Many many thanks to Raist, felipeko, BishopLamont, BKK, Pranay_ and dabra for taking their time doing it every week!
Thanks to Captain Smoker, Frankfurter, test_account, donny2112 , Phife Dawg, tiong_fi, sensi97, 830920, Verve, Dash Kappei, Road, slaughterking, Loudninja, Twister Flipper, Bruno MB and jvm for their contribution.

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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

Dead Island lives on at No1

07/May/2013

The Zombies keep on coming as Deep Silver/Koch’s ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ takes a second week at No1 (-32%).

Warner’s ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ (-40%) remains at No2 and Square Enix climb 2 places to No3 thanks to ‘Tomb Raider’ (-3%). As the football season draws to a close EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ remains a perennial favourite, climbing 3 places to No4 (+13%) and Capcom drop 2 places to No5 with the second week of ‘Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen’ (-41%).

Activision are also on the climb this week as ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ rises 5 places to No6 (+34%) and 2K/Take 2’s ‘Bioshock Infinite’ drops 1 place to No7 (-17%). Nintendo’s 3DS ‘Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins’ remains at No8 (+7%) and Nintendo are also at No9 with 3DS ‘Luigi’s Mansion 2’ (-5%).

Namco Bandai/Paramount’s ‘Star Trek’ drops from a debut position of No4 last week to No10 (-52%) and the lone new entry this week is Sony’s PS Vita ‘Soul Sacrifice’ debuting at No26.

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Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) 360 DEAD ISLAND: (RIPTIDE KOCH MEDIA)
02 (02) PS3 DEAD ISLAND: (RIPTIDE KOCH MEDIA)
03 (03) 360 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
04 (06) 3DS LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
05 (09) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
06 (10) 360 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
07 (05) 360 DRAGON'S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN (CAPCOM)
08 (04) PS3 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
09 (12) PS3 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
10 (18) PS3 GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
11 (17) 360 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
12 (11) 360 BIOSHOCK INFINITE (TAKE 2)
13 (16) 360 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
14 (15) 360 DEFIANCE (TRION WORLDS)
15 (13) 3DS FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING (NINTENDO)
16 (07) 360 STAR TREK (NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)
17 (08) PS3 DRAGON'S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN (CAPCOM)
18 (NE) PSV SOUL SACRIFICE (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
19 (22) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
20 (34) 360 ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT)
21 (20) 360 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
22 (23) 360 FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)
23 (33) PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
24 (19) PS3 BIOSHOCK INFINITE (TAKE 2)
25 (__) PC THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
26 (26) 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY (TAKE 2)
27 (30) 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (TAKE 2)
28 (27) PC FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 (SEGA)
29 (__) PS3 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
30 (14) PS3 STAR TREK NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)
31 (24) PC SIMCITY (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
32 (21) 360 GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT (MICROSOFT)
33 (31) PS3 FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)
34 (__) PS3 ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT)
35 (__) 360 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
36 (38) WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
37 (39) 360 HITMAN ABSOLUTION (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
38 (__) PS3 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION GOTY (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
39 (__) PS3 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
40 (37) 360 HALO 4 (MICROSOFT)



Netherlands:
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (05) WII SKYLANDERS GIANTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
02 (NE) PS3 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE (KOCH MEDIA)
03 (NE) 3DS LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
04 (NE) 360 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE (KOCH MEDIA)
05 (02) PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
06 (01) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
07 (08) PS3 ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT)
08 (04) WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
09 (__) PS3 ASSASSIN'S CREED III (UBISOFT)
10 (09) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)



Ireland:
Week 18, 2013 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (07) LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
02 (05) DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE (KOCH MEDIA)
03 (03) FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (02) LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
05 (01) INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
06 (06) BIOSHOCK INFINITE (TAKE 2)
07 (14) JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
08 (09) CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
09 (10) LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
10 (__) FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)
11 (19) THE SIMS 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
12 (08) SKYLANDERS GIANTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
13 (12) NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
14 (04) TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
15 (11) GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (TAKE 2)
16 (13) CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
17 (__) DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION (KOCH MEDIA)
18 (__) LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
19 (18) JUST CAUSE 2 (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
20 (NE) STAR TREK (NAMCO BANDAI GAMES)



