The UK overall sales chart of 2007 has been released, and it shows a few interesting notes, a few obvious points and at least one absolute instance of complete and utter fail. Topping the chart was, predictably, FIFA 08, since most British males are beer guzzling, skinheaded racists who follow the boring sport of football like it was some kind of religion. It's for this reason that PES 2008 is also in the top ten, because one game about football just isn't enough, damn it!
The full list is as follows:
1: FIFA 08 (1,391,435)
2: Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (1,016,558)
3: Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (935,044)
4: PES 2008 (787,382)
5: More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (760,225)
6: Halo 3 (735,176)
7: The Simpsons Game (734,595)
8: Wii Play (688,002)
9: Assassin's Creed (670,286)
10: WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2008 (563,121)
The complete lack of BioShock is disappointing to say the least, insulting to say the worst. The very idea that TWO Brain Training games can get in and yet one of the most artistic undertakings of the last year can't is saddening. Wait ... not it's not, that's to be expected, actually, and it's naive to think otherwise. Foolish heathens. I hope my fellow countrymen enjoy their football and brain training ... which is a very ironic contrast indeed.
The final interesting point is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hitting the number three spot way above Halo 3 at number six. I personally thought CoD4 wiped the floor with Halo 3, especially in multiplayer, so that's pretty encouraging. It may also be to do with the fact that it was released on the PS3 as well, and let's face it, what else is a PS3 owner going to buy? Most of the Brits probably bought it so they could shoot people from other countries. That is, after all, the typical football fan's dream.
Not even a sign of The Orange Box though ... for shame.
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Bioshock > UK
Soccer is the most gayest sport alive. coach "hey ronaldo, why weren't u at practice yesterday?". Ronaldo "well it was a little chilly outside and i didnt want to catch a cold." Fucking UK playing their gay wussy sport.
I don't know why, but what vp360 just said should be nominated for post of the year.
MrSadistic: He wins the whole Internet as far as I'm concerned.
Well, people don't like the UK because they're smart. People like them because of their awesome English accents. :)
Can't say I'm surprised really - I'm surprised to see Wii Play so high up, although the reason it's sold so well is due to the "free" wiimote, rather then the game itself.
I'm quite sad to not see any real Wii games up there though.
I blogged about this....and got blasted for 'whorage' of some sort :(
Soccer
It's sad that PES has lower sales than Fifa.
PS: Fuck you vp360. Soccer is the greatest sport in the world, and it's not a boring sport like baseball or football where the game stops every five seconds.
Futbol.
This is exactly why you guys don'[t have decent Xbox Live. You guys deserve to be shat on for buying this shit. Brain trainers and soccer huh. Instead of buying games you guys need to pay us back for saving your asses in WWII.
Also is my avatar showing? I'm not using photobucket.
Roflcopter Pilot: r u serious soccer sucks, the ball goes in one direction, then the other. its the gayest sport ever known to man. now ping pong thats a sport.
Soccer (aka 'Futbol') suck, Baseball sucks, Football is okay, etc. Sports are overrated. Mostly involving ass patting and roid rage, well, the roid rage would probably be most American sports. I can't picture many Soccer players shooting up.
@Jim
Yeah after that last vp360 post, I do agree that he does win the whole internet.
Roflcopter Pilot: r u serious soccer sucks, there's no action, the ball goes one way, then the other. and then someone finally takes a shot and it misses the 50 yard wide net. now ping pong thats a sport.
Huzzah; you redcoats and your football.
I'm not disappointed about BioShock or The Orange Box. Firstly, BioShocks "let's do singleplayer and do it well" approach wasn't appealing to everybody; in fact, I don't think it's indifference that is killing BioShock. Most people just seem to be intimidated by it. It was a FANTASTIC title, but I'm sure all of this talk about noirism, Art Deco, and Randian undertones must have turned a few of the people off who regard games as day-end relief and not an exercise in artistry.
