UK Video Game Charts: Skyrim Price Slash Success Proves Games are Too Expensive?

Here's what UK stats compiler, Gfk Chart-Track has to say about the new UK all format's #1: "Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which climbs from No5 to claim No1 for the first time, thanks to an average price reduction of around £13 compared to last week (+145%)."

Of course, this could be read as: "Games Companies are over-pricing games." However, Gfk says, "Skyrim debuted 5 weeks ago at No2... which explains why it never made No1 at launch."

Either way, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is no longer in the #1 spot with Xmas only just around the corner.

Chart-track also points out that, "Activision Blizzard’s aforementioned ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-7%) drops to No2 after 4 straight weeks at the top and Ubisoft rise one place to No3 with ‘Just Dance 3’ (+67%) – the PS3 version is new this week, but the Wii version continues to account for a massive 89% of all sales on this title. EA drop 2 places to No4 with ‘FIFA 12’ (+24%) as do Ubisoft with ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’, now No5 (-5%). EA’s ‘Battlefield 3’ climbs 3 places to No6 (+30%) and Nintendo claim a third straight week at No7 with ‘Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call’ (+5%).

"THQ drop 2 places to No8 with ‘Saints Row: The Third’ (-2%) and Sony’s ‘Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’ climbs back in to the Top 10 at No9 after an absence of 3 weeks (+81%), thanks to some price promotional activity. Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart 7’ completes the Top 10 (-1%), holding off the charge of Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games’ which remains at No11 (+16%)."

{5} - 1 - Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Bethesda
{1} - 2 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Activision
{4} - 3 - Just Dance 3 - Ubisoft
{2} - 4 - FIFA 12 - Electronic Arts
{3} - 5 - Assassin’s Creed: Revelations - Ubisoft
{9} - 6 - Battlefield 3 - Electronic Arts
{7} - 7 - Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call - Nintendo
{6} - 8 - Saints Row: The Third - THQ
{16} - 9 - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception - Sony
{8} - 10 - Mario Kart 7 - Nintendo