UK charts for last week show a couple of superhero games at the top, namely Lego Batman and The Amazing Spider-man.
Most sales of Spider-man were on 360, with 56%. 42% were on PS3 and the remainder were shared amongst Wii, 3DS and DS. FIFA’s down 12% to 5th place from 2nd.
1. LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
3. SPEC OPS: THE LINE – TAKE 2
4. LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME – SEGA
5. FIFA 12 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
Spec Ops in third is encouraging, no doubt bolstered by some great reviews (including ours) and some smart non-specialist magazine advertising.
The rest of the chart looks like this, with Skyrim up 121%, no doubt due to the new Dawnguard DLC.
6. TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER – UBISOFT
7. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
8. MAX PAYNE 3 – TAKE 2
9. BATTLEFIELD 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
10. METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION – KONAMI
11. THE RATCHET & CLANK TRILOGY: CLASSICS HD – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
12. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – SEGA
13. SNIPER ELITE V2 – 505 GAMES / MASTERTRONIC
14. FIFA STREET – ELECTRONIC ARTS
15. MASS EFFECT 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
16. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
17. ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS – UBISOFT
18. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19. LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
20. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
21. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY – MICROSOFT
22. MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO – MIND CANDY
23. RAYMAN ORIGINS – UBISOFT
24. DIABLO III – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
25. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND – NINTENDO
26. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
27. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
28. WWE ’12 – THQ
29. DRAGON’S DOGMA – CAPCOM
30. MARIO KART 7 – NINTENDO
31. DIRT SHOWDOWN – CODEMASTERS
32. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY – TAKE 2
33. KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING – ELECTRONIC ARTS
34. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
35. GAME OF THRONES – KOCH MEDIA
36. TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
37. SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR – CITY INTERACTIVE
38. SKATE 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
39. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 – SEGA
40. THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS – ENHANCED ED. – NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
Source: Ukie.
Forrest_01
“Batman Keeps Top Spot”
Five words explain this – Free Lex Luthor Lego Figure.
Full of win.
The Lone Steven
I know the Batman would be at number 1 because, *drumroll* HE’S THE GODDAM BATMAN! And who is playing a drumroll?
I’m surprised that Spidey has managed to swing his way to the 2nd spot as movie tie ins are usually crap and don’t sell well but he has a decent game but due to it being a movie tie in, shouldn’t be selling that well. :O
Skyrim was bound to see a rise in sales as chances are many rimmers got bored of it, traded it in, became interested in Dawnguard, bought another copy and bought Lagguard(I couldn’t think up of a clever name for Dawnguard).
Surprised that Snake is sneaking his way back up into the top 10 although it may be the Vita version and i’ve misinterpeted it but to be fair it doesn’t state if it’s the vita version or not.
Forrest_01
I’m not so surprised about spidey to be fair – People will be hyped about the film & will want anyting that they can get their hands on that is to do with that. So there is that.
Secondly, it’s actually been scoring relatively well in the few reviews there have been – Yes, nothing earth shattering, but up in the 70’s/7’s & 80’s/8’s from what i have seen so far.
More importantly though, it’s a free roam spidey game, which instantly gives it credibility as a lot of people have fond memories of Spiderman 2 on the PS2.
That’s why i bought it anyway. Seems good so far (but i have only just defeated the first boss thing).