FIFA Still Going Strong

Even in the face of Football Manager 2010 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA is still going strong – as you can see in the stats below (thanks to regular contributor Alexrstone for putting the facts on the forums).

FIFA 10 Sales – The Story So Far (stats courtesy of Edge Online)

NOV 9th (6 weeks) – (FIFA 10 moves up to 2nd, PES 2010 falls to 9th)

EA’s FIFA 10 took second place, ahead of Wii Sports Resort and last week’s bestseller, Football Manager 2010. The highest new entry was EA’s Dragon Age: Origins in fifth. Despite the release of the PS2 and PSP versions of PES 2010, Konami’s football title dropped to ninth.

01) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
02) FIFA 10 (EA)
03) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04) Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
05) Dragon Age: Origins (EA)
06) Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
07) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
08) Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (Take Two)
09) PES 2010 (Konami)
10) Tekken 6 (Namco)

NOV 16th (7 weeks) – (FIFA 10 drops to 3rd, PES 2010 disappears)

Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 has recorded ‘by far the biggest ever launch of any game’ in the UK, selling 1.78m units in five days and generating £67.4 million, according to GfK Chart-Track. Elsewhere on the chart, Wii Sports Resort climbed one place to second and FIFA 10 dropped one to third. The previous week’s bestseller, Wii Fit Plus, fell three spots to fourth, while Forza Motorsport 3 rounded off the top five.

01) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
02) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
03) FIFA 10 (EA)
04) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
05) Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
06) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
07) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros.)
08) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
09) Pure (Disney)
10) Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (Take Two)

Comment on this post - join the discussion on the forums

Posted by Chris Davies on November 24th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps3, psp, xbox 360

FIFA 10 Review Collection

Still not sure if FIFA 10 is worth your hard-earned money?

The guys on the forums are doing an amazing job collecting every URL of every FIFA 10 review known to man. So if you can’t decide whether to put your hand in your pocket or not, check out our review collection.

You’re doing us proud, forumers.

Comment on this post - join the discussion on the forums

Posted by Chris Davies on October 16th, 2009 Tags: fifa 10, pc, ps3, review, xbox 360

FIFA 10 Fastest-Selling Sports Game Ever

This news comes courtesy of gamesindustry.biz (and forum member Nanny):

Electronic Arts has said that FIFA 10 has become the fastest-selling sports game of all time, with 1.7 million units sold in its first week.

The game is EA’s biggest European launch to date, with over 10 million online matches played and over 155,000 users online simultaneously during peak periods.

You can read the article in full over here.

Comment on this post - join the discussion on the forums

Posted by Chris Davies on October 8th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps2, ps3, psp, xbox 360

FIFA 10 UK Advert Uncut

That makes it sound like it’s X-rated, but don’t worry, “uncut” just means that it’s two minutes long instead of 20 seconds.

The advert debuted during the Manchester derby this afternoon, and what a fitting occasion for it to be shown! You can check it out above, and in HD if you so desire.

Comment on this post - join the discussion on the forums

Posted by Chris Davies on September 20th, 2009 Tags: advert, ds, fifa 10, pc, ps3, psp, wii, xbox 360

Dutch National Team Licensed

What are those two so happy about? Well, it might be because of this.

It looks like the rumours are true and that the Dutch national team will indeed be licensed in FIFA 10. A few videos have surfaced on YouTube and been taken down again over the last few weeks, but this time the Dutch website PlayStation Only seems to have confirmed it. Take a look at the article they’ve put together over here, or look below for a quote and the English translation (big thanks to ajaxforever from Evo-Web for the link and translation):

Voorgaande jaren vonden we Oranje niet terug in FIFA, vanwege een debacle tussen EA en de KNVB. De laatste keer verscheen oranje in 2006 FIFA World Cup, sindsdien moesten Oranje-fans het doen met namen als Ronhaar en Neutenboom.

[Finally we can play with Oranje in FIFA 10. The team will be fully licensed and now you can play with the real guys instead of Ronhaar and Neutenboom. The last time we could play with Oranje was in the 2006 FIFA World Cup game.]

Comment on this post - join the discussion on the forums

Posted by Chris Davies on September 19th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps3, psp, xbox 360