Irish Retail Charts 12/09/09
The Beatles vs The Batman, holy crap the caped crusader beat of serious competition this week to regain the top spot for the 2nd week running. With free DLC being released today and also a remarkably positive review from Ben Croshaw at Zero Punctuation it looks like Arkham Asylum is a serious contender for this years GOTY awards.
I was expecting a bigger response to DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY but a top ten appearance aint so bad.
The biggest shocker of the week is the disappearance of Pippa the Pig and the unbelievably random inclusion of Quantum of Solcace?? Was there some offer of the week I missed?
Anyway the charts are looking alot less casual gamer these last couple of weeks and thats the most important thing!
[Source: Chart-track.co.uk]
1 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS EIDOS EIDOS
2 THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND HARMONIX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 GUITAR HERO 5 NEVERSOFT REDOCTANE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
5 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 IL2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY GAIJIN ENTERTAINMNET 1C COMPANY 505 GAMES
9 DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
10 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 ASSASSIN’S CREED UBISOFT (MONTREAL) PLATINUM UBISOFT
13 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
15 42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS AGENDA NINTENDO NINTENDO
16 DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD TECHLAND UBISOFT UBISOFT
18 WOLFENSTEIN RAVEN SOFTWARE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19 HELLO KITTY: BIG CITY DREAMS EMPIRE EMPIRE EMPIRE INTERACTIVE
20 QUANTUM OF SOLACE TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Hmm well I preordered Dissidia months ago but i've still not received it!!! damn argos.
Quantum of solace has been going for around a tenner of late and from what ive heard, its not too bad a game.
IL2 is one game that interests me though I'm not sure if thats a game that should have remained on PC