Resident Evil Revelations which launched on Friday in the United Kingdom has entered the UK all-format charts at number six. Resident Evil Revelations is the seventh top-selling Nintendo 3DS title in the United Kingdom and sits alongside the likes of Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D. The game launches in North America on February 7th .
No, it wasn’t the brilliant Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword that was the best-selling game of 2011 on Wii it was actually Zumba Fitness that successfully beat off all competition. Other games in the Wii top five include Wii Sports Resort and Mario Kart Wii but the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was noticeably absent.
The Best Selling Wii Games in 2011
1. Zumba Fitness
2. Just Dance 3
3. Just Dance 2
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort
Netflix has finally been made available on the Wii in the United Kingdom. You can download your free one-month trial from the Wii Shopping Channel. All you need to do is go to the Wii Shopping Channel, then select the Channels menu and the Netflix option is at the top. Netflix will cost £5.99 a month, after you’ve used your free one month trial.
UK trade publication MCV is reporting that retail outlets throughout the United Kingdom are now beginning to sell out of Nintendo 3DS consoles following the release of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. The Metallic Red Nintendo 3DS seems to be the most popular version, with other colours also in short supply.
As I reported yesterday Tesco has already begun advertising the Nintendo 3DS for the ridiculously cheap price of £115 ahead of tomorrows price cut. UK supermarket Morrisons are selling the Nintendo 3DS for £120 and will be selling all Nintendo 3DS games for £25. Sainsbury’s will have the 3DS listed for £139.99 but expect that to change in light of the other supermarkets prices. Who’s looking to pick up a super cheap 3DS?
Nintendo 3DS software sales figures in the United Kingdom are rather disappointing to say the least. Now, Japanese gaming publication Famitsu is reporting that Nintendo’s most recent portable is being outsold considerably by its predecessor, the Nintendo DS. Software sales for the console aren’t looking very impressive as there’s only one Nintendo 3DS title in the entire UK all format top 40. Nintendo are going to have to work considerably hard to turn the machines fortunes around.
Software Sales ratio:
1.) Xbox 360 - 30.6% | 923,000
2.) PlayStation 3 – 22.6% | 682,000
3.) Wii - 16.5% | 498,000
4.) Nintendo DS – 15.2% | 458,000
5.) PC - 10.5% | 317,000
6.) PlayStation Portable - 2.3% | 69,000
7.) Nintendo 3DS - 2.3% | 69,000
8.) PlayStation 2 – 0.1% | 3,000
The recently released Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition has failed to set the gaming charts on fire in the United Kingdom, as the title disappointingly makes its chart début at number 22.
Nintendo’s recently released Metroid: Other M for the Nintendo Wii has failed to set the UK all-formats sales charts on fire with the well received action packed title making its début at number twelve.
With a large advertisement campaign running on British television to promote the title it seems a little bewildering as to why the title hasn’t charted higher, especially since its one of the best Wii releases this year.
Play.com a popular online retailer in the United Kingdom have seen fit to price the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS for £199.99.
Whilst this could simply be a place-holder price tag it seems likely that the machine will retail for around this price when it launches in the United Kingdom at the end of this year or early next year.
