Spider-Man 3 Pummels Chart Rivals

The release of the PlayStation 3 version helps the webcrawler along.

Spider-Man 3 for the PlayStation 3 was finally released last Friday, a couple weeks after it hit most other platforms, and the uptake kept the web-head's latest right at the top.

The PlayStation 3 version accounted for nearly a fifth of all copies the game sold last week and the PlayStation 2 for nearly half, according to numbers from research firm Chart Track.

There was a not-unexpected jump for Microsoft's futuristic brawler Crackdown, which includes a code for the Halo 3 multiplayer beta (see our hands-on impressions) now running on Xbox Live. The game leaped to No. 8 this week, up from No. 18 the week before.

Wii Play continues its surprising run, slipping only slightly, down to No. 4 for the week. Nintendo's compendium of minigames is the first of five casual games in the Top 20 - a list that also includes new SingStar and Buzz! games for the PlayStation 2.

The Top 20 games for the week ending 19 May, as determined by Chart Track, are below:

1. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
2. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (EA)
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
6. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA)
7. FIFA 07 (EA)
8. Crackdown (Microsoft)
9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
10. Final Fantasy III (Square Enix)
11. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Ubisoft)
12. SingStar Pop Hits (Sony)
13. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)
14. The Sims 2 (EA)
15. God of War II (Sony)
16. Buzz! The Mega Quiz (Sony)
17. Need for Speed: Carbon (EA)
18. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts)
19. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo)
20. Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega)

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo