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the DK port outpreformed the original DKCR in the UK (Didn't Debut in the top 10 even). Bit of a surprise, but it seems nintendo is dumping the advertising on the port.



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3DS is thriving now, which is great to see. So much for the Amazon surge in the UK for Wii U, however.



kowenicki said:
naruball said:
foodfather said:
360 titles on top. Nice.

I am very confused on my Gears J hasn't been half price yet. Its been out for over 2 months and its still around £35.

GOWA received another massive price cut this week. You can pick it up for around £16, which explains why its still in the top 10.

Wait, what? Wasn't it available for £18 last week? I wouldn't call that another massive price cut.


regardless, its a very quick price drop.

gears should have followed suit.

never have two games shown the weakness and fragility of the current gen better.

Agreed. Just wanted to point that the bolded part is factually incorrect. 



Surprised to see DK on top, sadly not surprised to see Resi tank, however. It's a real shame.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Resident Evil is a No1 Revelation
[Big Reveal (click for larger view)]

28/May/2013

Capcom can celebrate a second title to reach No1 this year (after ‘DMC’ in week 3) with ‘Resident Evil: Revelations’ which actually shows as a re-entry at No1 - the title was originally released on 3DS back in week 4, 2012 (debuting at No6) and is now available on 360/PS3/Wii U/PC as a hi definition port.

EA’s ‘FIFA13’ continues to climb again, up another place to No2 thanks to more price promotion. Last week’s No1 Deep Silver/Koch’s ‘Metro Last Light’ (-33%) drops to No3, followed at No4 by Deep Silver/Koch’s ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ (-28%). Nintendo re-enter at No5 with ‘Donkey Kong Country Returns’ thanks to the new 3DS version – much like Capcom above this is a game that featured some time ago, in this case even further back as the original Wii version launched in week 48, 2010, debuting at No13 and then reaching No7 in week 50/2010. The only other new release to make this week’s Top 40 is Activision Blizzard’s tie-in to the recently released Fast & Furious 6 movie with ‘Fast & Furious: Showdown’ debuting at No14.

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Donkey Kong Country 3DS between 7k and 10k
Metro ~10k
RE Revelations ~11k

WiiU version of Revelations 1.1k (high end)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2013/may/28/top-20-video-games



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fast and furious got to 14,i saw that video thread last week

3ds doing well



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foodfather said:
360 titles on top. Nice.

I am very confused on my Gears J hasn't been half price yet. Its been out for over 2 months and its still around �35.

GOWA received another massive price cut this week. You can pick it up for around �16, which explains why its still in the top 10.



Let's not kid ourselves, both games underperformed but there's no need to fabricate reasons God of War: Ascension is still holding up so well weeks after its official price cut. It didn't receive another massive price cut this week, it's official price has been £19.99 for the past 2 weeks. It ranges from £15-£25. It's holding up due to its cheap price + good word of mouth.

Gears of War: Judgment can be picked up for at least £20 nowadays, do you really think people are paying around £35 for it when it can be found elsewhere much cheaper. It's selling for £20-£30 and due to extremely poor word of mouth even with a price cut it won't improve much.



Go DKCR!!



Just came back from my local Tesco. God Of War was available for £26, which is actually an increase over last week. It was still number 1 though. I'm sure Tesco doesn't move much software anayway, but I was pleasantly surprised.



kowenicki said:
think-man said:
KHlover said:
360 and 3DS rock the UK, the rest is basically irrelevant.


UK is basically irrelevant, tiny % of sales...It really needs in with the rest of EU to be interesting.


lol...

oh dear, somebody doesnt like the charts

its the third biggest individual mafrket.  very far from irrelevant.


Yeah third hahaha xD

It's the third biggest individual market*. Very far from relevant.