FIFA tops UK Charts at Christmas
Knocks COD into second.
Sales of FIFA 09 surged this week in the UK to give EA its sixth Christmas No. 1 in eight years, just a week after Call of Duty: World at War outsold it by 27,000 units.
Thanks to an 89 per cent rise in sales, and a 13 per cent dip for COD, those of you who put a fiver on the game at 6-1 last week will be happy, anyway.
Below FIFA and COD, which sit in first and second, Mario Kart Wii holds on (sales up 40 per cent - to within 3,000 units of COD), while Need for Speed: Undercover holds at fourth and Brain Training does likewise in fifth.
Otherwise it's the usual shuffle with a few decent movers, but the most impressive performance is surely Professor Layton and the Curious Village, up to eighth from outside the top 40 last week, which compiler Chart-Track attributes to Christmas appeal and renewed stock.
In other big-game news, LittleBigPlanet celebrates Christmas at 15th, Prince of Persia continues its slow climb, to 16th, and Grand Theft Auto IV creeps back into the top 40 at 39th, in a Lips and Nintendogs sandwich. Woof.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | FIFA 09 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 2 | 1 | Call of Duty: World at War | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 3 | 2 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 4 | 4 | Need for Speed Undercover | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 5 | 5 | Dr Kawashima's Brain Training | DS |
| 6 | 7 | Wii Play | Wii |
| 7 | 13 | Quantum of Solace | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 8 | Re-entry | Professor Layton and the Curious Village | DS |
| 9 | 10 | Tomb Raider: Underworld | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 10 | 8 | Wii Fit | Wii |
| 11 | 9 | Guitar Hero: World Tour | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii |
| 12 | 14 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Wii, DS |
| 13 | 11 | LEGO Indiana Jones | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 14 | 6 | Fallout 3 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3 |
| 15 | 16 | LittleBigPlanet | PS3 |
| 16 | 20 | Prince of Persia | Xbox 360, PS3 |
| 17 | 19 | Far Cry 2 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3 |
| 18 | 27 | Carnival: Funfair Games | Wii |
| 19 | 15 | LEGO Batman | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 20 | 12 | Sonic Unleashed | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii |
| 21 | 17 | Gears of War 2 | Xbox 360 |
| 22 | 21 | Kung Fu Panda | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 23 | 38 | Guinness World Records: The Videogame | Wii, DS |
| 24 | 22 | More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima | DS |
| 25 | 36 | SingStar ABBA | PS3, PS2 |
| 26 | 24 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3 |
| 27 | 25 | Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party | DS, Wii |
| 28 | 18 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 | Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2 |
| 29 | 37 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2 |
| 30 | 26 | Resistance 2 | PS3 |
| 31 | 31 | Wii Music | Wii |
| 32 | 23 | Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City | Wii |
| 33 | 33 | Shaun White Snowboarding | Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 34 | 28 | Football Manager 2009 | PC, PSP |
| 35 | Re-entry | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, DS |
| 36 | 30 | Mirror's Edge | PC, Xbox 360, PS3 |
| 37 | 35 | WALL-E | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 38 | 39 | Lips | Xbox 360 |
| 39 | Re-entry | Grand Theft Auto IV | Xbox 360, PS3, PC |
| 40 | 29 | Nintendogs: Lab & Friends | DS |