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Halo 3 slips as FIFA 08 tops UK sale charts

UK's ChartTrack reports a 79 percent drop in sales for Halo 3 in its second week of release. EA's FIFA 08 claims the top spot in the PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and All Formats Top 40 Charts; the PS2 version overtakes Halo 3 as this week's Individual Formats No. 1 in units sold.

ChartTrack All Formats Top 10:
1. FIFA 08 (Multi; EA)
2. Halo 3 (Xbox 360; Microsoft)
3. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Multi; THQ)
4. MySims (Wii/DS; EA)
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Multi; EA)
6. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (DS; Nintendo)
7. Sega Rally (Multi; Sega)
8. Ratatouille (Multi; THQ)
9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS; Nintendo)
10. Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360; Microsoft)

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1 Lightning Mr Bubbles | 822 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

1.1 nasim | 822 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

1.2 Lightning Mr Bubbles | 822 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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sonarus - 822 days 15 hours ago

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Halo had a whole lot of hype. Am suprised it wasnt number 1 worldwide. However its the UK and fifa and pro evo will easily outsell halo anyday

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MaximusPrime - 822 days 15 hours ago

3 - "Halo 3 sales drop 79 per cent"

well im not surprised.

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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 822 days 14 hours ago

4 - Europe and USA are totally different.

Different Market, Different People, Different appealing. Halo is not so good in here. Where I live there has been nothing about Halo. Even on Italien TV I never saw X360 Ad only PS3 Adverts.

Also Pic below shows a very big difference between US and Europe.

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XxZxX - 822 days 13 hours ago

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wahahhahahahaaaaa... I'm in US, but i found that's funny

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stunt213 - 822 days 10 hours ago

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LMAO that so true u deserve a bubble for that

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Valik21 - 821 days 23 hours ago

4.3 - Hahahah

You speak truth indeed, i'm also living in Italy but i'm originally from eastern europe, i don't want to say that alla americans are fat, but there are a lot more fat people tha here in europe, especially the east part.
And i see here little influence of the 360, i saw a larger space dedicated for the ps3 tha for the 360 in mediaworld.

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5 DaEnforcer | 822 days 14 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

5.1 Lightning Mr Bubbles | 822 days 14 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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gtgcoolkid - 822 days 14 hours ago

5.2 - Hmm

When is Pro Evo coming out, because that will be a monster as well in the EU.

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resistance100 - 822 days 14 hours ago

5.3 - @ gtgcoolkid

18days away. Can't Wait ^_^

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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 822 days 14 hours ago

6 - Deja Vu!

Someone who wears colours "armor" all time.....hmm sounder familiar.

One of them is green too. I think its Master Chief when he was young.

Over the Hills and Far away. Check the picture as they play.

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Double-Edged - 822 days 12 hours ago

6.1 - ???

looks like Little Big Planet to me.

just playin man...
Have you tried halo3? it's awesome when you start pwning people.

Kudos.

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toughNAME - 822 days 14 hours ago

7 - woah! Sony boys, calm down!

Halo 3 couldnt be in top spot forever

and it was beaten out by a soccer game? ...in the UK? i sure am surprised

Halo 3 has sold more in 2 weeks than the PS3 has in a year..

..additional generic 'delaystation' comment..

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pilotpistolpete - 822 days 14 hours ago

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OK, I'm not trying to start anything, but:

"Halo 3 couldnt be in top spot forever"

Halo came out less than 2 weeks ago.

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gunnerforlife - 822 days 14 hours ago

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a game like halo 3 should of held the top spot a lot longer than 1 week at least a month, if it was PES on the other hand i wouldn't of expected halo to be in number 1 even at its launch.

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Marceles - 822 days 14 hours ago

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lol pilot...i guess also to be fair that Fifa is a multiformat game, soccer is popular as hell in the UK, and halo is on 1 system, but the PS2 is still pwning. It's also amazing how Juiced 2 is #3? wtf??

