Aussie gamers are obviously keen to emulate the Australian cricket team's routing of England in the recent Ashes series, with EA's Cricket 07 for the PS2 romping into number one position in the first game sales charts for 2007.
Cricket 07 knocked off WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 for the PS2 from the top spot, with the wrestling title slipping to fourth position in the sales charts for the week of January 1 to 7, according to data trackers GfK Australia. Sony's current-gen console had five representatives in the overall top 10; the Nintendo DS scored the next biggest haul with three entries.
Gears of War continued its strong run, and was once again the sole Xbox 360 title in the overall top 10. The Nintendo Wii's only representative of recent weeks--The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess--slipped out of the top 10 this week.
All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:
Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Cricket 07, PS2
2. Need for Speed Carbon, PS2
3. The Sims 2: Pets, PC
4. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, PS2
5. Gears of War, Xbox 360
6. Guitar Hero II bundle, PS2
7. Singstar Rocks! bundle, PS2
8. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends, Nintendo DS
9. New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS
10. Crash Boom Bang, Nintendo DS
Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games (over A$40)
1. Pokémon Emerald
2. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
3. Pokémon Ruby
4. Pokémon Sapphire
5. Happy Feet
6. Bratz: Forever Diamonds
7. Bratz Rock Angelz
8. Donkey Kong Country 3
9. Dogz Fashion
10. Lego Star Wars 2
Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2. Red Steel
3. Rayman Raving Rabbids
4. Need for Speed Carbon
5. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
6. Call of Duty 3
7. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
8. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
9. Madden NFL 07
10. Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. The Sims 2: Pets
2. World of Warcraft
3. Age of Empires III
4. The Sims 2: Open for Business
5. The Sims 2: Nightlife
6. The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
7. The Sims 2
8. EA Warfare Collection
9. Desperate Housewives
10. The Sims 2: University
Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
2. New Super Mario Bros
3. Crash Boom Bang
4. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
5. Pokemon Ranger
6. The Sims 2: Pets
7. Happy Feet
8. Mario Kart
9. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends
10. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Cricket 07
2. Need for Speed Carbon
3. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
4. Guitar Hero II bundle
5. SingStar Rocks! bundle
6. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party bundle
7. Australian Idol Sing
8. Scarface: The World Is Yours
9. Canis Canem Edit (Bully)
10. Buzz! The Sports Quiz bundle
Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
2. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
3. Need for Speed Carbon
4. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
5. Tekken: Dark Resurrection
6. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
7. Lemmings
8. Sonic Rivals
9. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
10. Family Guy
Top 10 Xbox Games (over A$50)
1. Call of Duty 3
2. Need for Speed Carbon
3. Scarface: The World Is Yours
4. FIFA 2007
5. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
6. Lego Star Wars 2
7. Eragon
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
9. Superman Returns
10. Destroy All Humans! 2
Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Gears of War
2. Massive Entertainment Pack
3. Need for Speed Carbon
4. Saints Row
5. Fight Night Round 3
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
7. Call of Duty 3
8. Viva Pinata
9. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
10. FIFA 2007
All data supplied by GfK Australia.
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