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Forums - Sales Discussion - UK Charts, week ending 6th Jan

If EA’s New Years resolution was to claim the Top 3 games in the All Formats Chart, the giant US publisher has succeeded in week 1 with ‘FIFA 07’ kicking off 2007 at No1, followed by ‘Need For Speed: Carbon’ at No2 and ‘The Sims 2: Pets’ up one place to No3. Every game in the All Formats Top 40 drops in sales with the seasonal post-Christmas decline accompanied by no significant new releases. Konami’s ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 6’ slips from No2 to No4, while the heavily promoted ‘Canis Canem Edit’ chalks up its joint highest All Formats chart position, up 3 places to No5. EA is the only publisher to have more than one game in the All Formats Top 10 with THQ’s ‘WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007’ knocked out of the Top 10 from No6 to No11, while their game ‘Cars’ shifts from No10 to No7. ‘Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy’ and ‘New Super Mario Bros.’ re-enter the Top 10 at Nos 8 and 9 respectively. The remainder of the chart pack gets shuffled this week with ‘Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party’ coming up trumps as the highest Top 40 climber, up from No39 to No23. 1 1 FIFA 07 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 3 2 NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 3 THE SIMS 2: PETS MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 2 4 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI 8 5 CANIS CANEM EDIT ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 5 6 CALL OF DUTY 3 TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 10 7 CARS RAINBOW STUDIOS THQ THQ 14 8 LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY TRAVELLER'S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS 15 9 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 7 10 GEARS OF WAR EPIC GAMES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 6 11 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2007 YUKE'S THQ THQ 9 12 DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 12 13 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 HEADGATE STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS 11 14 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 20 15 THE SIMS 2 AMAZE ENTERTAINMENT EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS 17 16 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) RED STORM UBISOFT 16 17 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2 19 18 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA 18 19 TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 NEVERSOFT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION 24 20 THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM VIVENDI GAMES 13 21 TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS 22 22 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 3 BIZARRE CREATIONS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 39 23 BUZZ! JUNIOR: JUNGLE PARTY MAGENTA SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT. 29 24 XBOX 360 LIVE ARCADE UNPLUGGED MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT 21 25 HAPPY FEET A2M MIDWAY MIDWAY 25 26 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT UBISOFT (SHANGHAI) UBISOFT UBISOFT 32 27 RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS UBISOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT 30 28 ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 27 29 BIG BRAIN ACADEMY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 37 30 SONIC RUSH SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA 26 31 BRATZ: FOREVER DIAMONDZ BARKING LIZARDS THQ THQ 40 32 LEGO STAR WARS TRAVELLER'S TALES PLATINUM TT GAMES 23 33 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE: PARTY ED. CLIMAX EIDOS EIDOS 33 34 ZOO TYCOON DS BLUE FANG THQ THQ 28 35 ERAGON STORMFRONT STUDIOS SIERRA VIVENDI GAMES - 36 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO 38 37 JUST CAUSE AVALANCHE STUDIOS EIDOS EIDOS - 38 POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE CHUNSOFT NINTENDO NINTENDO - 39 GUITAR HERO II HARMONIX REDOCTANE ACTIVISION - 40 THE SIMS (ORIGINAL) MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS