Dog has its day at No1
20/Aug/2012
Square Enix and developer United Front Games’ new title ‘Sleeping Dogs’ is at the top of our All Formats chart this week.
While taking the No1 spot it also becomes the sixth best selling game on first week sales in 2012. It means Nintendo’s much anticipated ‘New Super Mario Bros 2’ has to settle for No2 spot, a still impressive achievement as the title is only available on 3DS. It also matches its predecessor ‘New Super Mario Bros’ which hit the charts at No2 back in Week 26 2006. With the curtain coming down on the Olympics ‘London 2012: The Official Video Game’ (-37%) slips to No3 on the podium.
‘Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes’ (+20%) drops from No2 to No4 despite an increase in sales. Mario appears twice in our Top 10 swapping Luigi for Sonic this time as ‘Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games’ (-18%) slides from No3 to No5. Impressive figures boosted by retailer promotions see both ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’ (+46%) and ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7’ (+94%) re-enter the Top 10 at No8 and No10.
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
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1 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
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2 | SLEEPING DOGS | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| - | |
3 | SLEEPING DOGS | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 1 |  |
4 | LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME | XB360 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 2 | |
5 | LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME | PS3 | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 4 | |
6 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 3 | |
7 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 7 | |
8 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 8 | |
9 | MARIO KART 7 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 6 | |
10 | BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 13 |  |
11 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 15 | |
12 | TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 21 | |
13 | DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 10 | |
14 | BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 11 | |
15 | SUPER MARIO 3D LAND | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | |
16 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | 3DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 12 | |
17 | MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO | DS | MIND CANDY | MIND CANDY | ||
| 17 | |
18 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | WII | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 14 | |
19 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 24 | |
20 | DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION | PS3 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 9 | |
21 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 25 | |
22 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 16 | |
23 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 20 | |
24 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
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25 | TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 26 |  |
26 | GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 30 | |
27 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 37 | |
28 | FIFA 12 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 22 | |
29 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | UBISOFT | ||
| 29 | |
30 | GRAN TURISMO 5 | PS3 | PLATINUM | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 36 | |
31 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| - | |
32 | LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| - | |
33 | SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 34 | |
34 | SKATE 3 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
35 | SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE | WII | SKYLANDERS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| - | |
36 | SPEC OPS: THE LINE | XB360 | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 31 | |
37 | THE SIMS 3 | PC | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 23 | |
38 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | PS3 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 32 | |
39 | WWE '12 | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | THQ | ||
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40 | MARIO PARTY 9 | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