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7.4 hotshot1237 | 822 days 14 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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BlazinEurasian - 822 days 14 hours ago

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Looks like soccer is more popular than halo... who could have seen that coming? /sarcasm

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OatLoops - 822 days 14 hours ago

10 - So Weird

I'm not into Halo, but even I thought that it'd top the charts for more than a week.

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Leg-End - 822 days 14 hours ago

11 - Investigate and compare the representation of modern society in soap operas.

How is modern society represented in "East-Enders"?
Analyze:
-Class
-Family
-Ethnicity
-Gender
-Minorities
-Religion

Must get my coursework finished before all the great ps3 games!

Anyway, people that want halo have already bought halo. it's as simple as that

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Lex Luthor - 822 days 12 hours ago

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Media Studies sucks.

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Daz - 822 days 14 hours ago

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stupid fanboys.
You do thought that uk is really into football games because everyone i know got fifa and, or pro which are great games.
Talk about make a meal spomething your forget after reading it lol.
fanboys are relly sad people get a life.

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Gina-get-u - 822 days 14 hours ago

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Even after a 79% drop, Halo 3 is second only to the PS2 version of FIFA in overall units sold. Do a little more searching on the web, and you'll find that the 360 version of FIFA, which is not even the bestselling 360 game, is far outselling the PS3 version. And the PS2 version of FIFA will not be playable on the 40 gb PS3s.

So what are you PS3 fans so happy about anyway?

EDIT: bruiser81:

It means the great lot of people that just bought FIFA for the PS2 are not thinking about trading up to the PS3 anytime soon.

EDIT2: bruiser81:

You said the PS3 version of FIFA is better for the PS3 than the PS2 version. I agree. So why would somebody buy the PS2 version if he is soon to get a PS3? Answer: because he is not thinking about getting a PS3 yet.

1. Fact: someone who knows he is going to have a 60/80 gb (w/BC) PS3 shortly should not rush to buy FIFA for PS2 but should wait a little till he gets his PS3, THEN get the PS3 version of FIFA, which is better for his PS3.
2. Fact: someone who knows he will soon get a 40 gb (no BC) PS3 will not be able to play the PS2 version of FIFA on his PS3 at all, so he has even less reason to buy the PS2 version and more reason to wait for his PS3 THEN buy the better PS3 version of FIFA.
3. Conclusion: based on these two facts, the many people buying the PS2 version of FIFA right now probably believe they are not about to get a PS3 of any kind soon, if ever.
4. Conclusion 2: my original point - PS3 fans that are celebrating these latest ChartTrack numbers have no reason to be happy because these sales figures may not actually be good news for their pet console.
Edit 3: bruiser81

If you honestly want to have a simple debate with me next time, don't open up your post by calling what I said a "dumb comment." This place is crawling with morons of every stripe, and stuff like that tells me you just want to mix it up. For the record, I don't care what console anybody likes. If you talk to me seriously and thoughtfully I will respond to you in kind, and I promise to put effort into making my answer constructive. If, on the other hand, you start shovelling crap my way, (i.e. lie, insult me, say something plainly stupid) then I promise to do my best to kick it right back at you. Fair enough?

Edit 4: Removed all insulting language. See you next time.

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bruiser81 - 822 days 13 hours ago

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I registered just to reply to the dumb comment you made, why would it matter that the ps2 version cant be played on the 40 gig ps3 if the ps3 has its own version. Your trying a little too hard buddy, think about what you type before you type it.

@ Gina above, it has already been stated that trading in anything ps2 is at this stage pointless and unprofitable, and if your willing to upgrade a system why not upgrade the game too if its availabel. That like me buying 360 to play halo 2 when 3 is sitting on the shelf, I'd have to be a complete A$$. If their that chaped about all they have to do is spend 50 more and problem solved. Now who is pawned

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neela - 822 days 13 hours ago

13.3 - Thank you bruiser81

Did the same thing...

