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UK sales charts, 11/8 - Call of Duty: World at War outsells predecessor
Sean Ridgeley - Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | 12:19PM (PT)


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Despite grumblings from the gaming community about Call of Duty: World at War, the game has sold vastly well. So well, in fact, it's more than doubled its already massively popular predecessor, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. More than that, the game is now the UK's third fastest selling video game of all time, behind Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Activision Blizzard (who published the game) continue their domination of the charts with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, now the third fastest selling PC title, a record which has been held since March 2003 by Championship Manager 4.

Guitar Hero: World Tour meanwhile shoots up from #17 to #6, with the complete band packs no doubt being a factor.

Astonishinly, sales from just these three games accounted for one-quarter of all games sold last week. Dangerous, to be sure, but on the bright side, at least they're great games.

PC gaming is indeed looking up, as Football Manager 2009 comes in at #3, making it Sega's fastest selling game of the series. Meanwhile Gears of War 2 sales slip 64% (from #1 to #4), EA's FIFA 09 falls three spots to #5. Nintendo stays in the Top 10 with Professor Layton and Mario Kart Wii, which both fell one place to #7 and #8, but rose in sales, up 9% and 12%. Dissapointingly, (for Nintendo), Wii Music only hit #16, and (for gamers like myself, and DICE/EA, surely), Mirror's Edge got the #20 spot.


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    THM | Nov 18, 08 | quote
    According to UK's PLAY Magazine reviews and other reviews show that Call of Duty: World at War is not as good as it seems and did not receive great marks, and I hope it is, more or less, true.

    I haven't played that game yet, nonetheless, I do hope that Medal of Honour: Airborne is better.

    Note: If you want a good World War II game, try Medal of Honour: Airborne which is only marred by a few minor mistakes and I like that game very much.
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