Nintendo racer top despite 22 per cent drop is sales; EA duo make debut
Evergreen Sega title Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games makes it a mario one-two at the top this week as it switches places with SCEE racer Gran Turismo 5 to claim second spot.
Retail promotions and heavy marketing boost Sega Superstar Tennis up six places to number five this week, while EA claims the top two new entries with Euro 2008 at number eight and The Sims 2: Kitchen and Bath Design Stuff at 20. The only other new title to make a splash this week is SCEE/Namco shooter Time Crisis 4, blasting in at 24.
The full top ten, courtesy of ELSPA/ChartTrack reads:
1) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2) Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3) Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (SCEE)
4) Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5) Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
6) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
7) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
8) UEFA Euro 2008 (EA)
9) Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
10) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
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Re: Wahoo!
The only reason sales dropped is because Nintendo, once again, are failing to keep the supply of games coming into stores. We sold 120 copies in 2 days from launch, every store in our town was out of stock by three days and the story is that the next stock into the uk will be 2 to 3 weeks away, what the hell is that about?
Re: Wahoo!
It really doesn't make sense, does it?
Are they deliberately keeping supply low enough to keep the title at #1 for as long as possible? Nintendo have been in the game industry for yonks, they know how many Wii owners out there would be after a copy of this game. They must know exactly what they are doing... Will they end up doing the same with Wii Fit?
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