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'Burnout Paradise' stays top of games chart

Published Tuesday, Feb 5 2008, 10:42 GMT | By David Gibbon
'Burnout Paradise' stays top of games chart
Electronic Arts' Burnout Paradise is top of the latest all-formats games chart.

The highly-rated racing title has remained at number one for a second week, despite a 13% drop in sales.

The PS3 version of the game accounted for 49% of all sales, almost overtaking those on the Xbox 360 after sales of the title fell by 16% on Microsoft's format compared to a 9% drop on PS3.

After months of Wii shortages, the bundled Wii Play rose in sales by 87% thanks to more stocks of the Wii console becoming available.

And a price war on WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 saw the game re-enter the top 10 this week, while Nintendo Wii game Donkey Kong Jet Race climbed 22 places to this week's number 11.

New Xbox 360 release Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom made its debut at number 33, but the biggest loser in the top 10 was Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games after sales dropped 46%, seeing the game slip two places to become this week's number four.

The top ten games in full:

1. (1) Burnout Paradise (EA Games)
2. (4) Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. (3) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. (2) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
5. (5) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
6. (8) FIFA 2008 (EA Sports)
7. (10) More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
8. (12) WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 (Ubisoft)
9. (7) Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
10. (6) The Simpsons Game (EA Games)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2007 ELSPA Ltd
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