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feisar · 12-23-2003, 09:38 AM

Norton always sells well because almost everyone who has a PC goes out and buys anti-virus software, through Microsoft style forced domination Norton is about all thats left so it always charts high.. (Although Ive not bought anti-virus software since the days of Solomon's Home Guard.. oops) the charts I post are the "All Software" charts so stuff like that counts..

..a lot of things like microsoft office dont make the chart all the time because they are mostly pre-loaded on PC's when bought you dont even get the disk.. business tends to buy their software pre-loaded too or in deals exempt from the chart..

Console related stuff like Datel's Action Replay and Freeloader have their own seperate charts on chart track (which i think are quarterly). Things like Focus' Driving Test range, new versions of windows and microsoft office (in the yearly back to college/uni rush) come into the charts but are quite rare.. Some edutainment stuff gets in too like the Pokemon Printer range a few years ago.. or ranges from Europress, Fasttrak, Jester's music series and Empire Interactive's E-Jay...

Also Pop Idol the game was supposedly a dead cert for no1 with ladbrokes offering oddds of 1/2. Manhunt, EyeToy Groove, Pokemon and Mario Kart were supposed to be contenders too but never got close..

12-23-2003, 09:38 AM	#5
feisar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 216	Norton always sells well because almost everyone who has a PC goes out and buys anti-virus software, through Microsoft style forced domination Norton is about all thats left so it always charts high.. (Although Ive not bought anti-virus software since the days of Solomon's Home Guard.. oops) the charts I post are the "All Software" charts so stuff like that counts.. ..a lot of things like microsoft office dont make the chart all the time because they are mostly pre-loaded on PC's when bought you dont even get the disk.. business tends to buy their software pre-loaded too or in deals exempt from the chart.. Console related stuff like Datel's Action Replay and Freeloader have their own seperate charts on chart track (which i think are quarterly). Things like Focus' Driving Test range, new versions of windows and microsoft office (in the yearly back to college/uni rush) come into the charts but are quite rare.. Some edutainment stuff gets in too like the Pokemon Printer range a few years ago.. or ranges from Europress, Fasttrak, Jester's music series and Empire Interactive's E-Jay... Also Pop Idol the game was supposedly a dead cert for no1 with ladbrokes offering oddds of 1/2. Manhunt, EyeToy Groove, Pokemon and Mario Kart were supposed to be contenders too but never got close..