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Forums - Sales Discussion - UK Charts: Minecraft dominates, Tales of Xillia in at 4th

The full charts for anyone interested:

Combined Formats:

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  TW     Title Developer Label Publisher
1 1     MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION 4J STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
4 2     FIFA 13 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 3     THE SMURFS 2 UBISOFT (OSAKA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
- 4     TALES OF XILLIA NAMCO TALES STUDIO NAMCO BANDAI GAMES NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
3 5     ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 6     THE LAST OF US NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 7     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7 8     LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER'S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
9 9     TOMB RAIDER CRYSTAL DYNAMICS SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
10 10     ASSASSIN'S CREED III UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
6 11     FAR CRY 3 UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 12     NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED CRITERION GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 13     GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ROCKSTAR NORTH XBOX 360 CLASSICS TAKE 2
12 14     LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRAVELLER'S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13 15     MAX PAYNE 3 ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
19 16     THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - LEGENDARY BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
11 17     MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM BROS. ALPHADREAM NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 18     GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
17 19     BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
29 20     SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THE FULL PACKAGE VOLITION XBOX 360 CLASSICS KOCH MEDIA
24 21     RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
21 22     LUIGI'S MANSION 2 NEXT LEVEL GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 23     PIKMIN 3 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
20 24     THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 25     GRID 2 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
22 26     BIOSHOCK INFINITE IRRATIONAL GAMES 2K GAMES TAKE 2
36 27     CRYSIS 3 CRYTEK EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 28     DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
- 29     THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA XBOX 360 CLASSICS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
33 30     HITMAN ABSOLUTION IO INTERACTIVE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
27 31     TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 14 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 32     SKYLANDERS GIANTS TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28 33     LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS TRAVELLER'S TALES NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 34     DEAD SPACE 3 VISCERAL GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
25 35     GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION SCEA SANTA MONICA SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 36     MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER DANGER CLOSE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
32 37     CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
- 38     SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 2 CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE
- 39     REMEMBER ME DONTNOD ENTERTAINMENT CAPCOM CAPCOM
40 40     INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US NETHERREALM STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

 

Individual Formats:

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  TW     Title Format Label Publisher
1 1     MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 2     TALES OF XILLIA PS3 NAMCO BANDAI GAMES NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
3 3     ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 4     THE LAST OF US PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
6 5     FIFA 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 6     MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM BROS. 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 7     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
20 8     FIFA 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 9     LUIGI'S MANSION 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 10     THE SMURFS 2 DS UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 11     PIKMIN 3 WII U NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 12     ASSASSIN'S CREED III XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
22 13     TOMB RAIDER PS3 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
9 14     GRAND THEFT AUTO IV XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS TAKE 2
7 15     THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
21 16     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14 17     GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
15 18     TOMB RAIDER XB360 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
16 19     BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
38 20     THE SMURFS 2 XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
12 21     FAR CRY 3 XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
24 22     MAX PAYNE 3 XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
19 23     LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 24     GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
26 25     RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
40 26     THE SMURFS 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 27     LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
31 28     NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 29     SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THE FULL PACKAGE XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS KOCH MEDIA
17 30     FAR CRY 3 PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
27 31     ASSASSIN'S CREED III PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
29 32     FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 PC SEGA SEGA
18 33     MAX PAYNE 3 PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
34 34     NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
37 35     NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
35 36     THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - LEGENDARY XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
- 37     DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
23 38     MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
33 39     BIOSHOCK INFINITE XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
36 40     LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE


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yikes at the pikim drop



The Last of Us finally starting to show its age. Needs that price drop!

Minecraft is incredible.



                            

lol and people were downplaying the Last of Us's performance by saying that there were no big releases in the same time period :S

Look at Minecraft topping the charts again!



Minecraft is just crazy.

And Pikmin performs as predicted. Needs to stop tumbling soon, though.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

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Minecraft actually saw an increase in sales compared to last week... It's amazing considering how many copies are also being sold digitally at well.

It's pretty crazy that it's now at over 8 million copies sold on Xbox 360 when at the time it was announced there were people that didn't expect it to even reach 2 million.



the fact that Minecraft launched physically at like 1/4 of games like TLoU must be a big push in its favour. That and on YT its bigger than CoD



AlphaCielago said:
NiKKoM said:
AlphaCielago said:
I still don't get why on earth would anyone would buy a retail version of Minecraft.

As a gift?


As a gift? I would expect all the kids to have gotten the game already. 

well, it is a perfect gift to firends if you have minecraft but they don't

but the more important point should be that many still don't have the console connected to the internet. i think xbox 360 has ~50m xbox live members so there should be also a lot of people who have the console always offline. 

and there are still some people who just prefer a disc even if it is only a game with some hundred mb in size.



Somini said:
lol and people were downplaying the Last of Us's performance by saying that there were no big releases in the same time period :S

Look at Minecraft topping the charts again!

i don't think people downplayed the the last if us success since sales are great but the reason why it was so long on nr. 1 was because of no new games. same with mincecraft obviously. 

you just have to see the top 20 to see that the last two months had almost no new releases.



Nsanity said:
Estimates from NeoGaf:

01 (01) 360 MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION (MICROSOFT) - Over 9.432 (Under 16.558)
02 (NE) PS3 TALES OF XILLIA (NAMCO BANDAI GAMES) - Around 6.000
03 (03) 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF (NINTENDO)
04 (02) PS3 THE LAST OF US (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) - Over 4.210 (Under 5.713)

Must be exactly the same folks who bought Fire Emblem Awakening at launch. That's the size of the hardcore JRPG fanbase in the UK I suppose . Does anyone remember Ni no Kuni FW sales in the UK?