The big news in ELSPA's official UK game sales chart as compiled by Chart-Track this week is that the PS2 version of The Sims has debuted at number one without any assistance from the PC version. The only other game in this week's chart that wasn't present last week is Monsters, Inc., which is selling well as a result of it's recent release on Sony's budget priced Platinum label.

　　There's very little to speak of in the way of movement elsewhere in this week's chart, although young Harry Potter's popularity appears to be waning, with The Chamber of Secrets falling from position five to position nine, and The Philosopher's Stone falling no less than 10 positions to number 18. The two games that fell out of the top-20 this week were TimeSplitters 2 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003.

　　Best-selling games in the UK for the week ending February 1, 2003: Rank This Week / Rank Last Week / Title / Publisher / Platforms

　　1 / * / The Sims / EA / PS2

　　2 / 2 / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / Rockstar / PS2

　　3 / 1 / The Getaway / SCEE / PS2

　　4 / 3 / SimCity 4 / EA / PC

　　5 / 4 / FIFA 2003 / EA / PS2, Xbox, PS, PC

　　6 / 6 / James Bond 007: NightFire / EA / PS2, Xbox, GC, PC

　　7 / 7 / The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / EA / PS2, GBA

　　8 / 8 / Dancing Stage: Party Edition / Konami / PS

　　9 / 5 / Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets / EA / PS2, PS, GBA, PC

　　10 / 9 / Dancing Stage: Euromix / Konami / PS

　　11 / 12 / Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex / Vivendi / PS2, GC, Xbox

　　12 / 14 / WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth / THQ / PS2

　　13 / 11 / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 / Activision / PS2, PS, Xbox, GC

　　14 / 15 / The Sims Deluxe / EA / PC

　　15 / 13 / Medal of Honor: Frontline / EA / PS2, Xbox, GC

　　16 / 17 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / PC

　　17 / * / Monsters, Inc. / SCEE, Disney / PS, PS2, PC

　　18 / 10 / Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone / EA / PS, PC, GBA, GBC

　　19 / 19 / Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell / Ubi Soft / Xbox

　　20 / 18 / Pro Evolution Soccer 2 / Konami / PS2, PS

　　An asterisk indicates that the game did not appear on the previous week's list of best-selling games in the UK.

　　The list above ranks games across all formats according to retail sales in the UK. Where more than one platform is indicated for a single game these are in order according to sales with the best-selling version first. To find out which are the best-selling games in North America, check out our latest PC sales charts. Alternatively, for a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our 6013054Top Games page .