UK Charts: SSX Is Number One

It’s time for our weekly run down of the UK Gaming charts but as your regular host Dan is away this morning I am will be standing in for one week. For an authentic chart countdown experience please press play on this video before continuing.

I thought we could have a look at the whole top 40 today, as it’s quite interesting to see what’s going on at the lower end of  the chart.

Number 38 finds Sega’s Binary Domain floundering badly and way down at number 22 is the previous chart topper, Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning.  Sega will be upset over the poor performance of Binary Domain, it’s barely tickled the charts since release.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception makes a surprising appearance at number 19, whilst Rayman: Origins sits three places above it, no doubt benefiting from its price being slashed in every major retailer.

THQ brawler UFC Undisputed punches in at number 6 whilst last weeks number one, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, drops to number four. It will be interesting to find out how many Vita hardware units have been sold this week.

EA may well be feeling a little disappointed with some of their games, with Syndicate just missing out on the top ten by one place, and the PlayStation Vita version of FIFA falling to number 8. Of course it’s not all that bad for them though, as they’ve managed to grab the number two spot with the home console version of FIFA and have also secured themselves the coveted number one slot.

That’s right, sitting at the top spot – and no doubt just itching to slide all the way down to the bottom performing tricks as it does so – is snowboard ’em up, SSX.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 03 March 2012

1. SSX – ELECTRONIC ARTS
2. FIFA 12 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
3. MARIO PARTY 9 – NINTENDO
4. UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
5. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – SEGA
6. UFC UNDISPUTED 3 – THQ
7. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8. FIFA FOOTBALL – ELECTRONIC ARTS
9. ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS – UBISOFT
10. BATTLEFIELD 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
11. SYNDICATE – ELECTRONIC ARTS
12. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
14. ZUMBA FITNESS – 505 GAMES
15. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 – SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
16. RAYMAN ORIGINS – UBISOFT
17. JUST DANCE 3 – UBISOFT
18. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD – THQ
19. UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
20. RAGE – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
21. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
22. KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING – ELECTRONIC ARTS
23. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND – NINTENDO
24. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 – MICROSOFT
25. METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION – KONAMI
26. ZUMBA FITNESS 2 – 505 GAMES
27. FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS ULTIMATE EDITION – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
28. F1 2011 – CODEMASTERS
29. MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO – MIND CANDY
30. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
31. MARIO KART 7 – NINTENDO
32. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
33. THE DARKNESS II – TAKE 2
34. SONIC GENERATIONS – SEGA
35. THE SIMS 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
36. SKATE 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
37. THE SIMS 3: PETS – ELECTRONIC ARTS
38. DEAD ISLAND – KOCH MEDIA
39. BINARY DOMAIN – SEGA
40. CARS 2 – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS

UKIE Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track via ShopTo.