Aussie game charts: November 10-16

  • By James Kozanecki, GameSpot AU
  • Posted Nov 19, 2008 9:54 pm PT

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King takes hold of the game charts down under.

With more than 700 people lining up at midnight at just one of the many stores that stayed open late for launches last week, it should come as no surprise to see that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King took out the number-one spot down under, according to data trackers GfK Australia.

There were a lot of newcomers to the charts last week, with Wii Music taking out the second spot for the week of November 10-16. Interestingly, Wii Music outsold Guitar Hero World Tour, the other big music game to be released during that week. Call of Duty: World at War for the Xbox 360 has laid claim to third place, whereas the PlayStation 3 version took out the fourth spot. Gears of War 2 fell down from being the previous number one to the current number five. The Guitar Hero World Tour "super" bundle has taken out several slots in last week's charts, with the Wii version being the highest ranked in sixth place. The 360 and PS3 versions of the game are in the lower half of the chart, in ninth and 10th spots, respectively. Wii Fit has managed to hold on to the seventh position for another week, but the same couldn't be said for the Wii Play and Wii Remote bundle, which dropped to number eight.

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

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, PC
2. Wii Music, Wii
3. Call of Duty: World at War, Xbox 360
4. Call of Duty: World at War, PlayStation 3
5. Gears of War 2, Xbox 360
6. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle, Wii
7. Wii Fit, Wii
8. Wii Play bundle, Wii
9. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle, Xbox 360
10. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle, PlayStation 3

Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
3. Little Big Planet
4. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
5. Fallout 3
6. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
7. Saints Row 2
8. Far Cry 2
9. FIFA Soccer 09
10. Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. Gears of War 2
3. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
4. Fable II
5. Fallout 3
6. Saints Row 2
7. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
8. Guitar Hero World Tour bundle
9. Far Cry 2
10. FIFA Soccer 09

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Wii Music
2. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
3. Wii Fit
4. Wii Play bundle Super
5. Mario Kart Wii
6. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
7. Smash Bros. Brawl
8. Guitar Hero World Tour bundle
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Mario Paty 8

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Fallout 3
4. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
5. World of Warcraft Battlechest
6. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
7. Far Cry 2
8. The Sims 2: Apartment Life
9. Spore
10. World of Warcraft

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain
2. MySims Kingdom
3. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
4. Maths Training The Hundred Cell Calculation Method
5. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends
6. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends
7. Nintendogs: Dalmation and Friends
8. Guitar Hero: On Tour bundle
9. CrossworDS
10. Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
2. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
3. SingStar Hottest Hits
4. SingStar Singalong With Disney
5. Call of Duty: World at War
6. SingStar '80s
7. SingStar Rock ballads
8. SingStar Hottest Hits bundle
9. SingStar Pop Hits
10. Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
2. Midnight Club: Los Angeles Remix
3. FIFA Soccer 09
4. Lego Batman
5. Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant
6. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
7. NBA Live 09
8. The Simpsons Game
9. Buzz!: Master Quiz
10. Iron Man

All data supplied by GfK Australia.

12 Comments

  • xblane

    Posted Nov 24, 2008 5:02 am PT

    Interesting to see so many ppl paying out on Wii Music... unless you bought it, I don't really think you have the right to bag it out

  • Sellwin

    Posted Nov 22, 2008 11:49 pm PT

    Notice the complete lack of Rock Band??? Take note Harmonix, this is what happens when you delay something for over a year, then suddenly throw it out into the market with no advertising. Smart move.

  • shani_boy101

    Posted Nov 21, 2008 9:46 pm PT

    so much singstar....

  • shani_boy101

    Posted Nov 21, 2008 9:45 pm PT

    you can't be serious. Wii music????? have you seen the ad? omg. just get Guitar hero with better graphics and better gameplay. I'm quite suprised that the PS2 version of Guitar Hero World Tour didn't sell more than the Wii version. It will by Christmas time.

  • KhanhAgE

    Posted Nov 21, 2008 4:20 pm PT

    LoL. Wii Music is at number 2.

  • Slizergiy

    Posted Nov 21, 2008 12:58 am PT

    I guess all the other WoW products would be so high up now would be becuase new gamers will be buying the core game and the 2 expantion packs.

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Nov 20, 2008 4:13 pm PT

    While Wii music isn't having amazing sales, it will be a million seller but not enough for a sequal. Nothing wrong with Nintendogs or Brain Training if you aren't anti casual.

  • mhsdrake

    Posted Nov 20, 2008 4:10 pm PT

    Ha- I feel sorry for all those people that bought Wii music.

    The DS Top 10 is the crappiest list of the lot... sooooo casual.

  • Subacetylene

    Posted Nov 20, 2008 9:34 am PT

    wow, the original world of warcraft, the burning crusade, wrath of the lich king, and the battle chest all made it on the top 10 pc games... thats crazy

  • aikimagicjedi

    Posted Nov 20, 2008 12:02 am PT

    U gotta be kidding me ! There was an article last week saying that wii music sales were really low ! - I hope they'll stop selling that game - otherwise that will just encourage nintendo on doing similar games.

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