The Ukie Games Chart ranks the best-selling video games in the United Kingdom. In 2004, there were 22 games which topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one game of the year was EA's Need for Speed: Underground, which spent six weeks atop the chart (five weeks in 2004) starting on 27 December 2003.[1] The game's follow-up Need for Speed: Underground 2 was the final number one of the year, spending the last five weeks of 2004 (and the first five of 2005) at the top of the chart.[2] Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which spent three weeks at number one, was the best-selling game of the year in the UK.[3] Both Need for Speed titles and Activision's Spider-Man 2 were number one for the most weeks in 2004, at five each. EA was the most successful publisher of the year, spending a total of 24 weeks at number one across its EA Games (20 weeks) and EA Sports (4 weeks) titles.
Chart history edit
† | Indicates best-selling video game of 2004 |
Issue date | Video game | Developer | Publisher | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 January 2004 | Need for Speed: Underground | EA Black Box | EA Games | [4] |
10 January 2004 | [5] | |||
17 January 2004 | [6] | |||
24 January 2004 | [7] | |||
31 January 2004 | [8] | |||
7 February 2004 | Sonic Heroes | Sonic Team | Sega | [9] |
14 February 2004 | [10] | |||
21 February 2004 | Final Fantasy X-2 | Square PDD1 | Square Enix | [11] |
28 February 2004 | James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | EA Redwood Shores | EA Games | [12] |
6 March 2004 | [13] | |||
13 March 2004 | [14] | |||
20 March 2004 | [15] | |||
27 March 2004 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Ubisoft Milan Ubisoft Shanghai |
Ubisoft | [16] |
3 April 2004 | [17] | |||
20 March 2004 | [18] | |||
17 April 2004 | Sonic Heroes | Sonic Team | Sega | [19] |
24 April 2004 | TOCA Race Driver 2 | Codemasters | Codemasters | [20] |
1 May 2004 | Hitman: Contracts | IO Interactive | Eidos Interactive | [21] |
8 May 2004 | [22] | |||
15 May 2004 | UEFA Euro 2004 | EA Canada | EA Sports | [23] |
22 May 2004 | [24] | |||
29 May 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | EA UK | EA Games | [25] |
5 June 2004 | [26] | |||
12 June 2004 | [27] | |||
19 June 2004 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Ubisoft Milan Ubisoft Shanghai |
Ubisoft | [28] |
26 June 2004 | Driver 3 | Reflections | Atari | [29] |
3 July 2004 | [30] | |||
10 July 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Treyarch | Activision | [31] |
17 July 2004 | [32] | |||
24 July 2004 | [33] | |||
31 July 2004 | [34] | |||
7 August 2004 | [35] | |||
14 August 2004 | Doom 3 | id Software | [36] | |
21 August 2004 | [37] | |||
28 August 2004 | Athens 2004 | Eurocom | Sony | [38] |
4 September 2004 | Conflict: Vietnam | Pivotal Games | SCi Games | [39] |
11 September 2004 | Burnout 3: Takedown | Criterion Games | EA Games | [40] |
18 September 2004 | The Sims 2 | Maxis | [41] | |
25 September 2004 | [42] | |||
2 October 2004 | Star Wars: Battlefront | Pandemic Studios | LucasArts | [43] |
9 October 2004 | FIFA Football 2005 | EA Canada | EA Sports | [44] |
16 October 2004 | Pro Evolution Soccer 4 | Konami | Konami | [45] |
23 October 2004 | FIFA Football 2005 | EA Canada | EA Sports | [46] |
30 October 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas † | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | [47] |
6 November 2004 | [48] | |||
13 November 2004 | Halo 2 | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios | [49] |
20 November 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas † | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | [50] |
27 November 2004 | Need for Speed: Underground 2 | EA Black Box | EA Games | [51] |
4 December 2004 | [52] | |||
11 December 2004 | ||||
18 December 2004 | [53] | |||
25 December 2004 |
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ Fahey, Rob (4 February 2005). "UK Charts: Need for Speed Underground 2 enters the record books". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 7th August 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 14th August 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 28th August 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 4th September 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 11th September 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 14 September 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 25th September 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 2nd October 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 9th October 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 12 October 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 16th October 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 23rd October 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 27 October 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 30th October 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 8 November 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Fahey, Rob (9 November 2004). "UK Charts: San Andreas tops a million sales in nine days". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 13th November 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 20th November 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 27th November 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 11th December 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Top 40 All Formats – 25th December 2004". Gamesindustry.biz. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
External links edit
- List of best-selling video games of 2004 at Ukiepedia