UK Sales Chart – Week ending 28th March

Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 manages to stay at the top of the charts for a third consecutive week, despite a 51% drop in sales, staying ahead of the resilient Wii Fit which is a non-mover at No.2.

1. Resident Evil 5 (Last week’s position – 1)
2. Wii Fit (2)
3. Street Fighter IV (7)
4. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (3)
5. WWE Legends of Wrestlemania (4)
6. FIFA 09 (9)
7. Call of Duty: World at War (10)
8. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (6)
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (13)
10. Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. (5)
11. Wheelman (New Entry)
12. Mario Kart Wii (21)
13. Killzone 2 (11)
14. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (8)
15. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (14)
16. Ben 10: Alien Force (12)
17. Grand Theft Auto IV (19)
18. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (22)
19. Guitar Hero: World Tour (25)
20. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (36)
21. Halo Wars (16)
22. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (NE)
23. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (17)
24. Empire: Total War (15)
25. Sonic and the Black Knight (18)
26. Mario Power Tennis (20)
27. Afro Samurai (NE)
28. LittleBigPlanet (NE)
29. Scrabble Interactive: 2009 Edition (23)
30. Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (24)
31. Football Manager 2009 (38)
32. Mario Kart DS (31)
33. Resistance: Retribution (NE)
34. Need for Speed: Undercover (39)
35. Tomb Raider: Underworld (33)
36. House of the Dead: Overkill (32)
37. New Super Mario Bros. (37)
38. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (NE)
39. Skate 2 (40)
40. Lego Batman: The Videogame (35)

Resident Evil 5 has now equalled Resident Evil 3 as the longest serving title in the series to remain at No.1 in the All Formats Chart, both with 3 weeks at the top. Capcom also manages to capitalise on no new entries making the Top 10 with a 2nd week of price promotion on Street Fighter IV boosting sales by 7% and launching up from No.7 to No.3.

Professor Layton isn’t far behind, down from No.3 to No.4, suffering a 40% fall in sales, but still managing to stay ahead of THQ’s WWE Legends of Wrestlemania which is also down one place to No.5.

Wheelman, which has been co-published by Ubisoft and the failing Midway, doesn’t quite manage to debut in the Top 10, instead being this week’s highest new entry at No.11.

Last year’s blockbusters, FIFA 09 and Call of Duty: World at War, and even 2007’s Christmas No.1, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare are the star performers in the Top 10 this week. Both FIFA and World at War are up three places to No. 6 and No.7 respectively, whilst COD4 manages to reappear in the top 10 at No.9, up four places. The last time Modern Warfare broke into the top 10 was back in week 23 of 2008.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars drops two places in its second week of release, down from No.6 to No.8, while Ubisoft’s H.A.W.X. is dangerously close to crashing out of the Top 10 after dropping five places since last week.

There is also a re-entry for Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 at No.22, thanks to the release of the PS3 version of that title.

All info provided by Chart-Track