UK Charts: Wii Sports Resort Chasing Modern Warfare 2

The UK Charts are in for the week thanks to GfK Chart-Track, and all signs show no stopping of Modern Warfare 2, which despite an 11% decline in sales from last week is sitting at #1 for the fifth week running. Activision’s war game is a hot contender for the Christmas #1.

Hot on its tail this week however is Wii Sports Resort, which has shot up from 5th place to 2nd and gained 17% in sales. Assassin’s Creed II hangs tight in third, with fewer games being sold (-3%). Like its sporty brother, Wii Fit Plus (+11%) is having something of a resurgence to #4 - the shake-up tackles FIFA 10 (-15%) to fifth position.

Once on top of the world, New Super Mario Bros. Wii (-5%) is sliding down the charts to #6, but other titles he’s featuring in are holding their own, with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (+15%) and Mario Kart Wii (+18%) at 7 and 10 respectively. Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport 3 sticks to ninth but gains 15% in sales.

The big surprise is Ubisoft’s Just Dance, which hits #8 but came all the way from position 30! The jump represents an astronomical 274% increase in sales. Lord knows the reasoning for it all - perhaps worries of dancing like a pro at the office Christmas party is encouraging all the sales.

Next week we should have the results of the Christmas #1. Who’s taking bets?

All Formats Week 50 (last week in brackets)
(1) - 1 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Activision
(5) - 2 - Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo
(3) - 3 - Assassin’s Creed II - Ubisoft
(6) - 4 - Wii Fit Plus - Nintendo
(2) - 5 - FIFA 10 - EA
(4) - 6 - New Super Mario Bros Wii - Nintendo
(7) - 7 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - Sega
(30) - 8 - Just Dance - Ubisoft
(9) - 9 - Forza Motorsport 3 - Microsoft
(10) - 10 - Mario Kart Wii - Nintendo