RETAIL CHARTS
[RETAIL ANALYSIS] by Christopher Dring
IT IS the first No.1 of the year for ACTIVISION, with Prototype 2 debuting at the top of the charts.
Despite getting an extra few days of sales (it was released on a Tuesday), the action game didn’t manage to match the first week sales of its original, which was released in 2009.
The game was most popular on 360, with Microsoft’s platform accounting for 63 per cent of the sales and PS3 making up 37 per cent. This is in-line with the original title, which had a split of 62 per cent on 360, 36 per cent on PS3 and two per cent on PC.
Prototype 2beat previous recent No.1s in terms of week-one sales, namely NAMCO BANDAI’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings(which this week slips down to sixth place following a big 73 per cent drop in sales) and Kinect Star Warsfrom MICROSOFT (down to No.5 following a 22 per cent sales slide).
FIFA Streetcontinued to prove it has legs, holding second spot despite a week-on-week sales drop of 17 per cent. The game is just ahead of sister product FIFA 12, which remained at No.3.
Elsewhere, MIND CANDY’s Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo has broken the record for the most consecutive No.1s on DS. It has been No.1 for sixteen weeks, beating the previous record holder – Brain Training.
Aside from Prototype 2, there are no new releases in the charts, and in terms of re-entries, there’s only three titles that have made their way back into the Top 40 (Mario Kart Wii at No.40, Metal Gear Solid HD at No.38 and Final Fantasy XIII-2at No.36).
Yet the market did manage to grow ever so slightly week-on- week. Unit sales rose five per cent rise to 441,401 games sold, while revenue is up eight per cent.
42 May 4th 2012
Source
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TOP 40 UK RETAIL CHARTS 1
PROTOTYPE 2 Formats: PS3, 360
This week
Last week
Title 22 FIFA STREET 360, PS3, PC
33 FIFA 12 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2, 3DS 45 MASS EFFECT 3 360, PS3, PC 54 KINECT STAR WARS 360
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61 THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS 360, PC 76 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 360, PS3 87 BATTLEFIELD 3 360, PS3, PC
3 4
99 MARIO & SONIC AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES Wii, 3DS 10 12 11 14 12 13 13 8 14 10 15 11 16 15 17 24 18 17
SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD 360, PS3, PC BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY 360, PS3, PC
SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM 360, PS3, PC
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3, 360, PC, Wii SSX 360, PS3
MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS UFC UNDISPUTED 3 360, PS3 JUST DANCE 3 360, Wii, PS3
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New Entry Re-Entry
Week ending April 28th
19 28 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION PS3 20 26 21 25 22 23 23 20 24 22 25 27 26 19 27 18 28 21 29 29 30 34 31 30 32 31 33 35 34 33 35 16 36
F1 2011 PS Vita, 360, PS3
ZUMBA FITNESS Wii, 360, PS3 MARIO PARTY 9 Wii
FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 360
LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 Wii, 360, DS, PS3 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND3DS
ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS 360, PS3, PC THE SIMS 3 PC, 3DS, 360, Wii GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 WWE ‘12 360, PS3, WII,
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 PC, PSP SONIC GENERATIONS 360, PS3, 3DS, PC MARIO KART 7 3DS
RAYMAN ORIGINS 360, PS3, Wii, PS Vita RE
37 32 38
RE
39 37 40
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GRAND THEFT AUTO IV EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY 360, PS3, PC RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY 360, PS3 FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 PS3, 360 CARS 2 DS, Wii, 360, PS3
METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION PS3, 360 ZUMBA FITNESS 2 Wii MARIO KART WII Wii
Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Activision Publisher
EA EA EA
LucasArts/Microsoft Namco Bandai EA EA
Sega THQ
Warner Bros Activision Bethesda Activision EA
Mind Candy/Activision THQ
Ubisoft Sony
Codemasters 505 Games Nintendo Microsoft
Warner Bros Nintendo Ubisoft EA
Sony THQ Sega Sega
Nintendo Ubisoft
Rockstar Games Capcom
Square Enix Disney Konami
505 Games Nintendo
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