UK charts: Final Fantasy XIII is top
PS3 and 360 SKUs nearly neck and neck.
Final Fantasy XIII has become this year's fastest selling game and has topped the UK All-Formats chart.
PS3 marginally outperformed Xbox 360, with 54 per cent of the market.
Last week's leader, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, was pushed to second.
Ubisoft's Wii champion Just Dance was in third, Heavy Rain stayed in fourth and Wii Fit Plus was fifth.
Modern Warfare 2 edged up to sixth, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing was elbowed to seventh and Aliens vs. Predator fell to eighth. Wii Sports Resort took ninth and New Super Mario Bros. Wii rounded the chart off in 10th.
Superb Dawn of War II expansion Chaos Rising only just missed the top 10 and finished 14th, one spot behind the new Ben 10 game.
PS3 exclusive Yakuza 3 entered in 24th.
The Gold Edition of Resident Evil 5 pulled the game back into the top 40 in 31st, and SEGA's DS Sonic Collection entered in 35th.
Also released last Friday were Way of the Samurai (28th on Xbox 360, 24th on PS3), Avalon Code (MIA DS), Dancing on Ice (13th on Wii), Eye of Judgement: Legends (MIA PSP), Fat Princess (MIA PSP), Music for Everyone (MIA DS), XIII Century: Blood of Europe (MIA PC).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New entry | Final Fantasy XIII | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | 1 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 3 | 3 | Just Dance | Wii |
| 4 | 4 | Heavy Rain | PS3 |
| 5 | 6 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii |
| 6 | 7 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 7 | 5 | SONIC & SEGA All-Stars Racing | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 8 | 3 | Aliens vs. Predator | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 8 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 10 | 10 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Wii |
| 11 | 9 | FIFA 10 | PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 12 | 11 | BioShock 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 13 | New entry | Ben 10: Alien Force - Vigilax Attacks | DS, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | New entry | Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising | PC |
| 15 | 16 | Grand Theft Auto IV | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 15 | James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | 18 | LEGO Batman | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 18 | 37 | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box | DS |
| 19 | 13 | Forza Motorsport 3 | Xbox 360 |
| 20 | 17 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 21 | 12 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | DS, Wii |
| 22 | Re-entry | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | DS |
| 23 | Re-entry | Borderlands | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 24 | New entry | Yakuza 3 | PS3 |
| 25 | 14 | Assassin's Creed II | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 19 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | PS3 |
| 27 | Re-entry | Take a Break's Puzzle Master | DS |
| 28 | 22 | New Super Mario Bros. | DS |
| 29 | 25 | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | DS |
| 30 | 21 | Football Manager 2010 | PC, PSP |
| 31 | Re-entry | Resident Evil 5 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 32 | Re-entry | Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars | DS, PSP |
| 33 | 29 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 34 | New entry | Alice in Wonderland | DS, Wii |
| 35 | New entry | Sonic Classic Collection | DS |
| 36 | 24 | Vancouver 2010 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 37 | 26 | Mass Effect 2 | PC, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | 38 | Assassin's Creed | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 39 | Re-entry | Brain Training | DS |
| 40 | 31 | Mario Kart DS | DS |
Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.