UK Charts: Spider senses a-tingling
Bad news for Atari as Tanner takes a tanning from the webbed wonder.
Posted 13 Jul 2004

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Elsewhere in the top 10, Shrek 2 steps back a place to number three to make way for the web-slinger. The PS2-exclusive Athens 2004 makes impressive headway, moving up from eight to four. Not bad for a title supporting an event still a month away from starting. Even with the European Championship almost forgotten by us poor put-upon England fans, EA's UEFA Euro 2004 remains strong at number five. Further down the top 10, it's a steady slide. Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow goes from five to six, the latest Potter tie-in, Prisoner of Azkaban, drops from four to seven. McAfee Internet Security drops to eight and THQ's Full Spectrum Warrior from six to nine. Sliding onto the apron of the top 10 is EA's Need For Speed: Underground, fuelled by a budget re-release on PS2, Xbox and Gamecube.
Just failing to make the top 10 is Capcom's PS2 exclusive Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, landing this week at number 11. At the other end of the scale, and this week's only other new entry, is Codemaster's PC-only Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2, which finds itself at 39.
This week's big movers show continued progress from Sega's Sonic Advance 3, leaping from 23 to 14. EA's The Sims: Bustin' Out returns to the top 40 at number 28 after a two-week holiday and a minor price adjustment. On the other side of the coin, Activision's True Crime: Streets of LA dives from 20 to 34.
A surprise no-show this week comes in the form of Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, which only manages a number 16 position in the PS2 chart.
Expect very little excitement next week - if the charts could ever be described as exciting - as the release landscape becomes even more sparsely populated. Risk comes to PS2, along with PS2 and Xbox re-releases of True Crime: Streets of LA and Tony Hawk's Underground.
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Smelly wrote:
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>With the Driver title falling so quickly
>from the top spot, a question mark hangs over the
>company
>
>Erm.. who taught you maths?
>It could be selling the exact same amount of
>units (or even more) than last week.. But
>spiderman just happened to sell more?
Just before that it mentions that overall sales are down. Now, it could be that these two titles were exceptions to the drop in sales, but it's unlikely.
Besides, a game with Driv3r's marketing spend really ought to be able to hold on to the top spot for more than three weeks. Spider-man2 seems to be relying on the movie and some special press coverage.
Atari needs Driv3r to remain the top seller for a long while to recoup that ridiculous marketing spend - and justify the (so far) groundless hype.
>
>With the Driver title falling so quickly
>from the top spot, a question mark hangs over the
>company
>
>Erm.. who taught you maths?
>It could be selling the exact same amount of
>units (or even more) than last week.. But
>spiderman just happened to sell more?
Just before that it mentions that overall sales are down. Now, it could be that these two titles were exceptions to the drop in sales, but it's unlikely.
Besides, a game with Driv3r's marketing spend really ought to be able to hold on to the top spot for more than three weeks. Spider-man2 seems to be relying on the movie and some special press coverage.
Atari needs Driv3r to remain the top seller for a long while to recoup that ridiculous marketing spend - and justify the (so far) groundless hype.
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With the Driver title falling so quickly from the top spot, a question mark hangs over the company
Erm.. who taught you maths? It could be selling the exact same amount of units (or even more) than last week.. But spiderman just happened to sell more?
Not that im bothered..