this week

feisar · 10-21-2003, 03:05 AM

CHART TRACK UK ALL SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES)
WEEK 42 YEAR 2003 ENDING 18TH OCTOBER

1 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 3 - Konami
2 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2004 - Ea
3 CLUB FOOTBALL - Codemasters
4 EYE TOY: PLAY - Sony
5 CONFLICT: DESERT STORM II - SCi
6 FINDING NEMO - Thq
7 MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE - Ea
8 SOULCALIBUR II - Nintendo/Ea
9 FIFA 2003 - Ea
10 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED - Microsoft
11 JAK II: RENEGADE - Sony
12 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS - Ea
13 RUGBY 2004 - Ea
14 THE GETAWAY - Sony
15 COLIN MCRAE RALLY 04 - Codemasters
16 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS - Ea
17 JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE - Ea
18 FREEDOM FIGHTERS - Ea
19 RAYMAN 3 - UbiSoft
20 INTERNATIONAL CUE CLUB - Midas
21 WARHAMMER 40,000: FIRE WARRIOR - Thq
22 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY - Take2
23 HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN - Eidos
24 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4 - Activision
25 DANCE: UK - Big Ben
26 HULK - Activision
27 MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT BREAKTHROUGH - Ea
28 DANCING STAGE PARTY EDITION - Konami
29 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE - Nintendo
30 ENTER THE MATRIX - Infogrames
31 CRASH BANDICOOT - WRATH OF CORTEX - Vivendi
32 POKEMON RUBY - Nintendo
33 POKEMON SAPPHIRE - Nintendo
34 COMMAND & CONQUER: GENERALS ZERO HOUR - Ea
35 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2004 - Norton
36 NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2004 - Norton
37 JUDGE DREDD: DREDD VS DEATH - Vivendi
38 DRIVING TEST SUCCESS THEORY 03/04 - Focus
39 BEYBLADE: LET IT RIP! - Infogrames
40 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 4 - Eidos

- Golf gets knocked off.. by another sport *sigh* and there's another one at no3.. with all these sports games selling its just as well revolution decided to make BS3 a tennis game. Will be interesting to see how Fifa 2004 does.. The first Pro Evo Soccer outsold Fifa it because it was a far better game and konami's ISS series had been slowly catching up with fifa in terms of sales and fanbase over the posne's lifespan.. But PES2 didnt really add much while Fifa 2003 probably still wasnt good, but it was different and had progressed.. and thrashed PES2.. But PES3 is supposedly better.. and then there is the sub-plot battle of the also rans between Club Football and Sony's This Is Football series...

- Pro Evolution Soccer 3 has had the 6th biggest selling first week in the UK.

- The Gamecube is back! Super Mario Sunshine at no29!!!! sales up again!! (bearing in mind most of this year its sold less than 1,000 a week.. last week it went to 4,500 this week its above 10,000).

- Gamecube is now outselling the xbox 2:1. And this is without any new releases for the console!!! The PS2 is outselling the GC 4:1, the PS2 is very close to 5,000,000 units sold in the UK.

- Dredd Vs Death.. another big budget high profile flop for rebellion

shame they cant quite recreate their Alien Vs Preditor days..

- Shame on all the fools buying finding nemo!! and Crash Bandecoot is STILL in the charts *gargh* EyeToy is still top 5 and Conflict Desert Storm 2 is doing a lot better than expected too..

- Jak 2 does okay considering the lack of promotion and general backlash over the change in style. Will be interesting to see if sales can hold up or if it will just fade away after a few weeks like most sony titles.

- The N-gage has sold less than 5,000 units in the USA, and still hasnt sold 1,000 units in the UK. Bit of a flop then :/

ragnar · 10-21-2003, 03:12 AM

It seems to be popular with "one game per football-club"-games. I just noticed a new manager game with that principle (see http://www.justfootball.net/). Why would one want to buy those? Isn't it better to buy a game where you can play several different clubs, so what does those games offer in addition to "normal" games?

feisar · 10-21-2003, 05:31 AM

I dunno what the manager game is like but with club football, every version is the same game and features all teams and everything.. but you buy the one with your fave club on the front of the box, and there are a few extra's, stats and other stuff for each version.

