Aussie game charts: August 10-16

With the fifth and final Ashes Test cricket underway in England, Codemasters’ Ashes Cricket 2009 on the PlayStation 3 climbed into the third spot during its second week of sales, according to data trackers GfK Australia. The Xbox 360 version currently sits in the fifth place.

As we've come to expect, Nintendo continued to dominate the top two positions, thanks to Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit. Cricket wasn't the only sports-themed game to sell well during the week of August 10-16, with the very un-Australian sport of Gridiron slamming down into the ninth and 10th places on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Wii Sports Resort bundle, Wii
2. Wii Fit, Wii
3. Ashes Cricket 2009, PlayStation 3
4. Wii Play bundle, Wii
5. Ashes Cricket 2009, Xbox 360
6. Mario Kart Wii, Wii
7. The Sims 3, PC
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
9. Madden NFL 10, PlayStation 3
10. Madden NFL 10, Xbox 360

Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Ashes Cricket 2009
2. Madden NFL 10
3. Fight Night Round 4
4. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
5. Infamous
6. Prototype
7. UFC 2009 Undisputed
8. Grand Theft Auto IV
9. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
10. Call of Duty: World at War

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Ashes Cricket 2009
2. Madden NFL 10
3. Fight Night Round 4
4. Gears of War 2
5. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
6. Prototype
7. Grand Theft Auto IV
8. Halo 3
9. UFC 2009 Undisputed
10. Call of Duty: World at War

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Wii Sports Resort bundle
2. Wii Fit
3. Wii Play bundle
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. EA Sports Active
6. Carnival Games: Mini-Golf
7. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
9. Guitar Hero: Metallica bundle
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. The Sims 3
2. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe
3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
4. Age of Empires III
5. World of Warcraft
6. Ashes Cricket 2009
7. The Sims 2: Seasons
8. World of Warcraft Battlechest
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
10. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
2. Pokemon Platinum
3. Classic Word Game
4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
5. New Super Mario Bros.
6. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
7. Mario Kart DS
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. Rhythm Heaven
10. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Guitar Hero World Tour super bundle
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3. SingStar ABBA
4. Need for Speed Undercover
5. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Platinum
6. SingStar Queen
7. SingStar Hottest Hits
8. SingStar '80s
9. SingStar '90s
10. Guitar Hero: Metallica bundle

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
2. Resistance: Retribution
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Platinum
5. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Platinum
6. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Platinum
7. FIFA Soccer 09
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
9. Crash: Mind Over Mutant
10. Midnight Club: LA Remix

All data supplied by GfK Australia.