Burnout Paradise screeches into top spot in videogames chart

by Steven Williamson on 29 January 2008, 09:05

Tags: Burnout Paradise, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), Xbox 360, PS3

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EA racer straight in at number one

Burnout Paradise has gone straight into the number one spot in this week’s multi format videogames charts, with sales equally being split between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions (53% Xbox 360 and 47% PS3) and knocking Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games down to number two.

The biggest mover this week is THQ’s multi-platform Ratatouille which has risen 21 places in the charts to number 9.

The mutli-format videogames chart for week ending 26 January 2008

1 BURNOUT PARADISE
2 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
4 WII PLAY
5 DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING
6 THE SIMPSONS GAME
7 ASSASSIN'S CREED
8 FIFA 08
9 RATATOUILLE
10 MORE BRAIN TRAINING
11 COOKING MAMA
12 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008
13 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK
14 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
15 LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING
16 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER
17 GHOST SQUAD
18 SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO
19 LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE
20 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET


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Posted by Parm - Tue 29 Jan 2008 09:13
Has anyone played this yet? Thought the demo was quite good but not sure if I'd buy the full game.
Posted by menthel - Tue 29 Jan 2008 09:45
I didn't like the free driving style. I think burnout is more suited to set pieces personally.
Posted by gtech - Tue 29 Jan 2008 09:48
Absolutely love this game, got it friday, played a little single player but been playing lots of online, it's so easy to get online with ya friends, then set up races with check-points, and do team challenges, 3 of us last night, set up a challenge to go high up in the mountains and do a jump through a mountain eye, the actual starting point was miles away but it took you on a tiny verge opening up to a massive jump through the mountain with a view of the whole city below.
Or just freeburning around smashing into each other. I think the whole open city has made this game, so what if crash mode is changed and it's called showtime ( its not as good as crash mode), but all the challenges/races make up for it.