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FIFA 11 Shows a Safe Pair of Hands

11/Oct/2010

EA’s ‘FIFA 11’ proves to be in a league of its own, retaining the top spot quite comfortably against rival Pro Evolution Soccer, despite a 63% drop in sales.


FIFA 11's launch week amounts to 10 times that of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Konami’s ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2011’ kicks off in second place, which is the first time a Pro Evolution Soccer title hasn’t debuted at No1 since the original game back in 2001 (it came second in Week 47, losing out to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone).  Capcom’s Zombie title ‘Dead Rising 2’ (-34%) proves it has a firm grip, retaining No3 for the third week in a row, ahead of Codemasters’ ‘F1 2010’ (-64%) which slips down to No4.  Microsoft’s flagship FPS ‘Halo: Reach’ (-43%) drops down to No5, followed by two new entries: Konami’s Castlevania franchise resurrected for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in ‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’ and Namco Bandai Games’ ‘Enslaved: Odyssey to the West’ (a game very loosely based on the Monkey TV series) in at No6 and No7 respectively.  EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11’ ( 6%) gets a double bogey and moves down from No6 to No8, while Ubisoft’s chart sensation ‘Just Dance’ ( 32%) is back in the Top 10 at No9 (the sequel is out next week).

Nintendo’s latest in the Wii series ‘Wii Party’ debuts at No10, but just missing out on the Top 10 is Black Bean/Tradewest’s ‘WRC: FIA World Rally Championship’ new at No11.  The final new entry this week is for 2K Sports / Take 2’s ‘NBA 2K11’ slamming in at No19.

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  TW     Title Format Label Publisher
1 1     FIFA 11 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 2     FIFA 11 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 3     PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 PS3 KONAMI KONAMI
5 4     HALO: REACH XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
6 5     DEAD RISING 2 XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
- 6     PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 XB360 KONAMI KONAMI
4 7     F1 2010 PS3 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
3 8     F1 2010 XB360 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
7 9     DEAD RISING 2 PS3 CAPCOM CAPCOM
13 10     JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
- 11     CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW PS3 KONAMI KONAMI
- 12     WII PARTY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 13     ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST XB360 NAMCO BANDAI GAMES NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
8 14     FIFA 11 WII EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 15     CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW XB360 KONAMI KONAMI
- 16     ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST PS3 NAMCO BANDAI GAMES NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
10 17     FIFA 11 PSP EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 18     SPORTS CHAMPIONS PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
15 19     WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
40 20     DANCE ON BROADWAY WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
18 21     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 22     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
20 23     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 11 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
16 24     SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 25     FIFA 11 PS2 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 26     FIFA 11 DS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 27     WRC: FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP PS3 BLACK BEAN TRADEWEST
- 28     CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 29     FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
22 30     WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 31     ART ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
27 32     TOY STORY 3 DS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
11 33     CIVILIZATION V PC 2K GAMES TAKE 2
- 34     WRC: FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP XB360 BLACK BEAN TRADEWEST
- 35     CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14 36     GUITAR HERO: WARRIORS OF ROCK XB360 REDOCTANE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
35 37     MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 38     SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR XB360 CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE
- 39     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 11 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
29 40     GREASE: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES