CHARTS: The Top TENS

Casual Games

1=The Enchanting Islands
2=Annie's Millions
3=DQ Tycoon
4=Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect
5=Fishdom
6=Alabama Smith: Escape from Pompeii
7=Risk II
8=Supermarket Mania
9=Bubbletown
10=Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox

Social Games



iPhone Apps Top selling this week

1.Flight Control
2.Bowman
3.Who has the Biggest Brain
4.Flick Fishing
5.Solitaire
6.Virtual Pool
7.Parking LOT
8.Cricket Game
9.Lets Golf
10.Monopoly Here and Now

CHARTS: HARDWARE Sales Feb 09

USA

PlayStation 2 131K
PlayStation 3 276K
PSP 199K
Xbox 360 391K
Wii 753K
Nintendo DS 588K

CHARTS: World top 10 for casual games

The Download market

1=WMC - A Darker Shade of Grey
2=Annabel
3=Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
4=Chocolatier 3 - Decadence by Design
5=OPERATION MANIA
6=The Serpent of Isis ™
7=Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate
8=Jewel Quest Solitaire III
9=Risk II
10=PICTUREKA! MUSEUM MAYHEM

CHARTS: This weeks top 10 casual games

1=Farm Frenzy - Pizza Party!
2=Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow
3=Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
4=Wheel of Fortune 2
5=The Serpent of Isis ™
6=Fishdom
7=Jewel Quest Solitaire III
8=THE GAME OF LIFE™ by Hasbro
9=Women's Murder Club 2
10=Cooking Academy 2

CHARTS: This weeks world top 10

1=Mystery P.I. - The NY Fortune
2=Adventure Chronicles: The Search for Lost Treasure
3=Fishdom
4=Liong: The Lost Amulets
5=Westward 3
6=Undiscovered World - The Incan Sun
7=Chess For Dummies®
8=TextTwist 2
9=Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year
10=Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

CHARTS: This weeks top 10 casual games

1=Mystery P.I. - The NY Fortune
2=Liong: The Lost Amulets
3=Totem Tribe
4=Crosswords For Dummies
5=Fishdom
6=Delicious - Emily's Tea Garden
7=Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
8=Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe
9=TextTwist 2
10=Bejeweled 2 Deluxe"

CHARTS: World Wide Console games

Casual titles still ruling in the console charts. Six out 10 are casual. A lot of this is down to the installed user base. So if you want true figures you need to look at the figures relatively.

And its this installed user base that is driving developers to release a flurry of games. However personally I think developers should be focusing on the Play Station Network. Its an ideal time to gain some ground and start leading the way. Its not cluttered, and I believe that this machine has a longer life span than its competition. This is how it will play out! Eventually Sony will allow players to do almost anything you can do on the Wii, the titles and content that are on Wii will eventually be available in some form or another. The experience that you can have on The PSN will be very broad and more importantly wont be matched on the Wii. Peripherals will extend the life of the PS3 way beyond the Xbox or Wii due the machines superior power and capability. Eventually people who own Wii's will want a broader experience and more choice they will get tired of the same old same old.

So unless the Wii grows with its audience and supporters it will eventually lose out to PSN & Microsoft

One thing Microsoft and PSN could do to speed up this race is make decision to allow cross platform communications between PC, mobile, ITV & Console networks. Then we have a truly awesome setting for the world playing together. Like they said in Berlin bring down the WALL !!!

CHARTS: Hardware Sales

Its always good to know your market potential, so if your thinking about platforms, check out this weeks sales for consoles and the total installed base.

Some things to think about.

Most important is the game good?

1) what support can you get from the platform, developer tools etc...
2) How flooded is the market (genera)lots of DS, but lots of games on Ltd shelf space
3) Who supports down loadable?
4) Original IP or licensed
5) Are you good at marketing or do you have a team?

Do not overlook a good marketing strategy, I don't mean putting up a website with some info about your release and screen shots that's not gonna wash.

CHARTS: 4 Of 5 top US games for 2008 are on the WII

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) – 3.5 million, estimated
2. Mario Kart (Wii) – 3.4 million
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) – 3.2 million, estimated
4. Wii Play (Wii) – 3.0 million
5. Wii Fit (Wii) – 2.8 million