Denmark:
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (08) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK CARD 200 KR (SCEE)
03 (06) PS3 MEDAL OF HONOR WARFIGHTER (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (04) PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT GAME CARD (60-DAY PRE PAID GAMECARD) (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
05 (03) WII SKYLANDERS GIANTS STARTER PACK (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
06 (15) PS3 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
07 (07) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
08 (10) PC SIMCITY (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
09 (13) PS3 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
10 (09) PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT GAME CARD (60-DAY PRE PAID GAMECARD) (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
11 (02) PS3 SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME (SCEE)
12 (14) PS3 SKYLANDERS GIANTS STARTER PACK (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
13 (16) PS3 SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR 2 LIMITED ED (PAN VISION)
14 (12) PC SIMS 3 THE UNIVERSITY LIFE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
15 (05) WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
16 (11) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE SPECIAL ED (DEEP SILVER)
17 (__) 360 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
18 (__) PC STARCRAFT 2: HEART OF THE SWARM (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
19 (__) PS3 FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)
20 (__) PC SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR 2 LIMITED ED (PAN VISION)



Germany:
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)



France:
Week 17, 2013 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (03) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
02 (02) PS3 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
03 (04) PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
04 (__) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (NE) PS3 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE - ED. LIMITÉE (KOCH MEDIA)



Italy:
Week 17, 2013 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (01) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (04) PS3 FAR CRY 3 D1 LOST EXPEDITION (UBISOFT)
03 (02) PS3 ASSASSIN’S CREED III D1 VERSION (UBISOFT)
04 (03) WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
05 (05) PS3 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
06 (NE) PS3 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE PREORDER EDITION (KOCH MEDIA)
07 (NE) 3DS LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
08 (__) PS3 FAR CRY 3 D1 LOST EXPEDITION (UBISOFT)
09 (06) 360 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (10) 3DS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 2 (NINTENDO)



Sweden
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (02) PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT GAME CARD (60-DAY PRE PAID GAMECARD) (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
02 (06) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK VOUCHER 200 SEK (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (03) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (05) 360 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (07) PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT 60 DAYS GAME CARD (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
06 (08) PS3 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
07 (09) 360 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
08 (20) PS3 NHL 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
09 (18) PC STARCRAFT 2 HEART OF THE SWARM (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
10 (01) 360 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
11 (12) PC SIMCITY (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
12 (__) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK VOUCHER 400 SEK (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
13 (__) 3DS LUIGI`S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
14 (04) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
15 (__) 360 NHL 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
16 (__) MUL BATTLEFIELD 4 PRE-ORDER (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
17 (13) WII SKYLANDERS GIANTS STARTER PACK (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
18 (__) PC SIMS 3 SEASONS (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
19 (__) PC BIOSHOCK INFINITE (2K GAMES)
20 (__) 360 LIVE GOLD CARD 3 MÅNADER (MICROSOFT)



Norway:
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) PS3 SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME (SCEE)
02 (02) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK VOUCHER 200 NOK (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (05) PS3 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
04 (08) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (13) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK VOUCHER 400 SEK (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
06 (03) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
07 (__) PSN LIVE CARD NOK 400 (SCEE)
08 (10) PS3 BIOSHOCK INFINITE (2K GAMES)
09 (18) 360 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
10 (04) 360 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
11 (__) PS3 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
12 (17) 360 BIOSHOCK INFINITE (2K GAMES)
13 (__) PS3 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
14 (19) 3DS LUIGI`S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
15 (16) MUL BATTLEFIELD 4 PRE-ORDER (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
16 (15) PC SIMCITY (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
17 (09) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE SPECIAL ED (DEEP SILVER)
18 (20) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK CARD 200 NOK (SCEE)
19 (__) 3DS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (NINTENDO)
20 (__) PS3 FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)



