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Forums - Sales - UK chart: God of War: Ascension launch sales half that of GOW 3, Tomb Raider retains top spot

Train wreck on 18 March 2013

Nice holds for the PC games in the top 40, pretty dominant PS360 performance, and its only going to get stronger with newer releases i.e. gears of war. bioshock, etc etc, no next gen representation  from the Vita and Wii U and very little 3DS games



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foodfather on 18 March 2013

Hope the meh reviews of Gears J don't hurt its sales like it hurt GOWA.



Proclus on 18 March 2013

Expect around the same to happen with Gears, although decreased Tomb Raider sales in it's 3rd? week will grant Gears the top spot.



teigaga on 18 March 2013

I think people place too much emphasis on correlating the underwhelming sales with the reviews.

The truth is most people have eyes, at no point since its reveal has GOW:accessions wowed me and I'm sure I speak for countless others. Unless you're an avid fan of the series, theres no much reason to look into this game. I bought 3 because it looked outstanding.

The exact same will happen with Gears.



dsage01 on 18 March 2013
SunofKratos said:
So look like the "bad revies " hurt the sales of this game. That and the fact taht it is a prequel and not another sequel.

But i never expectet this game to sell more than God of War 3 lifetime anyway. Anbything between 3 and 4 million lifetime should be fine for that game so late in the gen.


Hopefully US and rest of Europe sales will be good. 



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Conegamer on 18 March 2013

Surprised to see Tomb Raider hold on to first.

I'm glad, of course, but it doesn't bode well for GOW.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

dsage01 on 18 March 2013
Conegamer said:
Surprised to see Tomb Raider hold on to first.

I'm glad, of course, but it doesn't bode well for GOW.


The game deserved a lot more. 



Slimebeast on 18 March 2013

Wow, that's absolutely a huge drop in sales for a God of War game. If anything that's proof we need a new generation asap.

Did you guys see that Skyrim is in the top 15? Damn it, as an Elder Scrolls fan I can only say it's too damn popular (which will increase the dumbing down of next gen Elder Scrolls).

Sad sales for Metal Gear Rising Reveangeance. Platinum Games keeps pumping out masterpiece after masterpiece but they just won't sell. Probably the most underrated studio out there (after From Software of course).



Conegamer on 18 March 2013
dsage01 said:
Conegamer said:
Surprised to see Tomb Raider hold on to first.

I'm glad, of course, but it doesn't bode well for GOW.


The game deserved a lot more. 

It may well do, but so does Tomb Raider. Great reboot.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

TrevDaRev on 18 March 2013

It's worth noting that this is the 2nd biggest launch week for a GoW game, more than both GoW and GoW II.