UK Chart Highlights | Nintendo Back as No.1 Seller for the Week

Following last week's chart topping winner Assassin's Creed keeping Nintendo from grabbing the No.1 seller slot, this week FIFA 08 has been the overall multi-format winner, whilst More Brain Training takes the gong for biggest individual seller over the past seven days. Interestingly enough, FIFA 07 was No.1 at the same time last year. Assassin's Creed is pushed down to No.4 as the PS3 version's legs start to give way in a week where every single Top 40 game dropped in sales. Ubisoft's title fell a total of 70% in numbers, meaning that whilst Call of Duty fell 56% and The Simpsons was down 58%, both games actually rose a place each due to the chart being so close last week. The Golden Compass is still going strong, despite terrible reviews, rising to a new peak position of No.7, but you have to wonder just how many copies have been quickly put onto the second-hand market. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw is holding its own, though, clinging onto the No.10 position after being knocked down three spots.

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Finally, finishing off this week with the 'Individual Format Top 40' list ranked by 'Units' More Brain Training is now the best selling game in the UK, rising up from No.1 and doing what its older brother did a few weeks before Christmas. Brain Training fever has gripped the UK most definitely, especially given how the first game was the second biggest seller of 2007 in the UK, with 1,016,558 copies sold, with FIFA 08 on all formats pipping it to the post with 1,391,435 sales. More Brain Training came in fifth with 760,225 units, ahead of Halo 3 (735,176), whilst Wii Play edged out Assassin's Creed (688,002 versus 670,286). Anyway, Brain Training itself is up to No.3, Cooking Mama jumps two to become the fifth biggest seller of the week at No.5, whilst Wii Play holds at No.6 and Super Mario Galaxy is back up three to No.7. In total, Nintendo accounted for 15 out of the Top 40.

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