I'm proud of COD4's success; Valve, however, just doesn't tug as strong in Europe. In fact, most of the Orange-Box releases were more artistic and edgy. The standard Valve user just wants CSS and nothing more.
I love Football (aka Soccer) but I hate FIFA games, why do so many people pay out for a game that is the same as last years version but with a new player line up.
im sorry i posted the same comment twice there has been some sort of confusion in my brain.
Jim, vp360, you two just spoke the gospel as far as I'm concerned. Living in Britain, I'm god damned SICK of football being like a religion.
It's like Halo 3 to many of you: "average game" that wouldn't earn your hate on it's own merits. Coupled with the MASS HYPE and OBSESSION, however, people hate it. Can't blame you anymore.
"r u serious soccer sucks, the ball goes in one direction, then the other. its the gayest sport ever known to man"
What, just like every other popular sport?
I think you gusy are missing the real question about this article, is my avatar working or not?
I still want to see some Steam sales figures so we can see how much and where the OB is being bought
Soccer/Futbol >> American Football. Unless you are talking about the the band American Football. That's a different story.
Europe and South America. Those places are full of simple minded fools! Watching guys in tiny shorts kick a ball into a net. Jobs have been lost, marriages ending in divorce. Lives ruined on account of this silly sport.
Roflcopter Pilot: but those sports are good, and they dont miss the net every time they take a shot. i mean the net is freakin huge how can u miss that.
England prevail! England needs more brain training games. It seems that two isn't enough.
Heretic: ur avatar is working
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me and england have 1 thing in common, we agree that bioshock sucks
Just noticed that this is entitled England hates!
As a proud Welshman i call on Jim to make the title more encompassing of the whole country! I am sure many in Wales love FIFA and hate BioShock!
Its all so true =[
In the UK theres a place called Liverpool, and in this place there is a shit load of ppl, the population in one place is unbelievable. All these ppl known as 'scousers' [known because of their awful accent] are the beer guzzling skin heads football fans who stupidly buy these games =[ and this is simply because the football team 'Liverpool' *ahem* comes from Liverpool =/ so yer it is their religion to play, watch and buy football shit.
You should look up how idiotic these scousers are on youtube.
Those hairy goblets can go do some pud wrestling. Screw Fußball and the bastards the play it. *stomps to corner and rocks in fetal position*
Maybe they did the smart thing and just rented Bioshock.
haha... Smackdown made it...Whats going on over there?
From Prince of Canned Peaches' reply: <i>"It was a FANTASTIC title, but I'm sure all of this talk about noirism, Art Deco, and Randian undertones must have turned a few of the people off who regard games as day-end relief and not an exercise in artistry."</i>
Total random rant: The people who don't want to see games as an exercise in artistry can suck a cock. People content with mediocrity will have mediocre lives. I for one want to see dynamic games, and the more art in them, the fucking better. (By the way Prince, this is in no way directed at you, that comment concept just made me hate stupid gamers all the more)
once again the 'casuals' show that they can outbuy the 'real' gamers with any piece of crap they see fit!
I bought Fifa and I feel no guilt what so ever I gain enjoyment from it.
Roflcopter Pilot is totally right. Futbol is the greatest sport in the world. I don't see any other World Cup that attracts so many fans, helps a country's economy so much, and entizes so many people in the world when it comes to the other sports.
I'm surprised Jim thinks it's boring... England's league is one of the best leagues, right up there with Spain's.
Also, I hate how FIFA is totally losing the arcady feel and becoming more like PES.
Oh, and Assassin's Creed is there. Maybe I'll check it out...
Well I like Football. And by that I mean the proper English version we play. I just don't like it as much as the rest of the country. After all it is just a game. And they are just over paid puffs. Still this does make my heart sink. Especially considering how awful the FIFA games have always been and how awful the Pro Evo games have been since PES4.
