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FIFA Loses Out To Manager In Busy UK Chart

EA’s FIFA 06 has been knocked off the number one spot in the UK sales charts after just three weeks, dislodged from its perch by fellow soccer title Football Manager 2007, as EA's The Sims 2 Pets also makes a notable appearance.

David Jenkins, Blogger

October 24, 2006

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EA’s FIFA 06 has been knocked off the number one spot in the UK sales charts after just three weeks, dislodged from its perch by fellow soccer title Football Manager 2007. The number one entry appears to have sealed the game’s dominance of the genre in the UK, easily topping sales of Eidos' Championship Manager - on which developers Sports Interactive previously worked. Championship Manager was previously the best selling PC title in the UK, but its unclear yet whether Football Manager has reclaimed that accolade as well. The top ten includes three other entries, with EA’s The Sims 2 Pets appearing as an expansion on the PC and as a standalone game on the consoles – with other versions to follow in the coming weeks. Similarly, Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent has debuted only with the Xbox 360 version, with the other current generation versions due next week. EA’s controversial Battlefield 2142 is the final new entry in the top ten and the third PC exclusive title in the list, debuting at number seven. Elsewhere in the top forty, THQ’s Destroy all Humans! 2 has had a disappointing first week, entering only at number twenty-one.

TW

LW

Title

Publisher

Formats

Weeks

1

NE

Football Manager 2007

Sega

PC

1

2

1

FIFA 07

EA

PS2/Xb/GC/PC/GBA/DS/PSP

4

3

NE

The Sims 2 Pets

EA

PS2/GC/PC

1

4

2

Scarface: The World Is Yours

Vivendi

PS2/Xb/PC

2

5

NE

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Ubisoft

360

1

6

3

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Activision

All Formats

7

7

NE

Battlefield 2142

EA

PC

1

8

8

Cars

THQ

PS2/Xb/GC/PC/GBA/DS/PSP

15

9

5

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

EA

PS2/Xb/PC/PSP

5

10

9

Championship Manager 2007

Eidos

PC

2

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

About the Author

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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