This week’s UK charts are now in from GFK Chart Track and as you would expect it is an important week for software in the run up to Christmas. Sadly both Xenoblade Chronicles X and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam failed to make it into the top forty which is a crying shame as they both reviewed well. However, Just Dance 2016 for the original Wii made a surprising re-entry into the charts at number 27. Here’s the best-selling games this week in the United Kingdom.
“Consequently, the last published chart before Christmas will be next week and that is the definition for the Christmas Chart (week 51, ending Saturday 19th December). Jockeying for position and next week’s Christmas No1 is looking like a 3 horse race. Activision’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ climbs one place to No1 (-37%) – last year Activision held off EA’s ‘FIFA 15’ as ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ was the 2014 Xmas No1. At No2 this week is EA’s ‘Star Wars Battlefront’, up from No3 (-22%) – this title could benefit from Star Wars 7 movie mania, released in just a few days. EA also have ‘FIFA 16’ which drops 2 places to No3 this week (-49%) but ‘FIFA’ games currently hold the record in terms of Xmas No1’s with 8 so far.”
“Records for traditional entertainment software Xmas No1’s actually date back 32 years to 1984 and although the charts back then were very different it was in fact Activision’s ‘Ghostbusters’ on Spectrum and Commodore machines that claimed the first ever Xmas No1 (week 51, 1984). Bethesda drop one place to No4 with ‘Fallout 4’ (-21%) and Telltale Games’ ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ climbs 2 places to No5 (-3%). Last week’s 2 big new releases drop places, with Square Enix’s ‘Just Cause 3’ down 2 to No6 (-43%) and Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy Rainbow 6: Siege’ down 3 places to No9 (-58%). The lone new entry this week is EA’s ‘The Sims 4: Get Together’ debuting at No38.”
01 (02) PS4 STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (03) PS4 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
03 (07) XBO STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (04) XBO CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
05 (09) PS4 FALLOUT 4 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
06 (01) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
07 (11) XBO FALLOUT 4 (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
08 (22) PS4 ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE (UBISOFT)
09 (06) XBO FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (05) PS4 JUST CAUSE 3 (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
11 (10) XBO JUST CAUSE 3 (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
12 (08) PS4 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
13 (29) XBO ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE (UBISOFT)
14 (15) 360 MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
15 (16) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
16 (14) XBO HALO 5: GUARDIANS (MICROSOFT)
17 (12) XBO TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)
18 (17) 360 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
19 (40) PC FOOTBALL MANAGER 2016 (SEGA)
20 (25) XBO MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
21 (19) XBO FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 (MICROSOFT)
22 (13) PS4 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE (UBISOFT)
23 (18) XBO RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
24 (33) PS4 MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
25 (39) PS3 MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
26 (24) XBO GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
27 (__) WII JUST DANCE 2016 (UBISOFT)
28 (31) XBO MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
29 (26) WIU MARIO KART 8 (NINTENDO)
30 (37) PS4 NEED FOR SPEED (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
31 (20) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
32 (23) PS4 UNTIL DAWN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
33 (30) 360 LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
34 (28) WIU SPLATOON (NINTENDO)
35 (27) PS4 THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
36 (21) 360 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
37 (32) PS4 WWE 2K16 (TAKE 2)
38 (35) XBO WWE 2K16 (TAKE 2)
39 (__) 360 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
40 (__) PS4 DRIVECLUB (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
Neither made the all formats chart either, which included a few more Nintendo games such as Tomodachi Life, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Super Mario Maker. To fail to outsell all of these older games has to be disappointing, but then when your marketing is essentially nothing then that’s what you get.