SYDNEY--In Australia, karaoke is king. Sony's latest addition to its popular SingStar range, SingStar Legends, topped the Aussie game sales charts this week, knocking down last week's number one--EA's The Sims 2: Pets--to second spot.
SingStar Legend's number one position in the overall charts for the week of October 30 to November 5 capped off an impressive week for the PS2, with seven of the top 10 games belonging to Sony's current-gen console, according to data trackers GfK Australia. Canis Canem Edit (known as Bully in the US) for the PS2 secured third spot, with The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning from Australian studio Krome landing at number five.
Sony's Buzz series of trivia games was the other big winner, with three Buzz games making the top 10. Nintendo's DS had two entries in the overall charts, while the Xbox 360 crashed out this week with no top 10 inclusions.
All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:
Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. SingStar Legends bundle, PS2
2. The Sims 2: Pets, PC
3. Canis Canem Edit, PS2
4. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party bundle, PS2
5. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, PS2
6. Melbourne Cup Challenge, PS2
7. The Sims 2: Pets, Nintendo DS
8. Buzz! The Music Quiz bundle, PS2
9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Nintendo DS
10. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party (software only), PS2
Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games (over AU$40)
1. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
2. Crash and Spyro Pack Vol 3
3. Catz 2005
4. Dogz 2005
5. Star Wars Trilogy
6. Crash and Spyro Pack Vol 2
7. Pokemon Emerald
8. Cars
9. Over the Hedge
10. Bratz Rock Angelz
Top 10 GameCube Games (over AU$50)
1. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
2. Mario Smash Football
3. Mario Party 7
4. Cars
5. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
6. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
7. Mario Power Tennis
8. NFS Most Wanted
9. Mario Party 6
10. FIFA 2007
Top 10 PC Games (over AU$20)
1. The Sims 2: Pets
2. Battlefield 2142
3. Microsoft Flight Simulator X
4. Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
5. World of Warcraft
6. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War--Dark Crusade
7. Age of Empires III
8. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
9. Company of Heroes
10. Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition
Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over AU$40)
1. The Sims 2: Pets
2. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
3. New Super Mario Bros
4. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
5. Horsez
6. Crash Boom Bang
7. Shrek Superslam/Madagascar pack
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
9. Mario Kart
10. Cars
Top 10 PS2 Games (over AU$50)
1. SingStar Legends bundle
2. Canis Canem Edit
3. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party bundle
4. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
5. Melbourne Cup Challenge
6. Buzz! The Music Quiz bundle
7. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party (software only)
8. FIFA 2007
9. The Sims 2: Pets
10. Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Top 10 PSP games (over AU$40)
1. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
2. Tekken: Dark Resurrection
3. FIFA 2007
4. Cars
5. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW
6. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
7. NFS Most Wanted
8. Daxter
9. Midnight Club Racing 3: Dub Edition
10. Gangs of London
Top 10 Xbox Games (over AU$50)
1. Melbourne Cup Challenge
2. FIFA 2007
3. Lego Star Wars 2
4. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
5. Splinter Cell Double Agent
6. NFS Most Wanted
7. NBA Live 2007
8. Black
9. Destroy All Humans! 2
10. GTA: The Trilogy
Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over AU$50)
1. FIFA 2007
2. Splinter Cell Double Agent
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
4. Saints Row
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 6
6. Test Drive Unlimited
7. Marvel Ultimate Alliance
8. Dead Rising
9. Project Gotham Racing 3
10. Genuine Wireless Fun Pack
All data supplied by GfK Australia.