Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of ‘Tomb Raider’ (360/PS3/PC) sees the title debuting at No1 as the biggest launch of the year so far, comfortably outselling previous best this year ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ by more than double the week 1 sell-through (in week 7, 2013). ‘Tomb Raider’ week 1 All Format sales set a new record for the franchise, with the previous best actually set by Crystal Dynamics’ first game in this series, ‘Tomb Raider: Legend’ from 2006 with around half the sales shown here. This is the 10th Tomb Raider game in the series (original Tomb Raider launched in 1996, week 43 on Sega’s Saturn, week 47 on Sony’s PS1) and is the first version to launch as an ‘Event’ title (Tuesday 5th March, 2013). Both the 360 and PS3 versions of ‘Tomb Raider’ set new week 1 records as the fastest selling individual formats of any Tomb Raider release so far, a record previously held by ‘Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness’ on PS2 way back in week 27, 2003. Debuting strongly at No2 is EA’s ‘SimCity’ for PC, the sixth game in the series which dates back to 1989 and which was last seen as a new release back in week 46, 2007 with the fifth instalment, ‘Sim City Societies’. Namco Bandai debut at No3 with 360/PS3 ‘Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3’ and EA bring up the last of the new entries at No4 with ‘The Sims 3: University Life’, the ninth expansion pack for ‘The Sims 3’. EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ drops 3 places to No5 (-32%) and last week’s No1, EA’s ‘Crysis 3’ is forced down to No6 (-55%).
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 8 March 2013
TOMB RAIDER - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
SIMCITY - ELECTRONIC ARTS
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM 3 - NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
THE SIMS 3: UNIVERSITY LIFE - ELECTRONIC ARTS
FIFA 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
CRYSIS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
FAR CRY 3 - UBISOFT
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE - KONAMI
THE ELDER SCROLLS V – UBISOFT
ASSASSIN’S CREED III - UBISOFT
NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED - ELECTRONIC ARTS
SKYLANDERS GIANTS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
HITMAN ABSOLUTION - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES - SEGA
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
HALO 4 - MICROSOFT
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV - TAKE 2
DEAD SPACE 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
FORZA HORIZON - MICROSOFT
LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY - TAKE 2
JUST DANCE 4 - UBISOFT
SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED - SEGA
FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 - MICROSOFT
RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY - TAKE 2
MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - SEGA
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 - NINTENDO
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 - SEGA
DISHONORED - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
SLEEPING DOGS - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
HITMAN: HD TRILOGY - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
WWE '13 - THQ
THE SIMS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION - KOCH MEDIA
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 - KONAMI
MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER - ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE SIMS 3: PETS - ELECTRONIC ARTS
GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