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hitthegspot - 822 days 11 hours ago

13.4 - Noob is a boob.

As if Gina-get-u needs help. Bruiser81 and Neela please read the article before posting. Pulled right from the article “PS2 version also overtaking ‘Halo 3’ as this week’s Individual Formats (Units) No1.”. The point is that the PS2 is a dead platform speaking from Sony’s announcement of the new 40GB box that will not support PS2 games. Everyone who bought a PS2 FIFA game will never upgrade to a PS3. Why would they if they can’t play any of their PS2 games on the PS3?

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bruiser81 - 822 days 9 hours ago

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I see your small point but the thing is the game was released before the announcement of the new sku, had it been the other way around most of those people would have probably waited until this week to get the game, i still dont think one game with stop many of those people from upgrading. The fact that i have just started posting does not make my thoughts any less relevant than anyone elses, i am a gamer and the lack of BC wouldnt stop me at all. And @ the spot guy, your point still doesnt go very far cause like i said before people with these issues can by a 60 gig

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bruiser81 - 822 days 9 hours ago

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Dude for the record You have pawned no one but yourself, I am not the one slinging insults because there are people who dont agree with my logic. You have insulted me from the start, but thats ok my intelegence wont allow me to get down to your level. Your the one who looks like the A$$ because you cant have a simple debate without insulting someone. I guess that could be a sign that your not too confident in what you say. END OF POST

@ 13 thats fair, I will clear the air by saying i was a bit heated from a combination of the silly comments i have been reading that i took it out on your post i guess. I will come at you a little more level headed next time. Im trying to set a new standard for us sony fans, $h1t slinging makes all us gamers stink.

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harpua - 822 days 13 hours ago

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I guess the UK doesn't like a Fisher-Price styled shooter.

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Lex Luthor - 822 days 13 hours ago

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I guess the UK doesn't like flying turd games(Lair).

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hitthegspot - 822 days 11 hours ago

14.2 - ROFL

You two should be on Celebrity Death Match… Both your replies were classic… Good stuff…

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marc 1975 - 822 days 13 hours ago

15 - fifa

is not that good, slowely getting better though.. but pro evo is defo the better game

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SWORDF1SH - 822 days 13 hours ago

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ok now lets all be realistic here. halo 3 was top for a week, it sold loads so there is always gonna be a dip in the second week. football is big here and fifa is one of the biggest football games so it was always gonna struggle against fifa being a single format game with a small console base compared to the ps2, wii, 360 and ps3 combined. i kno the ps2 fifa outsold it but the ps2 as a large install base. what im more intrested in is to see how many consoles that halo shifted.

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Jack Bauer - 822 days 13 hours ago

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i like that little "multi" next to Fifa as in it takes across all platforms with the ability of reaching easily 10 to 20 times more people to beat halo 3's single console. Didnt it sell like 1 million copies the first week in the UK? 79% less still beats like 95% of games first week sales...all it means is that most people bought a huge release like halo in its first week as i would think it would. sony fanboys For The Lose!!!!!!!

Edit: What do ya know... Halo 3 is number 1 on the 360 and Fifa is number 2..........

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razer - 822 days 13 hours ago

18 - When is someone going to make..

an American vs European football game.. Where the EU side kicks everything while the American side tackles, rushes and uses their hands.. That would be a great game! Lots of blood!

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Vavoom - 822 days 13 hours ago

19 - Incredible

Funny how anyway kind of news showing any inclination of a negative view against halo automatically becomes a party or a virtual get together for PS3 Fanboys. There is something to be said about a game that has decreased in sales by 79 percent and it still in second place to a game that is newly release in a country where the sport is more popular than any other.

Yet somehow, the desparation in some of you see it as a victory for your egos to relish the alleged bad news for halo. Why does halo3 scare you guys so badly, it's really kinda creepy how much attention this game gets from people who claim that it is garbage.

