[feisar]

Charts!!!

CHART TRACK TOP 40 ALL SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES)
WEEK 36 YEAR 2003ENDING 6TH SEPTEMBER

1 EYE TOY: PLAY - Sony
2 THE GREAT ESCAPE - SCi
3 FIFA 2003 - EA
4 BEYBLADE: LET IT RIP! - Infogrames
5 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS - EA
6 MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE - EA
7 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON-ISLAND THUNDER - UbiSoft
8 JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE - EA
9 POKEMON SAPPHIRE - Nintendo
10 THE SIMS - EA
11 POKEMON RUBY - Nintendo
12 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY - Take2
13 TOMB RAIDER: THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS - Eidos
14 INDIANA JONES & THE EMPEROR'S TOMB - Activision
15 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4 - Activision
16 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2004 - Norton
17 THE SIMS: SUPERSTAR - EA
18 DRIVING TEST SUCCESS 2003/2004 - Focus
19 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS - EA
20 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE - EA
21 SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS - Sony
22 ENTER THE MATRIX - Infogrames
23 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2003 - EA
24 NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2003 - Norton
25 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 4 - Eidos
26 SIM CITY 3000 - EA
27 RATCHET AND CLANK - Sony
28 THEME PARK WORLD - EA
29 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL - UbiSoft
30 BATTLEFIELD 1942: SECRET WEAPONS OF WWII - EA
31 GRAN TURISMO 3 - Sony
32 REPUBLIC: THE REVOLUTION - Eidos
33 TEKKEN 4 - Sony
34 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - UbiSoft
35 CHAOS LEGION - Capcom Eurosoft
36 CRASH BANDICOOT - WRATH OF CORTEX - Vivendi
37 FORMULA ONE 2003 - Sony
38 THEME HOSPITAL - Sold Out
39 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 - Take2
40 HULK - Activision

Scary things about the UK chart:
- most of the big sellers have been out for over a year
- most of the big sellers are published by EA
- eye-toy has been top of the charts for five weeks now
- the latest pokemon games haven't done as well as expected in the UK
- republic the revolution has totally flopped
- the developers of The Great Escape, the UK's No2 seller are bankcrupt and will have to close unless someone steps in
- British people like buying anti-virus software
- ..And driving test software *eek*
- the 4th biggest seller is a psone title
- Crash Bandecoot: The Wrath Of Cortex has been in the top 40 every week since 2001
- Theme Hospital is now six years old!

[pleto4_ryan]

13 TOMB RAIDER: THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS - Eidos
14 INDIANA JONES & THE EMPEROR'S TOMB - Activision

This is the part where we all laugh

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eye-toy has been top of the charts for five weeks now

expectable. A new technology is always drawing attention

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It's funny to see the last Norton programs on the 40th

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tnxs feisar

[Intrepid Homoludens]

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[bigjko]

Originally Posted by feisar

Theme Hospital is now six years old!

Hah! I guess re-releasing games still works! Anyways, at least more people get to try out the fabulous Theme Hospital. Great game.

[hagstrumpa]

Originally Posted by feisar

Scary things about the UK chart:
/.../
- eye-toy has been top of the charts for five weeks now

Have you tried eye-toy?
When I read about it I decided it was silly, then I read another article and decided it was silly... but maybe fun, then I (in a weak moment, persuaded by my husband) bought it.
I tried it together with some friends and a lot of wine and it is very silly but cannot remember the last time I laughed that much

[feisar]

Eye-Toy is brilliant. It really does deserve its sucess. A whole new idea in gaming (um.. well nicked from Konami but who cares!), there is a whole lotta promise with eye-toy, its really odd that no-one has really thought of making a game using motion detection instead of a controller before. It does away with all interface problems..

Athough its a shame the games weren't more developled. A lot of them looked and played like free shockwave flash games and weren't worth returning to.

[ragnar]

Now I definitely know I have come home!

[SamandMax]

The Great Escape!? #2!?

Wait until all the people who bought it, play it.

[Garyos]

I tried the Eye Toy in a store... Seemed kinda stupid to me, but that was the games fault. None of them were fun for more than, lets say, 30 seconds. It'll be interesting to see them do something REAL with it.

And yay to The Charts returning! And Theme Hospital kicks ass. I love the sound of inflated heads going pop....

[Marek]

Eye Toy is mostly a party game. I can't imagine playing games with it on my own. It's only fun with some friends who can laugh at you for making a stupid ass out of yourself. (I'm sort of speaking out of experience here )

[bigjko]

Originally Posted by Marek

Eye Toy is mostly a party game. I can't imagine playing games with it on my own. It's only fun with some friends who can laugh at you for making a stupid ass out of yourself. (I'm sort of speaking out of experience here )

So, kinda like Samba de Amigo, only with more movement.

[remixor]

What the hell is Eye Toy?

[zarathustrian]

Originally Posted by feisar

Charts!!!

Just like old times. Keep 'em coming.

[Garyos]

Originally Posted by remixor

What the hell is Eye Toy?

A gizmo for the PS2 that registers your body movements, making you able to, for instance, manipulate gadgets in the game Minority Report-style.

[remixor]

Crazy...so is it just a funky controller or is it a game that also comes with a funky controller? And in the case of the latter, can you use said funky controller for other, less funky, games?

[Garyos]

Originally Posted by remixor

Crazy...so is it just a funky controller or is it a game that also comes with a funky controller? And in the case of the latter, can you use said funky controller for other, less funky, games?

Yes to the latter... I dunno if any other games support it. It COULD be interesting, but I just thought it felt clumsy... And you were also reflected on the screen a lot (it's sort of like a film camera), so it didn't look very good....

[James]

Good to see the charts back feis. No suprise about the Eye-Toy, it's an excellent innovation that breaths new life into the PlayStation2. It's a pity about the state of the sales of Republic: The Revolution as, despite it's difficulties, it has a bold and new design to bring to gaming. Hopefully this will not deter Elixir from pushing the boundaries on their new project, Evil Genius.

[Royal Fool]

Sony is developing a new game disc for Eye Toy, Groove-something I believe.

I've tried out Eye Toy somewhat, and although it's a novel idea, it's SO easy to cheat and abuse with it.

[feisar]

Originally Posted by remixor

Crazy...so is it just a funky controller or is it a game that also comes with a funky controller? And in the case of the latter, can you use said funky controller for other, less funky, games?

Eye-toy is essentially a usb-web cam. Its made by logitech, sold as sony and you get the camera and the disc for the price of a game. Its used to detect your movements as a replacement for the controller.

It already works with Police 24/7 a lightgun game where you have to dodge bullets. Apparently almost every playstation 2 publisher is working on titles using the technology. As well as Eye-Toy: Groove, WRC:3 is using eye-toy in a car washing mini game :O


Thanks for all the comments people!

[Wersus]

I've been wondering, that does that eye-toy turn the image into mirror image? Like if you reach for the upper right corner of the screen, does the figure (you) on the screen reach for the upper left corner, or is it turned into a mirror image?