Mario tops post-Christmas game sales

Mario is first to the finish line in post-Christmas sales

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games proved to be the most popular game during the post-Christmas period down under, taking out the first spot in the overall game charts, according to data trackers GfK Australia.

Nintendo games dominated the overall charts for the week of December 24 to 30, 2007, with seven out of the top 10 being from the House of Mario. The popular puzzle game More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? reappeared in the overall charts after a brief hiatus, coming in at number two, while Nintendo's pack of Nintendogs managed to claim the third, fifth, and sixth spots, respectively. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 for the PlayStation 2 closed the week off in the 10th position.

In other charts news, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare topped the PlayStation 3, PC, and the Xbox 360 charts, respectively, despite not making it into the overall game chart. Sony's karaoke franchise, SingStar, proved to be quite the holiday hit, with eight out of the possible 10 games in the PlayStation 2 chart being taken by a SingStar title.

All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Wii
2. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
3. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends, Nintendo DS
4. Super Mario Galaxy, Wii
5. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends, Nintendo DS
6. Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends, Nintendo DS
7. Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, Nintendo DS
8. SingStar R&B, PlayStation 2
9. SingStar Rocks!, PlayStation 2
10. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008, PlayStation 2

Top 10 PS3 Games (over A$60)
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
3. Need for Speed ProStreet
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
5. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
6. Formula One Championship Edition
7. Assassin's Creed
8. FIFA Soccer 08
9. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
10. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. Halo 3
3. Assassin's Creed
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
5. Need for Speed ProStreet
6. Mass Effect
7. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
8. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
9. The Simpsons Game
10. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree bundle
5. Pokémon Battle Revolution
6. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
8. Mario Party 8
9. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
10. Crash of the Titans

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff
3. Crysis
4. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage
5. World of Warcraft
6. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
7. The Sims 2: Seasons
8. The Sims 2: Pets
9. The Sims Life Stories
10. The Sims 2

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
2. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends
3. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
4. Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?
5. Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends
6. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends
7. The Simpsons Game
8. Drawn to Life
9. Pokémon Diamond
10. Pokémon Pearl

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. SingStar R&B
2. SingStar Rocks!
3. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
4. SingStar Pop Hits bundle
5. SingStar '80s
6. SingStar Anthems
7. SingStar
8. SingStar '90s
9. Need for Speed ProStreet
10. SingStar Pop

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
2. Crash of the Titans
3. Ricky Ponting 2007 Pressure Play
4. The Simpsons Game
5. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
6. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
7. FIFA Soccer 08
8. Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
9. Medal of Honor Heroes 2
10. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

All data supplied by GfK Australia.