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Ubi's Just Dance For Wii Tops UK Charts For Second Week
by Kris Graft [PC, Console/PC]
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January 25, 2010
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Ubisoft's Wii rhythm game Just Dance has become an unlikely chart-topper for the second week in a row in the UK, as it takes advantage of the post-holiday sales lull.
Lull or not, Just Dance ranked as the top game on Chart-Track's all-platforms sales list for the week ended January 23, outselling Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2, Electronic Arts' Army of Two: The 40th Day and other high-profile titles that enjoyed heavy marketing. Just Dance launched in the UK on November 27.
Chart-Track said Just Dance is the first Ubisoft game to capture the number one spot for more than a week since November 2007's original Assassin's Creed. The tracking firm also said Just Dance "recorded the highest ever sales for a game in the second week of the year." For week three, the only game to sell better was Blizzard's phenomenally successful World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which launched in 2007.
The only new release to crack Chart-Track's top 40 was Capcom's Dark Void, which came in at number 33. Two games dropped out of the top ten from the previous week: THQ's Darksiders and Sega's Bayonetta.
Chart-Track's all-platforms list lumps together unit sales of all versions of a given title.
UK All-Platforms Top 10
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
4. Army of Two: The 40th Day (EA)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
6. FIFA 10 (EA)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
8. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
9. Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
UK Individual Platforms Top 10
As Just Dance is only available on one platform, the Wii, the game was also able to top Chart-Track's individual platforms rankings, which were virtually a shuffle from the prior week. Bayonetta for Xbox 360 was the only game to fall out of the top 10, dropping from 10 to 22.
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft, Wii)
2. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii)
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Xbox 360)
5. Army of Two: The 40th Day (EA, Xbox 360)
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, PS3)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii)
8. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii)
9. Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
10. Army of Two: The 40th Day (EA, PS3)
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