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ELSPA Charts - Fans send Fallout 3 to the top

Tuesday 4th of November, 2008 - 22:45:52 GMT

As predicted the no.1 spot in the PC charts continues to be a revolving door; the new number one this week is the PC version of Fallout 3. Rolling in right behind Fallout is Red Alert 3. CnC fans the world over will add RA3 to the collection like a book or a Bond film, without necessarily completing the game before the add-on invades the budget charts.

This has knocked Far Cry 2 down to no.3 and Spore down to 4. The next new entry, FIFA Manager 09, takes advantage of the lull before Football Manager 09 is released and keeps people remembering the brand name, a clever move since Fifa 09 has dropped to 19, making PES the winner this year even though it dropped five places to 9 due to the new entries and the fact that the Premiership transfer window won't stoke up any more interest in active football games, as opposed to management, until the new year.

Warhammer Online took the greatest fall at six places, falling from 10 to 16 but being an MMO, it has the same bounceback potential as WoW with the Lich King episode.

The only other new entry, Quantum of Solace, has used the Bond buzz to enter the PC chart and it's only reached no.20 – but we expect it will do better on consoles. The dropping new releases and Bond pushed out the usual lower chart fare of Flight Sim X and RTS gold editions – other than the usual Civ IV Complete at 14, with Colonization one place lower.

- Ken

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