UK Software Charts: Zumba Fitness makes it 5 in a row for the week of July 16th

It?s always fun to see a new and unknown game hit the top of Chart Track?s UK Software Sales Chart and stay at No. 1 for a few weeks, to the frustration and chagrin of other, better established franchises like Call of Duty, FIFA and Battlefield.

When that title begins to outstay its welcome, however, those better established franchises tend to get a little? exacerbated, and now that Zumba Fitness has remained at No. 1 for five weeks in a row, and has managed to top the chart for a total of eight weeks this year, Activision, EA and other publishers must be pulling their hair out.

It?s understandable, however, that a game in the popular fitness genre would be able to maintain its winning ways for so long over the current videogame release dry spell, and not even the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ? Part 2 (on all formats) can dislodge the new chart royalty.

What are the rest of the plebs up to this week?

Despite a 24% drop in sales for Zumba Fitness, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (sales down 6%) shifts up to No. 2 from No. 3 last week, swapping places with DiRT 3 (sales down 25%), as Call of Duty: Black Ops (sales up 35%) climbs its way to No. 4 from No. 7 thanks to a price promotion.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (sales down 10%) is forced down one place to No. 5 as sibling LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (sales up 33%) darts up six places to No. 6. Debut entry Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ? Part 2 appears at No. 7 on the chart as EA Sports Active 2 reappears at No. 8, with a whopping 338% rise in sales with a price promotion in the UK.

The persistence of Brink (sales down 9%) is rewarded with a No. 9 chart position (down from No. 8) and Assassin?s Creed: Brotherhood (sales up 12%) finds a new home at No. 10 after charting at No. 15 last week.

The Top Twenty All Format UK Software Sales Chart follows below:

• 1.) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
• 2.) Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Activision)
• 3.) DiRT 3 (Codemasters)
• 4.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
• 5.) LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)
• 6.) LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)
• 7.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (EA)
• 8.) EA Sports Active 2 (EA)
• 9.) Brink (Bethesda Softworks)
• 10.) Assassin?s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
• 11.) Dungeon Siege III (Square Enix)
• 12.) FIFA 11 (EA)
• 13.) LA Noire (Rockstar Games)
• 14.) Marvel VS Capcom 3 (Capcom)
• 15.) Red Faction: Armageddon (THQ)
• 16.) UFC Personal Trainer (THQ)
• 17.) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
• 18.) FEAR 3 (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• 19.) Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
• 20.) LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 ? 4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)

You can read over last week?s UK Software Sales chart over here.

Source: Chart Track

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