US & UK eShop Charts: Nintendo Retail Downloads Fail

<p>Below are both the US &amp&semi; UK eShop charts for the beginning of this week&period; Whilst I&&num;8217&semi;ve always found taking a look at the eShop charts interesting this week something struck me&&num;8230&semi; where are the digital downloads which Nintendo are pushing so heavily even to the point of having them release at midnight as they did with <em>Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I would assume that the prices for said digital downloads are the main reason for this&period; In the UK we would need to pay £39&period;99 for a digital download where the majority of stores usually sell new releases between £24&period;99-£29&period;99&period; Nintendo simply has to reduce its prices if it wants this &&num;8216&semi;digital future&&num;8217&semi; idea to work in the long-term&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your views&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>US Charts<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Pokemon Dream Rader<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Liberation Maiden<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Super Mario Bros&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>NightSky<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Castlevania&colon; The Adventure<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask &ast;Retail&ast;<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Ghosts&&num;8217&semi;N Goblins<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Legend of Zelda&colon; Link&&num;8217&semi;s Awakening DX<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Cut the Rope<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Photo Dojo<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The &&num;8220&semi;Denpa&&num;8221&semi; Men&colon; They Came by Wave<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Plants VS Zombies<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Pushmo<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>New Super Mario Bros&period; 2 &ast;Retail&ast;<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Super Mario Land 2&colon; 6 Golden Coins<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>3D Classics&colon; Kirby&&num;8217&semi;s Adventure<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Colors&excl; 3D<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Mario Kart 7 &ast;Retail&ast;<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>UK Charts<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Pullblox<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Legend of Zelda&colon; Link&&num;8217&semi;s Awakening DX<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Pokemon Dream Rader<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Super Mario Land<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Super Mario Land 2&colon; 6 Golden Coins<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>3D Classics&colon; Kid Icarus<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>3D Classics&colon; Kirby&&num;8217&semi;s Adventure<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Super Mario Bros&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Gold&excl; 3D<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Zen Pinball 3D<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Plants VS Zombies<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Colors&excl; 3D<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Cut the Rope<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Dillon&&num;8217&semi;s Rolling Western<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Fun&excl; Fun&excl; Minigolf TOUCH&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Kirby&&num;8217&semi;s Dream Land<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Donkey Kong<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Mario vs&period; Donkey Kong&colon; Minis March Again&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Photo Dojo<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Mighty Switch Force<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&lbrack;Source&colon; &lpar;US eShop Charts&rpar; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;nintendoeverything&period;com&sol;103897&sol;3ds-eshop-charts-11512&sol;">Nintendo Everything<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;