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December 14th, 2009 at 11:00am
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War. What is it good for? Super successful games!
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may be undergoing a gradual sales slide, dropping another 11 percent this past week, but since the title has maintained the top position on the
UK sales chart for a fifth week, it must be sliding down on a pretty fluffy cushion.
Call of Duty: World at War held the high ground for five weeks last year before
FIFA took it during Christmas week. Speaking of
FIFA, the latest installment dropped from second to fifth this week.
Assassin’s Creed 2 couldn’t find the next grip location and holds its position in third. Nintendo has Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii at spots two, four and six, respectively. As for premieres, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks rolled in at 12th place and James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game entered at number 29. Now let’s see how Avatar: The Movie That Inspired The Game does. If it’s a hit, that should help sales of the game.
Source — Modern Warfare 2 Claims 5th Week at No1 [Chart Track]
Source — All formats chart [Chart Track]
Modern Warfare 2 spends fifth week atop UK sales charts originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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November 16th, 2009 at 11:08am
Under Xbox 360
Much like a dude-seeking missile dropped from an overhead predator drone, Modern Warfare 2 sales plummeted in the UK after the game’s first day of availability. As you already know, the game moved 1.23 million copies on its launch day — however, according to Chart Track’s calculations, it finished off the week with a paltry 1.78 million units (for £67.4 million) sold. With pathetic figures like that, you know Activision’s got to be feeling disappointed.
Other UK chart staples (Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort, FIFA 10) all maintained their top 10 ranking this week — though the list had two unfamiliar visitors who vaulted to the top of the charts on the back of a new 360 bundle: Lego Batman (which jumped from 14th place to 7th) and Pure (which sprung from 23rd place to 9th). That’s quite a comeback for these two titles, though perhaps they would have fared even better had they been bundled with copies of Modern Warfare 2 instead.
Source — Modern Warfare 2 Smashes All Records [Chart Track]
Source — All formats chart [Chart Track]
Modern Warfare 2 makes a killing, bundled games rally in UK sales chart originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 26th, 2009 at 10:41am
Under Xbox 360
Man, when is Europe going to get over this whole soccer thing? Not only do they love the real-life sport to an unhealthy degree, often leading to gang formation and general acts of hooliganism, but they also possess a collective, soul-crushing addiction for the game’s many virtual representations. For instance, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 debuted in the top sales spot for UK last week, bumping former first-place finisher FIFA 10 down to third place.
Nestled betwixt these two was Forza Motorsports 3, which admittedly has little to do with soccer. Fourth and fifth place went to Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 respectively, which have even less to do with soccer — though the appearance of a wrestling game in the top five gives us hope for the nation. Now there’s a sport.
Source — PES 2010 Scores All Formats No1 [Chart Track]
Source — All formats chart [Chart Track]
PES 2010 is top seller in UK, Forza and FIFA close behind originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 7th, 2009 at 10:36am
Under Wii / Nintendo
EA’s annual footie franchise must be doing something right this year because FIFA 10 has apparently sold 1.7 million copies in Europe during its first week. According to EA, the title is “the fastest selling sports game ever and EA’s biggest European launch in history.”
Even with the positive launch, GI.biz spoke with an analyst who believes the sales aren’t going to help EA in the long-term. Doug Creutz of Cowan and Company notes that heavy discounts at supermarket chains and other incentives made initial sales strong, but if the situation plays out anything like FIFA 09, the year-on-year sales will only grow marginally. But like a head-butt goal in the first minutes of a match, FIFA 10 is putting on a good show during launch.
Source — EA announces record-breaking launch FIFA 10 (EA)
Source — FIFA 10 record sales won’t boost profits (GI.biz)
EA: FIFA 10 is fastest-selling sports game ‘ever’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 5th, 2009 at 10:25am
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FIFA 10 — the Madden of Europa — had the most successful “all formats” launch since Grand Theft Auto IV in the UK, according to Chart Track. First week sales of the footie fiesta grew by nearly 48 percent over its predecessor’s opening week a year ago. This was the highest-selling launch of a FIFA game ever, with the Xbox 360 generating 48 percent of sales, PS3 46 percent, and the remaining formats making up six percent.
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (the Diabolical Box in the States) held onto the number two spot from the week prior, while Halo 3: ODST sales dropped 75 percent to the third spot, after holding last week’s crown.
Source — FIFA 10 scores BIG (Chart Track)
Source — All formats chart (Chart Track)
FIFA 10 debuts with record UK sales lead, Layton maintains second originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 21st, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Showing the far reaching effects of football (”soccer” for us Americans) fandom in a succinct two minute video, EA Sports asks UK residents in its latest ad for FIFA 10, “How big can football get?” From the looks of the insanity in the commercial (found after the break), we’re going out on a limb here and saying, “Substantially large.” Would you care to up that wager with a “significantly enormous?” Maybe a “demonstrably massive?”
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EA Sports: ‘How big can football get?’ Us: ‘Pretty big, we guess?’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 10th, 2009 at 02:00pm
Under Xbox 360
Imagine our excitement upon seeing Major Nelson announce that the demo for footy fiesta FIFA 10 was available on XBLM. Now, imagine our excitement being boiled like a Fatal Attraction bunny as we discovered the demo wasn’t available in Japan … or North America. That’s outrageous! We live and breathe for the sport!
Apparently, the excluded regions will have to wait before taking their linebacker down the field and scoring a run in the other guy’s hoop. The whole thing makes us want to scream like an athlete on an EA Sports cover.
FIFA 10 demo up on XBLM (except for you, America) originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 19th, 2009 at 02:15pm
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We may not know much about the athletes on the various covers of FIFA 10, but we do know that this trailer looks damn impressive. In fairness, the game often looks rather stunning, but the sizzle reel that EA has whipped up for GamesCom (found after the break) is specifically meant to show off the game to its most active market — which certainly comes through in production quality. Though we don’t watch a ton of sports (and we play even less) we’re legitimately looking forward to EA’s next entry in the FIFA series, set to release this October.
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Here’s a beautiful FIFA 10 trailer from GamesCom originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 11th, 2009 at 10:29pm
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After EA announced a trio of British gents gracing the cover of FIFA 10 in Europe last week, the company today revealed the box art for the North American iteration. Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA appear on the box, with Jason Bateman Chelsea’s Frank Lampard taking center stage.
EA also revealed the game’s release date Stateside to be October 20, while a Euro release has been confirmed for October 2. We’ll be spending the extra few weeks figuring out what exactly Chivas USA is. Peep the full cover and a new video of FIFA 10 in action after the break.
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Who? EA reveals FIFA 10 North American cover athletes originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 6th, 2009 at 03:00am
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We’ve been known to dabble in a FIFA game from time to time, though cover athletes aren’t really our forte, if you will. Rather than address our ignorance dead-on, we’ll simply tell you that Frank Lampard of Chelsea, Theo Walcott of Arsenal and Wayne Rooney of Manchester United are donning the cover of this year’s footballer.
Believe it or not, the game will feature more than just players from English teams. (Yes, we’re just as shocked as you by that possibility.) The game is set to land in the UK on October 2, and Amazon and GameStop are putting the game’s US release on October 20th.
EA reveals UK lovefest with FIFA 10 cover athletes originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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