Aussie game charts: September 1-7

  • By James Kozanecki, GameSpot AU
  • Posted Sep 10, 2008 10:41 pm PT

Not even Spore can topple Wii Fit.

Nintendo's success with casual gamers in recent years cannot be ignored. Because of this, it should come as no surprise to seasoned chart watchers that Wii Fit topped the overall Australian game chart, according to data trackers GfK Australia.

Not even the release of the highly anticipated Spore could slow down Wii Fit. Will Wright's new game spent less than a full week on store shelves and debuted in the charts at number two for the week of September 1-7. The Wii Play bundle, which comes with a Wiimote, fell down one spot into third, while Mario Kart Wii climbed up into the fourth position. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? can be found in the very middle of the chart in fifth spot. Super Smash Bros. Brawl moved up a couple of places into number six. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games seem to be making a post-Olympics comeback, moving up into the seventh spot. EA's The Sims 2: Apartment Life continues to sell strongly on the PC, moving enough copies to make it into eighth place.

In other charts news, despite dropping out of the top 10 overall games, Too Human remains the best-selling game on Xbox 360 for the second week in a row.

All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:

Top 10 Full-Priced Games for the week of September 1-September 7
1. Wii Fit, Wii
2. Spore, PC
3. Wii Play bundle, Wii
4. Mario Kart Wii, Wii
5. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain, Nintendo DS
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii
7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Nintendo Wii
8. The Sims 2: Apartment Life, PC
9. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock double pack, Nintendo Wii

Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
2. Grand Theft Auto IV
3. Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
4. Buzz! Quiz TV bundle
5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
6. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
7. Battlefield: Bad Company
8. GRID
9. Guitar Hero II: Legends of Rock limited edition
10. Soulcalibur IV

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Too Human
2. Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
3. Battlefield: Bad Company
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock limited edition
5. Grand Theft Auto IV
6. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
7. Infinite Undiscovery
8. Assassin's Creed
9. Halo 3
10. Soulcalibur IV

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Wii Fit
2. Wii Play bundle
3. Mario Kart Wii
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
6. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock double pack
7. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
8. Mario Party 8
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Top Spin 3

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. Spore
2. The Sims 2: Apartment Life
3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. World of Warcraft
6. Warcraft: Battlechest
7. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
8. The Sims 2: Ikea Stuff
9. The Sims 2
10. Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain
2. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
3. Mario Kart DS
4. Guitar Hero: On Tour bundle
5. Barbie as The Island Princess
6. Big Brain Academy
7. Carnival Games
8. Cooking Guide: Can't decide what to eat?
9. CrossworDS
10. Professor Kageyama's Math Training The Hundred Cell Calculation Method

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock limited edition
2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
3. SingStar Amped
4. Wall-E
5. Madden NFL 09
6. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
7. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 Platinum
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
9. FIFA Soccer 08
10. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. Secret Agent Clank
2. Buzz! Master Quiz
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
4. Wall-E
5. God of War: Chains of Olympus
6. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
7. Madden NFL 09
8. FIFA Soccer 08
9. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Platinum
10. Need for Speed ProStreet

All data supplied by GfK Australia.

15 Comments

  • raverrozza

    Posted Sep 12, 2008 4:09 am PT

    rhcp andrew

    well if you rely on reviews on amazon that just shows you have a weak point. pretty much 90% of game reviews on amazon are total rubbish. half of them go up before the games even out.

  • rhcp_andrew

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 2:17 pm PT

    yep, because there's fifty 5-star reviews on amazon, and over two-thousand 1-star reviews. I don't see why gamespot ISNT reporting that?

    spore blows, sorry you wasted your money, but it sucks

  • connorb93

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 2:07 pm PT

    andrew u have no idea what youre talking about
    don't hate on spore
    its simplistic, but its a great game altogether. just judging from reviews. and plenty of people bought it and like it a lot

  • rhcp_andrew

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 10:20 am PT

    No wonder spore ISN'T on top, look up it's reviews on amazon, 1 STAR. The gameplay sucks, the DRM sucks, spore sucks. What a disappointment.

    (don't buy spore)

  • elozl

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 9:37 am PT

    wow, casual gaming is ruling the world!

  • wiifan001

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 8:05 am PT

    Wii has gotten the most titles in the top 10 for the past several months now This time we rank #1 with 6 titles in addition to 2 DS games. The sales clearly show it, Nintendo is dominating sales in both systems AND games.

  • crimped

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 5:46 am PT

    I want to get spore but i'll wait for them to show up used. if not then i'll download it when it gets cheaper.

  • metalisticpain

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 4:07 am PT

    i couldnt find spore any where... sold out

  • Solidsnake13_2

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 3:18 am PT

    Man, once again, Wii Fit is staying ontop of all Wii titles, thats amazing to see that I must say.

  • trenno2529

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 2:53 am PT

    just my opinion. my mate and i rented the mario and sonic game and i didn't enjoy it. i did play it 4 an hour or so before i got sick of it. but ur opinion is probably more valid than mine, considering ur into nintendo an have probably played the game in depth.

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:51 am PT

    Mario and Sonic is a great game but i doubt you have played it much, if at all.

  • trenno2529

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:42 am PT

    stupid comment thing won't work. i always cringe when i read these articles. those ridiculous olympics games actually sell, and that mario and sonic gimmick is making a comeback. sad.

  • trenno2529

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:42 am PT

    stupid comment thing won't work. i always cringe when i read these articles. those ridiculous olympics games actually sell, and that mario and sonic gimmick is making a comeback. sad.

  • TheArcade

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:24 am PT

    1st to post!

    Man Super Smash Bros. Brawl is number 6 on the top 10 list?! Now that's what I call staying power.

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:22 am PT

    Its great to see Spore beat out the Sims games but it probably won't last long with the Sims never disapeearing.

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