Gears of War: Judgment, a game that continues to feel completely wrong when you type it, is number one in the UK sales charts. It’s a good enough game (scoring 7/10) but shows the power that a bit of marketing (and a fairly quiet 360-exclusive line-up) can do.
What’s more surprising is the fairly dire Walking Dead: Survival Instinct has appeared at number three on Xbox 360 and number seven on PS3. Tomb Raider continues to sell well, but God Of War: Ascension has dropped from number two to number five.
Here’s the full chart, courtesy of Chart-track.
| LW | Â | TW | Â | Â | Title | Format | Label | Publisher |
| – |  |
1 | GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 1 |  |
2 | TOMB RAIDER | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| – | |
3 | THE WALKING DEAD: SI | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 3 | |
4 | TOMB RAIDER | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 2 | |
5 | GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 5 | |
6 | SIMCITY | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| – | |
7 | THE WALKING DEAD: SI | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 6 | |
8 | SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 2 | XB360 | CITY INTERACTIVE | CITY INTERACTIVE | ||
| 9 |  |
9 | FIFA 13 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| – | |
10 | MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE | 3DS | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 7 | |
11 | SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 2 | PS3 | CITY INTERACTIVE | CITY INTERACTIVE | ||
| – | |
12 | MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE | WII U | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 12 | |
13 | FIFA 13 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 13 | |
14 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 10 | |
15 | FAR CRY 3 | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 28 |  |
16 | METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE | PS3 | KONAMI | KONAMI | ||
| 11 | |
17 | CRYSIS 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 14 | |
18 | FORZA HORIZON | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 18 | |
19 | HALO 4 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 17 | |
20 | FAR CRY 3 | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 16 | |
21 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 21 | |
22 | ASSASSIN’S CREED III | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 4 | |
23 | STARCRAFT II: HOTS | PC | BLIZZARD | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 8 | |
24 | THE SIMS 3: UNIVERSITY LIFE | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 | |
25 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 38 | |
26 | ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES | XB360 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 34 | |
27 | ASSASSIN’S CREED III | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| – | |
28 | METAL GEAR RISING: REV | XB360 | KONAMI | KONAMI | ||
| 22 | |
29 | JUST DANCE 4 | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 30 | |
30 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 20 | |
31 | HITMAN ABSOLUTION | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 19 | |
32 | CRYSIS 3 | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 26 | |
33 | NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 37 | |
34 | SKYLANDERS GIANTS | WII | SKYLANDERS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 24 | |
35 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | TAKE 2 | ||
| – | |
36 | NINTENDO LAND | WII U | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| – | |
37 | ABBA: YOU CAN DANCE | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 27 | |
38 | GTA EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| – | |
39 | DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 23 | |
40 | DEAD SPACE 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
Eldur
WHO KEEPS BUYING SKYRIM?!
wirralsman
Sorry, I can’t help myself
KeRaSh
It’d be interesting to see if Tomb Raider outsold GoW:J in combined sales.
Eldave0
Hardly surprising to see Gears take top spot but I think its safe to say Bioshock Infinite will take its place next week. A mate of mine got a copy from Simplygames on Saturday and I have to admit its great so far. Finally a true sequel to the excellent Bioshock1 :-)
Taylor Made
Games don’t really sell on ps3 do they, even FIFA seems to sell more on 360
Eldave0
Certainly seems to be the case. Even the likes of Uncharted usually stay in the charts for a week or two before falling off the edge, never to be seen again. Weird how the gaming market works.
skibadee
uncharted stays in the chart a long time.
cc_star
Yeah, as a single format… Xbox & Wii titles always seem to be in the charts, higher & for longer.
Gran Turismo, although not troubling the charts with weekly sales since both its launch period & pricedrop period, it has sold consistently well since then & over the long term clocks up a considerable volume of sales. It is by far Sony’s biggest exclusive.
Although Forza Horizon has held to the charts well & seems to have a longer tail than previous Forza releases…
Many Sony titles have floundered through lack of effort on Sony’s part though, thinking back to a whole clutch of releases last year including Sorcery, Starhawk & Twisted Metal.
They seemed to get their act together for Christmas with the trio of LBP: Karting, PSASBR & Book Of Spells receiving more advertising than Nintendo & Xbox added together, but Sony perhaps backed the wrong horses that year as none of them troubled the charts for long.
Although with God Of War: Ascension Sony seem to have reverted to type
Starman
Had a look at metacritic reviews for Walking Dead SI. A strange mix of 10/10 and very low ratings.
Kivi95
Didn’t Legocity release last week?
Dom El
It’s not out till this Friday – nice to see Monster Hunter Ultimate make it in there (MCV’s chart has it in a higher spot though?).
Dom El
Aah, probably because that’s combined sales!
cam the man
It’s good to see what games are selling well for different formats but a combined chart would be nice too.