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After more than a decade various levels of developement Duke Nukem Forever has come out on top, at least in the UK for it’s launch week. Beating out the other two new releases for the week Infamous 2, and Red Faction: Armageddon, Duke took the number 1 slot on a single platform alone.

Duke may be making the games press cry of offense and disgust, but at least in the land of royal weddings and blood pudding, Duke still has some old school appeal.

UK top 40 for the week ending June 11, 2001 from Chart-Track

After more than a decade various levels of developement Duke Nukem Forever has come out on top, at least in the UK for it’s launch week. Beating out the other two new releases for the week Infamous 2, and Red Faction: Armageddon, Duke took the number 1 slot on a single platform alone.
Duke may be making the games press cry of offense and disgust, but at least in the land of royal weddings and blood pudding, Duke still has some old school appeal.
UK top 40 for the week ending June 11, 2001 from Chart-Track
01 360 Duke Nukem Forever02 PS3 Infamous 203 WII Zumba Fitness04 PS3 Duke Nukem Forever05 360 L.a. Noire06 PS3 L.a. Noire07 360 Dirt 308 360 Brink09 WII Wii Sports Resort10 360 Red Faction: Armageddon11 PC Duke Nukem Forever12 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops13 PS3 Dirt 314 360 Fifa 1115 NDS Art Academy16 PC The Sims 3: Generations17 360 Portal 218 360 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean19 PS3 Brink20 WII Just Dance 221 WII Mario Kart Wii22 WII Wii Fit Plus23 WII Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean24 NDS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean25 360 Zumba Fitness26 360 Hunted: The Demon’s Forge27 PS3 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean28 PS3 Portal 229 PS3 Red Faction: Armageddon30 PS3 Killzone 331 WII Wii Party32 PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops33 360 Kinect Sports34 PS3 Littlebigplanet 235 NDS Pokemon Black Version36 PS3 Ea Sports Mma37 NDS Pokemon White Version38 360 Crysis 239 PS3 Fifa 1140 WII Donkey Kong Country Returns

NPD for June changes things up a little bit with the Xbox 360 just barely taking the number 2 spot thanks to stock clearing sales on the old model 360′s and the release of the 360 short. Red Dead and Galaxy 2 continue to hold the first 3 software slots, while Toy Story 3 for DS and Lego Harry Potter Wii make a strong showing for licensed titles. Being beaten in the portable space by Toy Story 3 must be painful for Hideo Kojima whose Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker failed to chart on that unlovable loser the PSP. Alpha Protocol, Singularity, and Transformers should also commit seppuku for their horrible sales this month.

Nintendo DS 510,700
Xbox 360 451,700
Wii 422,500
PlayStation 3 304,800
PSP 121,000

Top 10 Games Sales

Red Dead Redemption 360 (Take 2) - 582,900
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii (Nintendo) - 548,400
Red Dead Redemption PS3 (Take 2) - 380,300
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 200,900
Just Dance Wii (Ubisoft) – 174,800
Wii Fit Plus With Balance Board Wii (Nintendo)
Toy Story3 NDS (Disney Interactive Studios
UFC 2010: Undisputed 360 (THQ)
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Wii (Warner Bros. Interactive)
UFC 2010: Undisputed PS3 (THQ)

Updating with the rest of the top 20:

11. Pokemon SoulSilver DS
12. Transformers War For Cybertron 360
13. New Super Mario Bros. DS
14. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 360
15. FIFA World Cup 360
16. FIFA World Cup PS3
17. Mario Kart Wii
18. Pokemon HeartGold DS
19. Toy Story 3 Wii
20. Wii Sports Resort

Also some numbers for specific games were released.
Transformers 360 did 132,000, and Wii Sports Resort in the 20 position sold less than 100,000 which should give you an idea of how bad some of this month’s other releases did. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker failed to even crack the top 20 selling only 52,000 copies. Even worse numbers for Green Day Rock Band which sold only 83,000 copies between ALL 3 of the console releases. Skate 3 only sold 253,000 copies in it’s first 2 months down forty percent from Skate 2, and Tiger Woods 11 dropped 68 percent from last year’s release, due entirely to Tiger’s unquenchable love of white meat being made public this year.

According to the twitter account of an IGN employee some bombs of the month are in this order:
Naughty Bear > Singularity > Sin and Punishment
Perhaps if Singularity, or Sin and Punishment had had any promotion whatsoever they might have had at least a remote chance of beating out Naughty Bear!

Capcom today announced that they have shipped 1 million copies of Super Street Fighter IV. A huge success for this budget release upgrade to Street Fighter IV in an otherwise struggling fighting genre. Now this number is purely shipped to retailers not sold to customers, which Capcom is notoriously good at considering the <30k selling Bionic Commando shipped 500,000 copies to retail.

1. Tales of Symphonia 2 – 151K (Wii)
2. DerbyStallion – 147K (NDS)
3. Band Bros – 122K (NDS)
4. Pachinko Eva – 50K (PS2)
5. Higurashi – 42K (NDS)
6. MGS4 – 32K (PS3)
7. Wii Fit (Wii)
8. Totomono – 30K (PSP)
9. Gundam – 29K (360)
10 Mario Studium (Wii)

Basarax – 26K (PS2)
Bleach – 22K (NDS)
KOF98 – 16K (PS2)
Disgaea – 14K (NDS)
BF:BC – 14K (360)
Game Kentei – 10K (NDS)
Spice&Wolf – 10K (NDS)
ETQW – 2.6K (PS3)
Darkness – 1.8K (PS3)

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1. MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA DS 
2. DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING DS 
3. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES Wii 
4. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE Xbox 360 
5. Wii PLAY Wii 
6. ASSASSIN’S CREED Xbox 360 
7. ASSASSIN’S CREED PS3 
8. SUPER MARIO GALAXY Wii 
9. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE PS3 
10. MARIO PARTY 8 Wii 
11. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET PS2 
12. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS 
13. SIGHT TRAINING DS 
14. UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE PS3 
15. COOKING MAMA DS 
16. THE SIMPSONS GAME PS2 
17. BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: Wii DEGREE Wii 
18. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 PS2 
19. THE SIMPSONS GAME DS 
20. FIFA 08 PS2 
21. FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 Xbox 360 
22. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT! PS2 
23. HALO 3 Xbox 360 
24. VIVA PIÑATA Xbox 360 
25. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET Xbox 360 
26. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS DS 
27. BIG BRAIN ACADEMY DS 
28. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 PS2 
29. SUPER PAPER MARIO Wii 
30. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET PS3 
31. FIFA 08 Xbox 360 
32. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: MAKIN’ THE CUT! DS 
33. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008 PC 
34. FIFA 08 PSP 
35. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 PS3 
36. FIFA 08 PS3 
37. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 Wii 
38. GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK Xbox 360 
39. GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK PS2 
40. THE SIMPSONS GAME PSP 

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1. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Activision – $49
2. Crysis – Electronic Arts – $47
3. The Orange Box – Electronic Arts – $37
4. The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts – $18
5. World Of Warcraft – Vivendi – $18
6. Hellgate: London – Electronic Arts – $49
7. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts – $30
8. Final Fantasy XI: Wings Of The Goddess Expansion Pack – Square Enix, Inc. – $30
9. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack – Vivendi – $32
10. Sim City 4 Deluxe – Electronic Arts – $19
11. Sim City 5: Societies – Electronic Arts – $49
12. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest – Vivendi – $38
13. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Collectors Ed – Activision – $60
14. The Sims 2 Deluxe – Electronic Arts – $33
15. Nancy Drew: Legend Of The Crystal Skull – Her Interactive – $20
16. Unreal Tournament 3 – Midway – $50
17. 15000 Games – Viva Media – $10
18. Paws & Claws Pet School – Valusoft (THQ) – $15
19. Puppy/Kitty/Pony Luv Pack – Activision – $20
20. Diner Dash JC – Cosmi – $10

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01. [NDS] Mario Party DS – 180,000 (826,000)
02. [WII] Wii Fit – 124,000 (535,000)
03. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue – 116,000 (NEW)
04. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora’s Box – 74,000 (444,000)
05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy – 74,000 (550,000)
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV – 73,000 (868,000)
07. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games – 64,000 (212,000)
08. [WII] Wii Sports – 55,000 (2,341,000)
09. [WII] Wii Play – 55,000 (1,921,000)
10. [WII] Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon: the Labyrinth of Forgotten Time – 41,000 (NEW)
11. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008
12. [WII] Mario Party 8
13. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10
14. [NDS] Kirarin Revolution: Make and Show at the Kime-Kira Stage
15. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party
16. [NDS] Mario Kart DS
17. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS
18. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party
19. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2
20. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Spirits
21. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
22. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves
23. [NDS] Tales of Innocence
24. [360] Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
25. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008
26. [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes
27. [WII] Nights: Journey of Dreams
28. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody!
29. [NDS] Nep League DS
30. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village

Source

1. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES – Wii
2. DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING – DS
3. MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA – DS
4. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE – Xbox 360
5. SUPER MARIO GALAXY – Wii
6. ASSASSIN’S CREED – Xbox 360
7. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET – PS2
8. Wii PLAY – Wii
9. MARIO PARTY 8 – Wii
10. BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: Wii DEGREE – Wii
11. FIFA 08 – PS2
12. COOKING MAMA – DS
13. UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE – PS3
14. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE – PS3
15. THE SIMPSONS GAME – PS2
16. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. – DS
17. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT! – PS2
18. HALO 3 – Xbox 360
19. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 – PS2
20. FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 – Xbox 360
21. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: MAKIN’ THE CUT! – DS
22. SIGHT TRAINING – DS
23. THE SIMPSONS GAME – DS
24. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET – Xbox 360
25. BIG BRAIN ACADEMY – DS
26. THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Wii
27. VIVA PIÑATA – Xbox 360
28. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 – PS2
29. KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN – Xbox 360
30. NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET – PS3
31. ASSASSIN’S CREED – PS3
32. FIFA 08 – PSP
33. FIFA 08 – PS3
34. FIFA 08 – Xbox 360
35. 42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS – DS
36. RESIDENT EVIL 4 – Wii
37. MASS EFFECT – Xbox 360
38. LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA – DS
39. GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK – Xbox 360
40. POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION – Wii

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Hardware

DS – 120,000
Wii – 82,000
Xbox 360 – 59,000
PlayStation 3 – 51,000
PSP – 33,000
PlayStation 2 – 30,000

Top 20 Games

1 Wii – Super Mario Galaxy – 94,000
2 PS2 – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock W/Guitar – 82,000
3 360 – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – 78,000
4 360 – Assassin’s Creed – 60,000
5 Wii – Wii Play – 51,000
6 360 – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock W/ Wireless Guitar – 32,000
7 360 – Mass Effect – 30,000
8 PS3 – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – 30,000
9 PS3 – Assassin’s Creed – 26,000
10 360 – Halo 3 – 26,000
11 DS – The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
12 DS – Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
13 Wii – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
14 DS – Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
15 WII – Mario Party 8
16 Wii – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/Guitar
17 360 – Guitar Hero II w/Guitar
18 DS – New Super Mario Bros.
19 PS2 – Need for Speed: Pro Street
20 PS2 – WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008

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Select Game Sales Outside The Top 10

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 330,000
360 Rock Band 312,000
Wii Zapper With Link’s Crossbow Training  232,000
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 180,000
High School Musical 180,000
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles 120,000
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune 117,000
PS3 Rock Band 70,000
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 65,600

U.S. LTD’s

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption ~500,000
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure 35,000

Console-Software Tie Ratios

360 6.85
PS3 4.01
Wii 3.86 (not including Wii Sports)

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