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.
| TW | LW | Title | Publisher | Formats |
| 1 | 1 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | EA | PS2 |
| 2 | 3 | WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 06 | THQ | PS2 |
| 3 | 2 | Buzz: The Music Quiz Bundle | Sony | PS2 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Rockstar | PSP |
| 5 | 5 | Ricky Ponting International Cricket 05 | Codemasters | PS2 |
| 6 | - | SingStar 80s Bundle | Sony | PS2 |
| 7 | 7 | World of Warcraft | Vivendi | PC/Mac |
| 8 | - | Mario Kart | Nintendo | DS |
| 9 | 6 | EyeToy: Play 3 Pack | Sony | PS2 |
| 10 | - | Shrek Superslam | Activision | GBA |
Official Australia Interactive Games Charts (c)
GfK Group
