COD: Modern Warfare 2 outsells Harry Potter on Amazon, Tops UK Charts once again

It is the first time that a video game has ever topped the charts at Amazon and underlines how gaming, once a niche passtime for teenage boys, has become a mainstream entertainment for millions of British families.

It beat the DVD of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince into second place. Third place was taken by the DVD of Michael McIntyre Live 2009, crowning an amazing year for the comic, who has become, in a short space of time, the country's most successful stand up.

Though it was attacked by some for its often violent nature, it was also praised for the high quality of its graphics and imaginative storyline.

The figures from Amazon come a week after The Daily Telegraph revealed that video games industry is now officially bigger than the cinema industry in Britain, in terms of money taken at the tills.

In the twelve months to the end of September 2009, £1.73 billion was spent on video games, according to the data company GFK Chart-Track.

1. Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2.....Video game

2. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince....DVD

3. Michael McIntyre Live 2009.....DVD

4. SanDisk 8GB SDHC Secure Digital Card.....Electronics

5. FIFA 10......Video games

6. Twilight.....DVD

7. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown....Books

8. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer....Books

9. Star Trek XI....DVD

10. I Dreamed A Dream,Susan Boyle.....Music

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6910729/Modern-Warfare-2-best-selling-item-on-Amazon-in-2009.html

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2. UK charts: MW2 celebrates 8 weeks on top News

Activision's Modern Warfare 2 has dominated the UK all-formats chart for an eighth consecutive week - the longest unbeaten run since Need for Speed: Underground 2 in 2004.

The 53rd week of 2009, ended 2nd January, welcomed no new releases, although the tides of Christmas shoppers jiggled proceedings, a bit.

On the up were Assassin's Creed II (2), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (3), Wii Sports Resort (4) and Wii Fit Plus (5). FIFA 10 slipped (6) and was chased hard by Just Dance (7), New Super Mario Bros. Wii (8), Mario Kart Wii (9) and Avatar (10).

1 1 Modern Warfare 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 3602 5 Assassin's Creed II PC, PS3, Xbox 3603 6 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Wii4 4 Wii Sports Resort Wii5 3 Wii Fit Plus Wii6 2 FIFA 10 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 3607 10 Just Dance Wii8 7 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii9 9 Mario Kart Wii Wii10 12 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36011 8 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 36012 15 Need for Speed: Shift PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 36013 23 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36014 11 Left 4 Dead 2 PC, Xbox 36015 31 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS316 Re-entry Batman: Arkham Asylum PC, PS3, Xbox 36017 22 Wii Play Wii18 24 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Xbox 36019 21 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 36020 39 Tekken 6 PS3, Xbox 36021 13 LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 36022 22 Borderlands PC, PS3, Xbox 36023 23 The Saboteur PC, PS3, Xbox 36024 26 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 36025 25 Grand Theft Auto IV PC, PS3, Xbox 36026 36 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36027 Re-entry Call of Duty: World at War DS, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36028 25 New Super Mario Bros. DS29 Re-entry Colin McRae: DiRT 2 DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 36030 34 LEGO Indiana Jones DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 36031 28 Peppa Pig DS, Wii32 Re-entry Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC, PS3, Xbox 36033 27 Football Manager 2010 PC, PSP34 32 LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 36035 29 Dragon Age: Origins PC, PS3, Xbox 36036 Re-entry Up DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36037 Re-entry Guitar Hero: Metallica PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 36038 20 F1 2009 PSP, Wii39 Re-entry Lips: Number One Hits Xbox 36040 Re-entry Halo 3: ODST Xbox 360

Well thats good, because Harry Potter sucks! :P

See now this really grinds my gears people think playing video games is something only pubescent teenage boys do in their bedrooms and then drop the habit when they get out in the sunlight but NO those teenage boys are now 30-40 and they are still playing games and with a lot more cash to spend,

Plus with the exemption of WOW players a lot of us have families that have joined in with our hobbies.

People dont stop fishing why should we stop gaming.

and this is the first post, the second is in off topic discussions. My problem- dont double post the same thing at the same time in two different locations.

Third place was taken by the DVD of Michael McIntyre Live 2009, crowning an amazing year for the comic, who has become, in a short space of time, the country's most successful stand up.

Though it was attacked by some for its often violent nature, it was also praised for the high quality of its graphics and imaginative storyline.

ZAGAV3

That sounds like an interesting act.

Great news. May the hateful anti-geeks be forgiven for their odium. :)

[QUOTE="ZAGAV3"]

Third place was taken by the DVD of Michael McIntyre Live 2009, crowning an amazing year for the comic, who has become, in a short space of time, the country's most successful stand up.

Though it was attacked by some for its often violent nature, it was also praised for the high quality of its graphics and imaginative storyline.

Cherokee_Jack

That sounds like an interesting act.

:P looks like some wires were crossed in that there quote.