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UK MONTHLY CHARTS: MARCH
On the March 5
THIS MONTH
SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY (UNITS) 11 –
LAST MONTH Electronic Arts
23 Nintendo 32 Ubisoft 411 THQ
54 Activision 69 Sega 75 Sony 88 –
Take-Two
97 Microsoft 10 23 LucasArts
22.7% 15.9% 9.8% 8.3% 4.1% 3.9% 3.8% 3.2% 3.0% 3.0%
EA WAS the top publisher of the month and it’s easy to see why with 12 games in the Top 50 (four in the Top Ten alone). Nintendo enjoyed a significant increase in software market share, too. 3DS had a part to play, but it was Pokémon Blackand White that were the firm’s biggest sellers in March.
THIS MONTH
SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY (VALUE) 11 –
LAST MONTH 22 –
Electronic Arts Nintendo
312 THQ 43 Ubisoft 55 –
Sony
619 LucasArts 74 Activision 810 Sega
97 Microsoft 10 6 Namco Bandai
27.9% 17.1% 10.1% 7.5% 5.0% 3.9% 3.8% 3.2% 2.7% 2.7%
ON THE BACK of shooter hit Homefront, THQ has shot up nine places in the publisher rankings, putting the firm in the Top Three publishers by value. LucasArts enjoyed a boost too – LEGO Star Wars IIIhelped the company rise 13 places in the publisher rankings by units and value.
UP THQ leapt
up the publisher rankings thanks to Homefront and uDraw
DOWN PSP and PS2 dropped in the rankings ‘
INDIVIDUAL FORMATS TOP 10S
PS3 - FULL PRICE 1
Killzone 3
2 Fight Night Champion 3 Homefront 4 Crysis 2
5 Dragon Age II
6 LEGO Star Wars III 7
FIFA 11
8 Call of Duty: Black Ops 9 LittleBigPlanet 2 10 Bulletstorm
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Sony EA
THQ EA EA
LucasArts EA
Activision Sony EA
XBOX 360 - FULL PRICE 1 Homefront 2 Crysis 2
3 Dragon Age II
4 Fight Night Champon 5 Bulletstorm
6 LEGO Star Wars II 7
FIFA 11 8 Call of Duty: Black Ops
9 Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood 10 Kinect Sports
THQ EA EA EA EA
LucasArts EA
Activision Ubisoft
Microsoft
WII - FULL PRICE 1
Just Dance 2
2 Zumba Fitness 3 Wii Party
4 uDraw Studio
5 LEGO Star Wars III 6 Dance Juniors 7
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
8 Michael Jackson: The Experience 9 Mario Kart Wii
10 Donkey Kong Country Returns Ubisoft
505 Games Nintendo THQ
LucasArts Ubisoft
Nintendo Ubisoft
Nintendo Nintendo
PC - FULL PRICE 1 Shogun 2: Total War 2 The Sims: Medieval 3 Dragon Age II 4 Crysis 2 5 Rift
6 Football Manager 2011 7 Dawn of War II: Retribution 8 The Sims 3 9 Homefront
10 The Sims 3: Late Night April 22nd 2011
Sega EA EA EA
Trion Worlds Sega THQ EA
THQ EA
23 UP
DS’s share of the market
increased thanks to new Pokémongames
13
The number of places LucasArts jumped up in the publisher rankings
The number of 3DS games in the Top 50 for March
Not even Homefront, 3DS, and Pokémon could prevent another downturn in software sales last month. Christopher Dring looks at the key winners and losers during a tough March for games retail
THIS MONTH
SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY FORMAT (UNITS) 11 –
LAST MONTH Xbox 360
24 Nintendo DS 32 PlayStation 3 43 Nintendo Wii 55 – 6– –
PC Nintendo 3DS
76 Sony PSP 87 PlayStation 2
27.4% 19.5% 19.5% 16.0% 11.5% 3.9% 1.9% 0.2%
3DS DEBUTS in the hardware charts this month, sitting ahead of PSP and PS2. As a result of the new handheld taking a slice of the software market, most other consoles saw their share drop, with the notable exceptions being DS and PC. DS and PS3 actually have the same share of the software market by value this month, although a handful more DS games were sold hence the higher position.
THIS MONTH
SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY FORMAT (VALUE) 11 –
LAST MONTH Xbox 360 22 – PlayStation 3
34 Nintendo DS 43 Nintendo Wii 55 – 6– –
PC Nintendo 3DS
76 Sony PSP 87 PlayStation 2
32.3% 23.2% 16.9% 13.9% 7.3% 5.2% 1.2% 0.1%
XBOX 360 suffered a small fall in market share, but the home console is still comfortably the most successful in terms of software sales. This month a string of multi-format releases – including Homefront, Crysis 2and Dragon Age II – kept the Xbox 360 well ahead of its rivals. Meanwhile, PC had a good month thanks to the release of Sega’s Shogun 2: Total Warand EA’s The Sims: Medieval.
DOWN
Ubisoft’s software market share fell over last month
UP EA
increased its DOWN
market share with four games in the Top 50
Xbox 360 is still No.1 but its market share was down
36%
The software market share all three Nintendo platforms combined in terms of value
4
The number of EA games in the All-Formats Top Ten for March
UP LucasArts
rose 13 places in the publisher rankings by units and value
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