UK: Top 50 Best-Selling Games of 2007
by Patrick Steen on January 31, 2008
Today we can present to you the top-selling UK games of 2007. Football and sequels rule, originality falls.
Not too much has changed from last year, except more single format games higher up the list. The majority of these are of course titles for Nintendo’s Wii and DS, notably Brain Training taking the second place prize. That is, even though the game’s creator, Dr Ryuta Kawashima, says he hasn’t made a single yen from the game. Halo 3 places well, but not at the staggering heights that were reached in the US.
However, the top 50 are littered with re-offenders, from Fifa to Pro Evolution Soccer, Mario Party and Call of Duty. Original IP’s are few and far between, with notable mentions being Assassin’s Creed, Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm and Wii Play. We would have liked to have seen more of Bioshock, Ratchet and Clank Future, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Mass Effect.
1. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
2. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
6. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
7. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
8. Wii Play (Nintendo)
9. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
10. WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 (THQ)
11. Need for Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
12. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
13. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
14. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
15. Need for Speed: Carbon (Electronic Arts)
16. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
17. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
18. FIFA ‘07 (Electronic Arts)
19. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
20. The Sims 2: Pets (Electronic Arts)
21. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar)
22. Transformers: The Game (Activision)
23. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Electronic Arts)
24. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
25. Cars (THQ)
26. The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
27. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney Interactive Studios)
28. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Electronic Arts)
29. Ratatouille (THQ)
30. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
31. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
32. Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
33. Resistance: Fall of Man (SCEE)
34. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Lucasarts)
35. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts)
36. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
37. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
38. High School Musical: Sing it! (Disney Interactive Studios)
39. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
40. MotorStorm (SCEE)
41. The Sims 2: Castaway (Electronic Arts)
42. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts)
43. Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
44. Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo)
45. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Vivendi)
46. MySims (Electronic Arts)
47. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
48. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
49. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)
50. Bratz: Forever Diamondz (THQ)
Source: MCV
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on January 31, 2008 7:38 pm
Those british would have the simpsons game and a brain game on there top ten….stupid english, don’t know the true meaning of video games
on January 31, 2008 8:20 pm
balla…we very much do know the true meaning of gaming…as there are more Games related degree courses in the UK and its on the rise!! Im studying a Games Technology BSc at the University of the West of England (UWE) and this year on the course there were 80 people enrolled…and on the Computer Science Bsc on the first day there wasn’t even half of that (38 to be precice) THE UK GAMING INDUSTRY IS ON ITS WAY UP BABY!!
and i wouldn’t imagine the US top 10 would look much different…opposed to FIFA not being there as they’re not into theyre footy (soccer) as much as we are here :P
on January 31, 2008 9:37 pm
What is the true “meaning” of gaming?
on February 9, 2008 8:06 pm
The true meaning of gaming is being able to blow the brains of someone you don’t know all over a wall with some gun you’ll probably never actually use in real life…….
And gettin away with it.