“It will be lonely this christmas… without a handheld..” Mud would sing if they were creating that song now. And interested in video games. And fancied singing about them. Which they probably wouldn’t to be honest to that completely ruins any point I was trying to make there. Damn. Best get on with it then.

10. EA Rugby - Ps2 £1

Gets a special mention just because I never thought I’d ever sell one ever again. Even at £1. I pity anyone who has to pretend they were happy to receive this. Even if they were the most ardent rugby fan in the world. I assume the lady who bought it thought it would be a nice stocking filler for her boyfriend or something.(Insert some smutty joke about filling stockings here)

9. Tony Hawk’s Underground – Xbox £2.99

Or ‘Thu’ as I like to called it. Not thug, as some people say. That would be wrong. There’s only three words. Tony Hawk’s Under Ground might be a more interesting title. Tony Hawk has been murdered and it’s up to you to find out where his body is and who it was who murdered him and why. If they had murdered him it would probably be for putting his name to a game with driving sectiosn as bad as in this one.

8. Mark Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Xbox £6.99

I recall an EDGE interview with Mr Ecko where he was saying how much he understood what the modern Yoof gamer would want. His game was to ‘reprazent’ for them or something. Well sadly for him it proved that he wasn’t quite as down wiv da kidz as he thought as his game was a terrible flop. Of course that hasn’t stopped it retaining a reasonable amount of value because it’s still a little bit gangsta but thankfully its failure has made him shut up and go away again. Hopefully to never return.

7. Fifa Street 2 – Xbox £7.99

It’s been a great seller this one. It’s been consistent for a long long time. I just wish people wouldn’t refer to it like it’s a place name such as Coronation Street. It’s all in the intonation. Not allowing a pause after FIFA. It bugs me and I wish people would stop it. Again I think it goes to show how the producers of these games aren’t really quite as in touch as they think. The people playing it aren’t necessarily that aware that it’s meant to represent street football. Still Urban Freestyle Soccer was a lot more fun.

6. Vice City Stories – PSP £9.99

It’s another game where  I’ve not really dropped the price in around a year. It just seems to happily go at a fairly steady pace at this price point. It’s pretty rare I sell a PSP game though. They just sit there taking up space on the shelves. I often forget I have them.

5. Grand Theft Auto IV – 360 £19.99

I did drop this to about £16.99 as I had a lot of them not so long ago. I’ve put them up for christmas as I ran out. Still got plenty on the PS3 though. It still feels though that this GTA has been the worst selling of the lot. Perhaps it was just that bit too intellectual for the usual audience. Maybe it’s actually been the best selling and it’s just that EVERYONE has played it.

4. High School Musical 1+2 – DS £34.98

Is it cheating to have them both on the same one? And also to add the prices together? Probably. But I’m sure it’s cheating to release the same game reskinned and add a 2 on the end. I’ve not played the game but I’m sure what I say is true. That’s proper games journalism right? If you want to know the individual prices, No. 2 was £19.99. You can work the other one out. Derek Williams’ Brain Training coming to a blog near you..er now actually.

3. Halo 3 – 360 £14.99

I’m including online sales here for the first time. I think. I’ve only been doing this a few weeks and already I can’t remember back to the start. I must be getting old or something. Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making. Ah yes. I’m including them mainly because it’s significant that Halo 3 is selling for more money on Amazon than it is in HMV. Down to just £12.99 new in HMV and Amazon it sells for £14.99 second hand. I’d built up four of them on the stall and I’ve sold three online today just in this evening. Why the sudden demand for Halo 3? Aren’t there a million copies in your local game shop Amazon people?

2. FIFA 08 – WII £13.99

I know I’ve taken less money from this than Halo 3 but selling two copies of this on Amazon in the same day seems even more Amazing because it’s a Wii game and a numbered product. Usually anything that has a year on it is worth nothing when the next one comes out. FIFA 08 360 is worth about 10p by now but oddly this still has some value and I can’t quite work out why. Thus it fully deserves its number one spot.

1. Samurai Warriors 2 – PS2 £299

Sometimes I think I prefer this to Dynasty Warriors 6.

So there we have it. Only two weeks left until the day after christmas and people are still largely rejecting the current generation of consoles in favour of older ones. The Xbox is selling considerably more than the PS3. That’s not just 360 either. The original Xbox has had quite the resurgence lately. It’s undoubtedly that they’re a cheap machine that’s pretty sturdy and has lots of cheap games available. Makes a greatcheap console in these times where credit is crunchy.

I’m Derek Williams and I’m actually signing off properly this time.