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Almost a year after Nintendo’s 3DS launch (week 12, 2011) and we welcome Sony’s Vita hand-held, available in Wi-Fi and 3G versions (79% of Vita sales in week 1 were for the Wi-Fi version). There are 23 Vita launch titles at retail (compared to 16 for 3DS week 1), but 2 key Vita titles account for 50% of sales units and lie at No1 & No2 on the All Formats Chart. Sony’s Vita ‘Uncharted: Golden Abyss’ is the new No1 (31% of week 1 Vita sales) and EA’s Vita ‘FIFA Football’ is the new No2 (18% of Vita sales). In comparison, the week 1 No1 on 3DS ‘Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition’ accounted for 15% of 3DS week 1 software sales. Last week’s No1, THQ’s ‘UFC Undisputed 3’ drops to No3 (-53%) and Ubisoft’s ‘Rayman Origins’ climbs 31 places to No5 (+197%), powered by a new Vita version, No4 on the Vita Top 20. The biggest non-Vita launch is EA’s re-boot of UK developer Bullfrog’s ‘Syndicate’ which debuted back in week 26, 1993 for Amiga and PC. The new ‘Syndicate’ is Swedish (developed by StarBreeze) and debuts here at No7 for 360/PS3/PC. The next new entry at No11 is Sony’s Vita ‘Wipeout 2048’, actually No3 on the Vita Top 20. Following on from that we have Nintendo’s Wii ‘The Last Story’ at No15, developed by Mistwalker, the studio of Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of videogames. New at No17 is Bethesda’s ‘Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition’ which contains all mission expansion add-on packs.
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 25 February 2012
- UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- FIFA FOOTBALL - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- UFC UNDISPUTED 3 - THQ
- FIFA 12 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- RAYMAN ORIGINS - UBISOFT
- MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - SEGA
- SYNDICATE - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
- BATTLEFIELD 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
- WIPEOUT 2048 - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
- JUST DANCE 3 - UBISOFT
- THE LAST STORY – NINTENDO
- ZUMBA FITNESS - 505 GAMES
- FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS ULTIMATE EDITION - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- THE DARKNESS II - TAKE 2
- RAGE - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THQ
- SUPER MARIO 3D LAND - NINTENDO
- F1 2011 - CODEMASTERS
- METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION - KONAMI
- UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 - MICROSOFT
- KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- THE JAK AND DAXTER TRILOGY - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- RIDGE RACER - NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
- BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- VIRTUA TENNIS 4: WORLD TOUR EDITION - SEGA
- ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS - UBISOFT
- EVERYBODY'S GOLF - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 - CAPCOM
- ZUMBA FITNESS 2 - 505 GAMES
- BINARY DOMAIN - SEGA
- LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO - MIND CANDY
- LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
- NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
- MARIO KART 7 – NINTENDO
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