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Top 10 Best Selling Games Over Christmas in the UK

Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | December 28, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2 
So. Call of duty has been the best selling game in the whole of the UK for the 5 weeks before christmas. A month before christmas, FIFA wasn't even in the top 10 best selling games at the time. But now it's worked it's way all the way to the top selling game in the UK. Thats right, FIFA 09 on the Playstation 3.
Of course, we can’t say otherwise about Activision or Nintendo, even though the companies could be a bit upset they did not manage to break some records with their titles. But maybe next year… until then, here are the bestselling titles in the UK:

1. FIFA 09
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Mario Kart Wii
4. Need For Speed Undercover
5. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training
6. Wii Play
7. Quantum of Solace
8. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
9. Tomb Raider Underworld
10. Wii Fit

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  • 2 thumbs!
    Cruxis Mana | December 28, 2008
    Professor Layton is the only game on that list that interests me.

    However, I am surprised that the list isn't littered with Wii shovelware.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Big A2 | December 29, 2008
      Shovelware games don't sell very well at all, but because of the low low low low production values, they still make money.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Woudo | December 28, 2008
    3. Mario Kart Wii
    5. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training
    6. Wii Play
    10. Wii Fit

    I see alot of women and children have been shopping lately.
    • 5 thumbs!
      Auctoria | December 28, 2008
      You dumbass. What else did you think women do with all their time?
      • 0 thumbs!
        Shinobi_razor | December 28, 2008
        lol, yeah Woudo. where have you been?
        • 0 thumbs!
          Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | December 29, 2008
          lol. I think i know only one woman that doesn't like shopping. My brother. Make sence to you yet? Funnily enough, i have about 8 out of 10 on the list, and don't remember going shopping once?
      • 0 thumbs!
        Capn Droid | December 30, 2008
        Apparently, not being in the kitchen.
  • 0 thumbs!
    NathanFido | December 28, 2008
    I chalk Fifa 09 being top of the list up to the gaming being mulitplatform and even on the ps2 (some of us haven't upgraded yet )
  • 0 thumbs!
    Jhippy | December 28, 2008
    Fifa deserves to be up there. It's a game with excellent gameplay, excellent graphics and excellent online.

    And there's the FIFA licence as well which means you get a *bleep*tonne of leagues, teams and player appearances.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Big A2 | December 29, 2008
    What did I tell you guys? Wii Fit, Wii Play, and Brain Training are all up there. And you thought I was joking.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Red 9 | December 29, 2008
      It's all the parents who are either buying stuff for their kids on Wii, or for parents who want to get fit using the Wii.

      Because honestly, that top sellers list is pretty bland.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | January 04, 2009
        I got Guitar Hero on wii recently. I'm very happy at how amazing it is. Now i'm surprised there isn't a single Guitar Hero game up there. Did anybody else notice that?
  • 0 thumbs!
    The Omega | December 29, 2008
    I thought we had an article about FIFA 09's success already? I don't mind, I love FIFA games. I had to rent out Mario Kart Wii at Blockbuster Video just to play it, since it's been completely sold out here for awhile. It was a big Christmas hit, as this list mentions.
  • 2 thumbs!
    chautemoc | December 29, 2008
    I have no interest in any of these games.haha.
  • 0 thumbs!
    RabidChinaGirl | December 29, 2008
    I clicked on this article. Saw the list. Disappointment followed. All the big blockbuster games came out before December, though, and this is just in the UK.
  • 0 thumbs!
    EOM Bassist | December 29, 2008
    Jesus... Almost the whole list is Nintendo games. COD and FIFA deserve to be on top though.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Existence | December 29, 2008
    Huh? Tomb Raider is on the list but not R2 or Fallout 3? Thats just sad.
  • 0 thumbs!
    StarJet | December 29, 2008
    Wii play? Are you kidding me? I've seen screens and read reviews, and I don't wanna touch that "game" with a 10 foot rod!
    Looks like casual gamers have struck the markets for christmas.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Big A2 | December 29, 2008
      The only reason I, and probably everyone here, bought Wii Play was for the Remote.
      • 0 thumbs!
        The Omega | December 30, 2008
        I actually went ahead and just bought a WiiMote instead. The GameStop clerk asked me if I wanted WiiPlay instead since it was just $10 more, and I told him I'd rather pay $10 less for the WiiMote than $10 more with a game I'd never want to play. I had played WiiPlay over a friend's house and I didn't care much for it.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Shinobi_razor | December 31, 2008
      dude, Starjet, Wii Play = a new remote with a $10 game. of course its gonna be right at the top.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | December 29, 2008
    Wii Play is a first buy if you've got a wii. Pracise all the other games, however decent
  • 0 thumbs!
    lord monkey | December 29, 2008
    I didn't get any or those games over Christmas.

    Call of Duty would have been the only one I would have wanted though.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Linkerd101 | December 30, 2008
      No Mario Kart? Its a really great game, I tell you. It has more than excellent online..


      except when the Japanese start hacking.....
      • 0 thumbs!
        Big A2 | December 31, 2008
        The Americans hack more. Japanese are very honest people.

        And please, lord monkey doesn't even have a Wii. Why would he want Mario Kart?
        • 2 thumbs!
          FinalFantasyFanaticc | December 31, 2008
          On second hand, why would he want a Wii?
        • 0 thumbs!
          Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | December 31, 2008
          I have to say. When you play against japanese people on Mario Kart DS, you get a hacker in every group! Seriously! One in every GROUP. WEll, it's a japanese person, or an american who glitched the game by trying to eat the cartridge.

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