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Mercenaries 2 Lights Up UK Chart

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By Tom Ivan

September 9, 2008

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Pandemic developed Mercenaries 2: World in Flames entered the UK all formats chart at No1, with the Xbox 360 version of the title accounting for 60 percent of first week sales, compared to 33 percent on PS3 and the remainder on PS2 and PC.

The previous week’s bestseller, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, dropped a spot to No2 despite a nine percent bump in weekly sales.

Spore sold just 1,162 units fewer than the golf title to debut at No3, with sales of the Will Wright game accounting for 53 percent of all full priced PC titles sold during the week.

Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Take-Two’s Carnival: Funfair Games both fell one place, to fourth and fifth respectively, while Mario Kart Wii slipped four positions to No6 and Wii Play two spots to No7.

Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and THQ’s Big Beach Sports and Wall-E rounded off the top ten.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise debuted at No23, Deep Silver’s PC-only S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky at No25, and Square-Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery for Xbox 360 at No28.

01.   Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (EA)
02.   Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (EA)
03.   Spore (EA)
04.   Wii Fit (Nintendo)
05.   Carnival: Funfair Games (Take-Two)
06.   Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
07.   Wii Play (Nintendo)
08.   Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
09.   Big Beach Sports (THQ)
10.   Wall-E (THQ)

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk ChartTrack, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd.

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On September 9th Ben_B said:

This is most likely due to a slow period on the release front, because Mercenaries 2 is a game that doesn't deserve to be at the top of the chart. I bought the game on the promise of online co-operative play, but it seems no one saw fit to announce the fact that they had region locked the online play (which somewhat scuppered my attempt to play with my friend in Canada, the sole reason I bought the game). Beyond idiotic decisions such as that, the game is riddled with bugs absolutely everywhere. It's appalling to think that someone decided it was OK to release a game that is so horribly broken, but hey this is EA, I shouldn't really have been surprised.