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UK game charts: July 9-15

By Guy Cocker, GameSpot UKPosted Jul 18, 2006 9:38 am PT

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories holds on to top spot for a fourth successive week, despite strong pressure from Prey.

The week of July 9 to 15 has been an interesting one for the UK games chart. With the end of the World Cup, football fever is on the wane and both 2006 FIFA World Cup and Pro Evolution Soccer 5 are slipping down the chart. There have also been three new entries, with 2K Games' Prey making the highest debut at number two.

However, all this movement has done little to disturb the number-one selling game in the UK. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories has dominated the charts for four weeks since its PlayStation 2 release last month.

The cinematic release of Pirates of the Caribbean movie helped the tie-in games do particularly well, with the handheld Dead Man's Chest titles sitting above The Legend of Jack Sparrow on the PlayStation 2 and PC. Another film-based title, Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, made a reappearance in the chart at number nine thanks to its Xbox 360 release. THQ's Cars did less well, entering the chart at number 16, but the release of the film in the UK on July 28 may help it reach the top 10 yet.

UK chart company Chart Track reports that Prey's high entry has mainly been due to the Xbox 360 release, which accounted for 77 percent of the game's sales. However, as a game that was originally conceived 10 years ago and one that has dipped in and out of development limbo ever since, Human Head Studios and 2K Games will be pleased to see the game's strong performance at retail. Chart-Track also reports that despite dropping 34 percent in sales over last week, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is still holding onto number one thanks to the budget-price PS2 release.

Eidos' titles Hitman: Blood Money and Tomb Raider: Legend both finally dropped out of the top 10 during the week of July 9 to 15, after a considerable showing in the last couple of months, but perhaps the most notable drop is Sega's Chromehounds, which took a huge fall from 10 last week to 29. There are no high profile games scheduled for release in the UK this Friday, so it's unlikely there will be too much change in the charts next week.

46 Comments

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 6:16 pm PT

    kids are on holidays... hence godawful disney fare and chav budget games for younger, on-a-budget chavs.

  • P2L5NM

    Posted Jul 20, 2006 8:41 am PT

    6 games on a sony console, way to go sony!

    Again....these charts are SO misleading because GS don't mention that it's a Multiformat chart. It's got OtH for PS2 but that's the combined sales for every console at no.5 not just the PS2 version. Same goes for PRey and PotC.

  • NextGenAdam

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 1:24 pm PT

    Once again let down embarassingly by my country's poor average... I would never consider buying most of the games on that list. Apart from the DS ones.

  • Star2020

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 10:41 am PT

    it seems GTA is doing well in the UK

  • PwnageUK1989

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 9:32 am PT

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  • reborn_demon

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 7:23 am PT

    Think you guys are underestimating the serious lack of games comin out on both the ps2, psp, and xbox 360 at the minute here in the UK, the reason why GTA:LCS has been number one for so long is it's big name title that people assume has quality and at a bargain price is far more attractive to buy than the slew of overpriced games that fail to gain interest, as for prey, i was majorly disappointed with the game, and so are most of my friends, i expect prey to stay in thetop ten for about 2-3 weeks but thats only beause there are no other new titles worth taking it's place.

  • Septimus

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 6:27 am PT

    Chavs and their DSS money from the government + no job (don't want one) = time to play **** games which they think are cool, thanks to the ability to beat up hookers. It's like a Friday night out for them but sitting in front of the TV.

  • DanC1989

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 4:12 am PT

    Pro Evo 5 still in the charts even after 9 months. Well done..it's finally more popular than Fifa

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 2:03 am PT

    Meh. GTA:LCS.........

  • glitchgeeman

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 8:30 pm PT

    Wow, poor UK. They seem to have no taste in games if GTA: LCS is STILL their #1 selling game. And it's for the PS2! WTF!? Do Europeans need two versions of the same game? They need to look beyond the cookie cutter titles and see the rare gems that are so often overlooked.

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 8:07 pm PT

    Wow. I still don't understand this Liberty City Stories thing in the UK. It's pretty amazing actually.

  • Shingo

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 6:41 pm PT

    Can you say BRAND RECOGNITION? Mario. GTA. Soccer. 4 movie games. And to wrap it all up, Brain Age. It doesn't seem UK has very many people paying attention to games. "Hey, Pirates of the Carribean! The movie was great, I bet the game is too! Let's get that!"

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 6:30 pm PT

    liberty city stories is still #1? what?

  • Fallout_red

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 4:25 pm PT

    Thank God that Prey is selling well, I kant wait for a sequel. This gem deserves a 9 at least and GS gave it 7.5!!!!

  • Aslanpower86

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 4:14 pm PT

    I always feel sorry for Europe, just like I do for the US against Japan: always getting the games last.

  • gamer_10001

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 3:13 pm PT

    GTA finally gets off US charts and now its on UK charts. One day there will be a day where GTA isn't on the charts.

  • jofy

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    sony rules again and again and again;I cant wait for the ps3

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 2:26 pm PT

    maybe america is passing on it's traits to the UK in terms of what kinds of games they like.

  • mrblah00

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 2:12 pm PT

    How come america is so slow to realize that Pro Evo is better than FIFA? It sells so pathetic here yet in Japan and Europe its #1. I guess it makes sense since america is one of the only countries that doesnt know anything about soccer, I guess its only natural that the worst soccer game sells the best.

  • automaticsnake

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 1:51 pm PT

    Nice LCS selling strong.

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