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Top 10 Best Selling Games Over Christmas in the UK

December 28, 2008 in News comments 27

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
    Cruxis Mana Dec 28, 08
    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
      Big A2* Dec 29, 08
      Shovelware games don't sell very well at all, but because of the low low low low production values, they still make money.
  • 2
    Woudo Dec 28, 08
    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
      auctoria Dec 28, 08
      You dumbass. What else did you think women do with all their time?
      • 0
        Shinobi_razor Dec 28, 08
        lol, yeah Woudo. where have you been?
        • 0
          Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 29, 08
          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
        Capn Droid Dec 30, 08
        Apparently, not being in the kitchen.
  • 0
    NathanFido Dec 28, 08
    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
    Jhippy Dec 28, 08
    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
    Big A2* Dec 29, 08
    What did I tell you guys? Wii Fit, Wii Play, and Brain Training are all up there. And you thought I was joking.
    • 0
      Red 9 Dec 29, 08
      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
        Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Jan 4, 09
        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
    The Omega Dec 29, 08
    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
    chautemoc Dec 29, 08
    I have no interest in any of these games.haha.
  • 0
    RabidChinaGirl Dec 29, 08
    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
    EOM Bassist Dec 29, 08
    Jesus... Almost the whole list is Nintendo games. COD and FIFA deserve to be on top though.
  • 1
    Existence Dec 29, 08
    Huh? Tomb Raider is on the list but not R2 or Fallout 3? Thats just sad.
  • 0
    StarJet Dec 29, 08
    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
      Big A2* Dec 29, 08
      The only reason I, and probably everyone here, bought Wii Play was for the Remote.
      • 0
        The Omega Dec 30, 08
        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
      Shinobi_razor Dec 31, 08
      dude, Starjet, Wii Play = a new remote with a $10 game. of course its gonna be right at the top.
  • 0
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 29, 08
    Wii Play is a first buy if you've got a wii. Pracise all the other games, however decent
  • 0
    Chiggins Dec 29, 08
    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
      Linkerd101 Dec 30, 08
      No Mario Kart? Its a really great game, I tell you. It has more than excellent online..


      except when the Japanese start hacking.....
      • 0
        Big A2* Dec 31, 08
        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
          FinalFantasyFanaticc Dec 31, 08
          On second hand, why would he want a Wii?
        • 0
          Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 31, 08
          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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