Fallout 3 had a great launch week in Great Britain last week, even if the neverending sales of Wii Fit took the honors on the individual formats chart. Other newcomers Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and Quantum of Solace struggled to have any real impact on the charts and it will be interesting to see if fortunes can turn around for 007.
Here is Charttrack's take on this week's action... note that the places refer to the combined formats chart.
"‘Fallout 3' was launched on Xbox 360 (55%), PS3 (28%) and PC (17%) and tops each of its individual charts this week with the Xbox 360 launch outselling that of Bethesda's critically acclaimed ‘Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion' by 57%. The original Fallout was launched in Q1 1998 and ‘Fallout 2' in Q4 1998, so gamers have had to wait 10 years for the 3rd official Fallout game. It appears that it was well worth the wait as in two days ‘Fallout 3' has outsold the total sales to date of every previous Fallout game combined (including spin-offs ‘Fallout Tactics' and ‘Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel'). Sales of ‘Fable II' drop 51%, falling from No1 to No4, while ‘FIFA 09' moves in the other direction, up from No3 to No2. ‘Wii Fit' enjoys its 3rd best week ever with sales jumping an impressive 126%, up from No8 to No3 and outselling ‘Fallout 3' on Xbox 360 to become this week's top selling title across a single format in terms of both units and revenue."
Top 40 Entertainment Software (Individual formats by sold units)
1. Wii Fit (Wii)
2. Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) (new)
3. Fable II (Xbox 360)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
5. Fallout 3 (PS3) (new)
6. FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
7. Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)
8. Wii Play (Wii)
9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
10. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2) (new)
11. Far Cry 2 (PS3)
12. Fallout 3 (PC) (new)
13. Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)
14. FIFA 09 (PS3)
15. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC) (new)
16. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Xbox 360)
17. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
18. Quantum of Solace (PS3) (new)
19. Quantum of Solace (Xbox 360) (new)
20. FIFA 09 (PS2)
21. Dead Space (Xbox 360)
22. Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Xbox 360)
23. Midnight Club: Los Angeles (PS3)
24. Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
25. FIFA 09 (Wii)
26. FIFA 09 (PSP)
27. Saints Row 2 (PS3)
28. Dead Space (PS3)
29. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
30. Lego Batman: The Videogame (Wii)
31. Far Cry 2 (PC)
32. Lego Batman: The Videogame (PS2)
33. Lego Batman: The Videogame (DS)
34. Mario Kart DS (DS)
35. Big Beach Sports (Wii)
36. More Touchmaster (DS) (new)
37. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (DS) (new)
38. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS) (re-entry)
39. Family Trainer (Wii)
40. Imagine: Teacher (DS) (re-entry)
Source: Charttrack / ELSPA