November 21, 2006


Gears of War Turn Microsoft’s Way In UK Charts

As widely expected, Epic Games’ Gears of Warhas entered straight in at number one in the UK sales charts, becomingthe fastest selling Xbox 360 game in the UK – beating previous recordholder Pro Evolution Soccer 6. The game also won the accolades of the second fastest selling Microsoft game in the UK, behind only Halo 2, and the third fastest selling game of the year behind Pro Evolution Soccer 6 and FIFA 07.

One of the last major Christmas releases before the Wii launch line-up, the game has successfully ousted Need for Speed Carbonfrom the top spot, but whether it can maintain its position over thecoming weeks remains to be seen. Elsewhere in the top ten, FIFA 07 charted higher than Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for the first time since the latter’s launch.

Beyond Gears of War there were no new entries in the top ten, although THQ’s kids license Bratz: Forever Diamondzmanaged to jump as many as twenty-eight places to number nine,following the release of the Nintendo DS version of the game – andillustrating just how effectively Nintendo’s console is now able totarget a young female audience. In fact it was a good week all roundfor the DS, with Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Brain Training (aka Brain Age), Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends and New Super Mario Bros. all rising up the top twenty.

The only other new entries of the week were Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Project 8, which debuted at an unexpectedly low number eighteen, while the critically lambasted Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII came in at number twenty-eight and Tomb Raider Legend re-entered the charts at number thirty-nine as a result of the new Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions.

TW	LW	Title	Publisher	Formats	Weeks
1	NE	Gears of War	Microsoft	360	1
2	1	Need for Speed Carbon	EA	PS2/Xb/GC/360/PC/GBA/DS/PSP	3
3	2	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007	THQ	PS2/360/PSP	2
4	5	FIFA 07	EA	All Formats	8
5	6	The Sims 2 Pets	EA	PS2/GC/PC	5
6	4	Pro Evolution Soccer 6	Konami	PS2/360/PC	4
7	3	Call of Duty 3	Activision	Xb/360	2
8	8	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	Activision	All Formats	11
9	37	Bratz: Forever Diamondz	THQ	PS2/GC/GBA/DS	2
10	7	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Rockstar	PSP	3

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2006 ELSPA LtdPOSTED: 05.26AM PST, 11/21/06 - David Jenkins

貌似PES6的整体表现不如FIFA07？

没销售数字