14 DAY TRIAL // The United Kingdom weekly videogame sales chart is dominated, somewhat surprisingly, by Wii Fit. In a week when titles like Fallout 3 and Red Alert 3 were available to players, the fitness oriented release from Nintendo has managed to top the chart, having its third best week of its lifetime in the United Kingdom.
Wii Fit sales surged more than 127% over last week and the game returned at the number one spot for the first time since it was released way back in April 2008. Other Nintendo titles for the Wii also performed well. Mario Kart Wii, the racer which involves an extended line up of characters featuring Mario, has managed to go up to number four while Wii Sports, the game the Wii comes bundled with, is at number eight. It seems that Nintendo is increasing the supply of Wiis available for sale, which almost guarantees that more videogames for the platform are sold.
If we count all the three versions released, Fallout 3 is the best selling game. 55% of the copies sold for the Xbox 360, which means that the launch week for Fallout 3 was way better than that of Bethesda's previous title Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The PlayStation 3 version of Fallout 3 got 28% of the sales, while the PC version only attracted 17% of players. The post apocalyptic game from Bethesda is getting very positive reviews, showing that it's more than Oblivion with guns, a respectable role playing game which also has a cool combat system.
Fable II was in third spot as far as sales were concerned, with numbers going down by about 50%. FIFA 09 is at number 6 in the chart, while Far Cry 2 is at number 7 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is at number 10.