Finland:
Week 18, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK CARD 20 EUR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
02 (02) PS3 SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME (SCEE)
03 (04) PSN PLAYSTATION NETWORK CARD 50 EUR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
04 (08) PS3 NHL 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (03) PS3 DEAD ISLAND RIPTIDE (DEEP SILVER)
06 (06) PS3 FIFA 13 BONUS EDITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
07 (20) PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (TAKE 2)
08 (07) 360 XBOX 360 LIVE 3 MONTHS GOLD (MICROSOFT)
09 (12) PS3 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
10 (10) PS3 DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION: NEW MOVES-BUNDLE (KONAMI)
11 (13) PC WORLD OF WARCRAFT PRE-PAID GAME CARD 60 DAYS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
12 (__) 360 NHL 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
13 (__) NDS ALKUPOLKU JOSEFIINA ENGLANNIN KIELI (KREA MEDIA)
14 (11) PS3 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
15 (14) PS3 BIOSHOCK INFINITE (2K GAMES)
16 (__) PS3 SKATE 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
17 (__) NDS JOSEFIINA ALKUPOLKU MATEMATIIKKA SUMUA LUKUKYLÄN YLLÄ (NINTENDO)
18 (__) PS3 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
19 (09) PS3 DRAGON'S DOGMA DARK ARISEN (CAPCOM)
20 (__) PS3 RED DEAD REDEMPTION GOTY (ROCKSTAR GAMES)



Spain:
April 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (07) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)
02 (06) PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
03 (02) PS3 GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT)
04 (__) WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
05 (__) PS3 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - MAP EDITION (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)
06 (__) PS3 NBA 2K13 (2K SPORTS)
07 (NE) 3DS FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING (NINTENDO)
08 (09) PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
09 (__) PS3 FORMULA 1 2012 (CODEMASTERS)
10 (__) 3DS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (NINTENDO)



Greece:

PAL Charts - Week 14, 2013
PAL Charts - Week 15, 2013
PAL Charts - Week 16, 2013
PAL Charts - Week 17, 2013

A Vita game in the top twenty. HOLY SHIT!

Miles Quaritch said:

A Vita game in the top twenty. HOLY SHIT!

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haha attach rate must be good.

Great week for handhelds in UK.

Miles Quaritch said:

A Vita game in the top twenty. HOLY SHIT!

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Prolly everything below top 10 sold like 2 units anyway. Still I think digital sales should be a boost.

I'm surprised at Lego City Undercover for the 3DS is doing so well. I thought the reviews weren't great for the 3DS version.

I'm guessing the Too Many Games promotion is having an effect.

Soul Sacrifice at 18? Not bad considering it came out on the Friday.

Well done SS.

Is this the first game that the digital price was the exact same as RRP?

Infinite_Daremo said:

Well done SS.

Is this the first game that the digital price was the exact same as RRP?

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I think so, usually the digital price is lower. But it also released at a slightly lower than normal price of £30 (which personally, is what I feel should be the high end for portable game pricing.)

04 (06) 3DS LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
05 (09) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)

Nice.
Luigi's Mansion is keeping selling in Europe, still n.1 in France.

Soul Sacrifice didn't set the chart on fire, probably disappearing next week.

Protome said:

I think so, usually the digital price is lower. But it also released at a slightly lower than normal price of £30 (which personally, is what I feel should be the high end for portable game pricing.)

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Lower? In the UK their usually £10 more. Ass Creed and NFS prices were a joke at launch.

electroplankton said:

04 (06) 3DS LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS (NINTENDO)
05 (09) 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)

Nice.
Luigi's Mansion is keeping selling in Europe, still n.1 in France.

Soul Sacrifice didn't set the chart on fire, probably disappearing next week.

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It had been out for a day. I expect it'll probably hold around the same position next week.

Opening at 18 is abysmal. On the other hand I don't know if I should consider it impressive since it's a Vita game.