I guess it really shows the type of country we live in when great games like the Orange Box and Mario Galaxy are nowhere to be seen. I hope the Queen sets a good example soon.
and American football is tied with basketball for most boring sport. American football is stopped every 10 secs (although it can still be interesting sometimes), and Basketball pretty much goes "one team scores then the other team scores".
sorry for double post
Not suprised at all, parents were off to buy a game, saw the title with the FIFA word on it, takes no more.
Beign a latin american I can get it, here everyone plays the PS2 soccer games called Winning Eleven (there is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12... so then why the "eleven" after "winning").
So what?? \why do you care what other people are doing? Are you all so insecure you can't accept that people on the opther side of the world don't like the sane things as you? Football as in soccer is the biggest sport in the world. Typical Amurcans to think that they are the only ones in the world with opinions that matter.
blah blah blah i'm a typical close minded nerd blah blah blah sports is stupid blah blah blah videogames is serious.
High school forever guys. High school forever.
to be honest i think most sports suck ... the only sport i like watching is tennis(and thats when the women are playing :P) .. i mean cmon .. anyone who would rather be out in the cold playing football than inside, relaxing playing bioshock or any other GOOD non-sports game must be insane xD
2 brain training games?
Guess Nicole Kidman add worked awfully well.
Its shit like that selling that's turning the DS into the Wii V2. Thank god I got a PSP for christmas and can play actual games without stupid gimmicks.
Fucking chavs, football is only good when you're playing it, or watching the best team in the world play (Arsenal of course)
Why no Orange Box? At least Halo 3 and CoD4 was in there.
I'm sorry but I've really wanted to use this pic for a long time.
Most of you guys raining on football (or soccer to you perhaps) is bs, but your opinion is respected.
So, Soccer is crap apparently. Try telling that to all the nations across the planet that play it, and don't play American Football (which in truth is modified Rugby with shiny helmets). Its one of the best sports to play as a team. Understandable, its not for everyone, but its calling it gay and such when you've never played it or try to understand it is just pure ignorance. As for the football kit, its the same as its always been, simple shirt, shorts, sock n' boots. Exactly the same kind of stuff used to play Rugby infact, Does that make Rugby gay? If it does to you, that then makes American Football indirectly gay (don't forget where your yank game comes from).
Do you want to know why Fifa is number one? Its because in the online play is superb over Live, that's what everyone is doing with the game, when not working their way through the single player game. Fifa has also raised its game to Pro Evo over the last three years and actually got better. I play Fifa online and its a lot of fun, especially 4 vs 4 players over Live, the game really shines.
Soccer is a hard game to be good at, be it actual real life play or just a game. Being on your legs for 90 minutes flat is no picnic, but a lot of fun, if you are prepared to let it be.
If any of you yanks have anything you don't get about soccer and I'll try to explain it to you. All you have to do is ask and open your mind a bit. The funny thing is I'm a very worldly kind of person and watch different sports, not just american ones.
Lastly, the beauty and simplicity of football (soccer) is that all you need to play it is a round ball (hell even a crush beer can will do these days). Be you barefoot and poor you can still play, whereas many other sports require expensive equipment.
Don't take those charts as gospels of taste anyway. I never do as its just popularity sales numbers, not what we like or hate. Call of Duty was number one recently.
*Someone looking at WoW and other pc games at the shelf*
Typical UK scally lad looks at him: "why the f*** is he lookin' at 'goff' games.
This is why games like bio shock dont get bought cos they take one look at the front cover and think, thats a goth game.
Seriously wtf?
*Someone looking at WoW and other pc games at the shelf*
Typical UK scally lad looks at him: "why the f*** is he lookin' at 'goff' games."
This is why games like bio shock dont get bought cos they take one look at the front cover and think, thats a goth game.
Seriously wtf?
