Australia Sales Chart, Week Ending February 5

The Australian retail chart continues to slumber, as Need for Speed: Most Wanted continues to dominate the market for going on two months now. The chart is still plagued with a lack of new titles; instead, the same 15 to 20 games cycle through the available top 10 spots, with certain games appearing more consistently than others. Buzz: The Music Quiz Bundle is one such consistent seller, switching places with WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 06 yet again in their dance between #2 and #3. Other peripheral-based games are still hot, whether they're falling a bit (like EyeToy: Play 3, down to #9 this week) or rising back up (SingStar 80s Bundle, returning to the chart at a respectable #6). All that remains of the PSP in Australia is Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but it remains immovable at #4, as does Ricky Ponting International Cricket 05 at #6. "New" to the chart this week are Mario Kart DS, coming back in at #8, and Shrek Superslam for GBA at #10, proving the apparently stagnant state of the Australian market. Surely there's an opportunity for someone to realize something here, anything, and have it snatched up by grateful Aussies.

Official Australia Interactive Games Charts (c) GfK Group