Infinite_Daremo said:

Lower? In the UK their usually £10 more. Ass Creed and NFS prices were a joke at launch.

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For Vita games? I've always seen them launching at £35-ish for £40 RRP, although I'll admit I didn't really pay attention to either of those games (my Vita was bundled with AC.) Retail is still always lower though.
Except for Sly Cooper for some reason.

21st century cowboy said:

I'm surprised at Lego City Undercover for the 3DS is doing so well. I thought the reviews weren't great for the 3DS version.

I'm guessing the Too Many Games promotion is having an effect.

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lego + 3ds = easy sell to parents. parents don't read reviews.

Protome said:

It had been out for a day. I expect it'll probably hold around the same position next week.

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That goes for any release, and no doesn't mean it will hold same position, it might, but it's not a garantuee.

When was the last time a Wii U game appeared in the top 40?

Protome said:

Soul Sacrifice at 18? Not bad considering it came out on the Friday.

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Oh you! Not that old horse chestnut.

I don't know what the expectations were for it, but it's still not a great chart placing for a "big" Vita game. What we looking? A couple thousand units at most?

flipswitch said:

When was the last time a Wii U game appeared in the top 40?

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Last week lol. Sonic Racing.

flipswitch said:

When was the last time a Wii U game appeared in the top 40?

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Last week, Germany (Yeah, I know, not a big deal, it's not a so important EU country) >

15 (19) WIU LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER (NINTENDO)

electroplankton said:

Soul Sacrifice didn't set the chart on fire, probably disappearing next week.

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Was 'setting the chart on fire' ever even remotely likely?

Protome said:

It had been out for a day. I expect it'll probably hold around the same position next week.

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No chance it'll hold. It might stay in the top 40 though.

Katana_Strikes said:

Oh you! Not that old horse chestnut.

I don't know what the expectations were for it, but it's still not a great chart placing for a "big" Vita game. What we looking? A couple thousand units at most?



Last week lol. Sonic Racing.

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I didn't really expect it to do any better than this. It'll have some legs (probably mostly digitally,) but it's definitely a game made to appeal more to the Japanese audience.

I also meant my comment about it coming out on Friday more because it was originally scheduled for the Wednesday, then silently pushed back a couple of days.

Untalkative_Bunny said:

lego + 3ds = easy sell to parents. parents don't read reviews.

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Very true. I suppose we never saw the individual sales for lego DC and the hobbit

SmokyDave said:

Was 'setting the chart on fire' ever even remotely likely?

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No indeed.
Time for another "waiting for".

Yeah, it's hard to know what to think about Soul Sacrifice.
I mean I wouldn't say MH did well on 3DS in retail either, but the 3DS was/is held up by other big titles (Luigi & Lego, lesser extent FE), while the Vita is not :-/.

DrWong said:

Last week, Germany (Yeah, I know, not a big deal, it's not a so important EU country) >

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I don't know if I agree with that.

electroplankton said:

No indeed.
Time for another "waiting for".

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Theres not much left to wait for

Infinite_Daremo said:

Theres not much left to wait for

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Dragon's Crown and Muramasa!


Which will both bomb here

Zeouterlimits said:

Yeah, it's hard to know what to think about Soul Sacrifice.
I mean I wouldn't say MH did well on 3DS in retail either, but the 3DS was/is held up by other big titles (Luigi & Lego, lesser extent FE), while the Vita is not :-/.

I don't know if I agree with that.

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I was sarcastic.

electroplankton said:

No indeed.
Time for another "waiting for".

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Was there a perception that the chart performance of Soul Sacrifice in the UK was going to be worth waiting for? Was there some sort of turnaround expected at this point?

I feel like you're digging deep into your box of Vita Strawmen and coming up empty.

electroplankton said:

No indeed.
Time for another "waiting for".

