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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

08/Oct/2012

There’s no stopping EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ (-72%) which easily holds the No1 in our All Formats Chart for a second week.

A Tuesday release for Capcom’s latest instalment of its horror franchise ‘Resident Evil 6’ debuts at No2. Despite becoming the 4th biggest release of 2012 it’s unable to match its predecessor which shot to No1 in Week 11 2009. Last week’s No2 ‘Borderlands 2’ (-56%) drops down a place to No3, placing it ahead of Ubisoft’s new release ‘Just Dance 4’ which debuts at No4. Publisher Take 2 appears twice in this week’s Top 10 with developer Visual Games’ new release ‘NBA 2K13’ landing at No6.

The same can be said for Ubisoft with last week’s new release ‘Rocksmith’ (-11%) still holding the No7 spot. ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ (0%) is still at No8 ahead of ‘Pro Evolution 2013’ (-48%) which slips four places from No5 to No9. Square Enix’ four time No1 holder ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (-43%) is still in our Top 10 at No10.

Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)


01 (01) 360 Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) PS3 Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) 360 Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
04 (__) PS3 Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
05 (03) 360 Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
06 (__) WII Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
07 (05) PS3 Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
08 (06) 360 F1 2012 (Codemasters)
09 (13) 360 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
10 (07) PS3 F1 2012 (Codemasters)
11 (10) 360 Rocksmith (Ubisoft)
12 (14) 360 Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft)
13 (12) 3DS New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo)
14 (__) 360 Nba 2k13 (Take 2)
15 (08) PS3 Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
16 (20) PS3 Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition (Sony Computer Ent.)
17 (__) PS3 Nba 2k13 (Take 2)
18 (16) PSV Littlebigplanet PS Vita (Sony Computer Ent.)
19 (18) PSV Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
20 (09) 360 Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix Europe)
21 (19) PS3 Rocksmith (Ubisoft)
22 (11) WII Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
23 (04) PC World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria (Activision Blizzard)
24 (15) PS3 Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix Europe)
25 (24) 360 Dead Island Goty Edition (Koch Media)
26 (21) PC Guild Wars 2 (Ncsoft Europe)
27 (17) 360 Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
28 (33) 360 Angry Birds Trilogy ((Activision Blizzard))
29 (25) 3DS Super Mario 3d Land (Nintendo)
30 (38) 360 Darksiders Ii (Thq)
31 (__) PSV Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Sony Computer Ent.)
32 (__) 360 Max Payne 3 (Take 2)
33 (32) 3DS Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
34 (40) PS3 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception GOTY (Sony Computer Ent.)
35 (34) WII Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
36 (37) NDS Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo (Mind Candy)
37 (__) PS3 Darksiders II (Thq)
38 (__) PS3 Dead Island Goty Edition (Koch Media)
39 (36) PS3 Max Payne 3 (Take 2)
40 (__) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)

Netherlands:
Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
04 (03) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria (Activision Blizzard)
05 (04) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
06 (08) [PC] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [WII] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
08 (__) [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
09 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)
10 (__) [WII] Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)

Ireland:
Week 40, 2012 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
03 (02) Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
04 (08) Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition (Sony Computer Ent.)
05 (05) New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo)
06 (__) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Goty (Sony Computer Ent.)
07 (__) Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
08 (__) Nba 2k13 (Take 2)
09 (03) Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
10 (16) Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
11 (04) F1 2012 (Codemasters)
12 (09) Lego Batman 2: Dc Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
13 (__) Rocksmith (Ubisoft)
14 (06) Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
15 (11) Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix Europe)
16 (__) Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo (Mind Candy)
17 (17) Sonic Generations (Sega)
18 (14) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
19 (__) Angry Birds Trilogy (Activision Blizzard)
20 (10) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)

Denmark:
Week 40, 2012 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (02) World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria (Activision Blizzard)
03 (__) Resident Evil 6 (Pan Vision)
04 (__) Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
05 (03) Borderlands 2 (Nordic Game Supply)
06 (__) Nba 2k13 (Nordic Game Supply)
07 (06) The Sims 3: Supernatural (Electronic Arts)
08 (04) Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Activision Blizzard)
09 (05) Lego Batman 2: Dc Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
10 (10) Guild Wars 2 (Nordic Game Supply)
11 (07) New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo)
12 (13) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
13 (12) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Nordic Game Supply)
14 (11) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
15 (08) F1 2012 (Namco Bandai Games)
16 (14) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco Bandai Games)
17 (15) Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Activision Blizzard)
18 (__) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Nordic Game Supply)
19 (__) Gran Turismo 5 (Nordisk Film)
20 (09) Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Nordic Game Supply)

Germany:
Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (14) [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
03 (03) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
04 (32) [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
05 (02) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria (Activision Blizzard)
06 (04) [PC] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [PC] Anno 2070: Deep Ocean (Ubisoft)
08 (83) [WII] Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
09 (__) [PS3] NBA 2K13 (Take-Two Interactive)
10 (06) [PC] Guild Wars 2 (NCsoft Europe)
11 (05) [PS3] Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
12 (12) [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo)
13 (07) [WII] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
14 (10) [PC] Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
15 (09) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
16 (08) [PS3] F1 2012 (Namco Bandai)
17 (11) [360] Borderlands 2 (Take 2)
18 (13) [PS2] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
19 (__) [PC] NBA 2K13 (Take 2)
20 (16) [PC] The Sims 3: Supernatural - Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)

France:
Week 39, 2012 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
04 (__) [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
05 (__) [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)

Italy:
Week 39, 2012 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
04 (02) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
05 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS2] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
07 (03) [PS3] F1 2012 (Codemasters)
08 (__) [WII] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
09 (06) [3DS] New Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo)
10 (__) [PSP] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)

Sweden
Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

Norway:
Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)


01 (01) [PS3] Fifa 13
02 (02) [360] Fifa 13
03 (__) [PS3] Resident Evil 6
04 (04) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria
05 (__) [360] Resident Evil 6
06 (07) [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2
07 (13) PlayStation Network Voucher 200 NOK
08 (12) Live Card NOK 400
09 (08) [PS3] Borderlands 2
10 (10) [360] Borderlands 2
11 (09) WoW 60 Days Game Card
12 (03) [PS3] Fifa 13 Ultimate edition
13 (17) [PC] Guild Wars 2
14 (__) [PS3] Nba 2k13
15 (14) [WII] Fifa 13
16 (__) [PC] The Sims 3
17 (11) [PC] Borderlands 2
18 (__) [PS3] Nba 2k13
19 (19) [PS3] NHL 13
20 (16) Live 3 + 1 Month Card

Finland:
Week 40, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) [PS3] Resident Evil 6
02 (01) [PS3] Fifa 13
03 (__) [360] Resident Evil 6
04 (04) [PS3] NHL 13
05 (02) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria
06 (03) [360] Fifa 13
07 (09) [PS3] Angry Birds Trilogy
08 (10) PlayStation Network Card 20 EUR
09 (08) [360] NHL 13
10 (07) WoW 60 Days Game Card
11 (20) [360] Angry Birds Trilogy
12 (12) [PS3] Borderlands 2
13 (17) [PC] Guild Wars 2
14 (__) [PS3] NBA 2K13
15 (11) [PS3] F1 2012
16 (14) [360] Borderlands 2
17 (16) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition
18 (15) [PC] Borderlands 2
19 (19) [PC] The Sims 3: Supernatural
20 (__) PlayStation Network Card 50 EUR


Nordic
Week 40, 2012 - All Formats (Units)

Spain:
September 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
03 (__) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
04 (__) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria (Activision Blizzard)
05 (__) [PS3] F1 2012 (Codemasters)
06 (__) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
07 (02) [PC] Guild Wars 2 (NCsoft)
08 (01) [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo)
09 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 Edicion Real Madrid CF (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 Edicion Leo Messi (Electronic Arts)

Greece:


Week 39
Week 38
Week 37
Week 36
Week 35

 

[cw_sasuke]

3 PSV Games in the Top 40 ? :mindblown:
People buying Angry Birds on 360

 

[SmokyDave]

Angry Birds up 5 places. Must be word-of-mouth as people hear about a hidden gem amongst the AAAAAA trash.

Vita going from strength to strength must be making the Mario Machine nervous.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

FIFA ~344,400

So RE6 under 344,400... anyone know the two others above RE6? Should narrow it down a bit.

 

[Bruno MB]

Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts) - 352.800 / 1.612.800

I didn't know there was already a new Just Dance game.

Dead or Alive 5 had a massive drop.

If Mass Effect 3 is the third best-selling title of the year then Resident Evil 6 has debuted selling below 173.000 units.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Vita going from strength to strength must be making the Mario Machine nervous.

Iwata: (laughs)

 

[Mpl90]

Angry Birds up 5 places. Must be word-of-mouth as people hear about a hidden gem amongst the AAAAAA trash.

Vita going from strength to strength must be making the Mario Machine nervous.

This post...man, this post.

Holland chart has IEStrikers in top 10, kind of starting to confirming what Aostia said.

Moreover, in Holland, Angry Birds trilogy is third in the 3DS specific chart ( higher than MK7) and absent from both PS3 and 360 top 10. So, probably in Holland the game debuted better on 3DS than on the othet consoles.

 

[michaelius]

What happened with UGA ? Price drop ?

 

[Sintoid]

What happened with UGA ? Price drop ?

Market drop

 

[CrunchinJelly]

What happened with UGA ? Price drop ?

Bundles would be my guess.

Been quite a few LBP + Uncharted + FIFA 13 bundles. Not sure what the purpose of bundles like that are, though, doesn't give a lot of room for people picking up more software.

 

[user_nat]

FIFA ~344,400

So RE6 under 344,400... anyone know the two others above RE6? Should narrow it down a bit.

Borderlands and Mass Effect I think.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Borderlands and Mass Effect I think.

OK, so it seems ME3 launched at ~160k, so RE6 is under 160k.

 

[Bruno MB]

A Tuesday release for Capcom’s latest instalment of its horror franchise ‘Resident Evil 6’ debuts at No2. Despite becoming the 4th biggest release of 2012 it’s unable to match its predecessor which shot to No1 in Week 11 2009.

I found this post from Mpl90 when Resident Evil: Revelations came out:

"Yes, but there were Monthly Charts. And I actually found, after some research, the numbers

For the whole March:

03 [360] Resident Evil 5 (167,000)
04 [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (130,000)

Not that Vicarous Gamer Chartz site: they've been posted on Gaf by bttp a long time ago; fortunately, somewhere else they've been conserved.

Total: 297,000

Considering what the news relative to March 2009 on GFK site says ( first week: x ; second week: - 52% from the first; third week: - 51% from the second ), we can calculate it

x + 0.48x + 0.48(0.49)x = 297,000
x1,7152 = 297,000
x = 173,157

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=639&s=1111



[360] Resident Evil 5 - 95,236
[PS3] Resident Evil 5 - 77,921

[PS2] Resident Evil 4 - 24,200"

 

[The_lascar]

Summary of the four biggest european markets, week 39:

 

[tusken77]

What happened with UGA ? Price drop ?

Sainsburys have had their brilliant LBP bundle out for a couple of weeks now (that's also been advertised on tv quite a bit), so it's likely a lot of those people are picking up Uncharted as their second game.

 

[m.i.s.]

Iwata: (laughs)

There's only three 3DS titles in the entire Top40 - and all Mario titles at that.

or to put it more pejoratively -

Handheld gaming lol

p

 

[Mpl90]

There's only three 3ds titles in the entire Top40 - and all Mario titles at that.

or to put it more pejoratively -

Handheld gaming lol

p

When the concept UK = THE ENTIRE WORLD will stop, I'll be very happy

 

[m.i.s.]

When the concept UK = THE ENTIRE WORLD will stop, I'll be very happy

Fair enough. UK is one of the largest -- and arguably influential -- euro markets though.

 

[SmokyDave]

When the concept UK = THE ENTIRE WORLD will stop, I'll be very happy

Have you stumbled into this PAL charts thread by accident? Are there other charts that you'd rather discuss?

The performance of the 3DS in the UK is worth looking at because thus far it's been piss-poor outside of 1st party titles. Even then, only the Mario stuff seems to have any legs. Sonic Generations is doing OK as I understand it though, do we have any LTD for that?

 

[user_nat]

OK, so it seems ME3 launched at ~160k, so RE6 is under 160k.

Looks like Max Payne was previously the game behind Mass Effect.
This doesn't really help, because as far as I can tell we never narrowed Max Payne down more than > 84k.

So RE6 > MP3 > 84k.

 

[Mpl90]

Have you stumbled into this PAL charts thread by accident? Are there other charts that you'd rather discuss?

I know, but I've seen too many times in these threads that UK is considered like the only relevant chart to look at in order to understand how things go in Europe as a whole. And that was wrong in the past and it's wrong especially now, with the depressed numbers of the market.

@user_nat: It seems ME3 did 173k at debut, so it's more like 173k > RE6 > MP3 > 84k.

 

[grimshawish]

When the concept UK = THE ENTIRE WORLD will stop, I'll be very happy

Only Japan is allowed to be singled out as different culturally don't you know?
Also Sleeping Dogs is obviously a MASSIVE hit - WOW!

Have you stumbled into this PAL charts thread by accident? Are there other charts that you'd rather discuss?

The performance of the 3DS in the UK is worth looking at because thus far it's been piss-poor outside of 1st party titles. Even then, only the Mario stuff seems to have any legs. Sonic Generations is doing OK as I understand it though, do we have any LTD for that?

Mario really is all that sells it seems. It just sits there selling away in the charts - not too great but at least it has legs.
For anyone else though the UK is not a big market anymore; its just a place to get a few extra sales; nothing significant - but then outside of some releases...thats true of the console half in the UK too.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Is angry birds trilogy full price?

UK market might not be as important as it was, but I'm fairly sure devs/pubs/manufacturers still look at it as a large part of the Euro market, they'll all want to do well there -- especially if/when things pick up with the start of a new generation.

Vita's resurgence shows that advertising can work. The UK ads are great imo.

 

[Aostia]

I know, but I've seen too many times in these threads that UK is considered like the only relevant chart to look at in order to understand how things go in Europe as a whole. And that was wrong in the past and it's wrong especially now, with the depressed numbers of the market.

Like, I don't know: Inazuma Eleven is a flop?

Holland:
09 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)
Italy:
05 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)


Plus: UK market is the largest market in Europe, but no more as it used to be. It's decreasing a lot (-40% YoY) and German and French market are on track.

Btw, it's clear that portable gaming is not so healthy as it used to be. Lucky Nintendo to have the Mario franchise that is able to sell well even in the West.
claiming Vita as a real competitor up to now for the 3DS, it's debatable, imho, but probably was just a joke, as forgetting the good performances of KH 3D in most of the PAL regions (except for Spain and Italy where it wasn't distributed properly, and we all know) or the good performances of Harvest Moon in Germany (if a game as problems in UK, a lot of Gaffers declare its flop, while if it performs well in Germany, it doesn't matter, also if German market is as big as the UK one, up to now)

 

[Mario007]

Like, I don't know: Inazuma Eleven is a flop?

Holland:
09 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)
Italy:
05 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)


Plus: UK market is the largest market in Europe, but no more as it used to be. It's decreasing a lot (-40% YoY) and German and French market are on track.

Btw, it's clear that portable gaming is not so healthy as it used to be. Lucky Nintendo to have the Mario franchise that is able to sell well even in the West.
claiming Vita as a real competitor up to now for the 3DS, it's debatable, imho, but probably was just a joke, as forgetting the good performances of KH 3D in most of the PAL regions (except for Spain and Italy where it wasn't distributed properly, and we all know) or the good performances of Harvest Moon in Germany (if a game as problems in UK, a lot of Gaffers declare its flop, while if it performs well in Germany, it doesn't matter, also if German market is as big as the UK one, up to now)

To be fair a KH on any platform would have charted equally. The fanbase for KH follows the franchise from console to console (I know, I'm one of them )

 

[Aostia]

To be fair a KH on any platform would have charted equally. The fanbase for KH follows the franchise from console to console (I know, I'm one of them )

I agree, more or less.
And that doesn't change that it performed well in PAL charts

 

[grimshawish]

To be fair a KH on any platform would have charted equally. The fanbase for KH follows the franchise from console to console (I know, I'm one of them )

This hasn't held true in Japan however. It flopped in true style over there.
And thats with a handheld market that laughs in the face of consoles and where a lot of software is selling better on the 3DS.

 

[Foshy]

Btw, it's clear that portable gaming is not so healthy as it used to be. Lucky Nintendo to have the Mario franchise that is able to sell well even in the West.
claiming Vita as a real competitor up to now for the 3DS, it's debatable, imho, but probably was just a joke, as forgetting the good performances of KH 3D in most of the PAL regions (except for Spain and Italy where it wasn't distributed properly, and we all know) or the good performances of Harvest Moon in Germany (if a game as problems in UK, a lot of Gaffers declare its flop, while if it performs well in Germany, it doesn't matter, also if German market is as big as the UK one, up to now)

That's obvious, but it's nice to see LBP and FIFA Vita have some legs and demand increasing when there are actual games coming out.

 

[Acquiescence]

Looks like Golden Abyss has been blessed with a minor resurgence. Sweet.

 

[Mpl90]

To be fair a KH on any platform would have charted equally. The fanbase for KH follows the franchise from console to console (I know, I'm one of them )

For the first week? Sure. But KH did well for many weeks, not just the debut one...while both the other handheld chapters ( not just BbS, but 358/2 Days too) didn't obtain to stay in charts so much.

 

[Mpl90]

That's obvious, but it's nice to see LBP and FIFA Vita have some legs and demand increasing when there are actual games coming out.

Nono, I'm one of those surprised to see LBP Vita still going in charts. Bundles are helping for sure, but it's still a good result, after many months of nothing for the platform.

 

[Foshy]

I find it interesting how FIFA Vita has stayed pretty much in the same position (18->19) while the Wii Version dropped from 11 to 22. They're both equally lazy roster updates from last years version

 

[Mpl90]

I find it interesting how FIFA Vita has stayed pretty much in the same position (18->19) while the Wii Version dropped from 11 to 22. They're both equally lazy roster updates from last years version

Probably another sign of bundles helping.

 

[The_lascar]

Super Mario 3D Land in UK (mid august): 354 000
Super Mario 3D Land in France (mid june): 390 000

 

[grimshawish]

Probably another sign of bundles helping.

Fifa Vita has been getting a lot of tie in ads with the PS3 version.
Its been the most marketing the console has had...well actually its the most and best its had.

Also a lot of PS Vita ads at football matches I've noticed.

 

[Miles X]

Surprised JD4 didn't chart for 360, did alright (although paled in comparison to Wii version) last year.

 

[m.i.s.]

the UK is not a big market anymore; its just a place to get a few extra sales; nothing significant - but then outside of some releases...thats true of the console half in the UK too.

Market decline is not unique to the UK though; the US is also experiencing similar declines. The only bright spot in Japan too is the 3DS. And in mitigation of console titles, we are in the twilight years of an extended console generation and a period of transition to the next. Furthermore, console hardware prices are comparatively higher now than at similar points in previous generations. There's also the issue of downloadable content that is not tracked in a publicy available chart format that further muddies the waters.

 

[grimshawish]

Surprised JD4 didn't chart for 360, did alright (although paled in comparison to Wii version) last year.

Kinect has just died in the last wee while it seems.
There remains some sort of casual market with the Wii nicely dusted in their front room.

 

[grimshawish]

Market decline is not unique to the UK though; the US is also experiencing similar declines. And in mitigation of console titles, we are in the twilight years of an extended console generation and about to enter a period of transition. There's also the issue of downloadable content that is not tracked in a publicy available chart format that further muddies the waters.

True, UK could just be moving more into the downloadable space.
But its numbers have been down right awful at times; something not as well seen outside of Europe.

Until theres some sort of 'household survey' to track downloads we'll never really know. Game sales are icebergs these days; no idea how much lies below the surface.

 

[DR2K]

Europe really does love their Soccer games.

 

[electroplankton]

08 (__) [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
09 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)

lol

 

[Foshy]

Italy:
Week 39, 2012 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
04 (02) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami)
05 (__) [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Nintendo)
06 (__) [PS2] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
07 (03) [PS3] F1 2012 (Codemasters)
08 (__) [WII] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)
09 (06) [3DS] New Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo)
10 (__) [PSP] Fifa 13 (Electronic Arts)

Holy shit, just realized 8/10 are soccer games.

 

[Spieler Eins]

I didn't even know there was an Inazuma Eleven Wii game.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Angry Birds up 5 places. Must be word-of-mouth as people hear about a hidden gem amongst the AAAAAA trash.

Vita going from strength to strength must be making the Mario Machine nervous.

I realise this is probably an exageration but both handhelds are doing pretty shit. Nintendo should definitely be worried about the 3DS performance in western territories but not because of how the vita is doing (which is even worse).

 

[omonimo]

When the concept UK = THE ENTIRE WORLD will stop, I'll be very happy

You trying to say in the rest of the world the things are totaly different? I'm not that sure.

 

[Mpl90]

I realise this is probably an exageration but both handhelds are doing pretty shit. Nintendo should definitely be worried about the 3DS performance in UK and a bit in USA but not because of how the vita is doing (which is even worse).

Fixed. Even if I think it's improved a lot compared to the pre-XL months, looking at how NSMB2 is still pretty high despite the big number of releases ( or better, the big number of SKUs) of the last weeks in UK.

 

[grimshawish]

The US handheld market is actually alright; the issue is that the DS is selling as much as the 3DS each month.

 

[Carl]

Three Vita games!?

Good to see LittleBigPlanet doing fairly well. FIFA is doing pretty well too, which i suppose is good, even if it is crap/

 

[Pranay]

nvm

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Fixed. Even if I think it's improved a lot compared to the pre-XL months, looking at how NSMB2 is still pretty high despite the big number of releases ( or better, the big number of SKUs) of the last weeks in UK.

Jesus, you're annoying.