I have learn more about human behavior from visiting this site than I could have ever learn in any classroom. One thing I have learn that impacts me the most is, how people can get caught up in satisfying their belonging need to the point that they will ban together in a group and totally disregard reality. To the point of using profanity and threats.

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Bazookajoe_83 - 822 days 13 hours ago

19.1 - Youre right

But fanboys do the same on both side, they need to valiate there console buy. Praise there console and bash the other system no mather what the article say.

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SiLeNt KNighT - 822 days 13 hours ago

20 - you xbots are right!!

we should compare xbox and xbox360 games to playstation 2 and playstation 3 games and consoles sold. since the xbox is COMPLETELY dead it accounts for NOTHING!!! if the ps2 werent around anymore a lot more people would get the ps3. people compare the 360 and ps3 to each other in sales all the time but seem to forget the ps2 STILL outsells the 360 in consoles sold each week (minus the halo 3 launch, HAHA, which only lasted one week). and that is what is truly pathetic.

id rather play three good games all year long than play 5 good games for only 6 months because my console is being repaired the other half of the year.

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Gina-get-u - 822 days 13 hours ago

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The PS2 has won. Nobody here is going to dispute that. It's already part of history. In fact, now that the 40 gb PS3 no longer has bc, PS2 sales may continue to remain high.

So, how exactly does this help the PS3?

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SiLeNt KNighT - 822 days 12 hours ago

20.2 - ohh

i didnt think it was that difficult to understand. let me state what i already did but put it in another way. if people did not have the ability to buy the ps2, which still sells more than the 360, they would purchase a ps3. if developers didnt make new games for the ps2 they would make them for the ps3. im not saying everyone with a ps2 would get a ps3, but the overall sales of the ps3 would be a lot higher. its more of common sense thing. thanks for reiterating the overall dominance of the ps2 but thats not the point. point is, it STILL sells more than the 360 each week. after such a rich history sony has with the ps brand its impossible for them to lose. while the ps3 may not be doing the best in sales in its generation, theres plenty of other gaming revenue sony can produce. ms sucks as a gaming company and its proven over and over again. when they can make at least $1 from the 360 then xbots have a reason to talk, until then do some research, dont be so narrow sighted and look at overall gaming sales. ps kills the competition. if sony wanted to take over with the ps3 they would just phase out the ps2. its like comparing the ford taurus to the complete company acura. yes the taurus sells more than the nsx but overall acura sales kill the competition. comes back to that whole common sense thing. xbots dont look at the whole picture because they have selective memory. just like how the ps3's price cut really is a "bad" thing for sony. haha, nice twist!

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Gina-get-u - 822 days 9 hours ago

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1. "if people did not have the ability to buy the ps2, which still sells more than the 360, they would purchase a ps3."
2. "if developers didnt make new games for the ps2 they would make them for the ps3."
3. "im not saying everyone with a ps2 would get a ps3, but the overall sales of the ps3 would be a lot high"
4. "its more of common sense thing."
5. "thanks for reiterating the overall dominance of the ps2 but thats not the point"

Man, I still don't get your point, but I want to thank you for making me laugh so hard. Are you saying that if the PS2 disappeared tomorrow, that would be a good thing for the PS3? Should Sony just stop making the PS2 now, so that people will start replacing them with PS3s?

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Lex Luthor - 822 days 13 hours ago

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No PS3 games in the charts :(

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ItsDubC - 822 days 13 hours ago

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I'm just amazed that the 1st Brain Training is still in the top 10 after being on the EU market for almost a year and a half.

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Bazookajoe_83 - 822 days 13 hours ago

23 - I havent played Halo3 yet

I probably will, but i heard many people that was dissapointed on it. I will pick a used copy up, there are pretty many people who sells them after they tried the game. I just hope the reviwer didnt give Halo 3 high score only because of the earlier games, i have to pick it up and chek for myself..

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