UK chart: Halo: Reach rockets to top
As PlayStation Move arrives.
Bungie's final Halo game - Halo: Reach - has stormed to the top of the UK all-formats chart, becoming Microsoft's biggest ever launch title and the fifth largest UK release ever.
Only the launches of Modern Warfare 2 and GTAIV sold more units on Xbox 360.
Halo: Reach sold 20,000 more copies than Halo 3, and 200,000 more than Halo 3: ODST.
Last week's other headline launch was PlayStation Move. Sports Champions took the second spot, but Move's other launch titles had a weaker impact: Start the Party! finished 29th and Ubisoft's Racket Sports managed 32nd. However, Move-enabled titles performed well: Toy Story 3 took fourth, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 took ninth, R.U.S.E. 11th and Resident Evil: Gold Edition 22nd.
The top 10 was as follows: Halo: Reach (1), Sports Champions (2), Mafia II (3), Toy Story 3 (4), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (5), Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 (6), Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (7), Just Dance (8), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (9), Red Dead Redemption (10).
EA's NHL 11 was this week's other new entry in 26th.
Note that Metroid: Other M has fallen out of the top 40 after three weeks on sale. Nintendo's experimental take on the IP didn't manage to break into the top 10, despite a strong 8/10 from Eurogamer.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New entry | Halo: Reach | Xbox 360 |
| 2 | New entry | Sports Champions | PS3 |
| 3 | 1 | Mafia II | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 4 | 4 | Toy Story 3 | PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 5 | 9 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | DS, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 6 | 2 | Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 | PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 7 | 3 | Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 8 | 11 | Just Dance | Wii |
| 9 | 17 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 | Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 10 | 10 | Red Dead: Redemption | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 11 | 8 | R.U.S.E. | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 12 | 12 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Wii |
| 13 | 6 | Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions | DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 22 | New Super Mario Bros. | DS |
| 15 | 13 | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 14 | Mass Effect 2 | PC, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | 24 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii |
| 18 | 16 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 19 | 18 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 20 | 5 | Tetris Party Deluxe | DS, Wii |
| 21 | 21 | Need for Speed: Shift | PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 |
| 22 | 27 | Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 23 | 20 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 24 | 26 | Dragon Quest IX | DS |
| 25 | 25 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Wii |
| 26 | New entry | NHL 11 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 27 | 28 | FIFA 10 | PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 28 | 15 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior | PC, Xbox 360 |
| 29 | New entry | Start the Party! | PS3 |
| 30 | 23 | The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff | PC |
| 31 | 7 | Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep | PSP |
| 32 | New entry | Racket Sports | PS3 |
| 33 | 29 | Assassin's Creed II: Complete Edition | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 34 | 30 | Dance on Broadway | Wii |
| 35 | 33 | SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 36 | 19 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 37 | 31 | UFC Undisputed 2010 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | 34 | Grand Theft Auto IV | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 39 | Re-entry | LEGO Batman | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 40 | Re-entry | Art Academy | DS |
Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.