Given the large turnout of gamers at midnight launches around Australia last week, it comes as no surprise to see Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV at the number one and two spots in the overall Australian game charts, according to data trackers GfK Australia. Although a GfK Australia spokesperson declined to disclose specific sales numbers, he told GameSpot AU that the Xbox 360/PS3 split was similar to UK sales numbers. Last week, it was reported that 55 percent of all GTAIV sales in the UK were for the Xbox 360, with the remaining 45 percent being on the PlayStation 3.
Mario Kart Wii, the previous week's number one, has been knocked down to number three for the week of April 28-May 4. The Wii Play bundle has made a return, taking out fourth place. Despite not being tracked as a full-priced game for the last two weeks, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has also returned to the chart, in the sixth spot. The two Brain Training games for the Nintendo DS have taken out seventh and eighth places, respectively, whereas Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on the Wii is at number nine. Finishing up the week is Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising and Relaxing Your Eyes in 10th position.
In other charts news, God of War: Chains of Olympus continues to dominate the PSP chart, spending another week at the top of the platform-specific chart.
All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:
Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Grand Theft Auto IV, Xbox 360
2. Grand Theft Auto IV, PlayStation 3
3. Mario Kart Wii, Wii
4. Wii Play bundle, Wii
5. Time Crisis 4 bundle, PlayStation 3
6. Grand Turismo 5 Prologue, PlayStation 3
7. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
8. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
9. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Wii
10. Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising and Relaxing Your Eyes, Nintendo DS
Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Time Crisis 4 bundle
3. Grand Turismo 5 Prologue
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. Assassin's Creed
6. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
7. Iron Man
8. SingStar bundle
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
10. Army of Two
Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Halo 3
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
4. Assassin's Creed
5. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
6. Iron Man
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
8. Army of Two
9. MX vs. ATV Untamed
10. Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back
Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Mario Kart Wii
2. Wii Play bundle
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
6. High School Musical
7. Mario Party 8
8. Carnival Games
9. Sega Bass Fishing
10. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party
Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
3. World of Warcraft
4. The Sims 2: Free Time
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
6. Sins of a Solar Empire
7. Assassin's Creed
8. The Sims 2
9. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage
10. Sims City 4 classics
Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
2. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
3. Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising and Relaxing Your Eyes
4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
5. Imagine Babyz
6. Professor Kageyama's Maths Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method
7. The Simpsons Game
8. New Super Mario Bros.
9. Mario Kart DS 10. Imagine Fashion Designer
Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
2. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
3. MX vs. ATV Untamed
4. SingStar Pop Hits bundle
5. Crash of the Titians
6. SingStar '90s bundle
7. SingStar '80s
8. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
9. SingStar Rock Ballads
10. V8 Supercars 3 platinum
Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. God of War: Chains of Olympus
2. The Simpsons Game
3. Need for Speed ProStreet
4. MX vs. ATV Untamed
5. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories platinum
6. Jackass: The Game
7. Crash of the Titans
8. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
9. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike
10. FIFA Soccer 08
All data supplied by GfK Australia.