So Halo: Reach takes the top spot – who would have thought it? Judging by TSA’s review the game deserves its place at the top of the pile. Rather more interestingly though is Sports Champions coming in at number two – indicating that Move may have had a decent launch. Check out our review here. I do find it surprising that no other Move only games are in the top twenty – I expected Start The Party to fly off the shelves, but instead it’s down in 29th.
With more new releases on the way it will be interesting to see what places where this time next week.
Source: GFK Chart-Track
Charmed_Fanatic
Halo Reach at number one? … i thought it would bomb … :P
Klart
Great to see Sports Champions do so well; that means a lot of Moves were sold, which means Move will/can be supported in the future if this trend keeps on.
Apnomis
I’m surprised and slightly impressed to see Sports Champions in 2nd spot. I don’t know how many games you need to sell to get the number 2 spot (maybe even a number 1 spot in a non-Halo week) but it would indicate to me Move has had a successful launch – despite slightly ropey advertising by SCEE!
Given that it’s not even a freebie like it is in the US people would have had to buy this game as well as Move, and some Move sales would have been on the back of other games like RUSE or Tiger Woods. I wonder how much of a sales spike Resi 5 had too…
Dan Lee
I think Resi 5 was No.22.
simplebob
Dont both Toy Story 3 and Ruse have Move support? Not sure if this counts as there being two other move titles in the list as cant seem to see what platforms these sold on. Also does any one know how lengthy the move demos are off the PSN (or in the Starter demo disk)? People might just be keeping busy with the demos and sports champions before buying anything else.
jimmy-google
Not that long but there’s a lot of them. A lot of people will already have Move enabled titles like High Velocity Bowling, EyePet, Res 5, Toy Story 3 and Tiger Woods so I’d expect a large number didn’t even buy a game.
If you already had EyePet then you just needed one Move controller
jimmy-google
It’s certainly a solid start for Move when you consider it’s only been on sale for 3 days. Reach was one of the biggest launches in UK history (I think it’s the 5th fastest) and being given an extra 3 days sales was it always going straight to number 1. Almost any other week Sports Champions would have been a number 1.
I think reviews will have had an effect on which Move games did well. Most people probably bought just 1 game (or none if they already owned the likes of Ruse, Res 5, Heavy Rain, EyePet etc…) I would imagine most sales weren’t to the casual market either so Start the Party probably didn’t appeal to many.
Personally I bought Sports Champions and rented Start the Party, Ruse and Tiger Woods. Buying a game, 2 moves and a navigation controller was more than enough to spend in one week. (I also picked up a 2nd PS3 as well as one of my old ones broke a couple of months ago).
Foxhound_Solid
Looks like Move is doing very well indeed….
Rocket_345
No i guessed wrong :-(