James Lee
07:31 (BST)
07/10/2008
FIFA 09 tops UK chart
FIFA 09 has taken the top spot of the UK software sales chart for the week ended October 4, according to data provided by Chart Track.
EA's football game outsold last year's game by 37.5 per cent, 42 per cent of which was on the Xbox 360 version making it the console's third fastest selling title. FIFA 09 pushed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed down a place to number two, with sales declining 40 per cent from last week.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway climbed a position from last week to take third place, while Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii both fell two places to fourth and fifth respectively. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 came in sixth, up one place from last week, however Wii Play dropped a place to come in seventh.
Big Beach Sports jumped up one place to number eight, Disney's racing game Pure dropped a place in its second week to number nine and Carnival: Funfair Games came in tenth, down from seventh last week.
The UK software sales chart follows:
- 1. FIFA 09
- 2. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- 3. Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
- 4. Wii Fit
- 5. Mario Kart Wii
- 6. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
- 7. Wii Play
- 8. Big Beach Sports
- 9. Pure
- 10 Carnival: Funfair Games
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