Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
edged back to the top spot in the list, which comprises this week's 10 top selling games in the UK, with 16,412 mentions - over half of which were positive and 15 per cent were negative. Infinity Ward's FPS has benefited from a significant marketing effort by Activision for its Stimulus Package DLC. Meanwhile enthusiasm for Final Fantasy XIII fell limp and tumbled to third place at 12,036 mentions.God of War III has unsurprisingly made a strong debut at number two with a total of 14,106 mentions, however, 20 per cent of mentions were negative, the highest level in the chart. Battlefield Bad Company 2 took fourth place with 6,532 mentions with over 50 per cent positive and 12 per cent negative. Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain came in at number five with 2,949 mentions and Metro 2033 came in sixth at 1,129 mentions
Wii Fit saw 956 mentions at seventh place, while Sonic All-Star Racing and Just Dance took eighth and ninth places with 848 and 794 mentions respectively. Wii Sports resort closed the rankings at ten with 683 mentions.
Every week, the Edge Games Index, produced in association with Brandwatch, rates games according to the volume of positive and negative buzz they're inspiring on the web.
Each chart allows you to rank the list by the overall quantity of buzz about each title, by the quantity of positive or negative buzz, and by the percentage of positive or negative buzz. To explain the numbers you’ll see on the charts, the number alongside the volume of responses represents the absolute number of mentions the game in question has had, while the ‘last week’ column represents a game’s position in relation to the others on the chart seven days ago.
The data is compiled by brand intelligence specialist Brandwatch. To find out how its system works, see our explanation.