RETAIL CHARTS
[RETAIL ANALYSIS] by Michael French
IT WOULD have been an
embarrassing turn if, in the weekend of the official London 2012
opening, the SEGA Olympics game didn’t make it high the charts this week.
Gold medal goes to London 2012: The Official Video Game, which leads the way at No.1 with sales up 25 per cent week-on- week. It tops both the 360 and PS3 single format charts, although there is a slight bias to the 360 version.
And there’s a bronze medal for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics Games. The game is No.1 on Wii and No.3 overall in the All Formats, with sales up 21 per cent week- on-week.
The Olympian duo have put pressure on WARNER BROS’ LEGO Batman 2, which was dethroned from its five-week run at the top, down to No.2. Sales were down just a little week-on- week, by eight per cent.
Overall, though, it wasn’t the strongest week for boxed games sales in the UK. In fact, it was the worst on record.
We didn’t see much impact from NINTENDO’s 3DS XL release and its new titles Art Academy and Freakyforms. With just a day on the market for the period in question (week ending July 28th), the games didn’t dent the All Formats chart. Although New Art Academy, to give it its full name, did make it to No.9 on the 3DS chart.
Pokemon Conquest, however, did do well. The pocket monster game made it in at No.17 in the All Formats list. Although the game arrived on particularly slender sales numbers, it has contributed to the Pokemon brand’s overall success. It’s still the UK’s tenth biggest unit shifter of all games brands.
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TOP 40 UK RETAIL CHARTS 1
This week
Last week
Title
21 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES 360, PS3, Wii 38 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES Wii, 3DS 43 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER PS3, 360, PC 57 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3, 360, PC
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65 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3, 360, PC, Wii 74 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PS3, 360, 3DS, DS 810 912 10 6 11 21 12 9 13 24 14 13 15 11 16 23 17
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3, 360, PC FIFA 12 PS3, 360, Wii, PC
KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE 3DS ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3, 360 MAX PAYNE 3PS3, 360, PC
NEW 4
18 17 19 27 20 28 21 19 22 18 23 14 24 22 25 30 26 15 27 26 28 34 29 32 30 16 31 29 32
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33 36 34 35
New Entry Re-Entry
Week ending July 28th 2012
RE RE
36 20 37
38 35 39
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS PS3, 360, PC WWE ‘12 360, PS3
LONDON 2012: OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME Formats: PS3, 360, PC
Developer: Sega Studios Australia Publisher: Sega Publisher
Warner Bros Sega
Ubisoft
Warner Bros Activision Activision Bethesda EA
Square Enix Ubisoft
Rockstar Games
MARIO KART 7 3DS Nintendo SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE PS3, 360, Wii, £DS DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION PS3, 360, PC BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3, 360, PC POKEMON CONQUEST DS
Activision Deep Silver EA
Nintendo Activision THQ
SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS Nintendo TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 PS3, 360
EA
LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN PS3, 360, Wii, DS SNIPER ELITE V2 PS3, 360, PC
Disney 505 Games
MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS Mind Candy THE SIMS 3 PC, 360, WII, 3DS SPEC OPS: THE LINE PS3, 360
RAYMAN ORIGINS 360, PS3, Wii, Vita SKATE 3 PS3, 360
PROTOTYPE 2 PS3, 360 FIFA STREET PS3, 360
LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 PS3, 360, Wii, DS JUST DANCE 3 PS3, 360, Wii
GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES: LIBERTY CITY 360, PS3, PC SONIC GENERATIONS PS3, 360, PC, 360
LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME PS3, 360, Wii, DS SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD 360, PS3, PC
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THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS – ENHANCED EDITION PC, 360 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS
RE 40 25 EA
2K Games Ubisoft EA
Activision Blizzard EA
Warner Bros Ubisoft
Rockstar Games Sega
Warner Bros THQ
Namco Bandai EA
FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 360 Microsoft DIRT SHOWDOWN 360, PS3, Wii
Codemasters
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