Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008.
Football title hits a million sales; Publisher says Pro Evo has 'faltered'. Electronic Arts has proclaimed FIFA 08 as 'the true entertainment launch of the year' after the game achieved one million sales in the UK after just nine weeks on the market.
EA's latest in the FIFA franchise becomes the first game released in 2007 to reach one million sales at UK retail. EA has today announced that FIFA 08, the latest and possibly greatest title in the long-running series, has become the first title released in 2007 to reach one million sales at UK retail.
Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts: ¿ The MediaWise Video Game Report Card ¿ The Buying Guide ¿ The ESRB Rating System and Ratings Education Efforts ¿ The Retailer Ratings Education and Enforcement Surveys ¿ Annual MediaWise-Harris Interactive Poll of Kids and Parents Kotaku gives a quick summary for each part.
LOVEFiLM, Europe's number one online DVD rental service, expects Assassin's Creed to top sales and rentals this holiday season. Assassins Creed will definitely be up there; our audience have already heavily pre-ordered this and the sure scale of the experience is very cinematic, so will prove popular amongst film fans, Chris Bird, head of marketing services for LOVEFiLM, told GamesIndustry.biz. Kane and Lynch will also do well, as will Call of Duty 4. FIFA 08 and PES will also be 'must buy' for anyone getting a new console over Christmas.
After more than a month at the top, Halo 3 finally relinquishes control of the software chart down under. Last week's No2, Crash of the Titans for PS2, wrestles top spot from Master Chief, while FIFA 08 is up seven places to No3. SingStar RnB makes two entries this week, the standard edition charting at No4, and the bundle pack at No9. Excluding Halo 3, the top ten consists entirely of PS2 and Nintendo DS titles. 01. Crash of the Titans (PS2) 02. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) 03. FIFA 08 (PS2) 04. SingStar RnB (PS2) 05. Spyro Eternal Nights (PS2) 06. More Brain Training (DS) 07. Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz (PS2) 08. Brain Training (DS) 09. SingStar RnB Bundle (PS2) 10. Nintendogs Labrador (DS)
Link's latest Legend of Zelda adventure for Nintendo DS debuts at No1 in Spain and Germany, and at No2 in Sweden. FIFA 08 makes three entries in the Spanish chart and two in the German top ten. In Sweden, Football Manager for PC tops the league. While PC titles dominate the German and Swedish top tens, the Spanish chart has a distinctly console, specifically DS, flavor.
The Orange Box debuts at 3, Phantom Hourglass at 4 Sega's Football Manager 2008 has entered the UK's all-formats chart at number one this week, knocking EA's FIFA 08 off the top spot. Accounting for 38 per cent of all PC titles sold in the past week, Sports Interactive's management sim is Sega's first multiformat number one title since last year's version of the popular football franchise. 1. Football Manager 2008 (PC) 2. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC) 3. The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PC) 4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 5. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) 6. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) 7. Ratatouille (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC) 8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC) 9. Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) 10. Crash of the Titans (Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
IGN is offering 40 readers the chance to become a record breaker by taking part in the biggest game of FIFA 08 in the world¿ Ever! Yep, you could become a FIFA world beater by joining team IGN and showing your skills as part of EA's London Games Festival event planned for next week. Participants will be invited to play on stage at the event taking place at Leicester Square, competing against a host of other competitors from across the country, as well as some of the biggest names in Premier League football.
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