UK game charts: May 13-20

By Phil Elliott, GameSpotPosted May 23, 2006 2:48 am PT

Ahead of the World Cup in Germany, football titles dominate the top five; X-Men: The Official Game is the highest new entry.

It was all about football this week as 2006 FIFA World Cup held on to the top spot in the UK sales chart, with Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (on the Platinum label) in at second. In addition, Championship Manager 2006 was fifth, FIFA Street 2 was 11th, and Football Manager 2006 climbed back up to 13th.

Elsewhere, Tomb Raider: Legend continued to capture the imagination of gamers, although it fell one slot to third place, whilst DS favourite Animal Crossing: Wild World climbed back to fourth.

The highest new entry of the week went to X-Men: The Official Game, which jumped in at the sixth spot, whilst Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter continued to campaign in seventh. Evergreen title The Sims 2 held on to eighth.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and The Godfather rounded off the top 10 all-formats chart in ninth and 10th respectively, but the big surprise of the week was the poor debut of The Da Vinci Code. Given the hype surrounding the movie's launch, it's a little odd that the game of the film didn't rank higher than its 12th place.

56 Comments

  • TheBates

    Posted May 31, 2006 1:12 pm PT

    Shouldn't that be Football Manager 2006?

  • ganon92

    Posted May 31, 2006 12:10 pm PT

    I know the sort of people who buy these crap games shown on this chart, the sort of people who buy PSP's because 'they are cool'. The sort of people who don't know the meaning of good games. The sort of people who think the DS is crap because: 'da grafix iz well crap- innit?!'
    I'm the only person in my class besides one who actaully plays decent games like Zelda, Halo or MGS.
    If only there was a lesson where all the class has to play Halo 2 on LIVE against one another, then i'd kick everyone's ass.

  • LorenaLarue

    Posted May 29, 2006 7:16 am PT

    Living in the UK. I feel the shame. Those dirty chavs. Good to see Animal Crossing up there though.

  • WolfieSelkie

    Posted May 28, 2006 6:43 am PT

    it's all the fault of the chavs

    i mean, thats why Ice Age is there... gotta buy something for their 7 year old kid they had when they were 12

  • Mr_Manikin52

    Posted May 27, 2006 8:43 pm PT

    I love British Football (Soccer).

  • sora_cloud_XD

    Posted May 27, 2006 8:28 am PT

    chart=games bought every week

    hardcore gamers=buy games that are well made/last a while

    therefore

    chart=games bought by kids/people who dont care much

    unless week includes
    lots of well made games that last a while... eg gta , ff

    near enough everyone who is of youth plays computer games in the uk..

    just most dont play all the time ... like us

  • Squidsy89

    Posted May 27, 2006 4:22 am PT

    I have never bought a football game (or any sport game), and never will. I can't stand them.

  • Shtinky

    Posted May 26, 2006 3:15 pm PT

    curse those chavs!!

  • dapsycho

    Posted May 26, 2006 2:51 am PT

    You guys know nothing ... football was a big part of this country even before chavs ... thats why we have thousands of football clubs ... even in all chavs suddenly dissapeared football would be the no.1 game ...

    Also, Its obvious that football games would be at the top - its the fricken world cup year ... jeeez

  • Satanmar

    Posted May 25, 2006 2:14 pm PT

    I love football, it's in my blood and I'm not a chav! god if I was I would kill myself!

  • Gribb85

    Posted May 25, 2006 1:52 pm PT

    Its the world cup guys, deal with it. Just take a look on all the adverts on television at the moment, everyone is trying to cast in especially mars(sic) so just let it wash over you and wait for next months. When a 'new' football game will top the charts Sensible Soccer, a welcome return for the old amiga throwback.

    And whats the deal with Sims 2 still being in the charts!!! Everyone in the UK surely has a copy already! Stop buying extra copys!!!!

  • kem2000

    Posted May 25, 2006 11:07 am PT

    God Damn, too many casual Chav gamers who are duped into buying the same old crappy EA Fifa Games OVER and OVER. This just goes to show how EA make their money, because their biggest selling games are not necessarily good, just that the majority of the population of the UK are Casual Gamers and they will keep buying a new version just to 'Keep Up'. It pisses me off...damn chavs, its all their fault!

  • Adz44

    Posted May 25, 2006 8:21 am PT

    That chart is about as exciting as an episode of Columbo...boring as hell. Damn the people who buy games based on advertisements alone...

  • FLSTYLE

    Posted May 25, 2006 6:23 am PT

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

  • Platyphyllum

    Posted May 25, 2006 4:35 am PT

    Wow! Brits sure like their sports games, I only have one! Well, it should be their choice to play the games they want to even though some of them are bad like Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and X-men: The Official Game.

  • apu41189

    Posted May 25, 2006 3:36 am PT

    Hope this chav nonsense only refers to fifa, man does that game suck. I think this sample of comments show how unrepresentative of gamers the gamespot community really is. In my opinion Pro Evo is one of the best games around and just because it is not a FPS set in the near future or an RPG with random battles or even a stelth game with nice light effecs doesn't meen it sucks.

  • Brooksiestoke

    Posted May 25, 2006 1:56 am PT

    Man... I hate football games. They just bore me to death.

  • Kwzy

    Posted May 24, 2006 1:49 pm PT

    British have a good tasty!!! they don't play Madden games!! heheeheh
    and, wow, PS2 dominate all the world, even 360 already in stores, the PS2 continue to make it's path...
    Sony is the Best

  • zhuojloh

    Posted May 24, 2006 12:51 pm PT

    where's xbox 360

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 24, 2006 11:08 am PT

    europeans love soccer huh

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