Given that Microsoft has trumpeted the launch of Halo 2 as being the biggest launch in all of entertainment history, it comes as little surprise that the game has taken the number one slot in the UK shifting a reported 260,000 units.
Dumping Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from its hereditarily-granted top slot, Halo 2’s success pays testament to the fact that in an ever-sparce exclusive title market, a killer app will get the tills ringing.
For all this weeks charts, head here. SPOnG’s charts are updated first in Europe every week.
And don't forget to read our review of Halo 2, perhaps the only online opinion not steeped in advertising commitment-weakened spew, later today.
Dumping Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from its hereditarily-granted top slot, Halo 2’s success pays testament to the fact that in an ever-sparce exclusive title market, a killer app will get the tills ringing.
For all this weeks charts, head here. SPOnG’s charts are updated first in Europe every week.
And don't forget to read our review of Halo 2, perhaps the only online opinion not steeped in advertising commitment-weakened spew, later today.
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Master Chef 19 Nov 2004 14:49
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Any one wanna take bets when GTA:SA will return to number 1?
I'll go first. Based on GTA series past performance -- next week ;D
I'll go first. Based on GTA series past performance -- next week ;D
SPInGSPOnG 19 Nov 2004 15:11
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Master Chef wrote:
Any one wanna take bets when GTA:SA will return to number 1?
I'll go first. Based on GTA series past performance -- next week ;D
I'll go first. Based on GTA series past performance -- next week ;D
I'd like to take issue with that.
But really I can't.
It's nailed on, like Jesus on a tree.