EA has Massive Effect on Charts
12/Mar/2012
EA are No1 again this week, but this time it is the return of the hotly anticipated ‘Mass Effect 3’ that claims the Top Spot, amassing more sales than the previous four No1s (SSX, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, UFC Undisputed 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning) making it by far the biggest No1 so far this year.
In fact Mass Effect 3 (which has been released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC simultaneously for the first time) has outperformed the previous two iterations week 1 sales combined. This means that last week’s No1, ‘SSX’ (-49%), has slipped down a place to No2 followed by Capcom’s new release, ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’, at No3 which sees the two franchises going head to head for the first time (Namco will release their own version called Tekken X Street Fighter some point in the future). It’s EA again at No4 with ‘FIFA 12’ (-7%) bouncing back down to No4 with Nintendo’s ‘Mario Party 9’ (+8%) also down two places at No5.
The third and final new entry (and EA’s fourth title) in the Top 10 is the expansion pack ‘The Sims 3: Showtime’ debuting at No6 and Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games’ (-14%) is just behind at No7. Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-23%) is down a place at No8, Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ (-15%) is staying firm at No9 and 505 Games’ ‘Zumba Fitness’ (-4%) sees a return to the Top 10 after a five week absence at No10. The only other new title to breach the Top 40 is Sony’s ‘Unit 13’ which has debuted at No15.
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
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1 | MASS EFFECT 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
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2 | MASS EFFECT 3 | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
3 | MASS EFFECT 3 | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 1 |  |
4 | SSX | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 3 | |
5 | MARIO PARTY 9 | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 2 | |
6 | SSX | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
7 | THE SIMS 3: SHOWTIME | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
8 | STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN | XB360 | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| - | |
9 | STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN | PS3 | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 6 | |
10 | FIFA 12 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
11 | UNIT 13 | VITA | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 4 | |
12 | UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS | VITA | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 10 | |
13 | ZUMBA FITNESS | WII | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 12 | |
14 | FIFA 12 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 8 | |
15 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 7 | |
16 | UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 5 | |
17 | FIFA FOOTBALL | VITA | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 13 | |
18 | JUST DANCE 3 | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 16 | |
19 | ZUMBA FITNESS 2 | WII | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 22 |  |
20 | MARIO KART 7 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 14 | |
21 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 11 | |
22 | SUPER MARIO 3D LAND | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 19 | |
23 | MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO | DS | MIND CANDY | MIND CANDY | ||
| 23 | |
24 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | 3DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 30 | |
25 | BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 20 | |
26 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 17 | |
27 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 21 | |
28 | SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 25 | |
29 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 24 | |
30 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 9 | |
31 | UFC UNDISPUTED 3 | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 29 | |
32 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 37 | |
33 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 26 | |
34 | FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 35 |  |
35 | RAGE | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 36 | |
36 | ZUMBA FITNESS RUSH | XB360 | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 39 | |
37 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 28 | |
38 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 18 | |
39 | UFC UNDISPUTED 3 | PS3 | THQ | THQ | ||
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40 | YOUR SHAPE: FITNESS EVOLVED 2012 | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT |
