US console sales charts: July 2-8

OMEN · 07-12-2006, 07:22 AM

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What happens when gaming's summer release schedule slows down? Cash-conscious gamers seek shelter in the shade of sales, picking up older titles for discounted prices. This past week, BestBuy.com cleared out some inventory on some handheld titles.

Jumping from out of nowhere and into the number two slot of the week's best sellers was Drill Dozer for the Game Boy Advance. The highly rated game, which was released on February 6, benefited from a price slashed all the way down to $10, and has since sold out. Death Jr. for the PSP also received a budget-priced boost up to number six, as did number 13 Battles of Prince of Persia for the DS.

The excitement of the World Cup convinced gamers to play some virtual footie, as the PlayStation 2 version of 2006 FIFA World Cup made like Italy and landed in the number-one spot. Not far behind it at number three was the Xbox version, and the seven, eight, and nine spots went to the Xbox 360, GameCube, and PSP editions of the game, respectively. The beautiful game wasn't done there, however, as the 10th slot went to FIFA Soccer 2006 for the PS2.

DS-mania may be slowing down a bit, as Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day and New Super Mario Bros., two games which have been in the top three for months slipped to numbers four and five, respectively.

The new release for the Xbox 360, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II, failed to battle its way into the top 10 by one. However, older 360 titles made the top 20, including Major League Baseball 2K6 (13th), Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (15th), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (17th), and Over G Fighters (19th).

Bestbuy.com console best-sellers: Week of July 2, 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup
Today's #1 Game
2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS2 Category: Soccer
Release Date: Apr 28, 2006

2 Drill Dozer
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: GBA | Category: Platformers
release:
Sep 30, 2006
3 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: XBOX | Category: Soccer
release:
Apr 28, 2006
4 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Miscellaneous
release:
Jun 9, 2006
5 New Super Mario Bros.
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Platformers
release:
Jun 30, 2006
6 Death Jr.
Publisher: Konami | Platform: PSP | Category: Platformers
release:
Feb 10, 2006
7 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: X360 | Category: Soccer
release:
Apr 28, 2006
8 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: GC | Category: Soccer
release:
Apr 28, 2006
9 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: PSP | Category: Soccer
release:
May 19, 2006
10 FIFA 06
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
release:
Sep 30, 2005
Rankings based on Bestbuy.com sales figures from 7/2/06 to 7/8/06

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