UK game charts: December 31-January 6

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:14 pm PT

FIFA 07 starts the new year on top as Electronic Arts offerings finish the week's sales race in first, second, and third.

With no significant new titles released for the week of December 31 to January 6, the sales charts experienced a simple reshuffling as the holiday buying frenzy turned into a January spending slump.

As a result, EA dominated the top of the UK all-formats chart once again with a total of six titles in the top 40, including the top three. FIFA 07 held on to its No. 1 spot, tailed by Need for Speed Carbon in second, and The Sims 2: Pets at three.

Titles on the rise this week included Canis Canem Edit (Bully in the US), which moved up three places to No. 5; Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, up six to eight; Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party, up 16 to 23; and Rayman Raving Rabbids, up five to 27.

On the other side of the coin, titles dropping down the charts included WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, down five slots to No. 11; Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Brain Age in the US), down three to 12; Tomb Raider: Legend, down eight to 21; and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Party Edition, down 10 to 33.

New releases that could show up on next week's charts include the highly anticipated (and heavily marketed) Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for the Xbox 360, and other titles including WarioWare: Smooth Moves for the Wii, World Pool Championship 2007 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2, and Children of Mana for the Nintendo DS.

Chart uk_sales for date 2007-01-23 03:48:07

FIFA 07

Publisher: EA Sports	Developer: EA Sports
Platform: PS2	Category: Soccer
Release Date: Oct 3, 2006

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2	Need for Speed Carbon Publisher: EA Games \| Platform: PS2 \| Category: Racing	release: Oct 31, 2006
3	The Sims 2: Pets Publisher: EA Games \| Platform: PC \| Category: Virtual Life Games	release: Oct 17, 2006
4	Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PS2) Publisher: \| Platform: \| Category:	release:
5	Bully Publisher: Rockstar Games \| Platform: PS2 \| Category: Action Adventure	release: Oct 17, 2006
6	Call of Duty 3 Publisher: Activision \| Platform: X360 \| Category: First-Person Shooters	release: Nov 7, 2006
7	Cars Publisher: THQ \| Platform: PS2 \| Category: Other Driving Games	release: Jun 6, 2006
8	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Publisher: LucasArts \| Platform: PS2 \| Category: Action Adventure	release: Sep 12, 2006
9	New Super Mario Bros. Publisher: Nintendo \| Platform: DS \| Category: Platformers	release: May 15, 2006
10	Gears of War Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios \| Platform: X360 \| Category: Other Shooters	release: Nov 7, 2006

23 Comments

morororo
Posted Jan 17, 2007 11:47 am PT

Actually, I'm looking at the wrong chart. Thought this was this weeks, where we do have a decent line up of games. But still, you're a dolt.
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morororo
Posted Jan 17, 2007 11:44 am PT

kavadias1981
As usual the UK game charts show how dull the average British gamer is. The funny thing is rubbish games sell so well here!

And you show how retarded you are. Nice work! This is the best chart line up in months. Go back to playing Madden, you dolt.
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lzorro
Posted Jan 10, 2007 11:16 am PT

Wow the oldest game there? NSMB
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tjharwin
Posted Jan 10, 2007 11:05 am PT

Why did the UK have to be dominated by Sony's Playstation 2? Of course that then lead on to people thinking the PSP was almighty, when it's rival (The DS) was actually the better console. I think the tables are slightly starting to turn. Many people at my school are starting to like the idea of the Wii, and I seriously doubt that 1/2 kids will own a PS3.
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Mover_Inner
Posted Jan 10, 2007 7:56 am PT

It's a matter of opinion Kavadias you mug.
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Mover_Inner
Posted Jan 10, 2007 7:54 am PT

People over here didn't get to caught by the hype over GOW than they did in the USA.I mean you guys thought it was the best thing since slice bread.Anywho the PS2 is all over the charts,nice to see Bully still up there,great game.
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razu_gamer
Posted Jan 10, 2007 3:17 am PT

To kavadias, most of those games are good.
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kavadias1981
Posted Jan 10, 2007 12:31 am PT

As usual the UK game charts show how dull the average British gamer is. The funny thing is rubbish games sell so well here!
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mephixto
Posted Jan 9, 2007 7:45 pm PT

GOW it's only popular in USA because the xbox it's only popular in USA too. The rest of the world is owned by sony and nintendo. Xbox fans are living in a bubble LOL!
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klusps
Posted Jan 9, 2007 6:28 pm PT

I though GoW is very popular and sold a lot. Why is it all the way down there?
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chapin_23
Posted Jan 9, 2007 5:33 pm PT

yea we need FiFa 2008 for PS3 soon, its going to be crazy
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ronaldinho10
Posted Jan 9, 2007 4:39 pm PT

when will there be a fifa game for the ps3
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s0ild_snake
Posted Jan 9, 2007 4:19 pm PT

its cool
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John926
Posted Jan 9, 2007 3:06 pm PT

The Sims 2 : Pets? Why would you buy that? Don't you chellovecks have pets already?
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Blinblingthing
Posted Jan 9, 2007 2:28 pm PT

Good Bye. Gears Of War
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comthitnuong
Posted Jan 9, 2007 2:26 pm PT

cars should be extremely proud of itself. i think this is the second week in a row that it still has outsold gears of war
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genes888
Posted Jan 9, 2007 2:13 pm PT

football crazy Poms! too bad ya'll got smashed in the Ashes! if they won that, then Cricket 2007 would probs top the list. Wow, Mario has once again proven the test of time! Mario rocks
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realmadrid4lyfe
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:58 pm PT

go fifa.
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CLeRKSfan4life
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:54 pm PT

"fifa 07 way ahead of GoW? Wow, the UK really has a very strange taste in games"

Yeah that's coz the UK is made up of Chavs and Football hooligans!!
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SR71halo
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:40 pm PT

fifa 07 way ahead of GoW? Wow, the UK really has a very strange taste in games
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taino1128
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:38 pm PT

I can't believe New Super Mario Bros. is on this list when it came out back in May
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Doolum
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:36 pm PT

The ball gives way to the wheels
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Re_ensurer
Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:29 pm PT

Nothing new.
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