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 fourth week available, according to the Association for U.K. Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track for the week ended Saturday. It…
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was the first time that sales of the game grew from the prior week since the title was released four weeks ago, sales up 2 percent. The only new release in the top 10 was Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS, at No. 8. Nintendo’s Professor Layton and the Last Specter for the DS repeated at No. 7 in the title’s second week despite sales falling 9 percent from the prior week, while its Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS was again No. 10 in its third week despite sales growing 20 percent. Electronic Arts and Ubisoft each had two titles in the top 10. EA’s were the multiplatform FIFA 12, up three at No. 2 in its 10th week as sales jumped 30 percent from the prior week, and Battlefield 3 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, No. 9 again in its sixth week, sales up 16 percent. Ubisoft’s were Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for the 360 and PS3, down one, No. 3, third week as sales dipped 2 percent, and Just Dance 3 for the Wii and 360, up four, No. 4, eighth week as sales soared 54 percent. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks for the 360, PS3 and PC dipped one to No. 5 in its fourth week, sales down 7 percent. THQ’s Saints Row: The Third for the 360, PS3 and PC fell three to No. 6 in the title’s third week as sales declined 24 percent. Its WWE ‘12 for the 360 and PS3 fell out of the top 10 in that game’s second week, falling eight to No. 14. Mario Kart 7 was the only new release in the top 40, but UKIE said two titles entered the chart in their second week of release: Ubisoft’s ABBA: You Can Dance for the Wii at No. 30 and Majesco Entertainment’s Zumba Fitness 2 for the Wii and 360 at No. 34.