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EA has remained at the top of the UK all-formats charts this week, where Medal of Honor: Airbone soared above big-name competition from Midway, Nintendo and Sony.
That's according to Chart Track data interpreted by the futuristic brain of GamesIndustry.biz, which saw Stranglehold debut at number two despite being released only on Xbox 360 - the PS3 version will follow in October.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 was still swinging well at three this week, while Nintendo's new Wii torch-bearer, Super Paper Mario, could only manage fourth.
These were followed by familiar faces Wii Play and More Brain Training on DS in fifth and sixth respectively.
Meanwhile Sony's autumn blockbuster Heavenly Sword managed to slash its way into the charts at seventh, in front of The Sims 2: Bon Voyage in eighth and the original Brain Training in ninth.
Last but not least was BioShock, which kept its head above water to round off the best sellers in tenth.
Further down in the murky waters of 'all the rest' were Colin McRae: DiRT, which re-entered at 11th thanks to the freshly released PS3 version, and Forza Motorsport 2 - showing its face again thanks to strong sales from a promotional bundle.
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Monkey_Puncher
18/09/07 @ 09:54
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Can't believe Wii Play is still selling, that game is utter shitewash!
Only reason I can imagine people buy it is for the extra controller....might as well just get a stand alone and spare yourself from the crappy game. |
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Madafunkola
18/09/07 @ 09:58
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I think this is where the divide between x360/PS3 and Wii will be more apparent. It would seem that Paper Mario is a Wii "must-have title", but how many Wii owners must have the "must-have title". A lot of Wii-ers I know are happy to play Wii golf for the next year. Xbox/Playstation fans seem to be more eager to get their hands on the new AAA titles on release day and get Stranglehold to the (near) top of the charts.
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the_dudefather
18/09/07 @ 10:15
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where I work, you can get wiiplay for the same price as a stand alone controller when you buy a wii
so its pretty much one copy of the game sold with every wii console sold (until we run out) |
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I love the Charts.
It clearly shows that Hardcore gamers are the minority, populist gaming is right up there with the casuals atm. Actually I suppose it always been that way. :/ Hardcore gamers really have an over inflated self view of importace, they should know their place quite frankly. Developers and Publishers are business that primarily like to make money and will cater to the needs of many rather than the handful, by comparison, of hardcore gamers that populate the market. |
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Razz, I agree..
The majority of people who buy games aren't here on the forums. They are invisible during E3, and they'll buy the game with the biggest stall in the store / most hype. It's not a BAD thing, I mean, most people have better things to do than keep up-to-date with critical opinion on video games... it's just unfortunate for the rest of us because the best games tend to be the ones which nobody plays, and so the chances of seeing more in the future becomes slimmer.
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"while Nintendo's new Wii torch-bearer, Super Paper Mario, could only manage fourth."
Anti Nintendo slur: The Paper Mario games have never been big sellers in the UK; all this shit about hardcore and casual gamers is utter bollocks. Super Paper Mario would have been better received if it had been launched closer to the US release back in April. There is absolutely no hype with SPM; yet Stranglehold has all the bullshit of the game coming from film director John Woo. |
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@Big Swiss
There are less than 10 missions in the game and unless you want to do each mission 5 times to land on the 5 special landing zones, there is no re-play value in there at all. Where did this trend of 6 hour games come from! It's fine if the game costs 9.99 as in the old spectrum days but, this has got to be unacceptable when you are paying 40 quid a pop! I got heavenly sword on friday and am off to trade it in a few minutes while I have my lunch! |
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"Hardcore gamers really have an over inflated self view of importace, they should know their place quite frankly. Developers and Publishers are business that primarily like to make money and will cater to the needs of many rather than the handful, by comparison, of hardcore gamers that populate the market." Hardcore gamers buy the most games per year, around 13 games or so, so they are infact one of the industries biggest movers.
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