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Was anyone even waiting for SS to set the charts alight in the west? Not even the greatest and most popular hunting game (MonHun) does well in the west, what chance did SS even have. It's nice for the owners (which you clearly are not) but it is in no way a system seller in the west. I'm not sure anyone would be stupid enough to label it as such.

zomgbbqftw said:

Was anyone even waiting for SS to set the charts alight in the west? Not even the greatest and most popular hunting game (MonHun) does well in the west, what chance did SS even have. It's nice for the owners (which you clearly are not) but it is in no way a system seller in the west. I'm not sure anyone would be stupid enough to label it as such.

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You'd be amazed what some people would label system seller when there's little else on the platform. I've seen people saying Pikmin 3 will be a system seller for the Wii U even...

SmokyDave said:

Was there a perception that the chart performance of Soul Sacrifice in the UK was going to be worth waiting for? Was there some sort of turnaround expected at this point?

I feel like you're digging deep into your box of Vita Strawmen and coming up empty.

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No. But GAF hype suggests its "the" Vita game to get. I suppose that could be construed as a system seller.

It will do fine in the end.

Ragnarok Odyssey with <100k sales in Japan sold 250k WW (including digital) and that wasn't even released in Europe in retail.

Is it just me or there seems to be a sort of 3DS momentum in UK? Luigi can't be stopped, Lego did like last week (actuallu, +7%, but let's say it's steady since the increase is pretty low after all) and Fire Emblem is still well in top 20.

Funny fact n°1: NSMB2 stayed in top 10 for 5 weeks consecutively; for Luigi, this is the 6th consecutive week in top 10
Funny fact n°2: MH3U for 3DS reappeared at 37th in Value Individual top 40, and in the Full Price All SKUs Chart the game (3DS+Wii U)charted 31st, higher than last week (34th) which was higher than the week before (out of this specific top 40)

Mpl90 said:

Is it just me or there seems to be a sort of 3DS momentum in UK? Luigi can't be stopped, Lego did like last week (actuallu, +7%, but let's say it's steady since the increase is pretty low after all) and Fire Emblem is still well in top 20.

Funny fact n°1: NSMB2 stayed in top 10 for 5 weeks consecutively; for Luigi, this is the 6th consecutive week in top 10
Funny fact n°2: MH3U for 3DS reappeared at 37th in Value Individual top 40, and in the Full Price All SKUs Chart the game (3DS+Wii U)charted 31st, higher than last week (34th) which was higher than the week before (out of this specific top 40)

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not trying to be debbie downer, UK retail has been shrinking significantly last 2 years so its hard to know stuff without numbers.

The GT5 beast still going. Two years after release.

Protome said:

You'd be amazed what some people would label system seller when there's little else on the platform. I've seen people saying Pikmin 3 will be a system seller for the Wii U even...

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That's just as ridiculous. Outside of the most blatant fanboys and corporate cheerleaders, very few would call Pikmin 3 or SS a system seller for their respective systems. The first is a niche franchise and the latter is a new IP.

System sellers include games like GT, Mario, Halo, Zelda, Pokemon and Uncharted. Games that have sold 5m+ without breaking a sweat and have a large following among dedicated gamers and the more casual players. Games which only have a modest following among hardcore gamers are not system sellers, SS has had zero advertising, most people would look at you funny if you mentioned it in passing conversation thinking it was some kind of pagan/satanist ritual.

electroplankton said:

No indeed.
Time for another "waiting for".

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Was really Soul Sacrifice a "wait for" game in the west? Personally i don't think i saw anyone who mentioned that at least.

Infinite_Daremo said:

No. But GAF hype suggests its "the" Vita game to get. I suppose that could be construed as a system seller.

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I don't think the GAF hype was based on its western sales prospects though.

Mpl90 said:

Is it just me or there seems to be a sort of 3DS momentum in UK? Luigi can't be stopped, Lego did like last week (actuallu, +7%, but let's say it's steady since the increase is pretty low after all) and Fire Emblem is still well in top 20.

