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DATA MAY CHARTS MONTHLY CHARTS


There was a distinct lack of titles out last month and arguably only one blockbuster, but some mid-tier games still saw high sales. Alex Calvin examines the May charts


THIS MONTH’S UPS AND DOWNS


UNIT SALES


The number of games sold last month fell by nine per cent year-on-year


COMPARED to April, May was a relatively quiet month. 1.2m units were sold last month, a drop


of nine per cent year-on-year. But the revenue generated by software sales rose seven per cent to £30.2m. These fi gures would be far higher were the launches of Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8 included (data is only up until May 24th). While the new Wolfenstein title from Bethesda topped the All Formats Top 50 –


and ranked highly in the Individual Formats Chart – the individual SKU to shift the most units was Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. It’s a great achievement when you consider that this physical SKU launched over a year ago. It certainly bodes well for the newly released PlayStation 3 Edition. The success of Wolfenstein helped Bethesda signifi cantly increase its market share in terms of both money made and units sold.


INDIVIDUAL FORMATS TOP 40 (UNITS): MAY (APRIL 27TH - MAY 24TH) TITLE


01 Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 02 Wolfenstein: The New Order 03 Titanfall


04 Wolfenstein: The New Order 05 Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 06 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 07 FIFA 14 08 Titanfall


09 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 BETHESDA


rose this month thanks to


Wolfenstein REVENUE


was generated in May than April from


software sales


24 per cent less revenue


The publisher’s market share


10 Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 11 Infamous: Second Son 12 2014 FIFA World Cup 13 FIFA 14


14 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 15 The LEGO Movie Videogame 16 Wolfenstein: The New Order 17 Call of Duty: Ghosts 18 Call of Duty: Ghosts 19 Grand Theft Auto V 20 LEGO The Hobbit


21 Wolfenstein: The New Order 22 FIFA 14


23 Forza Motorsport 5 24 Call of Duty: Ghosts


25 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 26 Gran Turismo 6


27 South Park: The Stick of Truth 28 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes


29 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 30 Child of Light 31 Skate 3


MINECRAFT


New editions of the construction title are


available the PS3 version launched last month


June 13th 2014


32 Grand Theft Auto V 33 Bound By Flame 34 Battlefi eld 4


35 Wolfenstein: The New Order 36 Battlefi eld 4 37 Trials Fusion


38 Mario Golf: World Tour 39 Forza Horizon


40 Football Manager 2014 20


FORMAT 360 PS4 XO XO


PS3 360 360 360 PS4 360 PS4 PS3 XO


360 360 360 PS4 XO


360 360 PC


360 XO


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Activision EA


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