Spidey sticks to top spot

By Robert Purchese Published 22 May, 2007

Crackdown re-enters chart.

Activision has continued its winning streak by spending a third week on top of the All Format charts with Spider-Man 3, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars was close on its heels at number two, while the budget release of PES6 hogged the third spot.

Wii Play continued to show its popularity at number four, and Cooking Mama followed at five. EA's yearly updates of Tiger Woods: PGA Tour '07 and FIFA '07 were at six and seven this week.

Crackdown re-gained popularity thanks to the Halo 3 beta, re-entering the charts at eight, while Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training and Final Fantasy III took ninth and tenth, respectively.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • asphaltcowboy #1 5 years ago

    Just like the film, it seems Spider-man 3 is review-proof!

  • souljacker2000 #2 5 years ago

    Whos buying spiderman? all the shelves in my local game/gamstation stores are full to the brim... at least i can say i havnt lowered myself

  • zuljin #3 5 years ago

    Just a little aside, Spiderman 3 was released last week for the PS3, as it had some printing errors or such, hence it would've had a little boost in the past week.

    And yes its quite possibly the most frustrating button mashing game ever... Still can't stop playing it though... :)

  • Rirekon #4 5 years ago

    It's a sad day when a game re-enters the charts due to offering access to a Beta. Obviously these people don't really have any intention of playing the game or they would have got it earlier, so they are essentially paying £35 to enter a Beta...
    Sad.
    It's not even that good

  • Dizzy #5 5 years ago

    Well it isn't hard to be number one if your game is available on 289837 different formats.

  • Cuke #6 5 years ago

    Ummm the Spidy 3 game is really rather fun... or perhaps it's just me ;)

  • The-Bodybuilder #7 5 years ago

    Cheap bastard, buying crackdown just for the beta.
    Buy it for the game you bloody fools.

  • Steroyd #8 5 years ago

    yeah just not as BIIIIIIG as in America.

  • barnettbeans #9 5 years ago

    The game isnt that great infact to me its aweful however there's a huge amount of consumers that dont read reviews and only play casual so i can see why its still top.

    Advertising.

  • malteaserhead #10 5 years ago

    anyone know where there is info on EG about Spiderman 3? ;)

  • joeking #11 5 years ago

    Crackdown is an amazing game. The best released so far this year imo. Good to see its success continuing, even if it is off the back of Halo's rampant popularity. Just so long as they play the host game, and come to the inevitable conclusion that it is brilliant, then the series will have a bright future ahead of it either way. Halo ftw!

  • Darkedge #12 5 years ago

    Crackdown is great - some people may be buying it for the beta AND the game, especially recently as they have heard about the great DLC

  • krudster #13 5 years ago

    Spider-Man 3: coming soon to Spectrum, C64, Amstrad, Atari St, Amiga, Mega Drive, Master System, Saturn, Dreamcast, SNES, Game Boy, NES, Oric, Dragon 32, MSX, Vectrex, Atari 2600, Colecovision, WonderSwan, Neo Geo Pocket, N-Gage, GameCube and Sinclair QL.

  • belziah #14 5 years ago

    @Krudster

    Wheres the Atari 600xl version?

    And does it come on tape or on cartridge?
    Edited by 1 at 22/05/07 @ 11:13

  • Skooch #15 5 years ago

    "Crackdown re-gained popularity thanks to the Halo 3 beta"

    Absolutely nothing to do with the 2 content packs and the TU introducing a host of new modes then?

    Did I mention that I have all 800 Orbs? :-D

  • EmiliasHorse #16 5 years ago

    No Skooch you forgot to mention that.

  • Kropotkin #17 5 years ago

    I'm waiting for the day when developers just release a film license game that just consists of a video of the main protagonist holding £40/€50/$60 in his hand and laughing hysterically. It will still sell as much as this tosh. Makes you want to weep for the species.

  • EmiliasHorse #18 5 years ago

    I loved the scene in Spiderman3 when he pauses in front of the Stars and Stripes, gave me goose bumps all over I can tell you...erm.

    Is that bit in the game?

  • kangarootoo #19 5 years ago

    "It's a sad day when a game re-enters the charts due to offering access to a Beta."

    Not for the guys that worked on Crackdown its not.

  • Inquisitor #20 5 years ago

    Oh god, that stars and stripes bit made me feel ill. It wasn't a bad film, it was just throw away cinema popcorn fluff, that scene was just dire though.