UK Charts: Xbox 360 dominates top five

By Matt Martin Published 13 September, 2006

Dead Rising on top, Saints Row, Test Drive in close pursuit.

Capcom's bloody adventure title Dead Rising has bludgeoned its way to the top of the Chart Track all-formats charts this week, becoming the fastest-selling Xbox 360 title to date.

Sales of THQ's gangster shooter Saints Row have dropped by 43 per cent, although the game sits in the number two position ahead of two other new entries - TT Games' Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy at number three and Atari's 360 exclusive Test Drive Unlimited, debuting at number four.

THQ's Cars is still continuing to perform well at number five, while the rest of the top ten has been bumped down due to new releases. The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff sits at six, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories represents for Rockstar at number seven and New Super Mario Bros. for the DS is at number eight.

The Sims 2 and Dr Kawashima's Brain Training both slip three places to the number nine and ten positions respectively.

The week's highest climber is Sony's PSP Getaway spin-off Gangs of London, up from number 23 to number 11, while the only other new entry in the top 40 is Ubisoft's Xbox 360 title Enchanted Arms.

Releases due this Friday include Sega's brawler Yakuza and a range of PC titles including shooter Joint Task Force from Vivendi, race sim GTR 2 from Atari and THQ's adventure Broken Sword: The Angel of Death.

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Comments (25) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Dizzy #1 6 years ago

    Impressive 360 sales.

  • sharpfish #2 6 years ago

    Dead Rising @ #1 (I knew it would do well, said last week it would knock that POS Saints Row into touch).

    Good 360 Sales. 'Gears Of War' is the next dead cert for 360 #1.

    Edited by 1 at 13/09/06 @ 11:31

  • Dizzy #3 6 years ago

    >'Gears Of War' is the next dead cert for 360 #1.

    I would say Just Cause will be a #1 as well.

  • jiveguy #4 6 years ago

    No, this is wrong, people should be holding out for the ps3! If this sort of nonsense continues ordinary folk are going to have too much time and money invested in their 360 to bother with the real next gen.

  • Dizzy #5 6 years ago

    Poor ordinary folk.. missing out on 1080p, amazing Bluray and super computer powers. A pity really. They might even get a Wii with that extra cash that will sadly be left over.
    Edited by 1 at 13/09/06 @ 11:56

  • rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #6 6 years ago

    1080p is a myth!

    /starts war

  • guest informant #7 6 years ago

    A myth is a female moth

    /adds a touch of levity

  • jlaakso #8 6 years ago

    I was a little worried that Dead Rising would be too eccentric and niche to really sell in the massmarket. Apparently not. Cool!

  • LetsGo #9 6 years ago

    Chart you say? Where? Here!

    01 Dead Rising
    02 [01] Saints Row
    03 Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
    04 Test Drive Unlimited
    05 [02] Cars
    06 [05] The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff
    07 [03] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
    08 [04] New Super Mario Bros.
    09 [06] The Sims 2
    10 [07] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
    11 [23] Gangs Of London
    12 [10] Animal Crossing: Wild World
    13 [16] Lego Star Wars
    14 [08] Pro Evolution Soccer 5
    15 Madden NFL 07
    16 [15] Need For Speed: Most Wanted
    17 [12] Star Wars: Battlefront II
    18 [13] The Sims (Original)
    19 [11] Pirates Of The Caribbean: Jack Sparrow
    20 [20] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    21 [17] Fifa Street 2
    22 [09] Reservoir Dogs
    23 [21] Over The Hedge
    24 [29] Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends
    25 [25] Big Brain Academy
    26 [22] The Godfather
    27 Enchanted Arms
    28 [14] Formula 1 06
    29 [18] Fifa 06
    30 [30] Tomb Raider: Legend
    31 [27] True Crime: New York City
    32 [28] The Simpsons: Hit & Run
    33 [31] Let'S Make A Soccer Team!
    34 [35] Wwe Smackdown! Vs Raw 2006
    35 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
    36 [32] Singstar Anthems
    37 [39] Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Mans Chest
    38 [33] Football Manager 2006
    39 [34] The Elder Scrolls Iv: Oblivion
    40 [40] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 06

  • Sid-Nice #10 6 years ago

    <a>rauper wrote: 1080p is a myth! </a>

    This statement is actually true; well it is true that even in the US they haven't got the means to broadcast in 1080p/24 or 1080p/30. So having a 1080p HDTV without a HD DVD player or a PS3 there's really no point. :)

  • Xerx3s #11 6 years ago

    1080p is a myth!

