RETAIL CHARTS
[RETAIL ANALYSIS] by Christopher Dring
IT HAS BEEN a month of big name sequels and blockbuster brands, but this week the games
market saw a plethora of titles that were a little different.
Top of that list was Dishonored, a new IP from BETHESDA. The game has received some critical praise, but couldn’t quite dislodge FIFA 13from the No.1 spot. However, despite only managing No.2, it is the best selling new IP so far this year (beating Sleeping Dogs from SQUARE ENIX).
Keeping with the theme of being a little different, the seventh best-selling title was XCOM: Enemy Unknownfrom 2K GAMES. The title is a reimagining of a cult PC game released 18 years ago. However, this position doesn’t completely reflect its sales performance as download numbers are not included, and it was this week’s biggest selling Steam title.
Also new this week is Fable: The Journey, a game completely controlled via Kinect. However, it doesn’t appear like the gamble paid off, because despite being based on one of the most popular RPG series of the last ten years, could only reach No.37.
Elsewhere, PokémonBlack 2 and White 2from NINTENDO. reached No.3 and No.5 respectively. But even if these DS games were combined they still would not have dethroned Dishonored.
Elsewhere, CAPCOM’s Resident Evil 6 drops to No.4 following a 78 per cent drop in sales, while Just Dance 4also drops two places to No.6, despite actually increasing sales 36 per cent week-on-week. While licensed rally title WRC 3from PQUBE debuts at No.27.
Finally, TEAM 17’s latest Wormstitle – Revolution–has topped the PSN chart
66 October 19th 2012
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TOP 40 UK RETAIL CHARTS 1
FIFA 13 Formats: PS3, 360, PC, Wii, DS, PSP, Vita, PS2
This week
2 3
Last week
NEW NEW Title
DISHONORED PS3, 360, PC POKÉMON BLACK 2 DS
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42 RESIDENT EVIL 6 360, PS3 5
NEW POKÉMON WHITE 2 DS
64 JUST DANCE 4 Wii, 360, PS3 7
NEW XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN PS3, 360, PC 3 4 5
83 BORDERLANDS 2 360, PS3, PC 95 F1 2012 360, PS3, PC 10 8 11 12 12 10 13 11 14 7 15 12 16 13 17 23 18 6 19 14 20 16 21 18 22 15 23 17 24 21 25 25 26 19 27
LITTLEBIGPLANET VITAVita ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY 360, PS3, 3DS
MARIO & SONIC: LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES DS, Wii SUPER MARIO 3D LAND3DS MAX PAYNE 3 360, PS3, PC
NEW
New Entry Re-Entry
Week ending October 13th 2012
28 30 29 29 30 38 31 35 32 32 33 33 34 20 35 22 36 37 37
38 26 40
WRC 3: FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 360, PS3, PC THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PS3, 360, PC
SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 360, PS3, PC, Wii ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3, 360 SONIC GENERATIONS 360, PS3, PC, 3DS
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA PC GUILD WARS 2PC MARIO KART 7 3DS
NEW FABLE: THE JOURNEY 360 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY 360, PS3, PC
39 24 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME 360, PS3, PC RE
BATTLEFIELD 3 360, PS3, PC
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3, 360, PC SLEEPING DOGS 360, PS3, PC
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 PS3, 360, PC FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 360 ROCKSMITH PS3, 360, PC
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 2 3DS GRAN TURISMO 5: ACADEMY EDITIOB PS3
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 360, PS3, PC, Wii NBA 2K13 PS3, 360, PC, PSP
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES Wii, PS3, 360, PC, PSP DEAD ISLAND: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION 360, PS3, PC DARKSIDERS II DS, Wii
Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Publisher
Bethesda Nintendo Capcom Nintendo Ubisoft
2K Games 2K Games
Codemasters Bethesda
Square Enix Konami
Microsoft Ubisoft
Nintendo Sony
Activision 2K Sports
Warner Bros Deep Silver THQ Sony
Activision Sega
Nintendo Rockstar PQube
Activision
Warner Bros Sony
Activision Ubisoft Sega
Blizzard NCsoft
Nintendo Microsoft
Warner Bros Sega EA
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