@vp360: true, in other sports, they score more, but then are ridiculously high scores all that necessary. Furthermore, the ruckus people make over each point gets annoying. For instance, I was wathcing a basketball game with some friends (I do like basketball btw), and everytime a player dunked or made a 3-shot or something like that, they were like "HOLY SHIT" or some other explicative. I don't see the point of getting all excited over every SINLGE point made, especially since there are so many.
Then, you have soccer. Granted they score less, but watching Ronaldinho break away from the middle, spin past the last 2 defenders, and kick it past the goalie in the perfect corner angle is nothing short of sheer amazement. And the simple fact that you don't see it every 10 seconds makes it even more worthwhile.
Likewise, people in the US are obsessed with Madden games. Every year they also regurgitate the same spiel with "better graphics" and people gobble it up.
You also have to give credit where its due. Soccer is the most watched sport on a worldwide level. Like in 1967 for instance, when 2 factions in the Nigerian civil war declared a cease-fire, jsut so Pele could go to their country and play a game. I'd like to see A-Rod or any other overpaid American player of any sport accomplish a similar feat.
FIFA 08 stinks, Half Life aint in there because it stinks. If they released Portal on its own (which i hear you can get...) then i would have bought 1mil copies to make a expensive point..
COD4 is full of chavs so yeah, the chart shows it.
Wow, something I can finally agree with this guy about. 110%. It's crazy, like he read my mind.
I can understand FIFA as #1, I'm always shocked at Madden sales here in America. What I can't understand is the presence of Wii Play, the Simpsons, and all the brain training over like Halo 3, The Orange Box, or Bioshock.
Wow.
I tried to get into football....and I can get behind football in country vs country but the premiership is a load of wank. A bunch of wussified pre-madonnas getting paid far too much for doing far too little. And I know they train and all that malarky but really compared to the doctors, and nurses, and fireman, and police officers, and fucking sewage workers and pretty much everyone else who actually do things of worth who get paid far far less it is ridiculous.
The UK is caught in this system of inflating these 'heroes of football' upto pedestals when they really need to be taken down a few pegs. This includes these neverending cycle of the same games repackaged every year with 'dem shiny new grafiks aww wikid' and 'omg dis won has wayne rooney on the cova'. The fact people buy into this whole world of football as religion, and the fact it can outsell truly good games is quite saddening being a uk resident :-/
Damn, and here was me thinking it was because all of the games shops seem to sell rubbish these days (there appears to be like, 3 pre owned pc games in ipswich, felixstowe and a few smaller towns around where i live) and the rest is console games, quite a few on the list can be bought for a console and the next gen games cost alot so people may have bought games they've seen before rather than risk 60 pounds (around 120 dollars) for a new game they dont know that much about (bioshock).
then again, the ratio of idiots here is rising so that may not help games where to progress and UNDERSTAND the storyline you need to think about it a bit.
but i could be wrong
i wonder if you can fake an injury in FIFA 08.. hmm would be a good game mechanic
if by "Fifa 2007", you mean "Fifa 2008". Fail.
I'm genuinely ashamed to be British, you can add this to the ever towering pile of examples the British public are becoming a gaggle of troglodytes. The prime example would be TV broadcast here in the UK, jesus.
Its so sad to see people so goddamn ignorant. Those "ferries" run up and down a field for 90 minutes doing such incredible things with their feet and i would seriously give my playstation away if any one of you could go out there and just run the field for the HOUR AND A HALF.
Literally, wars have been stopped so futbol could be played. Do you even understand the magnitude of that. Kids who will be starving tonight are playing their hearts out on a field, street, or back alley Please dont be such brainwashed amaricans and at least act like you understand a thing or two.
Not only are their physical abilities far superior to those of stateside athletes but those players are all larger than life. Some day a fathers will be telling their sons the amazing feats of the likes of Ronaldhino, T. Henry, Van Nistelrooy. This is way bigger than your stupid homophobic need to call things gay.
I guess not only is the internet serious business but soccer... or FUTBOL as well.