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Sales broken down by console show

Sales broken down by console show that the fIFA 15 Coins with a commanding 32 per cent. The Xbox 360 was next on 30 per cent, the Xbox One in third on 22 per cent, and the PlayStation 3 fourth with 15 per cent.

Chart-Track doesn’t reveal actual sales figures, since companies have to pay to access that information and aren’t supposed to make it public. But an insider tells us that the PlayStation 4 version was ahead of the Xbox One by 100,000 units.

That’s an awful lot considering how much effort Microsoft put in with co-promoting the game with EA, including the Xbox exclusive Ultimate Team Legends mode.

As you can imagine there wasn’t much else movement in the charts, in fact thanks to Destiny the individual formats top 10 only had five different games in it.

One of these though was Level-5′s 3DS role-player Fantasy Life, which did surprisingly well by getting to number 10 – and number eight in the all formats charts.

The game’s success suggests that Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS should do even better when it’s released this Friday. Although whether any game can knock FIFA 15 from the top spot seems unlikely.

It is a busy week though and Forza Horizon 2 (XO) and Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (the next gen and PC versions only – the last gen versions are released on November 21) should also do well, regardless of their actual chart position.

Read your FIFA review with interest. About three or four years ago FIFA was miles ahead as the primary football game on consoles. It was smoother and nicer to play than the nearest rival PES.

The last few years I have played it I have noticed fewer and fewer improvements and it has gone back to being just an upgrade from the fIFA 15 PS4 Coins . I had been really interested to see what they did with it, since this was the first time they could have truly concentrated on a newer gen version.

Playstation 4 in the basket

A few hours ago it was brought to the attention of the FIFA 15 Coins public a new promotion that will almost certainly arouse the interest of many enthusiasts. And more specifically, needless to say, of those who base their gaming experience on Sony's home console (the last of which brings us back clearly to Playstation 4 ).

Yes, because as of tomorrow, Thursday, September 25 until the day of the October 3, users who purchase the attractive Playstation 4 will have FIFA 15 as a gift . One of the most popular titles of the moment - whose official debut is expected because of tomorrow - will therefore be acquired in a totally free through a kind of investment that can certainly be said to be profitable.

The promotion will only be exploited in the stores participating in the initiative, and of course will be limited on the basis of available stock in each case.

However, we remind you that tomorrow is the date scheduled for debut FIFA 15 PS4 Coins , so much so that the game will be available on the platforms Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PC, 3DS, Wii and Playstation Vita on a purely official. The only exception is provided by the Club Pro mode , which will be exclusively on next-generation systems.

UEFA disciplinary action over Serbia-Albania chaos

FIFA 15 Coins opened disciplinary cases on Wednesday against the Serbian and Albanian football associations over the fighting between players and fans that led to their European Championship qualifier in Belgrade being abandoned.

The violence broke out after a drone dangling an Albanian banner circled over the field during the first half of Tuesday night's game. A Serbian player grabbed the banner as Albanian players tried to protect it, and the game was called off before halftime amid the chaos.

The case was quickly assessed by UEFA's disciplinary unit on Wednesday after receiving reports from the delegate, match officials and security.

The Serbian hosts have been charged over "insufficient organization," fireworks being set off, missiles being launched, a crowd disturbance, a field invasion by supporters and the use of a laser pointer, UEFA said.

The Football Association of Albania has been charged for "refusing to play" and over the display of "an illicit banner," the UEFA statement said.

The case will be dealt with by UEFA's control, ethics and disciplinary Body on Oct. 23.

Serbia could have to play its next Euro 2016 qualifier at home on Nov. 14 against Denmark without any fans.

UEFA President Michel Platini said he was saddened by the violence.

"Football is supposed to bring people together and our game should not be mixed with politics of any kind," Platini said. "The scenes in Belgrade last night were inexcusable."

There was also condemnation from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who wrote on Twitter: "Football should never be used for political messages. I strongly condemn what happened in Belgrade."

Albanian fans had been warned against attending the game between the two Balkan rival nations that have had turbulent relations mainly over the former ethnic Albanian-dominated Serbian province of Kosovo that declared independence in 2008.

