Although there was only one major new release in the UK last week, the first expansion for the hugely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of WarCraft has dominated the charts.
Despite being released on a Tuesday instead of the more traditional Friday, it narrowly missed out (by under one thousand units) on beating the record for the fastest ever selling PC title in the UK, currently held by Eidos’ Championship Manager 04.
The Burning Crusade’s success has still been remarkable, though, accounting for 30 percent of all PC titles sold during the week – although this is again lower than Championship Manager 04’s record of 40 percent in April 2003. The expansion outsold the original World of WarCraft’s launch week by a factor of almost 4 to 1, a unique feat for any expansion.
Other movement in the chart has been limited, with Lost Planet and WarioWare moving down only one space – although Capcom’s Xbox 360 title outsold its rival by more than 2 to 1. As the current snooker championships continue on UK television, Sega’s official tie-in saw sales rise by 44 percent, to launch it into the top ten at number six.
As well as the original version of World of WarCraft re-entering at number twenty-eight, the top forty also contains a number of PC “super budget” titles, which have become a regular feature of the post-Christmas chart in the UK. eGames’ Galaxy of Games Red debuted as high as number twenty-four, with arcade conversion Sega Rally from GSP at number twenty-seven and Puppy Luv at number thirty-one.
TW
LW
Title
Publisher
Formats
Weeks
1
NE
World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade
Vivendi
PC
1
2
1
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Capcom
360
2
3
2
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Nintendo
Wii
2
4
3
FIFA 07
EA
PS2/Xb/GC/360/PC/GBA/DS/PSP
17
5
4
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Konami
PS2/360/PC/PSP
13
6
17
World Snooker Championship 2007
Sega
PS2/360/PSP
2
7
5
Need for Speed Carbon
EA
All Formats
12
8
10
Call of Duty 3
Activision
PS2/Xb/360/Wii
11
9
7
The Sims 2 Pets
EA
PS2/GC/PC/GBA/DS/PSP
14
10
6
Canis Canem Edit
Rockstar
PS2
13
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2007. ELSPA Ltd
