Max Payne 3, as expected, has shot to the top of the UK sales charts after its first weekend, no doubt helped by reviews like ours – the game was widely acclaimed apart from a few 7s dotted around for effect.
However, figures coming in suggest it was only 8,000 sales above Diablo III, and the UK chart only counts boxed copies – if it tracked downloads Blizzard’s title would be way ahead.
Regardless, Rockstar’s third person shooter is only behind Mass Effect 3 for the biggest game launch this year so far, with 58% of sales of Max Payne 3 going towards the Xbox 360 version.
The rest of the chart is made up of FIFA Street, Sniper Elite V2, FIFA 12, Prototype 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and finally, in tenth, the latest Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games title.
cc_star
Very impressive sales from the single platform D3 then.
They really need to merge digital sales with retail, be interesting to see where the big sellers like Journey & Trials Evolution would fit in.
3shirts
Surely “smashes” implies quite a comfortable victory?
IAmJacksMedullaOblongata
Exactly what I thought. “Smashes but not by much” is a contradiction in terms.
Zephyre
Pretty impressive performance for Diablo 3, just shows a decent exclusive on PC can still shift in good numbers.
Max Payne is only out on Xbox & PS3 at the moment, right?
IAmJacksMedullaOblongata
PC in 2 weeks. Moved because of Diablo III in fact. (Though I doubt Rockstar will admit that.)
Gamoc
Yep, it releases on PC at the end of the month.
Sympo
No surprise that another over-rated Rockstar game gets No1, Good for Diablo 3 but shame about the issues it has.
tonycawley
Have you played max Payne 3? I don’t think its at all over rated, in fact I think its under rated in many instances. One of my favourite games for a long time.
LTG Davey
Not the biggest fan of R* games (hate GTA, wasn’t amazed by LA Noire) but I can safely say Max Payne 3 is one of the best games I’ve played all year. Terrific storyline and voice acting, simple and satisfying gameplay plus an addictive multiplayer mode.
tonycawley
This comment perfectly reflects my opinion. A person can’t say a game is over rated if they don’t like it, you’re meant to try and be objective with these things. There’s plenty of good games I just don’t like, doesn’t mean its over rated, just not my cup of tea.
Nickboss1
Well said.
tonycawley
Also, I wish people would stop referring to LA Noire as a R* game, its not. It was NOT developed by rockstar.
hazelam
maybe the fact people can actually play max payne helped. ^_^
Roynaldo
Its all about Sorcery next week…
….or not. Move resurrection anyone? Need to find a duster or 3, maybe some premium strength cleanser. Hyperox could do the trick :)
DividSmythe
Haha. No I wont be purchasing that on release just wait for the inevitable price crash in about 3 weeks
Nickboss1
Well deserved.
mynameisblair
That’s interesting, I definitely think it’s time for download sales (as along as they can be tracked accurately) to join the charts, as many games are going that way.