UK Charts – Forza Motorsport 4 is the New Champion
This week’s UK Charts sees a little bit of a shakeup compared to normal, with new entry Forza Motorsport 4 (which scored 10/10 here) shooting straight to the top of the charts, and Just Dance 3 not far behind it in third place.
Also in the top five is PES 2012, which actually enters in fifth place, behind FIFA12 in second. If you’ve read our review of PES 2012 you’ll know that it is a real contender this year, so go and grab it, you won’t be disappointed. Dark Souls only drops to seventh place as well, whilst Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (which scored a favourable 8/10 in our review) enters at number twelve.
Dead Rising 2: Off The Record must have caught the attention of fans as well as our reviewer (who scored it 7/10 here), because it too enters inside the top twenty for it’s debut week, at number 14. We’ve no idea why Mario Kart Wii has jumped back into the top twenty either, but otherwise as usual you can click the name of the release to see our review or coverage, and scroll down to see the individual SKU table for the UK Charts.
TW = This Week
LW = Last Week
LW |
TW |
 TITLE | AGE RATING | PUBLISHER |
1 |
 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | PEGI 3+ | MICROSOFT | |
1 |
2 |
 FIFA 12 | PEGI 3+ | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
3 |
 JUST DANCE 3 | PEGI 3+ | UBISOFT | |
2 |
4 |
 RAGE | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
5 |
 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 | PEGI 3+ | KONAMI | |
4 |
6 |
 GEARS OF WAR 3 | BBFC 18+ | MICROSOFT |
3 |
7 |
 DARK SOULS | PEGI 16+ | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES |
6 |
8 |
 ZUMBA FITNESS | PEGI 3+ | 505 GAMES |
5 |
9 |
 F1 2011 | PEGI 3+ | CODEMASTERS |
10 |
 JONAH LOMU RUGBY CHALLENGE | PEGI 3+ | ALTERNATIVE | |
8 |
11 |
 DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION | BBFC 15+ | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE |
12 |
 ACE COMBAT: ASSAULT HORIZON | PEGI 16+ | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | |
9 |
13 |
 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN | PEGI 7+ | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS |
14 |
 DEAD RISING 2: OFF THE RECORD | BBFC 18+ | CAPCOM | |
7 |
15 |
 DEAD ISLAND | BBFC 18+ | KOCH MEDIA |
16 |
 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE | PEGI 7+ | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | |
10 |
17 |
 RESISTANCE 3 | BBFC 18+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
11 |
18 |
 DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO | PEGI 12+ | UBISOFT |
22 |
19 |
 MARIO KART WII | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
14 |
20 |
 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 | PEGI 3+ | 505 GAMES |
UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track
Onto this weeks individual SKU chart, which shows the interesting fact that PES 2012 on PlayStation 3 clearly outsold the Xbox 360 version by some distance. It’s also worth noting that the Xbox 360 version of a game continues to outsell most PlayStation 3 counterparts (the PES 2012 example aside) even showing that Dead Rising 2: Off The Record on PS3 doesn’t even enter the top 20. For those wondering, it actually placed 31st!
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is just outside the top 20 on both formats, which is intruiging – as popular opinion seems to be that you don’t need to sell many copies to force your way into the top 20.
LW | TW | Title | Format | |||||
– | 1 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | XB360 | |||||
1 | 2 | FIFA 12 | XB360 | |||||
2 | 3 | FIFA 12 | PS3 | |||||
– | 4 | JUST DANCE 3 | WII | |||||
3 | 5 | RAGE | XB360 | |||||
– | 6 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 | PS3 | |||||
4 | 7 | GEARS OF WAR 3 | XB360 | |||||
5 | 8 | RAGE | PS3 | |||||
8 | 9 | ZUMBA FITNESS | WII | |||||
– | 10 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 | XB360 | |||||
7 | 11 | DARK SOULS | XB360 | |||||
10 | 12 | F1 2011 | XB360 | |||||
6 | 13 | DARK SOULS | PS3 | |||||
– | 14 | JONAH LOMU RUGBY CHALLENGE | XB360 | |||||
9 | 15 | F1 2011 | PS3 | |||||
– | 16 | JONAH LOMU RUGBY CHALLENGE | PS3 | |||||
– | 17 | DEAD RISING 2: OFF THE RECORD | XB360 | |||||
11 | 18 | DEAD ISLAND | XB360 | |||||
13 | 19 | DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION | XB360 | |||||
15 | 20 | RESISTANCE 3 | PS3 |
UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track
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