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Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 has delivered as expected and entered the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats top 40 at number one in its debut week. The game becomes the fastest selling title in the Resident Evil franchise and becomes Capcom’s biggest ever week one release in the UK. In total, Resident …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Street Fighter IV topples Wii Fit
Capcom’s Street Fighter IV has knocked Nintendo’s Wii Fit from the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 – as predicted by MCV earlier today . Nintendo’s title has spent a record-setting five weeks at the top of the listings, though it only just manages to resist the …
Read More »UK industry off to a flyer in 2009
The UK software market has kicked off 2009 by thrashing last year’s January performance – and overtaking Japan to become the second biggest territory in the world. GfK-ChartTrack revealed this week that the UK software market grew by 26 per cent in 2008 – leaving it ahead of Japan in …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit proves its stamina
The nation may be strapped for cash, but it also needs to get into shape – at least that’s what the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 suggests, with Nintendo’s Wii Fit clinging on to top spot for the second week on the trot following a hike in sales of …
Read More »REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million
The total console installed base for the UK has leapt to 22 million year-on-year, up from 13.5 million reported in January 2008. The results were revealed in GAME’s Christmas trading statement, citing Gfk-ChartTrack data, which shows that sales of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 consoles have jumped from 4.7 million …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Top three unchanged as FIFA holds on
A resurgent Wii Fit is one of the few key differences at the top of the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as EA’s FIFA 09 holds firm at the top. Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War and EA’s Need for Speed: Undercover remain in second …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 09 is 2008’s Christmas No.1
EA has scored its sixth Christmas number on in eight years – FIFA 09 has claimed the top spot and trumped the favourite Call of Duty: World at War. Retailer promotions saw sales of FIFA 09 rocket by 89 per cent according to the weekly sales data from Gfk-ChartTrack. Call …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Call of Duty entrenched at No. 1
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War stands its ground this week at top of the ChartTrack Top 40. The World War II shooter holds on despite renewed pressure from EA’s critically adored FIFA ’09, which returns to second place. EA also had the highest new entry of the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Pro Evo takes top spot
This week’s official GfK-ChartTrack/ELSPA listings are out – and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has taken the top spot ahead of its bitter rival FIFA ’09. While EA’s mega-selling football franchise takes second spot, it’s an impressive first week for THQ’s gangster title Saints Row 2, which is the second …
Read More »Nintendo rules official UK hardware figures
New GfK ChartTrack sales data has revealed that the installed base of current generation consoles has more than doubled in the space of a year. The data, which comes from GAME Group financial presentation, the current UK installed console base shared by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, DS and PSP …
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