'FIFA 08' best-selling game of 2007

Following its disappointment that bookies' Christmas number one favourite Need for Speed: Prostreet failed to hit the festive high spot, EA Sports now has reason to celebrate after ChartTrack revealed FIFA 2008 was officially the best-selling game of 2007.

The acclaimed football game sold 25% more than the second best-seller of the year, which went to the top performing Dr Kawashima's Brain Training.

While Christmas number one Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was third on the list, Halo 3, which many predicted would finish top, was the sixth best-selling game of the year.

The ChartTrack figures, which revealed the UK market made £1.7 billion during the past 12 months, showed that the DS and Xbox 360 were the main reasons for the significant increase in games sales.

"The high points have been Xbox 360, which was the clear winner in terms of software sold," ChartTrack director Dorian Bloch told MCV. "The really big area of growth is console handheld, which in terms of units and value has hit an all-time high. DS has really been a star performer – handheld took nearly a third of the market in unit terms and almost a quarter in value."

The ten best-selling games of 2007 were:

1. FIFA 2008 (EA Sports)
2. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
5. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
6. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
7. The Simpsons Game (EA Games)
8. Wii Play (Nintendo)
9. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
10. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 (THQ)