NEWS: DIGEST
THE BIG SHOT 7:34pm
Wednesday, January 12th House of Commons, London
“Some of the best-selling games in the West are developed in Japan.” Rising Star on the success of Eastern IP, p32
Ed Vaizey gets to grips with Kinect after beating Labour’s Luciana Berger in a game of Kinect Sportsbowling. It took place at the Parliamentary Gamers Day last week, which brought MPs and games industry execs together.
UK SOFTWARE SALES MONITOR Your weekly guide to the UK games software market
WEEKLY MARKET VALUE: £18.8m No. 1
 The Christmas comedown continued last week, with the UK games market down 33 per cent in units and value week-on-week. The market value is now £18.8m. Unit sales reached 888,811.
10 January 21st 2011 Week Ending January 15th 2011
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 There’s been little in terms of new product to excite consumers during January. The only new game in the Top 40 is Sony’s DC Universe Online, which reached No.10.
 The big sales driver of the week was Call of Duty: Black Ops, reclaiming its No.1 position from EA’s FIFA 11. Activision’s shooter has now been No.1 seven times since its November release.
 It has been a slow period in terms of new releases, but that all changes this week with the arrival of Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2and EA’s Dead Space 2– both certain to make an impact.
£58.6m
2,536,201 Units
£28.2m
1,318,683 Units
£18.8m
888,881 Units
Total UK Software Sales Source: UKIE/Chart-Track and Intent Media PRE-ORDERS TOP 10
LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 PS3, Sony
2. DEAD SPACE 2 –LIMITED EDITION PS3....................................................................................EA
3. MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3
PS3.......................................................................Capcom
4. MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3
360.......................................................................Capcom
5. MASS EFFECT 2 PS3....................................................................................EA
6. KILLZONE 3
PS3...............................................................................Sony
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7. DEAD SPACE 2 360....................................................................................EA
8. DRAGON AGE 2 –SIGNATURE ED PS3....................................................................................EA
9. UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION
PS3...............................................................................Sony
10. DEATHSMILES DELUXE EDITION 360..............................................Rising Star Games
Week ending: January 15th 2011 Source:
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