Activision’s multiplatform Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remained...
Activision’s multiplatform Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remained the best-selling game in the U.K. its third week available despite sales falling 41 percent from the prior week, according to the Association for U.K. Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) Games Charts compiled…
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by GfK Chart-Track for the week ended Saturday. Sales of the game had tumbled 87 percent in week two from week one (CED Nov 22 p9). Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for the Xbox 360 and PS3 repeated at No. 2 in its second week despite sales tumbling 61 percent. There were two new releases in the top 10, led by THQ’s WWE ‘12, at No. 6. The two versions of the game for the 360 accounted for a combined 53 percent of its sales, ahead of the combined 44 percent for the two PS3 SKUs. The remainder of its sales was apparently on the Wii, although UKIE didn’t specify data for that platform. The other new release was Nintendo’s DS game Professor Layton and the Last Specter, at No. 7. The only other new release to make the top 40 was Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Lord of the Rings: War in the North, at No. 38. Ubisoft, THQ and Nintendo each had one other game in the top 10. Ubisoft’s was Just Dance 3 for the Wii and 360, up two at No. 8 in its seventh week as sales grew 22 percent. THQ’s was Saints Row: The Third for the 360, PS3 and PC, up one, No. 3, second week despite sales sliding 40 percent. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks for the 360, PS3 and PC dipped one to No. 4 in its third week as sales slid 43 percent. Nintendo’s was Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS, down one, No. 10, second week, sales down 12 percent. Electronic Arts also had two games in the top 10: the multiplatform FIFA 12, No. 5 again in its ninth week as sales grew 22 percent, and Battlefield 3 for the 360, PS3 and PC, down one, No. 9, sales down 4 percent. Two games fell out of the top 10: Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii, down 12, No. 19, second week, and Microsoft’s Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for the 360, which fell from the top 20 completely after being No. 6 the prior week.