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Electronic Arts’ dominance of the UK video game sales charts was reduced to "only" five titles in the top ten this week, with FIFA Street 2 still at number one and...

David Jenkins, Blogger

March 21, 2006

2 Min Read

Electronic Arts’ dominance of the UK video game sales charts was reduced to "only" five titles in the top ten this week, with FIFA Street 2 still at number one and Fight Night: Round 3 overtaking Ubisoft’s latest Ghost Recon title despite the new release of the Xbox version. Surprisingly, the highest new entry of the week did not go to Sony’s 24 license, but instead to fellow PlayStation 2 exclusive Buzz! The Big Quiz. A sequel to last year’s music quiz game the new general knowledge based title has entered at a much higher chart position than the first game last Christmas, albeit at a much quieter time of year for sales in general. The third new entry in the chart is Diver: Parallel Lines, which despite much more positive reviews than the previous game, has not performed anywhere near as strongly. Indeed it was almost overtaken by Burnout Revenge, which reappears in the top forty on the back of the new Xbox 360 version of the game. Outside the top ten, THQ’s Xbox 360 exclusive title The Outfit entered at number thirteen, despite mixed reviews, while Eidos’ first person WWII action strategy Commandos: Strike Force debuts at number eighteen. In what has proven a busy week for new releases in the UK, Sega’s latest Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off, Sonic Riders, has come in at number twenty, followed by Capcom’s Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams at number twenty-six.

TW

LW

Title

Publisher

Formats

Weeks

1

1

FIFA Street 2

EA

PS2/Xb/GC/PSP/DS

3

2

3

Fight Night: Round 3

EA

PS2/Xb/360

2

3

2

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Ubisoft

Xb/360

2

4

NE

Buzz! The Big Quiz

Sony

PS2

1

5

NE

24: The Game

Sony

PS2

1

6

4

Black

EA

PS2/Xb

4

7

5

The Sims 2 Open for Business

EA

PC

3

8

NE

Driver: Parallel Lines

Atari

PS2/Xb

1

9

RE

Burnout Revenge

EA

PS2/Xb/360

1

10

6

TOCA Race Driver 3

Codemasters

PS2/Xb/PC

4

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2006 ELSPA (UK) Ltd

About the Author(s)

David Jenkins

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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