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THQ is back at No.1 with UFC, however the game has failed to match the sales of the previous games in the series. In fact, the first UFC release in 2009 outsold last week’s game by 3 to 1 during the same period, according to GfK Chart-Track. It all marks …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Kingdoms of Amalur reigns at No.1
The latest RPG franchise from Electronic Arts has stormed the charts in its debut week, taking No.1. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the first new IP to reach the top of the charts since Deep Silver’s Dead Island last September – and the first new RPG IP to grab No.1 …
Read More »UKIE sells stake in Chart-Track
UK trade body UKIE has sold its stake in charts body GfK Chart-Track – but still has a deal for exclusive access to its data. The organisation’s 20 per cent has been sold to GfK, which already had the majority ownership of Chart-Track since 2008. UKIE this afternoon told MCV …
Read More »Ubisoft takes UK Xmas crown
The pressure is on EA and Activision, as Ubisoft became the No.1 publisher over Christmas. The firm sold more games than any other during the festive period (November 27th to December 31st). Just Dance 3 (no.3) and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (no.6) were the firm’s top sellers for the month. For …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market shrinks by a third
It wasn’t a great week for UK games retail, with the market shrinking by a third. 14m was generated from game sales overall which is almost 7m less than last week’s 20.9m With no new big releases hitting shelves for the week ending January 14th, the number of units sold …
Read More »The REAL entertainment Top 40
You know that Entertainment Top 40 released last week and published online by the games press (including MCV)? Well it was wrong. MCV can reveal that the video game numbers were based on the raw Chart-Track data and were not up-weighted to account for the whole market. That means Black …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA still No.1
FIFA 12 is the UK No.1 for the fourth consecutive week. It was a tough week for games retail with sales down week-over-week, and there was a distinct lack of new titles on shelves. FIFA is followed closely by Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3, which is up two places. Elder Scrolls …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 still top
Electronic Arts maintains its grip on the top of the charts with FIFA 12 at No.1 and Battlefield 3 at No.2. Both titles saw a 63 per cent drop in sales, but Battlefield 3 manages to climb one place. Last week’s No.2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, slips to …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market dips to £48.6m
The UK games retail market generated 48.6m in the post-Christmas week – a drop of 45 per cent over the week before. More than 2m video games were sold at retail for the week ending December 31st, representing a 39 per cent week-on-week dip in unit sales. FIFA 12 became …
Read More »Digital omission threatening chart legitimacy
As was reported yesterday, end of year trading figures show a gaping 100m hole in the UK games retail market for 2011. According to GfK Chart-Track data, UK games retailers sold 55.4m games during 2011, almost 12 per cent down year-on-year. In terms of revenue, UK retailers made 1.42bn from …
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