UK Video Game Charts - Everything is Awesome

The LEGO Movie Videgame (which we loved) sits astride the UK Video Game charts compiled by Chart-Track, dominating a chart full of sequel, tie-ins and IP reuse.

The consumer has spoken - well, the publishers have paid for the development and marketing of this amazing selection of safe gaming and thus an illusion of choice is produced. The highest new entry is: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Now let's see what Chart-Track says:

The LEGO Movie Videogame builds on week 1 success with a second (half-term) week at the top (+7%), having also soared to the top of the UK box office in its first week.

EA’s FIFA 14 receives a price-induced sales kick, especially on 360/PS3, climbing 2 places to No2 (+22%). Activision move down 1 place to No3 with Call of Duty: Ghosts (-23%) with EA’s Battlefield 4 right behind at No4 (+15%), climbing 3 places from No7 thanks to price promoted last-gen 360/PS3 versions. Nintendo claim the highest new entry this week at No9 with Wii U Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Ubisoft climb 23 places to No10 as Rayman Legends (+299%) debuts on PS4/Xbox One, with the game now available on 7 formats.

Also debuting this week is Reef Entertainment’s Rambo: The Video Game at No21. Last week 5 games in the Top 40 were Lego titles – this week it is now nine with a further four older titles re-entering in the mid 30’s (POTC/Batman/SWIII Clone Wars/IndieJones 2). Aside from certain home computer versions of these nine, all were developed by Warner Bros[/i] Traveller’s Tales, dating back to 2007’s [i]Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga’, currently residing within the Top 20. Combined UK revenue for just these nine titles currently stands at over £145m. LEGO as a brand stands at No10 in the UK revenue all-time Brands analysis, during the period 1995-2013.

{01} - 01 - The LEGO Movie Videogame - Warner Bros. Interactive
{04} - 02 - FIFA 14 - Electronic Arts
{02} - 03 - Call of Duty: Ghosts - Activision Blizzard
{07} - 04 - Battlefield 4 - Electronic Arts
{06} - 05 - LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Warner Bros. Interactive
{09} - 06 - Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Microsoft
{05} - 07 - Grand Theft Auto V - Take 2
{08} - 08 - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Ubisoft
{NE} - 09 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Nintendo
{33} - 10 - Rayman Legends - Ubisoft
{03} - 11 - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Square Enix Europe
{12} - 12 - Need for Speed: Rivals - Electronic Arts
{17} - 13 - NBA 2K14 - Take 2
{16} - 14 - WWE 2K14 - Take 2
{11} - 15 - Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition - Square Enix Europe
{15} - 16 - Gran Turismo 6 - Sony Computer ent.
{19} - 17 - LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - Warner Bros. Interactive
{22} - 18 - LEGO Star Wars: the Complete Saga - Disney Interactive Studios
{14} - 19 - Aliens: Colonial Marines - SEGA
{13} - 20 - Killzone: Shadow Fall - Sony Computer ent.