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Microsoft proves the Spartan super soldier still has what it takes as Halo 4 debuts at No.1 in the UK charts. The return of Master Chief narrowly outsold the previous chart-topper, Assassin’s Creed, which settles for second place. The Ubisoft title saw its sales drop 73 per cent when compared …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed III makes a killing in UK Charts
Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has broken its own records with the release of Assassin’s Creed III. The game debuted at No.1 in the UK All Formats Charts and is the publisher’s biggest launch to date. It almost doubled the week one sales of 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II, and surpassed Ubisoft’s previous …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Third No.1 for London 2012
The Olympics may be over for the rest of us but not for Sega, which enjoyed a third week at the top of the charts with its London 2012 tie-in. There’s no change in the Top Four, with Mario & Sonic and Warner’s Dark Knight duo still shifting the most …
Read More »UK CHARTS: London 2012 still ahead of the competition
Sega takes a second Gold media at UK retail as its official Olympics tie-in holds onto the No.1 spot of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The sports game enjoyed a 88 per cent rise is sales as Olympic fever sweeps Britain, while its Mario & Sonic sister title …
Read More »All-time low for UK games retail
UK games retailers made 8.4m from software sales last week, the lowest since records began. The market has been teetering at this level for a few weeks now as new releases dry up. 394,688 games were sold in total for the week, with Sega’s official Olympics game the No.1 seller. …
Read More »FEATURE: UK’s Top Ten single SKUs of all time
Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the Top Ten games on single platforms, in terms of both unit sales and revenue, and takes a look at how controller sales have altered since 2007… Basic analysis on Chart-Track’s CUBE online data warehouse solution could start with a simple list of best-sellers, either …
Read More »UK games retail makes £14.6m
Kinect Star Wars helped the UK games retail market get back on track last week, which generated over 2m more than it did the prior week. The title pipped FIFA Street to the No.1 spot and became the first Kinect-required game to top the charts. It wasn’t just a handful …
Read More »ANALYSIS: UK Games Market’s Top 5 Brands
In this new regular segment with insight from leading stat-trackers, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the TopFive best-selling video games brands in the UK… Chart-Track is proud to announce the development of Brand Analysis as part of our CUBE data warehouse solution. We’ve looked at all games sold from 1996 …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA Street breaks series records
FIFA Street is this week’s retail No.1, beating the week one sales of all of its predecessors. EA holds the entire Top Four this week, and has posted three new No.1s on the trot – SSX, Mass Effect 3 and FIFA Street. The first time it has achieved that since …
Read More »Chart-Track: This is still a £1bn industry
As publishers bemoan difficult game launches, Chart-Track has warned them to stop talking down retail. In an interview with MCV following its split from UKIE, the stat-tracking firm says the trade mustn’t forget the power of boxed retail, as it still accounts for 70 per cent of the UK software …
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