Marcus Fenix gave the innocent sackboys of Little Big Planet a beating this week on the British charts. No big surprise with those two, but Professor Layton making third was not only surprising but well deserved. We can also see that the big Wii titles continue to sell amazingly well with Mario Kart being the biggest seller this week in front of Wii Fit and Wii Play. Remains to be seen if Wii Music will do well in the UK after a lacklustre start in Japan.
Here is a few official notes from Charttrack on this week's number one:
"Having scored a first All Formats No1 this year just 2 weeks ago with ‘Fable II' on Xbox360, Microsoft are back on top with an even bigger 360 exclusive as ‘Gears Of War 2' becomes the 3rd largest 360 week 1 title ever (behind GTA IV and Halo 3) and the 8th largest week 1 overall."
Top 40 Entertainment Software (Individual formats by sold units)
1. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) (new)
2. Little Big Planet (PS3) (new)
3. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) (new)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
5. Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
6. Wii Fit (Wii)
7. Wii Play (Wii)
8. FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
10. Fable II (Xbox 360)
11. FIFA 09 (PS3)
12. Fallout 3 (PS3)
13. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (PS3) (new)
14. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (Xbox 360) (new)
15. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
16. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS2)
17. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (DS)
18. Quantum of Solace (PS3)
19. Quantum of Solace (Xbox 360)
20. Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
21. More Touchmaster (DS)
22. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (PS2) (new)
23. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC)
24. Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (DS) (re-entry)
25. FIFA 09 (PS2)
26. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)
27. Big Brain Academy (DS) (re-entry)
28. Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (PS3) (new)
29. Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)
30. FIFA 09 (PSP)
31. Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Xbox 360)
32. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (PS3)
33. Mario Kart DS (DS)
34. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360) (new)
35. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Xbox 360)
36. Midnight Club: Los Angeles (PS3)
37. Fallout 3 (PC)
38. Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)
39. Far Cry 2 (PS3)
40. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) (re-entry)
Source: Charttrack / ELSPA