NEWS: DIGEST
THE BIG SHOT 11:55PM
Monday, December 6th Sound, Leicester Square
“In digital, you must be successful at retailing as well as great technical execution.” Sega’s John Clark talks downloads, p33
World of Warcraftfanatics descended upon a nightclub in Leicester Square to pick up the MMO’s latest expansion pack, Cataclysm. The title formed part of a bumper week for games retail, with over 3m games sold in seven days.
UK SOFTWARE SALES MONITOR Your weekly guide to the UK games software market
WEEKLY MARKET VALUE: £79.6m Week Ending December 11th 2010 No. 1
Consumers came out in force this week as the snow finally melted, albeit temporarily. Games retailers sold 3,189,940 games last week, generating £79.6m in revenue.
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Black Opsdid the business once again, with sales up two per cent. FIFA 11also
performed strongly with a week-on-week sales increase of 15 per cent.
Total UK Software Sales Source: UKIE/Chart-Track and Intent Media PRE-ORDERS TOP 10 £79.6m £67.3m £65.8m
2,407,782 Units
2,674,772 Units
3,189,940 Units
UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION PS3, Sony
2. KILLZONE
PS3...............................................................................Sony
3. DEAD SPACE 2 PS3....................................................................................EA
4. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3............................................................Warner Bros
5. LITTLEBIGPLANET 2
PS3...............................................................................Sony
6. INFAMOUS 2
PS3...............................................................................Sony
Week Ending November 26th
Week Ending December 4th
The major new release was World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, which is now the biggest PC release of the year. The game debuted at No.3 in the Top 40 and was also available to download.
Week Ending December 11th
And that’s it for major new titles this year. But expect sales to continue to grow as December 25th approaches. As we go to press, the favourite for Xmas No.1 is, of course, Black Ops.
7. MASS EFFECT 2 PS3....................................................................................EA
8. DRAGON AGE 2 SIGNATURE ED. 360....................................................................................EA
9. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY 360............................................................Warner Bros
10. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION 360..............................................................Square Enix
Week ending: December 11th Source:
SHOPTO.NET
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