UK Sales Chart – Week ending 22nd August

It looks like Nintendo were just taking a short break from No.1, possibly to sit back and watch the Ashes. But now that’s all over with, Wii Sports Resort happily reclaims the top spot.

1. Wii Sports Resort (Last weeks position – 2)
2. Wolfenstein (New Entry)
3. Ashes Cricket 2009 (1)
4. Wii Fit (3)
5. Call of Duty: World at War (8)
6. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (4)
7. Mario Kart Wii (6)
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (5)
9. Fight Night Round 4 (12)
10. [PROTOTYPE] (11)
11. Harry Potter & Half-Blood Prince (10)
12. G-Force (9)
13. The Sims 3 (13)
14. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (14)
15. EA Sports Active (18)
16. Madden NFL 10 (7)
17. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (15)
18. Guitar Hero: World Tour (16)
19. Mario Kart DS (22)
20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (17)
21. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (20)
22. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (19)
23. Pokemon Platinum (21)
24. Ben 10: Alien Force (24)
25. Grand Theft Auto IV (30)
26. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (25)
27. New Super Mario Bros. (28)
28. FIFA 09 (23)
29. Mystery Stories (34)
30. Need For Speed: Undercover (32)
31. Resident Evil 5 (Re-entry)
32. Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy (Re-entry)
33. Lego Batman: The Video game (27)
34. Active Health with Carol Vorderman (26)
35. Red Faction Guerrilla (31)
36. MySims Racing (38)
37. Terminator Salvation (39)
38. InFamous (37)
39. Rhythm Paradise (29)
40. Hannah Montana: The Movie (Re-entry)

Nintendo have now dominated the top of the charts for a total of 15 weeks so far this year, and this week Wolfenstein (Voolfenshteen?) was only kept off the No.1 spot by a margin of 2,000 sales. It may come as some consolation for Activision that their Flying SuperNazi murder simulator was the bestselling game this week on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

The short-lived English cricket fever is practically over it seems, as sales of Ashes Cricket 2009 plummet 56%, but it still clings on to No.3 this week, before its inevitable descent out of the Top 40 begins.

Activision has equalled Nintendo in another way however, as both companies now have three titles in the Top 10, after price promotions see both Call of Duty: World at War and [PROTOTYPE] move up to No’s 5 and 10 respectively.

Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii are still selling strongly, each only slipping one position to No.4 and No.7 respectively. Madden NFL is doing less well in its second week, with sales dropping 43%, and falling nine places to No.16.

The biggest climber this week is actually Resident Evil 5, which re-appears from outside of the Top 40 at No.31. The biggest loser is Rhythm Paradise, which fell ten places to No.39.

UFC 2009: Undisputed was at No.8 just three weeks ago, but has disappeared from the Top 40 this week, along with Football Manager 2009 and Virtua Tennis 2009.

All info provided by Chart-Track