14 DAY TRIAL // Need for Speed: Shift managed to hold on to the top spot in the videogame chart compiled for the United Kingdom for just one short week. It seems that shooting Covenant aliens is more appealing than racing in a more simulation-like experience delivered by Need for Speed, as Halo 3: ODST, the latest Bungie videogame, managed to get to the top spot in its first week on sales.
It's interesting to see that the Electronic Arts racing title did not even manage to hold on to the second spot with Professor Layton and Pandora's Box from Nintendo proving that puzzles can be more enticing than racing for a lot of people. No doubt Shift will probably drop even more in the coming weeks as the big releases of the fall pile up in the United Kingdom.
Guitar Hero 5 from Activision Blizzard managed to drop two spots to number 4, while Wii Sports Resort succeeded in holding on to fifth, leaping over Batman: Arkham Asylum from Eidos, which has dropped to 6, after at one time topping the chart.
Another new entry is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 from Activision that, on the strong power of attraction of super heroes, managed to enter at number 7, while Colin McRae: DiRT 2 from Codemasters is at 8, down a significant 5 places from 3. Wet, the slow motion obsessed shooter from Bethesda that debuted at number 6 is now in ninth place and Wii Fit is closing off the chart at number 10.
The United Kingdom release of Aion, the MMO from NCsoft has not succeeded in breaking the top ten. Other significant titles that dropped out are The Beatles Rock Band from Harmonix and MTV Games, which was supposed to give Guitar Hero 5 a run for its money, and MySims Agents from Electronic Arts.