Its basically a way to give extra attention to a game that would otherwise struggle for sales and attention.. Also if your a die fan of one of the clubs your more likely to buy a version with their logo strapped across the front, or thats what codemasters think anyway..

ragnar · 10-21-2003, 05:58 AM

Seems more like they sell club merchandising than a game.

Moosferatu · 10-21-2003, 07:16 AM

Those charts make me sick.

ragnar · 10-21-2003, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Moosferatu

Those charts make me sick.

You don't need to read them.

Moosferatu · 10-21-2003, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ragnar

You don't need to read them.

I like the charts, but I don't like what is on them.

ragnar · 10-21-2003, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Moosferatu

I like the charts, but I don't like what is on them.

Ah, then I understand.

bigjko · 10-21-2003, 07:45 AM

People really don't have a reason for NOT buying a Gamecube now. It's so fucking cheap! And when it gets more titles on it, there'll be even more reason to buy it.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-21-2003, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Moosferatu

I like the charts, but I don't like what is on them.

What do you think should be on them?

twifkak · 10-21-2003, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bigjko

People really don't have a reason for NOT buying a Gamecube now. It's so fucking cheap! And when it gets more titles on it, there'll be even more reason to buy it.

I'm waiting until the Zelda bundle comes out, you fanboy.

Crunchy in milk · 10-21-2003, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by feisar

Gamecube is now outselling the xbox 2:1. And this is without any new releases for the console!!!

Over here they have slashed the price of the cube at least 4 times. Its now less than 1/3rd the price of the Xbox ($99AUS). Getting games for the system is a bloody nightmare with so many stores being extremely lax in stocking product. With a couple of nice exclusives on the cube, and the cube its self the same price as a GAME on the Xbox, lots of people have picked up the cube as a little Xbox game-release-lag backup.

twifkak · 10-21-2003, 08:21 AM

That's $70 US dollars! Son of a! Lucky..

Huz · 10-21-2003, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Crunchy in milk

$99AUS

Hee, that's bizarrely cheap - where's the catch?? You even get some PAL conversions before Europe, you bastards!

The Zelda pack is £100 here (around $150US) - still insanely cheap (three games?), so with Psychonauts being all delayed, one of them will be making its way to my house shortly - despite someone on #ag trying to convince me that a PC fulfills all your gaming needs. Heh...

bigjko · 10-21-2003, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Huz

despite someone on #ag trying to convince me that a PC fulfills all your gaming needs.

That means you, remix0r!

Firefoot · 10-22-2003, 06:12 AM

No... a soccer game on no. 1...

I rather play golf than soccer...

Moosferatu · 10-22-2003, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

What do you think should be on them?

Well, I can't stand sports games, and I don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with them, for one thing. Also, notice how KotOR isn't even on the charts this week. The game came out, what, 4 weeks ago?

ragnar · 10-22-2003, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Moosferatu

Well, I can't stand sports games, and I don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with them, for one thing. Also, notice how KotOR isn't even on the charts this week. The game came out, what, 4 weeks ago?

Is it so hard to imagine that some people like a sports game? *I* find that much easier at least than playing some iteration of star wars games.

There is no need to look down on people for liking some specific genres. That is snobbism.

