and all my friends think it is a bag of ****, Turok was a bit of a surprise, I was thinking it would come 8thish...

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Re: Thats a lot of help

posted by Truth Mar 30, 2008 at 5:17 am
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Totally not accurate.

Capcom stated they sold 2 million copies worldwide for both platforms.

NPD Group stated ~ 500,000 copies sold in North America for both platforms.

Guess where the remaining 1.5 million copies are sold where the 360 is practically dead.

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