GCD: Games Chart Discussion

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/342275/uk-chart-fifa-street-tops-mass-effect-tiger-woods/

New UK Top 10:

1-FIFA Street (EA)
2-Mass Effect 3 (EA)
3-Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (EA)
4-Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom)
5-FIFA 12 (EA)
6-Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Namco Bandai)
7-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
8-Battlefield 3 (EA)
9-Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
10-SSX (EA)

Silent Hill HD Collection sold more than the new game to come in at #12 whilst Downpour hit #15. Ridge Racer Unbounded stumbled in at #21.

[Family Fry]

RE: Silent Hill Downpour, I went walkies on launch day, visited.

Blockbuster
Sainsbury's
Tesco Metro
HMV X2
Game
Morrisons
Argos
Currys

Not one store had a single copy of Downpour, did manage to find SH Collection in HMV though, grabbed one of the last 2 copies.

[Neon Ignition]

I could find HD Collection easily but my local HMV said they only received 3 copies of Downpour and had sold out quick. Ended up getting mine from Bee which had loads of copies but they'd all been brought in from Ireland.

[Family Fry]

3 copies, sheesh probably about standard across the board then.

[Guts]

EA seems to be doing pretty well with the TOP 3 being their games and 6 from the TOP 10 too.

[charlesr]

Yeah, that's because EA are totally amazing.

[kryss]

50% of the top 10 is graciously provided to the gaming community by EA.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-04-japan-chart-3ds-sales-spike-thanks-to-new-kingdom-hearts

Japanese chart appears with some interesting bits. Kingdom Hearts does quite well and Kid Icarus holds steady but Silent Hill HD Collection dies a painful death as does Little Kings Story 2:

01 - Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix, 3DS): 213,579 - NEW
02 - Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, PS3): 90,433 - NEW
03 - Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, PSP): 60,141 - NEW
04 - Kid Icarus Uprising (Nintendo, 3DS): 47,179 (Life to date: 179,705)
05 - Pok?mon + Nobunaga's Ambition (The Pok?mon Company, DS): 30,535 (267,608)
06 - Yakuza: Black Panther 2 (Sega, PSP): 26,655 (131,592)
07 - Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 24,936 (1,464,696)
08 - Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 21,288 (1,358,410)
09 - Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 19,653 (1,621,631)
10 - Idolmaster Anime & G4U! Pack Vol.6 (Namco Bandai, PSP): 17,759 - NEW
11 - Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, Vita): 17,264 - NEW
12 - Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 12,947 (112,603)
13 - Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom, PS3): 11,926 (55,717)
14 - Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai (Sega, 3DS): 8267 (124,618)
15 - Silent Hill HD Edition (Konami, PS3): 7971 - NEW
16 - One Piece Pirate Musou (Namco Bandai, PS3): 7851 (804,601)
17 - Harvest Moon: Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL, 3DS): 7657 (154,764)
18 - Shining Blade (Sega, PSP): 7535 (148,824)
19 - New Little King's Story (Konami, Vita): 7141 - NEW
20 - Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 6596 (905,638)

Hardware wise things saw a small rise again keeping the Vita's head above water:

1 - 3DS: 121,921 (Last week: 94,011)
2 - PlayStation 3: 23,771 (25,750)
3 - PSP: 18,356 (19,875)
4 - Vita: 12,105 (10,302)
5 - Wii: 9292 (9270)
6 - PlayStation 2: 1374 (1333)
7 - Xbox 360: 1317 (1084)
8 - DSi XL: 941 (1058)
9 - DSi: 771 (778)

[Wools]

It's astonishing to see the difference between the main consoles and the Nintendo 3DS pulling ahead by tens of thousands.

Is the same occurring in other territories?

[Neon Ignition]

I think it varies depending on territories but based on the rough global figures it must place high everywhere these days.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-06-journey-tops-march-psn-sales-chart

The March PSN Top 10 is out and gladly Journey does well:

01- Journey
02- Infamous: Festival of Blood
03- Resident Evil 4
04- MotorStorm RC
05- Killzone 3 Multiplayer
06- Mass Effect 3
07- Gotham City Impostors
08- Grand Theft Auto 4
09- Mass Effect 2
10- The Simpsons Arcade Game

[Guts]

Who are these people who rather buy digital download games for ?50 than order them as physical copies online or go to the store? And they claim there's a recession going.

On Finnish PSN ME3 costs ~?58, I ordered it from Zavvi for ?24 which I can then sell back to Gamestop for about the same amount probably.

[EvilBoris]

Without numbers it is hard to quantify those charts, being number 6 could mean that 100 people have downloaded ME3.

I didn't realise the PSN release of ME3 happened outside of the US. You can get some fantastic bargain prices for ME3 because of GAME group collapsing, their stock got basically given away to anyone who would take it. Even some smaller chains were able to pull out ?29.99 for it on release day.

[Neon Ignition]

The UK Top 40 has rolled out again:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-10-uk-top-40-kinect-star-wars-forces-way-to-chart-victory

Star Wars Still Sells basically:

1 New entry Kinect Star Wars
2 1 FIFA Street
3 2 Mass Effect 3
4 5 FIFA 12
5 3 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
6 7 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
7 10 SSX
8 9 Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games
9 8 Battlefield 3
10 11 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
11 13 Saints Row: The Third
12 28 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
13 26 Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo
14 22 Mario Party 9
15 19 Batman: Arkham City
16 16 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
17 25 Just Dance 3
18 New entry Devil May Cry HD Collection
19 33 Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
20 Re-entry Street Fighter x Tekken
21 4 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
22 Re-entry WWE '12
23 27 UFC Undisputed 3
24 Re-entry Sonic Generations
25 40 Cars 2
26 39 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
27 Re-entry The Sims 3
28 34 Super Mario 3D Land
29 37 Mario Kart 7
30 29 Rayman Origins
31 20 Final Fantasy 13-2
32 New entry Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
33 30 Zumba Fitness
34 16 Forza Motorsport 4
35 Re-entry Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
36 32 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
37 Re-entry Gran Turismo 5
38 23 F1 2011
39 14 Kid Icarus: Uprising
40 36 Rage

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-10-nielsen-poll-ranks-most-anticipated-games-of-2012

A Nielson poll has listed the most anticipated games of 2012:

Xbox 360:

01-Halo 4
02-Assassin's Creed 3
03-Max Payne 3
04-Madden NFL 13
05-Resident Evil 6
06-Ghost Recon: Future Soldie
07-Fable: The Journey
08-Kinect: Star Wars
09-NCAA Football 13
10-Bioshock: Infinite
11-Tomb Raider

PlayStation 3:

01-Assassin's Creed 3
02-Max Payne 3
03-Madden NFL 13
04-Resident Evil 6
05-Medal of Honor: Warfighter
06-NCAA Football 13
07-Prototype 2
08-Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
09-Bioshock: Infinite
10-Tomb Raider
11-NBA Live 13

Wii:

01-Madden NFL 13
02-Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
03-Battleship
04-LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
05-The Amazing Spider-Man
06-Men In Black
07-The Last Story
08-Xenoblade Chronicles