RETAIL CHARTS
[RETAIL ANALYSIS] by Christopher Dring
AS THE dry
summer rumbles on the UK boxed games market continues to struggle, with just 307,000
games sold at retail last week.
There are a number of reasons for the slow sales, but chief among them was the lack of new titles. Not a single new game was released at retail this week.
As a result MICROSOFT holds its No.1 position with the budget-priced boxed version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. The game holds firm at the top despite a nine per cent dip in sales.
Last week’s No.2 was Pikmin 3 for Wii U. But with NINTENDO’s home console struggling for momentum, it would have been a tall order for the game to stay there. And indeed, with a 63 per cent fall in sales, the game tumbles down to No.15.
That means The Last of Uscan close back in on the No.1 position it held for six weeks before Minecraft dislodged it.
With MICROSOFT at No.1 and SONY at No.2, in order to complete the set we need to have NINTENDO at No.3. And that’s exactly what we have with Animal Crossing: New Leafup a place to the third spot.
The retail software market actually grew this week (albeit slightly), and that was due to an increase in sales of EA’s FIFA 13 (sales up 33 per cent taking the game to No.4) and ACTIVISION’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II (sales up 48 per cent, with the game rising from No.16 to No.7).
But the biggest riser was The Smurfs 2. The UBISOFT title didn’t even chart in its first week, but now in its third week it holds fifth position. The game’s 115 per cent increase in sales follows the launch of The Smurfs 2 movie at cinemas.
36 August 9th 2013
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TOP 40 UK RETAIL 1
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3 Title THE LAST OF US PS3
34 ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF 3DS 46 FIFA 13 360, PS3, Vita, 3DS 525
THE SMURFS 2 DS, 360, Wii, PS3 2 67 FAR CRY 3 360, PS3, PC
76 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS 816
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II 360, PS3, PC, Wii U
99 TOMB RAIDER 360, PS3, PC 10 11 11 5 12 15 13 14 14 12 15 2
4 5
16 20 17 19 18 17 19 8 20 24 21 22 22 31 23 29 24 28 25 21 26 23 27 26 28 32 29 30
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31 27 32 36 33 39 34
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35 34 36
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37 13 38 37
ASSASSIN’S CREED III 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM BROS. 3DS LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS 360, PS3, Wii, DS MAX PAYNE 3 PS3, 360, PC
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 360, PS3, PC PIKMIN 3 Wii U
NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED 360, PS3, Vita, PC BATTLEFIELD 3 360, PS3, PC
GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY 360, PS3 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM 360, PS3, PC THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE PC LUIGI’S MANSION 2 3DS
BIOSHOCK INFINITE 360, PS3, PC GRID 2 360, PS3, PC
RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GAME OF THE YEAR 360, PS3 GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION PS3
SKYLANDERS GIANTS Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 14 360, PS3
LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS 3DS SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD 360, PS3, PC DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE 360, PS3, PC MARIO KART 7 3DS
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 360, PS3, PC, Wii HITMAN ABSOLUTION 360, PS3, PC SLEEPING DOGS 360, PS3, PC THE WALKING DEAD 360, PS3, PC CRYSIS 3 360, PS3, PC
NEW SUPER LUIGI U Wii U SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U
39 38 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY – GAME OF THE YEAR PS3, 360, PC 40 33
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US 360, PS3, Wii U
MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION Formats: 360
Developer: 4J/Mojang Publisher: Microsoft Publisher Sony
Nintendo EA
Ubisoft Ubisoft
Warner Bros
Activision Blizzard Square Enix Ubisoft
Nintendo
Warner Bros Rockstar Rockstar Nintendo EA EA
Rockstar Bethesda EA
Nintendo 2K Games
Codemasters Rockstar Sony
Activision Blizzard EA
Nintendo
Codemasters Deep Silver Nintendo
Activision Blizzard Square Enix Square Enix
Telltale Games EA
Nintendo Sega
Warner Bros Warner Bros
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