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UK Charts: FIFA blocks Lego Article

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Article by Matt Martin

10 October, 2006

Electronic Arts' FIFA '07 continues to demonstrate its retail staying power by remaining the top-selling title in the UK All Formats software charts on its second week of release.

Although sales have dropped by 29 per cent, the football favourite has still managed to sell more than the seven next best-selling all formats titles combined, while the rest of the chart has shuffled around in a week without any new entries in the top ten.

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy has fought its way back up the charts to number two, while Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07 stubbornly holds the number three position for the third week running.

Eidos' Just Cause continues to perform well at number four, while Square Enix's RPG Kingdom Hearts II stays at number five.

THQ's movie tie-in Cars bumps back up the charts to number six, overtaking acclaimed strategy title Company of Heroes at seven, while Dr Kawashima's Brain Training continues to bother the top ten at eight.

Codemasters' soccer sim LMA Manager 2007 sits at number nine, while Bizarre Creations' Project Gotham Racing 3 breaks back into the top ten on the back of a Xbox 360 promotional bundle.

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Zomoniac
10/10/06 @ 10:21
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Lots of people are buying the new 360 bundle then. Good news.

And first \o/
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10/10/06 @ 10:25
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Another thing, just a wondering, does a publisher get to choose what versions of games get bundled together in the charts? For example, FIFA RTWC on 360 never featured in the chart on its own, its sales were included with FIFA 06, despite being a different game. I expect when FIFA 07 on 360 comes out it will also have its figures thrown in with the current versions despite being completely different. Yet I'm pretty sure Nintendogs never got to number 1, because all three versions were listed seperately so they had three games that were, to all intents and purposes, identical, in the chart at any given time. If they're on the same platform do they have to be listed seperately or what? Cos they're far more alike to each other than the 360/current gen FIFAs are.
Moggo
10/10/06 @ 10:39
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EG, you keep reminding us of how popular FIFA 07 is. How a bout a freakin' review?
LetsGo
10/10/06 @ 10:45
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01 [01] FIFA 07
02 [04] Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
03 [03] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
04 [02] Just Cause
05 [05] Kingdom Hearts II
06 [08] Cars
07 [07] Company Of Heroes
08 [10] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
09 [06] LMA Manager 2007
10 [11] Project Gotham Racing 3
11 [14] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
12 [09] The Godfather
13 [12] New Super Mario Bros.
14 [16] The Sims 2
15 [13] Saints Row
16 [17] Lego Star Wars
17 [36] 42 All-Time Classics
18 [15] Dead Rising
19 [20] Gangs Of London
20 [18] Need For Speed: Most Wanted
21 [27] Tomb Raider: Legend
22 [19] The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff
23 [22] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
24 [24] Star Wars: Battlefront II
25 [26] The Simpsons: Hit & Run
26 [25] Animal Crossing: Wild World
27 [23] Tekken: Dark Resurrection
28 [31] Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
29 [--] Zoo Tycoon DS
30 [21] Test Drive Unlimited
31 [32] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition
32 [28] King Kong: Official Game Of The Movie
33 [33] Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends
34 [--] Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
35 [30] The Sims (Original)
36 [37] The Da Vinci Code
37 [--] Pirates Of The Caribbean: Jack Sparrow
38 [--] The Outfit
39 [39] WWE Smackdown! Vs Raw 2006
40 [34] Over The Hedge
AusFreelancer
10/10/06 @ 10:47
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"EG, you keep reminding us of how popular FIFA 07 is. How a bout a freakin' review?"

Meh, pretty much every man and his football wife has bought a copy, don't really need a review to tell me its bloody good (and I'm a 5yr pro evo veteran). I bought it saying it'll be back to the store in 5 days....2 weeks later and its still spinning in my PS2. Now PES 6 better be good or its going back...!

BTW: My money is on EA holding off review copies to limit damage from bad reviews
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Steroyd
10/10/06 @ 11:55
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Is this really shocking?

I mean... REALLY?
PuffyPipe
10/10/06 @ 18:18
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Good to see that the Simpsons:Hit & Run is moving up the charts again!

It would be a shame for this 3 year old tittle to out of the top 40.
Emilia'sHorse
12/10/06 @ 08:51
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If the 360+PGR3 bundle is 10th in October I wonder what the Xmas sales position will be.

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14/10/06 @ 00:12
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How ironic that like 6 games out of that 40 are good games.

Ironic or stupid consumers?
I vote for stupid consumers.

Fifa 07 IS better than other FIFAs but really, that's not saying much.
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