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ELSPA Charts - PC - Far Cry 2 jumps into the No.1 Hot Seat

Tuesday 28th of October, 2008 - 23:12:54 GMT

The PC charts of the past few weeks show that we're gearing up for another Christmas; everything which has occupied the charts since the start of the year, has fallen into the lower half and has been replaced by new release after new release, all of which struggle to stay up without a big label's (or a football fan's) backing.

Blanket good reviews can get you at least one week at the top and the best example of this is the new number one this week; Far Cry 2. It's good that all formats were included on the one campaign which clearly helped the sales, although the game has divided the early buyers on our forum alone, let alone the rest of the web. It knocked the previous new chart entrant, Pro Evo Soccer 2009, down from no.1, another game which seems to have a split fanbase with its latest version, even if it's selling better than FIFA down at no.16. The other new entry was EA's Deadspace at 3. Considering almost every new EA game gets a barrage of abuse on Amazon, depending on the copy protection method, this is a respectable showing. Clearly, gamers are taking the game's challenging control method and lack of classic Sci-Fi weaponry to heart.

X3 Terran Conflict which entered the charts at 4 last week, dropped to 6 this week. The new entries of the past few weeks dropped Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway from 3 to 8, Warhammer Online fell from 6 to 10 and Crysis Warhead lost the one place to 9 – a reasonable performance now that Amazon has abandoned the game to its marketplace sellers rather than risk unsold stocks.

This new entry at the top spot kept Spore in the runner-up position this week at 2. Once the new Football Manager arrives, it's inevitable that Will Wright's latest will only monopolize the top spot when sales are really slow. Speaking of Will Wright, The original Sims 2 game dropped out of the top 20 at the end of May with a last bank holiday hurrah, leaving its add-ons to take up one-fifth of the chart at 5, 7, 14 and 17 respectively. The first and newest, Apartment Life, was the non-mover at 5. Another pair, Double Deluxe at 7 and Bon Voyage at 17, were the only titles in the chart that gained places where everything else fell, or represented a new release or re-entry.

The Civilization twins, the Colonization remake and the 4th full game, dropped to 11 and 13 respectively. With one week before marking a year in the charts World of Warcraft dropped out of the top 10 for the very first time, dropping to 12 – It wouldn't surprise us if the Lich King release puts the MMO back in the top half.

The final new entry was at no.19 with another hardcore strategy game; WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs Tiger. It was surrounded by two re-entries at 18 and 20; Medieval Total War Gold and MS Flight Simulator X Gold.

- Ken

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