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News Top 10 UK games chart

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. Bauul

    Bauul Sir Bongaminge

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    It always amazes me how certain games seem to hang around for ages for no discernable reason. Why is PoP: TFS still at no.6 in the Gamestation chart? Surely any hype it had with the film dissapeared ages ago...?
     
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  3. Pieface

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    Worms is top at that price?
     
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  4. Unknownsock

    Unknownsock What's a Dremel?

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    People are still buying MW2 for full price? You can pretty much get all those games for half price now.
     
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    Showerhead What's a Dremel?

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    Wow Mass Effect 2 is hanging in for a long time.
     
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    BRAWL Dead and buried.

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    I completly ignore these things, they cannot possibly be right.
     
    BRAWL, 1 Sep 2010
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  7. mrbens

    mrbens What's a Dremel?

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    Nice to see an unknown (to me anyway until today) indie Japanese RPG at #4 in the Steam chart which isn't even out till 10th Sept. Downloading the demo now... :)
     
    mrbens, 1 Sep 2010
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  8. Andy Mc

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    The cynic in me can not help but wonder how much the publishers are influencing these charts.
     
    Andy Mc, 1 Sep 2010
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  9. perplekks45

    perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL!

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    Well... maybe it was just a good game? :p

    What I always find shocking/appalling: Sims... so many in the PC top 10. :(
     
    perplekks45, 1 Sep 2010
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  10. Jezcentral

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    Man, Kane and Lynch 2 didn't make even a ripple in the PC charts. That's not a good sign. It didn't hang around in the Steam chart for more than a few days, either.
     
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  11. pimonserry

    pimonserry sounds like a party.

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    I hear you, but if it weren't for casual gamers, the PC gaming market would be significantly smaller, and less attractive for publishers (less decent games for PC!).
     
    pimonserry, 1 Sep 2010
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    Next November's ELSPA Chart:
    1. The Sims 3
    2. The Sims 3: Likes & Dislikes
    3. The Sims 3: Misdemeanours
    4. The Sims 2
    5. The Sims 3: Ambitions
    6. The Sims 3: Alpine Garden
    7. The Sims 2: Studious Students
    8. The Sims 3: Showtunes
    9. The Sims 3: Old Coat Hanger
    10. The Sims 3: Funny Funerals

    Am I RIGHT?
     
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  13. DriftCarl

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    The only chart I would trust a little bit is the steam one. Valve has no reason to "fiddle" the charts so it is probably right.

    I honest cant believe people are still buying WOTLK in such numbers. either it takes less than 1000 copies to sell in a week to get in that chart or something is seriously wrong.
     
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  14. Glix

    Glix Left Thumb Stick in the mud.

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    Bought 2 copies of wotlk just last month. :>
     
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    The Sims 2. Is still in the charts, that must be a typo. If not, that's obscene.
     
    Cptn-Inafinus, 1 Sep 2010
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  16. Sifter3000

    Sifter3000 I used to be somebody

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    I've only just bought my copy! :)
     
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  17. Pete J

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    That's because it's made of awesome and win!
     
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    Greetings!
    When it doesnt crash it is fun.
     
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  19. Salty Wagyu

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    The top 10 selling games on Steam can vary quite wildly though, think it's being updated hourly.
     
    Salty Wagyu, 3 Sep 2010
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  20. Bauul

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    As weird as they are, the Elspa charts are correct. I should know, I work for the owners of the company that produces them, Chart-Track.

    I've been round their offices and seen how they do it, and trust me, it'd be near impossible to fiddle the numbers as everything is handled by automatic tools that feed directly from the retailer's EPOS systems. They files come in, get loaded, and the numbers come out in a matter of hours. There wouldn't actually be any physical time for any fiddling.
     
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