UK Video Game Charts - Black Ops II Downed for Xmas

So, hands up if you thought that Call of Duty Black Ops II would retain the #1 spot in the UK video games charts (provided by Chart-Track) that it had attained pre-the Holidays? Put them down, you're wrong.

Wrong because with a 48% drop in sales on that previous week, Blops II could not even hold itself in the top two. Yes, Far Cry 3 - despite a five per cent drop in sales.

Chart-Track has this to say about the situation:

"Ubisoft end the year on a high as Far Cry 3 (-5%) claims No1 following continued price promotion, pushing Call of Duty: Black Ops II (-48%) down to No3.

"It's the publisher's first No1 in the last week of the year since the original Assassin's Creed topped the chart back in W52 2007. Ubisoft also lay claim to the most Top 10 charting titles this week with 3 thanks to Just Dance 4 (-53%) and Assassin's Creed III (-34%) both only slipping one place, to No6 and No8 respectively. FIFA 13 (+1%) climbs 2 places to No2 with its highest ever weekly sales outside of the first 3 weeks. Hitman Absolution (-40%) falls one place to No4 ahead of Need for Speed: Most Wanted (-13%) which is up one place to No5. Halo 4 (-24%) finishes at No7, but Microsoft have another Top 10 title this week thanks to retailer promotion on Forza Horizon (+30%) which helps it race from No21 to No10."

{05} - 01 - Far Cry 3 - Ubisoft
{03} - 02 - FIFA 13 - EA
{01} - 03 - Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Activision
{02} - 04 - Hitman Absolution - Square Enix
{08} - 05 - Need for Speed Most Wanted - EA
{04} - 06 - Just Dance 4 - Ubisoft
{07} - 07 - Halo 4 - Microsoft
{06} - 08 - Assassin's Creed III - Ubisoft
{09} - 09 - LEGO Lord of the Rings - Warner Bros
{10} - 010 - Forza Horizon - Microsoft

Source: Chart-Track