Weekly Video Game Post – November 18, 2009

Weekly Video Game Podcast – Nov. 16, 2009 27 mins (12.4 MB)

  • Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
  • First off, I’d like to thank my cat for allowing me enough time to edit and type this up…really nice of the furball to give me a couple of minutes peace for a while
  • We’re looking at the video game sales the week before Modern Warfare 2. It’s a bit of a lame duck week but considering the piss-poor sales of Band Hero and Lego Rock Band, it’s interesting nonetheless.
  • We also mull through the video game releases of this week which is bigger in the number of quality big name titles but is still dwarfed by Modern Warfare 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
  • All our sales data comes from www.vgchartz.com
  • Continue reading for all the release dates and expanded sales figures.

Video Game Sales For The Week of November 7, 2009

Rank

Console

Title

Publisher

Weeks of Release

Sales for the Week

1 Xbox 360 Dragon Age Origins EA 1 219k
2 Wii Wii Fit Plus Nintendo 5 143k
3 Xbox 360 Forza Motorsport 3 Microsoft 2 131k
4 Wii Wii Sports Resort Nintendo 15 102k
5 PS3 Dragon Age Origins EA 1 102k
6 Wii Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 80 92k
7 Xbox 360 Borderlands 2K 2 92k
8 PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves SCEA 4 49k
9 Xbox 360 DJ Hero Activision 2 48k
10 Wii Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games Sega 4 47k
20 Xbox 360 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Sith Edition LucasArts 1 31k
27 Wii Band Hero Activision 1 28k
29 PS3 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Sith Edition LucasArts 1 28k
41 PS3 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Konami 1 23k
47 PS2 Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier SCEA 1 21k
49 Wii Need for Speed: Nitro EA 1 20k
50 Xbox 360 Band Hero Activision 1 20k
53 Xbox 360 Lego Rock Band EA 1 18k
57 PS3 Band Hero Activision 1 16k
58 Wii Lego Rock Band EA 1 16k
64 PSP Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron LucasArts 1 15k
71 PS2 Band Hero Activision 1 14k
90 PS3 Lego Rock Band EA 1 12k
107 DS Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron LucasArts 1 10k
111 DS Hidden Mysteries: Titanic-Secrets of the Fateful Voyage Activision Blizzard 1 10k
122 DS Lego Rock Band EA 1 10k
126 Wii Rabbids Go Home Ubisoft 1 9k
135 DS Style Savvy Nintendo 1 9k
156 Wii Hooked! Again: Real Motion Fishing Aksys 1 8k
158 Xbox 360 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Konami 1 8k
168 DS Need for Speed: Nitro EA 1 8k
173 PSP Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier SCEA 1 8k

 

This Week’s Video Game Releases

Monday, November 16, 2009

Arcade Bowling (DSiWare)
Art Style: Digidrive (DSiWare)
Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures (Wii-Virtual Console)
Pokemon Rumble (WiiWare)
Robot Rescue (DSiWare)
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (Wii-Virtual Console)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3, X360)
Assassin’s Creed 2: Discovery (DS)
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP)
Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral (DS)
Buck Fever (Wii)
Chaotic: Shadow Warrior (PS3, X360, Wii, DS)
Discovery Kids: Spider Quest (DS)
EA Sports Active: More Workouts (Wii)
Formula 1 2009 (Wii, PSP)
Foto Frenzy: Spot The Difference (DS)
God of War Collection (PS3)
Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 (Wii, DS)
Imagine: Artist (DS)
Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue (Wii)
JumpStart: Escape From Adventure Island (Wii)
Just Dance (Wii)
Left 4 Dead 2 (X360)
Lego Indiana Jones 2 (PS3, X360, Wii, PSP, DS)
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
My Hero: Doctor (DS)
My Hero: Firefighter (DS)
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 (Wii)
NCAA Basketball (X360, PS3)
Petz Dogz Talent Show (DS)
Petz Hamsterz Superstarz (DS)
Planet 51 (Wii, DS, PS3, X360)
Rec Room (Wii)
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii)
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! (PS3, X360, Wii)
SingStar Latino (PS2, PS3)
Sushi Go Round (Wii)
The Princess and the Frog (Wii, DS)
Tony Hawk: Ride (Wii, PS3, X360)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (PSP)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Diner Dash (Xbox Live)
Gyromancer (Xbox Live)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Peggle (PSN)

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