Guild Wars 2 Puts the Dog Down
03/Sep/2012
NCsoft’s hotly anticipated MMO ‘Guild Wars 2’ debuts at No1 this week, knocking ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (-38%) down to No2.
Released on Tuesday and benefiting from a long running pre-purchase scheme, ‘Guild Wars 2’ records the second largest launch ever for a non-Warcraft MMO PC title, behind ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’. It is also the first PC-only release to reach No1 in the All Formats Chart since ‘Football Manager 2011’ back in November 2010. There is no change at No3 and No4 with ‘New Super Mario Bros. 2’ (-36%) flying the flag for 3DS at No3 and ‘London 2012’ holding on to No4, sales up 4% (perhaps boosted slightly by the start of the Paralympic Games). ‘Lego Batman 2’ (-12%) manages to climb one place to No5, but ‘Darksiders II’ (-71%) slides from No2 to No6. There are 2 more new titles that make the Top 40 this week: ‘Madden NFL 13’ new at No7 and Namco-Bandai’s JRPG ‘Tales of Graces F’ on PS3 new at No14.
‘Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’ (-39%) drops 3 places to No8, ahead of ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ (-5%) which has never dropped out of the Top 10 since it was released 15 weeks ago. The Top 10 is rounded off by the return of ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (+84%) which is back in the Top 10 (up from No17) after a 3 week absence.
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
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1 | GUILD WARS 2 | PC | NCSOFT EUROPE | NCSOFT EUROPE | ||
| 1 |  |
2 | SLEEPING DOGS | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 2 | |
3 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 4 |  |
4 | SLEEPING DOGS | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 7 |  |
5 | LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME | XB360 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 3 | |
6 | DARKSIDERS II | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 8 | |
7 | LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME | PS3 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| - | |
8 | MADDEN NFL 13 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 6 | |
9 | TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
10 | TALES OF GRACES F | PS3 | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | ||
| - | |
11 | MADDEN NFL 13 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 9 | |
12 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 5 | |
13 | DARKSIDERS II | PS3 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 10 | |
14 | TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 12 | |
15 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 19 | |
16 | DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| - | |
17 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 11 | |
18 | TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 21 | |
19 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 14 | |
20 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 16 | |
21 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 15 | |
22 | MARIO KART 7 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 33 | |
23 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 18 | |
24 | TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 13 | |
25 | BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 22 | |
26 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 23 | |
27 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | WII | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 28 | |
28 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 20 | |
29 | MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO | DS | MIND CANDY | MIND CANDY | ||
| 17 | |
30 | BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| - | |
31 | THE SIMS 3 | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 26 | |
32 | SUPER MARIO 3D LAND | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 32 | |
33 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 30 | |
34 | SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 25 | |
35 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | 3DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 29 | |
36 | GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 37 | |
37 | DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | PS3 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 27 | |
38 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 38 | |
39 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | UBISOFT | ||
| 31 | |
40 | FIFA 12 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
