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TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES)

WEEK 50 YEAR 2004
ENDING 11TH DECEMBER

LW      TW         TITLE                                                 LABEL
       1       1   NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND 2                         EA GAMES
       2       2   GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS                         ROCKSTAR
       5       3   CALL OF DUTY: FINEST HOUR                             ACTIVISION
       4       4   THE INCREDIBLES                                       DISNEY INTERACTIVE
       3       5   FIFA 2005                                             EA SPORTS
      13       6   PRINCE OF PERSIA: WARRIOR WITHIN                      UBISOFT
       7       7   GOLDENEYE: ROGUE AGENT                                EA GAMES
      10       8   THE GETAWAY: BLACK MONDAY                             SONY COMPUTER ENT.
       6       9   PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 4                                KONAMI
       8      10   HALO 2                                                MICROSOFT
      11      11   THE URBZ: SIMS IN THE CITY                            EA GAMES
       9      12   WWE SMACKDOWN! VS RAW                                 THQ
      12      13   THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN                               PLATINUM
      18      14   THE SIMS 2                                            EA GAMES
      15      15   KILLZONE                                              SONY COMPUTER ENT.
      20      16   LORD OF THE RINGS - THE THIRD AGE                     EA GAMES
      17      17   SONIC HEROES                                          PLATINUM
              18   LORD OF THE RINGS - BATTLE MIDDLE EARTH               EA GAMES
      23      19   EYE TOY: PLAY 2                                       SONY COMPUTER ENT.
      36      20   SHREK 2                                               ACTIVISION
      14      21   SEGA SUPERSTARS                                       SEGA
      19      22   HALF-LIFE 2                                           SIERRA
              23   CRASH TWINSANITY                                      SIERRA
      24      24   SPYRO: A HERO'S TAIL                                  SIERRA
      22      25   FOOTBALL MANAGER 2005                                 SEGA
      25      26   TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2005                             EA SPORTS
      26      27   SINGSTAR PARTY                                        SONY COMPUTER ENT.
      21      28   SHARK TALE                                            ACTIVISION
      29      29   FINDING NEMO                                          DISNEY INTERACTIVE
      16      30   TONY HAWK'S UNDERGROUND 2                             ACTIVISION
      27      31   TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON 2                            RED STORM
      28      32   HARRY POTTER - PRISONER OF AZKABAN                    PLATINUM
      32      33   BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN                                   EA GAMES
      35      34   SPIDER-MAN 2                                          ACTIVISION
      33      35   SCOOBY-DOO & THE CYBER CHASE                          THQ
      37      36   JAK 3                                                 SONY COMPUTER ENT.
      34      37   STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT                                LUCASARTS
      39      38   NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND                           PLATINUM
      38      39   POKEMON FIRE RED                                      NINTENDO
      31      40   DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI 3                              BANDAI

 

[Solid]

Go POP2 and PES4!

 

[evilromero]

Worst taste in gaming ever.

 

[number386]

The brits fell for the goldeneye trap, my friend bought it that game is utter poo.

 

[MrPing1000]

Hey kids welcome to EA country!

*stabs his follow countrymen for being stupid*


British are lulled by advertising, EA does a lot of it and nobody else really does. The Incredibles has been advertised LOADS recently as well as the new shittier getaway game

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Goldeneye is only selling because it's cheap.
Same for Black Monday - I saw that yesterday for £20.

 

[TekunoRobby]

NFS:U2 is devouring everything in it's path. Man they really knew what their public wanted in the sequel and the best way to advertise to them. Very impressive numbers.

 

[mrklaw]

British are lulled by advertising, EA does a lot of it and nobody else really does. The Incredibles has been advertised LOADS recently as well as the new shittier getaway game

Aaah, that old trick of letting people know your game exists....

 

[Dagon]

Also, notice the lack of Nintendo-exclusive games. Guess the Xbox and PS2 shortages aren't really helping them after all.

 

[wobedraggled]

Wow, people in the UK play some crap

 

[radioheadrule83]

I personally got the following recently (not this week):

LW      TW         TITLE                                                 LABEL
       1       1   NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND 2                         EA GAMES
       2       2   GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS                         ROCKSTAR
       3       5   FIFA 2005                                             EA SPORTS
       6       9   PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 4                                KONAMI

And I'm happy with every one. I actually enjoy FIFA more than PES4 in offline multiplayer. PES4 is a deeper, better game, but this FIFA has it's place.

NFSU2 is far better than the first. Quite addictive.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

NFSU2 (7/10), Incredibles (n/r), FIFA (7/10), Goldeneye (5/10), Getaway (5/10), Urbz (4/10), THIRD AGE (4/10)!!!!
(ratings from Gamereactor)

WORST. TASTE. EVER. I'm ashamed to be European. We need to launch our mag in the UK and teach them what games not to buy.

 

[B E N K E]

How much of the actual market does this chart cover? In Sweden we get similar charts, but it lacks a lot of the specialist shops and even one large specialist chain.

 

[Gregory]

Gamequality doesn`t really matter all that much anymore. It`s about brandname and hype. Plus it doesn`t help when mainstream media very often gives great scores to mediocre games.

I`ve seen Goldeneye for example getting 9/10 in videogame tv programs here. :/

 

[Suerte]

<insert UK EA homer picture here>

 

[radioheadrule83]

How much of the actual market does this chart cover? In Sweden we get similar charts, but it lacks a lot of the specialist shops and even one large specialist chain.

Chart track is quite good in the UK. Amazon.co.uk, Argos, Asda, Blockbuster, Comet, Chips, Choices, Currys, Dixons, Eplay, Game, Gamestation, Gameplay, HMV, Independents, Jungle, MVC, PC World, Sanity, Staples, The Software Store, Tesco, Virgin, V-Shops, W H Smith, Woolworths.

The core ones there are HMV, Virgin Megastores, Game, Gamestation etc. and they support every format. But the high street stores have quite an impact, and some of those have dropped or reduced Gamecube support: Comet/Currys/Dixons, PC World, Woolworths. Largely because of poor deals and sales in those stores. But that helps explain Nintendo's complete impotence in the UK chart, even when they release a big title themselves (ie. Metroid Prime 2 the other week). Iwata should be as ashamed of things here as he is of Australia. It needs sorting next gen.