Mon, Sep 27, 2010 | 10:42 BST

UK charts: F1 2010 passes Reach to get to number 1

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F1 2010 has thrown Halo: Reach from the number one spot from the UK charts, GfK Chart-Track’s confirmed this morning.

The title is the first F1 title to go to the top spot since Sony held the rights to the F1 IP with Formula One 2001 for PS2.

F1 2010 has also outsold Formula One 2001 by more then ten times, as well as outselling both the Bungie shooter and fellow new entry Dead Rising 2 combined.

Reach stays in second with an 80 percent decline in sales, while DR2 enters at three.

Civilization V enters at four and Sports Champions rounds the top five.

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is a new entry at six, with the collector’s edition of Final Fantasy XIV finishing the top ten.

Get the full top ten for the week ending September 25 below. Last week’s data is here.

1 – F1 2010 (Codemasters Birmingham, Codemasters)
2 – Halo: Reach (Bungie, Microsoft)
3 – Dead Rising 2 (Blue Castle Games, Capcom)
4 – Civilization V (Firaxis Games, 2K)
5 – Sports Champions (Zindagi Games, SCE)
6 – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Neversoft, Activision)
7 – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)
8 – Mafia II (2K Czech, 2K)
9 – Toy Story 3 (N-Space, Disney)
10 – Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix, Square Enix)

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24 comments

#1

Johnny Cullen
27/09/10, 10:23 am

Very surprised at that.

Still deserved, though. That’s a proper F1 title.

#2

Blerk
27/09/10, 10:28 am

Well… blimey! I really didn’t think F1 had it in it.

#3

troyx
27/09/10, 10:30 am

well that’s surprising. i really thought that dead rising 2 would get the first spot.

well done codemasters

#4

M2Kx
27/09/10, 10:30 am

What the…?
But hey, DR2 is on 3. \o/

#5

Blerk
27/09/10, 10:32 am

F1 outsold Halo and Dead Rising 2 combined, according to ChartTrack.

#6

BULArmy
27/09/10, 10:33 am

Yeah Johnny I think we lost rubber banding AI in the beginning of the century…
On the other hand it is a pretty good game but I think it sold so well because we didn’t have a multiplat F1 game for 8 years.

#7

AHA-Lambda
27/09/10, 10:33 am

guitar hero 6 came out? O__o

#8

Johnny Cullen
27/09/10, 10:39 am

I didn’t even know it was out until I seen an ad for it on Thursday.

#9

DrDamn
27/09/10, 10:51 am

@6
Codies seem to have done a great job, but agree on the point that a multiplat F1 game has been a long time coming and that has a fair bit to do with it.

#10

loki
27/09/10, 10:54 am

LOL PC port of Darcksiders not enter in Top 20 in 1st week. Epic Fail. THQ you idiots

1. F1 2010
2. HALO: REACH
3. DEAD RISING 2
4. CIVILIZATION V
5. SPORTS CHAMPIONS
6. GUITAR HERO: WARRIORS OF ROCK
7. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS
8. MAFIA II
9. TOY STORY 3
10. FINAL FANTASY XIV
11. JUST DANCE
12. TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 11
13. RED DEAD REDEMPTION
14. SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2
15. KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS
16. MASS EFFECT 2
17. NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT
18. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
19. WII SPORTS RESORT
20. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4

#11

Blerk
27/09/10, 11:02 am

Hardly surprising Darksiders didn’t chart – I can’t find a single store stocking it. Is it even out?

#12

cookiejar
27/09/10, 11:07 am

I’m still staggered Toy Story 3 is in the top ten. Cracker of a game, but I didn’t expect it to still be around.

#13

RoarrrUK
27/09/10, 11:17 am

Great game. Played on PC @ ultra settings. Stunning but…
Check the codies forums out.

This title has tons of bugs.
It corrupted my save data on the ps3 and pc. Just wipes it. You have to backup after every race.
The AI sometimes don’t pit.
Your engineer says ‘webber’ is 5 seconds behind and in fact he’s an inch off your rear wing.
The quali times are completely out.

and many many more.

I’m hoping for a patch. Still a cracking title, just needs some work.

#14

endgame
27/09/10, 11:24 am

and I thought console users were mindless idiots. well, it looks like they r not that stupid. F1 is a good game. :)

#15

Johnny Cullen
27/09/10, 11:30 am

@13 Really? Thank God I got the 360 version, then.

#16

RoarrrUK
27/09/10, 11:35 am

@15
All the bugs listed affect the 360 version as well :)

I put in about 15 hours over the weekend and then lost it all. Very annoying.

#17

Callum
27/09/10, 11:38 am

Jesus, I’m not ashamed to say I was suprised by this!
Still, good job Codemasters etc.
Shame about the bugs, the ones listed sound like something the QA should be catching really.

#18

freedoms_stain
27/09/10, 12:51 pm

I wonder how much the fact that the UK has a decent driver on the F1 tour is affecting the popularity of the game in the UK.

#19

Grimrita
27/09/10, 12:55 pm

Bravo to Civ 5 making it in to the top 5 for a single format title and on a so called ‘dead’ format at that. And the fact is only an average game thanks to the shaming AI.

And why are people surprised that F1 went to the top, its multi format.

#20

back_up
27/09/10, 1:47 pm

UK and Europe are huge fan of racing games.
Wait and see how GT5 kills Halo sales wise

#21

A4-F8
27/09/10, 2:35 pm

Congratulation

#22

undeadwolfy
27/09/10, 3:12 pm

@20 Amen

#23

RomaTotti10
27/09/10, 4:41 pm

@10 Darksiders was number 15 on the PC Chart but I don’t think it has had the whole week to sell. It will probably come in higher next week.

#24

Anaron
28/09/10, 11:29 pm

I gotta say, I’m surprised it passed Halo: Reach. What’s equally as surprising is Civilization V making it to the top 5. It’s a PC-only title going up against a AAA X360 title and multi-platform racer.

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