FIFA 09 scores chart top spot

By Robert Purchese Published 7 October, 2008

Fastest seller in series. Top 40 inside.

FIFA 09 has scored a number one debut in the UK All-Formats chart this week, becoming the fastest selling instalment ever in the football series.

So popular was the sports game that only GTA IV and Halo 3 flew off shelves quicker on Xbox 360, and only GTA IV on PS3.

The success of FIFA 09, which is rather good actually, pushed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed down to two.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway increased pace to get to three, elbowing or perhaps bayoneting scrawny Wii Fit to four.

Mario Kart Wii raced around in a friendly manner at five - just ahead of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 at six, Wii Play at seven and Big Beach Sports at eight.

Pure, the lively off-road racer from Disney and Black Rock Studio, held in there at nine, and the chart was rounded off by Carnival: Funfair Games at 10.

There were no other new releases of note, although second week sales for Samba de Amigo and Sonic Chronicles got the games entries at 18 and 31, respectively. Super Mario Galaxy reappeared at 21, too, thanks to some retail promotions.

Warhammer Online tumbled down from 13 to 32 this week, which also waves goodbye to Too Human, Crysis Warhead, and both PES 2008 and FIFA 08.

Here's that top 40 in full:

  1. FIFA 09 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  3. Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  4. Wii Fit (Wii)
  5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  6. Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii)
  7. Wii Play (Wii)
  8. Big Beach Sports (Wii)
  9. Pure (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  10. Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
  11. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, DS)
  12. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  13. WALL-E (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  14. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS)
  15. LEGO Indiana Jones (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  16. Mercenaries 2 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2)
  17. Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, DS, PS2, PSP)
  18. Samba de Amigo (Wii)
  19. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS)
  20. Family Trainer (Wii)
  21. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
  22. The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  23. Spore (PC)
  24. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
  25. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Xbox 360)
  26. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
  27. Puzzler Collection (PSP, DS)
  28. Sports Island (Wii)
  29. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS)
  30. Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PS3)
  31. Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
  32. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
  33. Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii)
  34. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii, DS)
  35. TNA iMPACT (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2)
  36. Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (Wii)
  37. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)
  38. de Blob (Wii)
  39. Need For Speed ProStreet (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  40. Assassin's Creed (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, DS)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.

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About Robert Purchese

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Comments (20) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Paolo_ray #1 3 years ago

    Rightly so! It's an awesome game.

  • Zomoniac #2 3 years ago

    Go FIFA. Thoroughly deserved. Second best game of the year after GTA IV, so nice to see sales reflecting quality.

  • richie9997 #3 3 years ago

    Its cos Tesco were/are selling FIFA at £29.71 on Xbox and PS3! Thats where I got mine from anyway!
    Edited by 1 at 07/10/08 @ 09:09

  • smelly #4 3 years ago

    YAY!! Yearly updates with marginal imrpovements.. Just what the industry needs!!

    *sigh*

  • gtmacc #5 3 years ago

    Yay for incremental releases....

    Bought FIFA 08 & 09 and i must admit the upgrade is worth it, 09 is so much better than 08.

  • Vanmunt #6 3 years ago

    I read the sales split were 42% Xbox and 40% PS3...... useless fact of the day.

  • Aretak #7 3 years ago

    YAY!! Yearly updates with marginal imrpovements.. Just what the industry needs!!

    *sigh*

    Spot on, smelly. What we really need is another ten Mario Party titles to really get the industry's juices flowing.

  • anamenos #8 3 years ago

    the game of the year???

  • captainrentboy #9 3 years ago

    Good to see Pure doing so well against the other huuge releases.
    Really enjoying the game, especially online, although I'm kind of ashamed to admit I'm finding it pretty facking difficult to win every event from the sixth championship onwards:/

  • chrisjm #10 3 years ago

    'so nice to see sales reflecting quality. '

    even pap versions get the top spot, its just co-incidence the two happened together.

  • JaysonG #11 3 years ago

    For once FIFA actually deserves it's success. How odd.

  • bivith #12 3 years ago

    Can anyone explain why all the advertising I've seen for this game has only mentioned that it's out on PS2 and PS3 ( including this site, and the woolies advert I saw on TV)?

  • septimus #13 3 years ago

    For once well deserved. Really enjoying FIFA for the first time since probably the MegaDrive.

    Good to see actual games in the top ten, not crappy Wii mini-game waggleathons.

    -Edit- as to advertising, nothing MS didn't do with GTA and nothing EA didn't do with Tiger Woods which was Wii specific 99% of the time on tv.
    Edited by 1 at 07/10/08 @ 10:32

  • secombe #14 3 years ago

    Can anyone explain why all the advertising I've seen for this game has only mentioned that it's out on PS2 and PS3 ( including this site, and the woolies advert I saw on TV)?

    Probably a Sony supported promotion or something. Remember the GTA IV adverts, all of which were for the 360, same thing I guess.

  • bestforever7 #15 3 years ago

    Having rented Fifa 09 due to all the hype I must say I am thoroughly disappointed. It is in my humble opinion overrated. The game is undoubtedly the best Fifa I've played, but it's so repetitive - dribbling isnt fun and responsive like in PES, passing is just the same as every fifa, but improved slightly due to the thru ball etc.

    I despise the power bar - when you're in a tight spot in the centre of midfield and you want to hit a long thru ball you have to wait for the bar to fill up, and you're inevitably tackled.

    I think shouts for this being game of the year are quite absurd

  • MilkYMoO #16 3 years ago

    I thought the ps3 demo was terrible but the pc demo was good. Controlling the players with the mouse was a bit dodgy though. I'm definitely buying the ps2 version, but its annoying the ps2 version has no online play.

  • Law07 #17 3 years ago

    Rightly so, great game.

    GOTY will be VERY interesting.

  • effinwooly #18 3 years ago

    quite right too........first FIFA game i ever bought an its blown me away ! and this from a die hard PES fanboy

  • AusFreelancer #19 3 years ago

    YAY!! Yearly updates with marginal imrpovements.. Just what the industry needs!!

    *sigh*

    @Smelly - Some people just don't get it, and you certainly don't. You obviously don't like football...or sports games judging by countless previous posts. And that's ok, I don't get RPGs...yet I don't go trashing them in every fricken related comments thread.

    Anyways, definitely deserved, congrats EA nice to see a footy game EVOLVING ;)

  • HammyWammy #20 3 years ago

    Good on u all 360, ps3 & even ps2 fans. It's worth it. I advise us wii owners to stay clear from it & just stick with PES for now as the wii version is fantastic for the wii (well controls anyway)