Spidey Crawls to the Top of the Chart

Web-head's multiplatform antics knock Kratos down.

Neither the Spider-Man 3 movie nor the game has been particularly well received by critics but that didn't stop both from going straight to the top over the long weekend.

Activision's video game adaptation of Spider-Man's latest flick knocks God of War II out of the No. 1 spot, a position it held for just one week. Spidey was helped, no doubt, by its being released on all current platforms, as opposed to just the one for the PlayStation 2 actioner.

Evidence of the growing size of new console owners is the preference given to the Xbox 360 version of Spider-Man 3. The Xbox 360 version took 45 per cent of Spider-Man 3 sales, compared to 40 per cent for PS2 and 10 per cent for Wii.

Apart from Spider-Man 3, the best selling new release this week was Final Fantasy III, Square Enix's remake of its 17-year-old NES role-playing game. Final Fantasy III is one of five DS exclusives to make it into the Top 20 for the week.

The Top 20 games for the week ending 5 May, as determined by Chart Track, are below:

1. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. God of War II (Sony)
4. SingStar Pop Hits (Sony)
5. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Ubisoft)
6. Buzz! The Mega Quiz (Sony)
7. FIFA 07 (EA)
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA)
9. Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega)
10. Pokémon Ranger (Nintendo)
11. Final Fantasy III (Square Enix)
12. UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 (EA)
13. TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ubisoft)
14. Harvest Moon DS (Nintendo)
15. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
16. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)
17. Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Codemasters)
18. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo)
19. The Sims 2 (EA)
20. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (EA)

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo