UK Charts: Need For Speed still out in front

By Rob Fahey Published 11 January, 2006

EA clocks a sixth week at number one with Need For Speed Most Wanted.

Electronic Arts' Christmas number one, Need for Speed Most Wanted, is still in the top spot of the UK charts this week, racking up a sixth week at number one and selling twice as many units as its nearest competitor, Ubisoft's King Kong.

Six weeks at the top is more than any other title has managed during the last year, and given how quiet January usually is in terms of new releases, NFS Most Wanted could be set to repeat the feat of its predecessor, Need for Speed Underground 2, which held on to the number one position for the first four weeks of 2005.

King Kong held steady at number two this week, while FIFA '06, last year's biggest-selling game in the UK, was also a non-mover at number three. Another EA title, The Sims 2, was the biggest mover in the top ten, up four places to number four.

The remainder of the chart is largely just shuffling for position between already established titles, with only Ubisoft's Crazy Frog Racer showing a major leap in position, rising 18 places to number 19.

The PSP's biggest-selling title, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, is still in the top ten - falling two places this week to number eight - while the best selling title on the DS is still Mario Kart DS, at number 32 this week in the all-formats chart

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  • RabidMonkey #1 6 years ago

    NFS Most Wanted could be set to repeat the feat of its predecessor, Need for Speed Underground 2, which held on to the number one position for the first four weeks of 2005.

    Bloody chavs!

    while FIFA '06, last year's biggest-selling game in the UK, was also a non-mover at number three. Another EA title, The Sims 2, was the biggest mover in the top ten, up four places to number four.

    Bloody EA!

    Ubisoft's Crazy Frog Racer showing a major leap in position, rising 18 places to number 19.

    Bloody kids!

    Oh, and FIRST!!! etc.

  • UncleLou #2 6 years ago

    Bloody chavs!

    /broken record

    NfS:MW is simply a great game.

  • Hench #3 6 years ago

    NfS:MW is simply a great game

    True, True

  • FooAtari #4 6 years ago

    It might be good, but even if it was average/crap it would still be at number 1...

  • UncleLou #5 6 years ago

    Yes, but it isn't. :p

  • Blerk #6 6 years ago

    Ubisoft's Crazy Frog Racer showing a major leap in position, rising 18 places to number 19.

    Due to it now being in every bargain bucket in the land, no doubt.

  • sickpuppysoftware #7 6 years ago

    Hang on, I thought every man and his dog was buying a DS, mario kart was the second coming, the psp was for music, videos and the games were all crap.

    Why then is the highest PSP game at no 8 and the highest DS at no 32. Buy some games you DS owners! It's after all what you keep telling us it's all about.

    However that's not the scary part the real sign of the approach of the 4 horsemen is chartwise - Crazy Frog Racer > Mario Kart DS

  • Blerk #8 6 years ago

    Actually the PSP and DS are neck-and-neck in the UK. It's only elsewhere that the DS is out-selling it by a large margin.

  • tengu #9 6 years ago

    "the psp was for music, videos and the games were all crap."

    Played many PSP games have you?

  • sickpuppysoftware #10 6 years ago

    "the psp was for music, videos and the games were all crap."

    Played many PSP games have you?

    I have, I was being sarcastic

  • Talha #11 6 years ago

    In many years, an EA's Christmas No 1 that actually DESERVED commercial success.

    Thank God they felt the need to revise the tired Undeground formula for this version - no one could have forced them if they decided not to!

    That said, I read somewhere 'Need For Speed Underground 3' as PS3 launch title. Let's hope it is just a hoax.

    Also: Crazy Frog Racer? Ubisoft? I thought they were better than that!
    Edited by 1 at 13/01/06 @ 07:34

  • jack_klugman #12 6 years ago

    NfS:MW is simply a great game

    NfS:MILF would be better.

  • Dagdriver #13 6 years ago

    I simply cannot see why nfs mw is so great. Driving feels odd. physics is a bit off, and the engine is not smooth at all (ps2). I have even tried it on X360, and to my surprise it didn't even run smooth there either. Great graphics on the x360 however....

  • Talha #14 6 years ago

    @Dagdriver: You know why? Because it is not 'Underground"! :)