    LIES!

  • projectmayhem #12 6 years ago

    in fairness, there's exactly much else out right now anyway

  • Les #13 6 years ago

    "in fairness, there's exactly much else out right now anyway"

    I think you forgot the "not" in there... ;-)

  • Gurgeh #14 6 years ago

    In short there are no 1080p broadcast signals. However, 35mm film runs at 24 fps so if digitised into a 1080i broadcast at 50 or 60 fps you can theoretically re-create a 1080p 24 fps signal at the receiver. A very few TV displays include 3-2 pulldown reversal to do this.

  • cyber_nicco #15 6 years ago

    Reserved....

  • Sid-Nice #16 6 years ago

    In short there are no 1080p broadcast signals. However, 35mm film runs at 24 fps so if digitised into a 1080i broadcast at 50 or 60 fps you can theoretically re-create a 1080p 24 fps signal at the receiver. A very few TV displays include 3-2 pulldown reversal to do this.

    In theory this is correct; but is almost impossible during peak period television broadcasts.

  • mono_eric3 #17 5 years ago

    "A myth is a female moth

    /adds a touch of levity"


    HAHAHAHAH - thank you, I like it when I smile so early in the morning.

    : D

  • PS3lol #18 5 years ago

    360 owns Europe, anyone waiting for a PS3 in March is a tool.

  • Skooch #19 5 years ago

    "Poor ordinary folk.. missing out on 1080p, amazing Bluray and super computer powers. A pity really. They might even get a Wii with that extra cash that will sadly be left over."

    Wow, all my mates own TV's that support 1080p, NOT! You'd struggle to even buy one in the UK, the penetration must be pretty much zero. Amazing BluRay - have you seen the tests performed on BluRay versus HD-DVD, well HD-DVD blew BR away by a mile. Super computer powers my ass - performance of PS3 vs 360 has been found to be very, very similar. With the cash left over I won't be buying a Wii, but will be buying the games listed here, ahem, all 5 being 360 titles I see! As for the PS3, enjoy waiting until March! MUHAHAHAHAHAW!

  • Nobuo #20 5 years ago

    "360 owns Europe, anyone waiting for a PS3 in March is a tool. "

    The fact you post crap like this everywhere just proves how little confidence you really have in what you're saying.

  • Mox #21 5 years ago

    On a plasma or LCD there is practically no difference between 1080i60 and 1080p30, 1080i50 and 1080p24/1080p25. The difference is the order in which the scan lines are updated, not the image quality or picture stability or anything like that. The only current source of a 1080p60 signal is dynamic - such as a PC or (soon?) a PS3 output. It seems unlikely that broadcast or recorded media will use 1080p60 for the forseeable future.

  • EmiliasHorse #22 5 years ago

    Bloody Enchanted Arms! it would be far higher up the charts if Tesco saw fit to stock it. Bum hole... They have Prey at No.5 where it is not even in the 360 top ten in real life....Sodding Tesco stock and sell what they want to sell not what actually is in the charts. I could buy from Game or Gamestation but they specialise in daylight robbery (And they remove the disc from the box which bloody pisses me off no end...Grrr!). Looks like Play.com again.

    Is it just me or is online shopping less enjoyable? I like to peruse the games and then purchase the one I went in for in the first place...

  • dredd97 #23 5 years ago

    ps3lol

    says it all really, he's got to be a m$ employee what with the amount of shit he posts...

    nobody is that much of a fanboy unless your being paid...

  • Dizzy #24 5 years ago

    >As for the PS3, enjoy waiting until March! MUHAHAHAHAHAW!

    Skooch I was being sarcastic obviously!!!!

  • ronuds #25 5 years ago

    It's nice to see the 360 is such a hit.

  • Tomster #26 5 years ago

    Hm, I think it shows how desperate folks are for great 360 games. But more power to them... I'm still holding out for a next gen console but will prolly get a 360 anyway. With a year head start they should be getting true next gen games soon. Here's hoping!