But neither Serbia nor Albania asked to be separated in qualifying, said Pinto, who also highlighted the lack of ongoing military conflict between the nations.

FIFA 15 PS4 Coins and Azerbaijan, which have a territorial dispute, have been kept apart by UEFA in draws since their scheduled Euro 2008 qualifiers were cancelled, and Spain refuses to play new UEFA member Gibraltar because of a sovereignty dispute with the British territory.

Another Year, Another Madden

Madden Fut 15 Coins is another entry in what’s become one of the world’s most popular sport’s games. Second perhaps only to FIFA, this franchise has a strong, established fanbase and commands spectacular brand recognition. It’s a winning formula for EA Sports, and it’s a series that I’ve been a part of more often than not.

When a new Madden comes out, I wind up playing it. If I’m not reviewing the game, the itch comes on about halfway through the football season, and I head out to pick it up. Now, in my mind, there are different types ofMadden players. There are those who dabble into each mode lightly while focusing on bringing one franchise to one Super Bowl before moving on, and then there are those who hit the nitty gritty of team management exceptionally hard.

I’m a mix of both. While you won’t find me aiming for year 10 of my franchise, you will see me in between games focusing on development and team strength. In this year’s entry, all of that stuff feels a little more compact and fluid. In Connected Careers (yes, that’s back), depending on if you play your franchise as a coach, player or owner, you’ll be able to dictate whether your players earn experience or confidence before games.

 

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Selecting one or the other eats into the amount of prep time you have for each game. Confidence rewards you in the short term, getting a slightly more dynamic effort from players on the field for that next week. Experience, though, leads towards longer term rewards that those folks aiming for 10 years of franchise mode should desire. This mechanic presents a bit of risk to working with players. If you’re up against the best team in the league as one of the worst, do you waste your time on confidence or ante up the experience.

That level of depth applies to each of the game’s modes, a bag that looks incredibly similar if not identical to FIFA 15 PS4 Coins . Madden Ultimate Team returns, of course, and Connected Careers brings each element online if you choose. For your information, I wasn’t able to get online for a full league during the review period, no one has the game.

 

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate debuts at 1.4 million sales

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, which is an updated version of last year’s Monster Hunter 4, opened at 1,446,289 sales. The original game, in comparison, opened at 1,715,060 sales. The LL model of the Fut 15 Coins opened at 164,756 sales, while the standard New 3DS opened at 70,050 sales. New 3DS and older 3DS models combined, the platform moved a total of 198,873 units this past week.

Get the full FIFA 15 PS4 Coins sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 1,446,289 (New)

[3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 76,392 (1,557,829)

[3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 57,583 (2,712,909)

[PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (Square Enix, 10/02/14) – 21,158 (106,093)

[PS4] FIFA 15 (EA, 10/09/14) – 16,719 (New)

[PS3] FIFA 15 (EA, 10/09/14) – 16,149 (New)

[PS4] Runescape 2007 Gold (SCE, 10/09/14) – 8,620 (New)

[PSV] Danganronpa: Another Episode (Spike Chunsoft, 09/25/14) – 7,184 (93,113)

[3DS] Nazotoki Battle Tore! Densetsu no Makyuu o Fukkatsu Saseyo! (Bandai Namco, 10/02/14) – 6,106 (102,905)

[PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 5,021 (102,905)

[PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 4,330 (79,473)

[PSV] FIFA 15 (EA, 10/09/14) – 4,253 (New)

[3DS] Forbidden Magna (Marvelous, 10/02/14) – 4,247 (27,497)

[PS3] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 4,160 (105,296)

[3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix, 09/04/14) – 4,151 (105,296)

[Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 3,996 (686,763)

[3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 3,170 (1,284,799)

[PSV] Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star (Gust, 10/02/14) – 3,157 (12,398)

[3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 2,906 (194,510)

[Wii U] Fatal Frame: Oracle of the Sodden Raven (Nintendo, 09/27/14) – 2,710 (37,320)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

New 3DS LL – 164,756 (N/A)

New 3DS – 70,050 (N/A)

3DS LL – 19,727 (16,130)

