UK Video Game Charts: No One Can Blow the Future Soldier Off
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier sits at number 1
"War! What is it good for?" Well, no, actually not 'Absolutely nothing' as out of touch soul singer Edwin Starr would have you believe; video games. Let's look at the Gfk Chart-Track all formats video game charts shall we?
In the Top Ten alone, Mr Starr, we have: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Battlefield 3, Sniper Elite V2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Game of Thrones. That's 50% of the elite tied up with war in some form or another. So, in your face Mr Starr. War sells.
Anyway, Chart-Track points out that:
"It’s a third successive week at No1 for Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ (-48%). So far in 2012 only two other titles have managed to hold on at No1 for three weeks or more and they are both FIFA games (FIFA 12 with 4 weeks and FIFA Street with 3).
"There is also no change in the next two places as ‘Max Payne 3’ (-36%) at No2 is almost usurped by a resurgent ‘FIFA 12’ (+48%) at No3 (perhaps boosted in part by the start of Euro 2012). ‘Battlefield 3’ (+42%) is this week’s biggest Top 10 climber, up from No8 to No4, ahead of ‘Sniper Elite V2’ (+18%) which rises one place to No5. ‘Game of Thrones’ from Focus Home Interactive/Koch is the only new title to break into the Top 40, debuting at No6. The rest of the Top 10 is occupied by familiar faces – ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-5%) at No7, ‘FIFA Street’ (+21%) at No8 and ‘Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+26%) at No9.
"In its third week of release, ‘Dirt Showdown’ (-19%) just manages to hold on to a Top 10 placing, down 3 places to No10. There is a re-entry at No22 for ‘Diablo III’ (+543%) which signals renewed stock of the critically acclaimed Blizzard title, while a retailer promotion helps propel ‘Wii Fit Plus’ (+279%) back into the Top 40 at No31."
Top 10 is Here
{01} - 01 - Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - Ubisoft
{02} - 02 - Max Payne 3 - Rockstar
{03} - 03 - FIFA 12 - Electronic Arts
{08} - 04 - Battlefield 3 - Electronic Arts
{06} - 05 - Sniper Elite V2 - 505 Games
{NE} - 06 - Game of Thrones - Koch Media
{05} - 07 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Activision/Blizzard
{09} - 08 - FIFA Street - Electronic Arts
{RE} - 09 - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - SEGA
{07} - 10 - Dirt Showdown - Codemasters
Source: Gfk
In the Top Ten alone, Mr Starr, we have: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Battlefield 3, Sniper Elite V2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Game of Thrones. That's 50% of the elite tied up with war in some form or another. So, in your face Mr Starr. War sells.
Anyway, Chart-Track points out that:
"It’s a third successive week at No1 for Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ (-48%). So far in 2012 only two other titles have managed to hold on at No1 for three weeks or more and they are both FIFA games (FIFA 12 with 4 weeks and FIFA Street with 3).
"There is also no change in the next two places as ‘Max Payne 3’ (-36%) at No2 is almost usurped by a resurgent ‘FIFA 12’ (+48%) at No3 (perhaps boosted in part by the start of Euro 2012). ‘Battlefield 3’ (+42%) is this week’s biggest Top 10 climber, up from No8 to No4, ahead of ‘Sniper Elite V2’ (+18%) which rises one place to No5. ‘Game of Thrones’ from Focus Home Interactive/Koch is the only new title to break into the Top 40, debuting at No6. The rest of the Top 10 is occupied by familiar faces – ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-5%) at No7, ‘FIFA Street’ (+21%) at No8 and ‘Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+26%) at No9.
"In its third week of release, ‘Dirt Showdown’ (-19%) just manages to hold on to a Top 10 placing, down 3 places to No10. There is a re-entry at No22 for ‘Diablo III’ (+543%) which signals renewed stock of the critically acclaimed Blizzard title, while a retailer promotion helps propel ‘Wii Fit Plus’ (+279%) back into the Top 40 at No31."
Top 10 is Here
{01} - 01 - Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - Ubisoft
{02} - 02 - Max Payne 3 - Rockstar
{03} - 03 - FIFA 12 - Electronic Arts
{08} - 04 - Battlefield 3 - Electronic Arts
{06} - 05 - Sniper Elite V2 - 505 Games
{NE} - 06 - Game of Thrones - Koch Media
{05} - 07 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Activision/Blizzard
{09} - 08 - FIFA Street - Electronic Arts
{RE} - 09 - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - SEGA
{07} - 10 - Dirt Showdown - Codemasters
Source: Gfk
Companies:
505 Games Activision Activision Blizzard Codemasters Electronic Arts KOCH Rockstar SEGA Ubisoft
Games: Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DiRT: Showdown FIFA 12 FIFA Street Game of Thrones Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Max Payne 3 Sniper Elite V2 Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Games: Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DiRT: Showdown FIFA 12 FIFA Street Game of Thrones Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Max Payne 3 Sniper Elite V2 Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
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