It seems that Portal 2 has struck a finishing blow to Mortal Kombat in this week’s battle for the UK charts top spot. Having recently completed the single player of Portal 2 I can say that it’s without doubt my game of the year so far.
That’s not taking anything away from Mortal Kombat though, as what I have played is fantastic and it seems to be the quality reboot to the franchise that we all hoped it would be.
Unfortunately SOCOM: Special Forces charts way down in 28th. That’s both MotorStorm and SOCOM that have failed to make an impact for Sony now, which is a real pity.
1. Portal 2 (EA)
2. Mortal Kombat (Warner Interactive)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
4. Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
5. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)
6. Operation Flashpoint: Red River (Codemasters)
7. FIFA 11 (EA)
8. Crysis 2 (EA)
9. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10. Homefront (THQ)
11. Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
12. Pokemon White (Nintendo)
13. WWE All Stars (THQ)
14. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
15. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
16. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (EA)
17. Dragon Age II (EA)
18. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
19. Shift 2: Unleashed (EA)
20. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
Source: MCV
3shirts
And poor broke me sat with neither Portal 2 nor MK! To make matters worse, I can’t play my rented Crysis 2 online either which I was really getting into
gideon1451
I haven’t played a game from this year yet D:
jayjay119
Nor I!
Spotter5
Me three! :O Will change when LA Noire comes out though :D
Gaztee
At least you still have a console to play the games on! Mine got nicked 2 weeks ago :(
AS for the performance of both SOCOM & MS I’m not realy surprised. I’m sure SOCOM will do much better in its favourite market – the US of A!
tonycawley
Gwan tiger 12. I’m really glad to see its holding a decent position since its their best golf game for many many years. Well done ea!
Nauraph
What the hell is Black Ops doing there? =P
Foxhound_Solid
Who is still buying it?
That is insane….
Sympozium
Yobs
rht992
you are correct me thinks. utter F’ing shame
cc_star
It’s just received a TV mini-ad campaign as they always do this time of year to catch a sales flurry before the final DLC is released.
Foxhound_Solid
Still enjoying Mass Effect 2. Too many awesome games at the moment, so I am playing through them at my leisure. After hammering KZ3 Campaign I havent had chance to take it online. cant wait to though :-)
tonycawley
Continue with me2. It just gets better and better and better
Kevling
Not to be *too* picky, but there’s no EA branding at all on my copy of Portal 2… ;)
jayjay119
You say that as if it’s a bad thing!
Raider197
Special Forces too? Can’t say I’m surprised, but it’s certainly disappointing for Sony and Zipper.
cc_star
Wonder if that had something to do with Zipper’s recent high level departure
aerobes
I haven’t contributed anything to that top 20. Maybe it’s time I bought something, I’d like Mortal Kombat and OF: RR but they can both wait.
Just looked at upcoming games and the only thing I really want is LA. Noire. Brink is kicking up a furore so I’m interested to see how it performs, might try it on rent if it’s well received.
cc_star
On MCV, Portal2 sales:
54% Xbox 360
35% PS3
11% PC
(just retail sales, not including the presumably large sales on Steam for PC)
Find this odd given the massive feature set on the PS3, disappointing for those involved too, probably.
Although it didn’t even make No. 1 in the PS3 chart, with MK coming up top.
Smallville2106
Real shame that Motorstorm has not performed very well as it’s a great game. From everything I have been reading think I’ll pick up Portal.
skibadee
when the PSN goes back to normal I will get SOCOM.