Funny fact n°1: NSMB2 stayed in top 10 for 5 weeks consecutively; for Luigi, this is the 6th consecutive week in top 10
Funny fact n°2: MH3U for 3DS reappeared at 37th in Value Individual top 40, and in the Full Price All SKUs Chart the game (3DS+Wii U)charted 31st, higher than last week (34th) which was higher than the week before (out of this specific top 40)

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Difficult to say without actual numbers, but the charts definitely look healthier for the 3DS this last few weeks. In number and variety.

Well, yeah, I've heard Soul Sacrifice didn't receive a decent amount of ads, even. Actually, one of the few Vita ads I saw on TV featured Sly 4 (ok), FIFA 13 (ok) and...Ben 10 Galactic Racing. Wwwwwwwhat.

DrWong said:

Last week, Germany (Yeah, I know, not a big deal, it's not a so important EU country) >

15 (19) WIU LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER (NINTENDO)

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?

Tenki said:

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People keep forgetting that Germany is likely to overcome UK if the latter will decrease as it did last year.

Mpl90 said:

Well, yeah, I've heard Soul Sacrifice didn't receive a decent amount of ads, even. Actually, one of the few Vita ads I saw on TV featured Sly 4 (ok), FIFA 13 (ok) and...Ben 10 Galactic Racing. Wwwwwwwhat.

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I haven't seen a single Soul Sacrifice ad here. I haven't even seen a Vita ad for a while to be honest. I presume (hope) Sony's waiting for E3 to officially drop the price and then advertise it again.

electroplankton said:

People keep forgetting that Germany is likely to overcome UK if the latter will decrease as it did last year.

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It won't. With PS4 and Durango likely coming this year the UK will sprint ahead of the other nations again. Britain is a nation of consumers.

PaulLFC said:

I haven't seen a single Soul Sacrifice ad here. I haven't even seen a Vita ad for a while to be honest. I presume (hope) Sony's waiting for E3 to officially drop the price and then advertise it again.

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I'm not even sure that SCE UK still realises Vita exists tbh. It's a great little system, but I can understand why the wider market rejected it.

The "industry size" comparisons between countries seem to be often made in revenue in USD (which is fine).

But I'd be curious what the unit comparisons are between the UK, Germany and France. Both hardware and software.

For me GT5 now is very near 10 ML.

zomgbbqftw said:

It won't. With PS4 and Durango likely coming this year the UK will sprint ahead of the other nations again. Britain is a nation of consumers.

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Because PS4 and Durango won't be released this year in Germany?

I have not seen one SS advert.

We expecting Donkey Kong to do well on the 3DS?

zomgbbqftw said:

With PS4 likely coming this year the UK

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Wait for the release, but do not trust to hope. It has forsaken these lands.

liger05 said:

We expecting Donkey Kong to do well on the 3DS?

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It'll probably sell well in the long-term. No idea how big a push Nintendo are going to have for it at launch, but it's first-party Nintendo, and a 2D platformer with a super-familiar name, so I imagine it'll do 'aight.

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Because PS4 and Durango won't be released this year in Germany?

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Consoles are a bigger market in the UK generally, and Duragno specifically will sell around double in the UK over Germany while PS4 sales (in terms of unit sales) will probably be around equal. That's what happened with PS3 and 360 at least. A repeat performance would give the UK market a much bigger boost than the rest of Europe because we buy Xboxen as well as PlayStations.

shinra-bansho said:

The "industry size" comparisons between countries seem to be often made in revenue in USD (which is fine).

But I'd be curious what the unit comparisons are between the UK, Germany and France. Both hardware and software.

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A straight USD comparison isn't really ideal because Sterling is weak from copious amounts of quantitative easing while EUR has strengthened against USD because the Bundesbank has reined in all of the QE programmes at the ECB. Also, the UK had much, much further to fall in USD terms coming down from $2.05 to $1.55 would show up as a 25% fall even if in Sterling the consumer spend was identical. Comparing in USD is far from ideal.

If you want a true spending comparison then it needs to be done on a purchasing power parity basis in which the UK would be further ahead. Burgernomics ftw...