EA sits on UK charts throne

By Robert Purchese Published 18 September, 2007

Big debuts can't shift it.

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.

Pop over to GamesIndustry.biz for more facts and figures from the wonderful world of news.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • souljacker2000 #1 4 years ago

    Nice to see Nintendo being pushed out a bit!

  • Metalfish #2 4 years ago

    But by Ea? Not a great improvement I'd imagine.

  • Monkey_Puncher #3 4 years ago

    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.

  • penhalion #4 4 years ago

    Medal of honor is short....really short! I played it, cleared it and traded it inside of a weekend. Not sure why it's on top of the charts!

  • Big-Swiss #5 4 years ago

    perhaps not everybody is as good and quick as you are...............

  • Killerbee #6 4 years ago

    Wii Play will continue shifting copies whilst the Wii does. A second controller is prety much essential and despite the mini-games getting old very quickly, it's definitely the best way to pick one up. I wonder if the forthcoming Wii Zapper will do the same business...

  • Madafunkola #7 4 years ago

    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.

  • chicknstu #8 4 years ago

    Gamers are an enigma.

    In a world of Paper Mario, Bioshock, and a week away from Halo 3, and with Call of Duty 4 on the horizon... they go out and buy EA shovelware....

  • Peew971 #9 4 years ago

    You would think that this should stop next week with Halo 3 but then EA comes with the almighty skate. two days later.

  • the_dudefather #10 4 years ago

    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)

  • Brianstorm #11 4 years ago

    Paper Mario review?

  • Razz #12 4 years ago

    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.

  • Steroyd #13 4 years ago

    In a world of Paper Mario, Bioshock, and a week away from Halo 3, and with Call of Duty 4 on the horizon... they go out and buy EA shovelware....

    So tell me what's new, next thing you know Fifa will outsell Halo 3, not that it will but I wouldn't rule it out particularly the UK chart.

  • LeD #14 4 years ago

    Razz, I think you'll find that the chart-toppers are currently titles aimed at the hardcore market.

  • chicknstu #15 4 years ago

    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.
    Edited by 3 at 18/09/07 @ 11:56

  • evild_edd #16 4 years ago

    "perhaps not everybody is as good and quick as you are............... "

    My missus keeps telling me those traits are mutually exclusive, though I try to argue the contrary.... ;0)

  • Sid-Nice #17 4 years ago

    "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.

  • jmctavish #18 4 years ago

    Wii Play is a great game when you consider that it costs the equalivilant of £5. The people who knock it are completely missing the point. It's the perfect introductory Wii game, even more so than Wii Sports.

  • penhalion #19 4 years ago

    @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!

  • miiiguel #20 4 years ago

    Razz: yeah..., casuals really buy a lot of games (not!), as we can see from the Wii units sold and Wii games sold. If Wii (read casuals) bought as many games as "hardcore" the tops would be but Wii titles.
    Edited by 1 at 18/09/07 @ 12:52

  • ArcMonkey #21 4 years ago

    Wii play at 5th? People must be buying extra controllers for Mario Strikers...

    And, yea, what about the Super Paper Mario review? Doesn't Eurogamer feel out of the loop, having not reviewed it?

  • anamenos #22 4 years ago

    imagine FIFA is coming at Sept 28th an other 5 weeks in the top of the table for EA :D

  • QotSAfan #23 4 years ago

    "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.