NEWS: DIGEST THE BIG SHOT
“The brand has managed to carve out a niche. No racing titles do what Test Drivedoes.” Namco Bandai on the history of Test Drive, p28
Indian distributor Milestone Interactive’s specialist games store Game4U in Mumbai hosted the nation’s first ever midnight launch for Sony’s Gran Turismo
5.Attendees were given the chance to win a collector’s edition.
12.03am (Local Time) Wednesday, November 24th Game4U, Mumbai, India Gran Turismo 5 midnight launch
UK SOFTWARE SALES MONITOR Your weekly guide to the UK games software market
WEEKLY MARKET VALUE: £65.8m Week Ending November 26th 2010 No. 1
The market was lifted by the strong launch of Sony’s long-awaited racer Gran Turismo 5, pushing the value up 22 per cent to £65.8, while unit sales rose by 25 per cent to 2.4m.
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Gran Turismo 5recorded the sixth biggest launch week in history for a PS3 game, outperforming the debut of its predecessor 2005’s Gran Turismo 4by six per cent.
Total UK Software Sales Source: UKIE/Chart-Track and Intent Media PRE-ORDERS TOP 10
WOW: CATACLYSM PC
£65.8m £53.9m £113.8m
3,325,178 Units
1,916,090 Units
2,407,782 Units
Blizzard
2. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3............................................................Warner Bros
3. KILLZONE 3
PS3...............................................................................Sony
4. THE SLY COLLECTION
PS3...............................................................................Sony
5. DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS
Wii......................................................................Nintendo
6. LITTLEBIGPLANET 2
PS3...............................................................................Sony
Week Ending November 12th
Week Ending November 19th
Call of Duty: Black Ops was pushed down to second place in the Chart-Track Top 40, with Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmareand Michael Jacksontitles also debuting in the charts.
Week Ending November 26th
The next few days see the last big releases of the year, including Donkey Kong Country Returns(out today) and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, due on Tuesday, December 7th.
7. WOW: CATACLYSM PC...........................................................................Blizzard
8. SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS 25TH
Wii......................................................................Nintendo
9. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY 360............................................................Warner Bros
10. INFAMOUS 2
PS3...............................................................................Sony
Week ending: November 26th Source:
SHOPTO.NET
www.mcvuk.com
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