PlayStation 4 – 11,697 (7,350)

PlayStation Vita – 8,561 (13,510)

3DS – 7,340 (6,360)

Wii U – 6,309 (7,805)

PlayStation 3 – 4,954 (5,365)

Xbox One – 809 (1,062)

PlayStation Vita TV – 737 (922)

Xbox 360 – 97 (80)

PSP – 67 (84)

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the Fut 15 Coins

Sadly, they won’t be making the jump back to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the Fut 15 Coins . While many changes, from improvements to player control and intelligence to the visual tweaks and the style of replay that we saw in FIFA 14 on the newer consoles have made the trip, some things are simply beyond what the ageing hardware is capable of, and the improvements to goalkeepers are one of those.

Stepping away from the core gameplay though, there are changes being wrought on many of the main areas and game modes. Pro Clubs and Seasons will allow you to progress straight into match making after finishing a match, cutting out those seconds and minutes of set up time. The Career sees a new more visual style to team management, where you can much more easily manually alter a formation compared to the somewhat obtuse lists of before, and team sheets so that you can switch between regular match rosters in a streamlined fashion.

“I think the last time we rewrote Career mode completely was for FIFA 11,” Sebastian recalled, “and then it was improving different subsystems, like the addition of the Global Transfer Network. This time, we’re doing more polishing than anything else, but I think that the big thing that serves the Career mode user is the team management with the team sheets aspect, because it gives them much more powerful tools like playing instructions for how they want to set up the team.”

Ultimate Team in particular sees some healthy new ideas being added in the form of concept squads. These give you a lot of new flexibility to explore and dream up an ideal team without spending any in game money, the only proviso being that you’re not allowed to take them to the pitch. It could be that you want to see how a particular player might fit into your existing squad, dropping a chalk outlined card into the traditional team view, or you could dream up a completely new team of hypotheticals. In a neat twist, you can then share this with your friends, or take a friend’s team list as a concept squad, improve it and send it back.

Beyond this, there’s also the concept of loan players, that will allow you to quickly and cheaply add a star player to your FIFA 15 PS4 Coins for a short spell before they turn back into the chalk outline of a concept squad player.

 

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Diego Costa Who Should Be Rated Highest

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Fut 14 coins was that Wenger’s squad didn’t have a world class attacking player to get on the end of the service coming through from their deeply talented midfield. Giroud did step up on several occasions but overall the Frenchman lacked the pace and the killer instinct needed for a top striker.

The addition of Barcelona’s Alexis Sánchez to the Gunners squad will definitely add some much needed venom to proceedings. Neymar and Messi were the players who generated the most excitement among fans at the Camp Nou last year but the perennially underrated Chilean winger had an incredible season for the Catalan giants, netting 19 league goals while providing 10 assists.

Runescape 3 Gold of late certainly warrant an upgrade from his FIFA 14 rating of 82 – hopefully returning to his FIFA 13 rating of 85. He is without doubt one of the most talented footballers who have made the move to the Premier League. With Sánchez being supported by the likes of Ozil, Carzorla and Ramsey, expect Arsenal to be a force to be reckoned with in the 2014/15 season.

 

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The re-addition of Didier Drogba pleased many Chelsea fans for its sentimental appeal but it was the signing of Diego Costa which really got the Blues restless for the the 2014/15 campaign to hurry up and start. For the past few seasons Chelsea have relied heavily on goals from their talented midfield to keep them in the upper reaches of the Premier League while their strikers have underperformed.

The addition of the man who facilitated the fairy tale story of Atletico Madrid’s victory of La Liga against seemingly insurmountable odds will certainly help Chelsea’s cause. The £32 million striker scored an impressive 36 goals in all competitions last season, grabbing the attention of Chelsea’s top brass.

FIFA 15 PS3 Coins are anything to go by, Diego Costa will certainly not go the same way as big-money flop Fernando Torres as he has already scored four goals in just three games. The Spaniard is expected to be one of the players who will determine whether or not José Mourinho will recapture the league title next season. Expect Costa’s phenomenal form to result in a small upgrade on his FIFA 14 rating, making him one of the most potent strikers in the top tier of English football.