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INDIE CHARTS - ALL FORMATS THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK
1
TITLE/FORMAT
PUBLISHER
LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST FORMAT: 360
DEVELOPER: PANDEMIC PUBLISHER: EA
2
15
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 360
3
NEW
LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST PS3
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EA
4
4
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR PS3
5
2
WII FIT Wii
6
14
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER 360
EA
7
5
FIFA 09 360
EA
8
RE
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS
NINTENDO
9
1
MARIO KART WII Wii
NINTENDO
10
3
LEFT 4 DEAD 360
EA
11
10
FIFA 09 PS3
EA
12
RE
CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE 360
13
RE
DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING DS
14
RE
RESISTANCE 2 PS3
15
RE
GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK 360
16
RE
SAINTS ROW 2 360
17
11
GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR BUNDLE 360
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD NINTENDO
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD NINTENDO SONY ACTIVISION BLIZZARD THQ
18
16
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WRATH OF LICH KING PC
19
RE
RESIDENT EVIL 4 Wii
20
RE
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR FINAL FRONTS PS2
CAPCOM ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
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EA’S LATEST IS THE ONE GAME TO RULE THEM ALL THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST has conquered this week’s Indie Charts, taking two of the top three spots on its first week of release. EA’s latest use of the Tolkien licence takes No.1 and No.3 positions, benefiting from the lack of other major new releases in the traditional January lull. Between them is the Xbox 360 version of Call Of Duty: World At War, leaping back into the chart after a week below the Top 20. The game is just the first of a series of re-entries this week, as a total of eight titles return to the upper end of the chart.
“The surprise return of Resident Evil 4: Wii was presumably driven by excitment for Resident Evil 5, which arrives in March.” Also making a return is popular DS title Professor Layton and the Curious Village, rising to No.8, as well as the evergreen Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training, which settles in at No.13. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock also reappears at No.15, outperforming its successor World Tour by two places. The rest of the re-entries are all notably lead-flavoured as trigger-happy consumers send Resistance 2 back up to No.14, Saints Row 2 to No.16, and the PS2’s Call Of Duty: World At War Final Fronts at No.20. The surprise return is Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, which jumps to No.19, presumably driven by excitement for the upcoming Resident Evil 5 and the recently released movie Degeneration. James.Batchelor@intentmedia.co.uk
week, MCV speaks to Richie McCoy from FROM THE FRONTLINE This games, anime and electrical retailer X Electrical… How was 2008 for you? It was pretty quiet at first sales-wise. Fortunately, it picked up considerably at the time Pro Evo and FIFA were released, and from there it built up well for Christmas. The Wii and Wii Play have been selling well throughout the year. What does your store offer that others don’t? Since we’re not a normal store like GAME, we can do our own prices – if someone buys a lot of games, we can knock a bit of money off. We also offer good prices on console bundles. We know a lot about games – product knowledge is very important. A lot of people ask a lot of weird questions, even about retro titles, but we all know loads so we can
offer them everything they need. Plus, we’re one of the only UK indies that sells anime models, DVDs and books. What's been selling well for you at the moment? Generally it’s the consoles and hardware people are after, but there are plenty of games in demand too. We have loads of customers that want things like Naruto but those products are quite hard to get hold of at the moment. Has any product been performing below expectation at the moment? Mostly anime DVDs. We thought they’d do really well because not many people stock them, but there doesn’t seem the demand we expected.
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