Aussie game charts: September 10-16

Who would have thought Singstar would have done so well on the PS2? spots 2, 3, and 4 are taken up by it

Dear Lord, they actually buy Ratatouille.

Um...the PC is still more popular as a gaming platform in Aus than consoles.

"If we had more games that had the PC requirements of the Sims..But as long as the PC games market is driven by the sort of hardcore gamers we see commenting below" Thats bunch of crap...it's not minimun requiremnets that is an issue (Australia is not third world country, so that noone can afford decend rig) I know tons of people who have good rigs and they use it just for mail/work, i also know tons of people whos idea of gaming is "plug in the console and play" The problem is that Aussies are not "PC gaming nation" (as Europe for example) or gaming nation for that matter (no offence). Without a joke, mate, IT IS depressing when you see 3 (THREE) Sims titles in top ten list. Its sad actually. Causal players or not it is not an issue of requirements, its the issue of preferences.

Wow these results were surprising, I guess nobody can really predict the Australian Game Charts, its pretty random compared to other countries.

I wonder if the American charts this week are going to show the same declining trend in Bioshock. Maybe it's not going to sell the expected 3 million worldwide.

Ratatouille for PS2 is #2?! tsk tsk well, I think it's obvious, Australian gamers don't buy games, their mothers buy the games for them

That's crazy! Sims Bon Voyage, Ratatouille, and Mario Party 8 are in the top 3. Well at least the Sims Bon Voyage was good, can't say the same for the other top choices.

Wow, Bioshock isn't in the top 10 PC games. And Ratatouille did great. Weird....

If we just embraced the fact a PC game that competes with the console sales we would have a stronger PC market. If we had more games that had the PC requirements of the Sims we would have a stronger PC market. But as long as the PC games market is driven by the sort of hardcore gamers we see commenting below, we will continue to see 99% of PC games not competing and therefore the PC games market will continue to struggle. The combination of a small group of hardcore gamers and the PC gaming media's slavish cow-towing to them will be the death of PC gaming. But as an aside, at least in Australia they give us the different formats separately. Not like in the elsewhere where you have to look quite hard for PC charts as you only find the 'multi-format' charts that tell you nothing!

"Australia's fascination with The Sims 2 has seen the latest expansion pack--The Sims 2" Now, that's depressing. No wonder of such high suicide rates among young people in Aussie.

the sims juggernaut continues, moh:a did ok on pc though.

Its because we are a casual dominated market, plus it doesn't help that EB keeps having sales which help put older games higher on the charts. Plus the charts include bundles so probably 7 or 8 of the top 10 games come in some sort of bundle pack with a console/handheld.

Why is it that the Aussie charts have the worst games there What idiot keeps buying the same game, different title subtly Something is wrong when rubbish like Ratatouille is in the charts