Games Market Steps Up 3 Gears
26/Sep/2011
Epic Games and Microsoft’s ‘Gears of War 3’ claims the top spot this week with the biggest launch of the year so far. The finale of the Gears of War trilogy was close to selling as much as the combined launch weeks of the two previous iterations and makes it the 7th largest Xbox 360 launch to date (12th largest individual format launch). This means that Codemasters new entry ‘F1 2011’ has to settle for 2nd place and last week’s No1, Deep Silver’s ‘Dead Island’ (-54%), is now down to No3. 505 Games’ ‘Zumba Fitness’ (+7%) just keeps on going with a 7% increase in sales, stepping up from No6 to No4, with Eidos/Square Enix’s ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ (-5%) holding fire at No5 and Ubisoft’s ‘Driver: San Francisco’ (-27%) down two places to No6. Last Week’s No2 and No3 both fall 5 places with THQ’s ‘Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine’ (-50%) now at No7 and Sony’s ‘Resistance 3’ at No8 (-50%). At No9 is Disney’s ‘Lego Pirates of the Caribbean’ (-25%) and 505 Games are the only publisher to have two games in the Top 10 this week with ‘Rugby World Cup 2011’ (-19%) at No10.
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  |
1 | GEARS OF WAR 3 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| - | |
2 | F1 2011 | XB360 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| - | |
3 | F1 2011 | PS3 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 4 |  |
4 | ZUMBA FITNESS | WII | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 1 |  |
5 | DEAD ISLAND | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 2 | |
6 | DEAD ISLAND | PS3 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 6 | |
7 | DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION | XB360 | EIDOS | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 3 | |
8 | RESISTANCE 3 | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 7 | |
9 | DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 8 | |
10 | DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 5 | |
11 | WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 10 | |
12 | DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION | PS3 | EIDOS | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 11 | |
13 | RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 | XB360 | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 9 | |
14 | WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE | PS3 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 18 |  |
15 | JUST DANCE 2 | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 12 | |
16 | RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 | PS3 | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 16 | |
17 | GRAN TURISMO 5 | PS3 | PLATINUM | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 15 | |
18 | LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN | WII | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| 13 | |
19 | WII SPORTS RESORT | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
20 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
21 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
22 | F1 2011 | PC | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 17 | |
23 | RISE OF NIGHTMARES | XB360 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 22 | |
24 | LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN | DS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| - | |
25 | MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 19 | |
26 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
27 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD | PS3 | PLATINUM | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
28 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
29 | L.A. NOIRE | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 28 | |
30 | THE SIMS 3 | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 21 | |
31 | RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 24 | |
32 | EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2 | WII | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
33 | CARS 2 | WII | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| 14 | |
34 | STAR FOX 64 3D | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 33 | |
35 | ZUMBA FITNESS | XB360 | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 26 | |
36 | GOD OF WAR COLLECTION VOLUME II | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 20 | |
37 | WII FIT PLUS | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 32 | |
38 | RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON | PS3 | THQ | THQ | ||
| - | |
39 | CARS 2 | DS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | ||
| - | |
40 | LET'S DRAW | DS | BARNSTORM GAMES | UBISOFT |