10-21-2003, 03:05 AM	#1
feisar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 216	this week CHART TRACK UK ALL SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES) WEEK 42 YEAR 2003 ENDING 18TH OCTOBER 1 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 3 - Konami 2 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2004 - Ea 3 CLUB FOOTBALL - Codemasters 4 EYE TOY: PLAY - Sony 5 CONFLICT: DESERT STORM II - SCi 6 FINDING NEMO - Thq 7 MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE - Ea 8 SOULCALIBUR II - Nintendo/Ea 9 FIFA 2003 - Ea 10 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED - Microsoft 11 JAK II: RENEGADE - Sony 12 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS - Ea 13 RUGBY 2004 - Ea 14 THE GETAWAY - Sony 15 COLIN MCRAE RALLY 04 - Codemasters 16 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS - Ea 17 JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE - Ea 18 FREEDOM FIGHTERS - Ea 19 RAYMAN 3 - UbiSoft 20 INTERNATIONAL CUE CLUB - Midas 21 WARHAMMER 40,000: FIRE WARRIOR - Thq 22 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY - Take2 23 HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN - Eidos 24 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4 - Activision 25 DANCE: UK - Big Ben 26 HULK - Activision 27 MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT BREAKTHROUGH - Ea 28 DANCING STAGE PARTY EDITION - Konami 29 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE - Nintendo 30 ENTER THE MATRIX - Infogrames 31 CRASH BANDICOOT - WRATH OF CORTEX - Vivendi 32 POKEMON RUBY - Nintendo 33 POKEMON SAPPHIRE - Nintendo 34 COMMAND & CONQUER: GENERALS ZERO HOUR - Ea 35 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2004 - Norton 36 NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2004 - Norton 37 JUDGE DREDD: DREDD VS DEATH - Vivendi 38 DRIVING TEST SUCCESS THEORY 03/04 - Focus 39 BEYBLADE: LET IT RIP! - Infogrames 40 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 4 - Eidos - Golf gets knocked off.. by another sport sigh and there's another one at no3.. with all these sports games selling its just as well revolution decided to make BS3 a tennis game. Will be interesting to see how Fifa 2004 does.. The first Pro Evo Soccer outsold Fifa it because it was a far better game and konami's ISS series had been slowly catching up with fifa in terms of sales and fanbase over the posne's lifespan.. But PES2 didnt really add much while Fifa 2003 probably still wasnt good, but it was different and had progressed.. and thrashed PES2.. But PES3 is supposedly better.. and then there is the sub-plot battle of the also rans between Club Football and Sony's This Is Football series... - Pro Evolution Soccer 3 has had the 6th biggest selling first week in the UK. - The Gamecube is back! Super Mario Sunshine at no29!!!! sales up again!! (bearing in mind most of this year its sold less than 1,000 a week.. last week it went to 4,500 this week its above 10,000). - Gamecube is now outselling the xbox 2:1. And this is without any new releases for the console!!! The PS2 is outselling the GC 4:1, the PS2 is very close to 5,000,000 units sold in the UK. - Dredd Vs Death.. another big budget high profile flop for rebellion shame they cant quite recreate their Alien Vs Preditor days.. - Shame on all the fools buying finding nemo!! and Crash Bandecoot is STILL in the charts gargh EyeToy is still top 5 and Conflict Desert Storm 2 is doing a lot better than expected too.. - Jak 2 does okay considering the lack of promotion and general backlash over the change in style. Will be interesting to see if sales can hold up or if it will just fade away after a few weeks like most sony titles. - The N-gage has sold less than 5,000 units in the USA, and still hasnt sold 1,000 units in the UK. Bit of a flop then :/ Share Share this post on Twitter

10-21-2003, 03:12 AM	#2
ragnar Knowledgeable Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Linköping, Sweden Posts: 1,510	It seems to be popular with "one game per football-club"-games. I just noticed a new manager game with that principle (see http://www.justfootball.net/). Why would one want to buy those? Isn't it better to buy a game where you can play several different clubs, so what does those games offer in addition to "normal" games? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Rem acu tetigisti -- Jeeves Read my adventure game reviews here Blaskan Dragon Go Server Ragnar Ouchterlony

10-21-2003, 05:31 AM	#3
feisar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 216	I dunno what the manager game is like but with club football, every version is the same game and features all teams and everything.. but you buy the one with your fave club on the front of the box, and there are a few extra's, stats and other stuff for each version. Its basically a way to give extra attention to a game that would otherwise struggle for sales and attention.. Also if your a die fan of one of the clubs your more likely to buy a version with their logo strapped across the front, or thats what codemasters think anyway.. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-21-2003, 05:58 AM	#4
ragnar Knowledgeable Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Linköping, Sweden Posts: 1,510	Seems more like they sell club merchandising than a game. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Rem acu tetigisti -- Jeeves Read my adventure game reviews here Blaskan Dragon Go Server Ragnar Ouchterlony

10-21-2003, 07:16 AM	#5
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bigjko El Luchador Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,629	People really don't have a reason for NOT buying a Gamecube now. It's so fucking cheap! And when it gets more titles on it, there'll be even more reason to buy it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Use Verb On Noun - Adventure game inspired illustrations

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Firefoot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 495	No... a soccer game on no. 1... I rather play golf than soccer... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Boxes get lonely from time to time, people put them up the shelves so that they can have some company... No, really! - Ren Silver Emma is unbeatable, but here are My DVD's...

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