Shadow of the Colossus Tops UK Charts

[fitbabits]

And in doing so prevents Electronic Arts' NFS: MW from setting a record.

Thanks to Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com) for the news (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8235).

Electronic Arts’ hopes for Need for Speed: Most Wanted to become the longest-serving number one in the UK ever have been dashed by the unexpected success of Fumito Ueda’s Shadow of the Colossus.

In a market not known for its tolerance of more artistic titles, the game has entered straight in at number one. The budget price re-release of Ueda’s ICO has also entered at number twenty-three in the charts, and may well see the game performing better on its re-release than during its initial debut in 2002.
There is hope...

[Morratut]

Nooooooo!!! Shadow of the Collossus is number 1? Why? All your doing is wandering around killing monsters, whats so good about that :rolleyes:

I'm joking guys. I wish I had a PS2 so I could play this. I watched some trailers for it and I was blown away. I wanted to play it soo much.

I haven't even played the game but everyone here loves it so much it sounds as though it deserves the top spot :)

[GunnyMo]

I see this akin to the rebels blowing up the Death Star at the end of Ep.IV. A great victory, EA will come back with something evil but, in the end, they will be blown up again. Death to the Empire! :)

On the other hand, there were a lot of UK-ers in SW (most of 'em died but hell they were there!) so I'm sure there's some sort of connection. Either that or it's just too early in the morning.

[KidCactus]

I haven't even played the game but everyone here loves it so much it sounds as though it deserves the top spot :)
No, not everyone.

[Bumbuliuz]

Black is coming out on Friday some that will have some effect on next weeks numbers.

[IagoTheHunted]

It's refreshing to see an original ip (and even more shocking and original IDEA) get some top spot respect. That game's awsome, three cheers.

[Paranoia]

I played the game but didn't hold my interest for long. The framerates was just annoying.

[Kelegacy]

This is great, but what's sad is that NFS: MW was on top of the charts to begin with.

Goddamn EuroPEONs.

[Lutheran]

Both Ico and SOTC rocked , real good games so I am happy to see them doing well.

[The Continental]

In a market not known for its tolerance of more artistic titles, the game has entered straight in at number one.

Next time I hear someone bitching about the GTA franchise ruining an entire generation of US kids I'll just respond "At least we're not as bad as those blood thirsty Euros."

[Xaerin]

This is great, but what's sad is that NFS: MW was on top of the charts to begin with.

Goddamn EuroPEONs.

Yeah, cause the Goddamn EUROPEAN market makes up such a HUGE chunk of EA's sales figures. It's not even talking about the whole of Europe, it's just the UK!

[Kelegacy]

Yeah, cause the Goddamn EUROPEAN market makes up such a HUGE chunk of EA's sales figures. It's not even talking about the whole of Europe, it's just the UK!
I hope you know that I was kidding. Well, at least about the "goddamn euroPEONs part".

[Varsity]

I'm joking guys. I wish I had a PS2 so I could play this. I watched some trailers for it and I was blown away. I wanted to play it soo much.
I don't have one either but hell, I wanted to play it so much I did buy it. The box is lovely! :D

[danhoo]

Didn't the UK release of SotC get some sort of special extras, like some unlockable making-of videos and stuff? I'd almost buy the game again if I could get those extras in the US.

[fitbabits]

Didn't the UK release of SotC get some sort of special extras, like some unlockable making-of videos and stuff? I'd almost buy the game again if I could get those extras in the US.
It did indeed get some extra stuff. I have it on good authority that the US Greatest Hits version of SotC will have the additional content added when it's released (think Virtua Fighter 4 and Midnight Club 3 on Greatest Hits). It's still a ways away, though.

[Dr Quincy]

Black is coming out on Friday some that will have some effect on next weeks numbers.

Can we get a budget version of Red Faction out the same day. They are essentially the same game.

[Royal Fool]

No, I think Red Faction has more desctructable environments. And Black has less spacesuits.

[Borys]

A PC exclusive strategy (non-FPS) title sits on the #2 spot.

Something to ponder about for the "PC is d00m3d" crowd.

[IagoTheHunted]

I played the game but didn't hold my interest for long. The framerates was just annoying.

I thought they cleared up that problem quite well with the spiffy motion blur... I mean it's not like your eyes can tell the difference unless it drops to REALLY low rates in this scenario. For me it just gave it more of a cinimatic shaky-cam feel.