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Sales Figures January-June 2009: UK Loves Nintendo

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The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo's Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five 'best sellers' chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK's most popular game ever.
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mathsman - 124 days 10 hours ago
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As predictable as this was, I still think it's good news. People aren't just buying their Wii and DS for one or two games - they're actually buying more and more games for them after. I think we finally have proof this isn't just a fad...
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SpoonyRedMage - 124 days 10 hours ago
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Yup. Surprisingly I even saw Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker in the charts in the HMV! That Akira Toriyama artwork must have made some parents think it was a really kiddy game but introducing kids to something as good as Dragon Quest is a good thing regardless if it's accidental.
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shadow master - 124 days 10 hours ago
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Thats a good point, and I,m happy for them. I just hope the WII's success is not at the expense of the hardcore gamers and the titles they love. Very well done to Killzone 2 for appearing on that list. A pleasant surprise and it shows the title does indeed have good chart longevity.

This is a shout out to all Hardcore Gamers out there : Look at these charts and be ashamed of yourselves (including myself). We should all be out there buying games, and making our most loved titles dominate that list. Although I am a PS3 fan, I think fans of both HD consoles should give the Wii some competition. It seems like the Wii is enjoying some undisputed success and we are all sitting there and watching it make fun of us. Although there is an argument that Casual gamers and non gamers make up most of the nintendo Wii's success, It should not really be a valid excuse.

Lets all do the best we can.

cheers
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arika - 124 days 1 hour ago
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1.3 - killzone 2 is the king of fps.
killzone 2 is the number 1 next gen game in uk. this game is awesome! just finished this game yesterday and i have to say that this is the best first person shooter that i have ever seen and played. if you don't believe me then you haven't played killzone 2 yet. thats is why if you don't own a ps3 yet, the bundle coming to bestbuy with mgs4 and killzone 2 included, is going to be the best bundle ever.
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Mindboggle - 124 days ago
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UK does sure love nintendo but out of all those nintendo games are first party apart from one. It just proves nintendo is terrible for third party games, as people with wiis dont really buy games unless they are made by nintendo...
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Greywulf - 124 days ago
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1.5 - So kZ2 out performed which version of Resident evil? I'd assume the 360 version since its 2:1 sales in the Uk right?
Or did it out perform the PS3 version?

Either way, GG deserved it. Best FPS this gen
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cyguration - 124 days 5 hours ago
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2 - UK loves the wii?
I think the world over loves the wii. Even though more Wii games are appearing on the charts they're still doing pretty bad when it comes to the critics.
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Gamer_Politics - 124 days 5 hours ago
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well i dont like that whole Wii gimmick but its killing the charts with alot of hardware/software bein sold..
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Ju - 124 days 4 hours ago
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I post this here, because that's how censorship on n4g works:

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...

(come on, delete me).
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Halo3 MLG Pro - 124 days ago
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LOL! That's a weak article. What if I create an article stating " Professor Layton and the Curious Village outsells Killzone 2 in UK."
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shocky16 - 124 days ago
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5 - And the 360 dominates the hardware numbers
:)
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cmrbe - 123 days 21 hours ago
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5.1 - Where did you get your HW numbers from?.
I am sure Nin won as well.
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Shnazzyone - 124 days ago
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6 - Mario Kart wii Crushes Killzone 2
That's what i'd make the headline. Amazing that a game that's almost a year old now is still selling so ridiculously. Proves what a selling point wii online can be. Should be hint to nintendo that if they just beefed up their online offerings they would be unstoppable. Guess wii hd is going to have to do it (sigh).
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arika - 123 days 23 hours ago
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6.1 - yup!
just by looking at your avatar, you seem to be the type of person who would play mario kart instead of killzone 2.
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militant07 - 123 days 22 hours ago
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6.2 - @that guy avatar
I loved that movie :) "The Shinning"
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jleack - 123 days 22 hours ago
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Go go Killzone 2!
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