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UK Charts: Guess Who’s The Christmas Number One
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Hint: It's not MW3!
Published: 10:37, 19/12/2011 by Dan Lee.
13Well this is a bit of a surprise! Despite it almost seeming certain that Modern Warfare 3 would take the Christmas number one spot in the UK chart, Skyrim has prevailed. Close behind it is Just Dance 3, with MW3 coming in third.
Apparently this is the first Christmas is eight years where an EA / Activision game hasn’t been number one.
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
2. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfae 3 (Activision)
4. FIFA 12 (EA)
5. Saints Row: The Third (THQ)
6. Battlefield 3 (EA)
7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)
8. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
9. Need for Speed: The Run (EA)
10. Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call (Nintendo)
Source: MCV
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19/12/2011 at 10:38
Member since: Mar 2010
Haha Just Dance 3 beat it. Good for Skyrim.
19/12/2011 at 11:10
Member since: Jun 2009
I actually don’t think that’s too surprising really, what with it being ‘the season to be jolly’ & all, as people will be getting JD3 for the inevitable xmas party – In fact, there is even a nintendo advert at the moment that suggests that consoles (specifically the wii of course) are a better way of spending time with your family at xmas!
It is an awful advert though, so it actually may not be influencing anyone!
Looking at it as it is though, i would say that Bethesda have done very well & should probably give themselves a pat on the back.
19/12/2011 at 11:14
Member since: Mar 2010
Agreed. I guess it is reasonable that Just Dance is at a high position, family time and all. Not like the whole family’s going to sit down and shoot some Russian bastards. I wish.
19/12/2011 at 10:41
Member since: Aug 2008
Well done to Bethesda! Although, no doubt helped by a few places selling Skyrim for 20 odd quid recently…
19/12/2011 at 10:42
Member since: May 2010
HOLY SHIT! Sorry for the language, but i thought it was impossible for a COD game to get overtaken by a dancing game. :O I should be able to get Skyrim before work(vol) tommorrow. :D
There is no sign of Zumba? *dances in joy*
19/12/2011 at 10:47
Member since: Forever
Just Dance 2 was top selling single format title last year & it was only combining platforms that put CoD & FIFA ahead, now that Just Dance 3 is multi-platform…
An achievement by Bethesda, 1st time an EA or Acti game hasn’t been top of the multi-format for a while & it’s certainly reeling the rewards of being half-price… Which isn’t far off cheating though
19/12/2011 at 11:32
Member since: May 2010
True but Bethesade’s games seem to only last a month at full retail price. Judging from the amount of time it took for F:NV to fall to £20. =)
I’m glad that Bethesade have done well but i hope this will be a massive incentive to sort out any gamebreaking bugs in Skyrim and possibly tweak the Creation Engine to avoid it being buggy in their next game.
19/12/2011 at 13:06
Member since: Mar 2010
If that next game isn’t Fallout 4 I will cry.
19/12/2011 at 16:34
Member since: Mar 2011
Don’t worry, I’m sure it will be. I really want a fallout game that looks as nice as Skyrim. It will be amazing.
19/12/2011 at 20:48
Member since: Forever
Don’t forget to wait 2 or 3 weeks, it will be half price!
19/12/2011 at 10:43
Member since: Dec 2008
Some great games in there this year. Well done to Skyrim and Bethesda.
19/12/2011 at 11:15
Member since: Feb 2011
This, it’s nice to see the Game Of The Year reigning at the top of the charts.
19/12/2011 at 10:48
Member since: Aug 2008
I love that Just Dance 3 beat MW3. That’s hilarious
19/12/2011 at 20:51
Member since: Forever
Just Dance 2 on Wii, beat BlOps on 360 & of course on PS3 to be the largest selling single format title of the year, of course combining BlOps on 360, PS3 & PC blew it away
Just Dance 2 was a juggernaut & now that Just Dance 3 is multi-platform it should be unstoppable
19/12/2011 at 10:50
Member since: Aug 2008
The real hero of that top10 is Prof Layton. I know they are reasonably popular games but I wouldn’t have expected it to be in the top10 the week before xmas. Go Prof! :)
19/12/2011 at 10:53
Member since: Apr 2010
Hmm, was not expecting this at all. Well done. Always nice to see a dominant force get pegged back a bit in any walk of life.
19/12/2011 at 10:55
Member since: Dec 2008
Good placing for BF3, still doing well.
19/12/2011 at 11:13
Member since: Jun 2009
I thought this too – Considering it came out at the end of October, it’s doing pretty well to still be sitting where it is.
19/12/2011 at 11:16
Member since: Feb 2011
It has also had some pretty nice price drops too, absolute bargain for £27.99!
19/12/2011 at 14:19
Member since: Apr 2010
Yep. Just got my Limited Edition PS3 copy the other day for £24.99 from Sainsbury.
19/12/2011 at 16:14
Member since: Jul 2010
It had a price drop as well to around £25. MW3 is still around £40. I also got BF3 LE with Karkland pack for £25, to much of a good deal to miss out as I saved £10 by not getting the normal edition.
19/12/2011 at 10:56
Member since: Feb 2011
It really just goes to show how bored the fanbase is getting now. By far MW3 has been the most disappointing COD yet.It just feels old and had convinced me never to buy another again
19/12/2011 at 11:10
Member since: Feb 2011
I know what you mean. Since download patch 1.07 yesterday, I had pretty much everyone already aiming down their sites at me already when I went around a corner. I guess its lag but my NAT is fine and internet speed is a steady 8mb, so I fucked it off in the end and played something else.
19/12/2011 at 11:25
Member since: Oct 2009
Yep agreed. If i can be bothered, ill make it to prestige and then get rid of it and get the game i should have got… BF3. I really shouldnt listen to my friends again about what game to buy….
19/12/2011 at 11:29
Member since: Nov 2011
For me they fixed everything that was wrong with MW2, I think it’s easily the best of the series! Can’t say I’ve too many lag problems either, regardless of patches, bar the usual variation between games; annoying for those that have though.
19/12/2011 at 13:28
Member since: Apr 2010
Apart from Cod4 I would agree, this is the first MW I have been close to prestiging since that one. I think they have done very well with it.
19/12/2011 at 13:39
Member since: Feb 2011
I agree its very balanced, I just seem to be experiencing cheap deaths, particularly yesterday – due to poor location spawning by me or the enemy; and then there’s the occassional lag. Most of the time its okay, its just pretty annoying when you’re on a 23 killstreak and someone spawns 4 foot behind you around your team’s Capture point on the map, then shoots you in the back. :(
I guess it’s swings and roundabouts – some nights it’s just best to give up and play something else when you’re not getting the rub of the green. There are probably occassions that I’m not aware of, when the spawning or lag benefits me.
19/12/2011 at 16:18
Member since: Jul 2010
I love MW3. Although by looking at leaderboards hardly any of my friends are near prestiging where as for COD4 and MW2, all of them would be at 2nd prestige at least.
19/12/2011 at 10:57
Member since: Jun 2010
Gods be praised!
19/12/2011 at 11:20
Member since: May 2010
The stars were right and today is the day i die. wait, wrong game. :p
20/12/2011 at 03:34
Member since: Jan 2010
I was very pleasantly surprised by Skyrim’s position too – and then I took an arrow in the knee.