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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

03/Oct/2011

EA’s ‘FIFA 12’ claims the third biggest All Formats launch week, outdoing last year’s ‘FIFA 11’ (up 18% in units and 34% in revenue), by overtaking Grand Theft Auto IV, with only the two Call of Duty’s ahead (Black Ops at No1and Modern Warfare 2 at No2).

Xbox 360 continues to be the format of choice with 54% of the share (up 27% from last year) compared to PS3’s 44% (up 11% from last year). The other formats are left behind with only a 2% share (last year was 4% and the year before 6%). Last week’s two new entries have therefore shuffled down with Microsoft’s ‘Gears of War 3’ (-76%) at No2 and Codemasters’ ‘F1 2011’ (-39%) at No3. 505 Games’ ‘Zumba Fitness’ (+14%) holds steady at No4, with Deep Silver’s ‘Dead Island’ (-6%) dropping another two places to No5. Eidos/Square’s ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ (-8%) is down a place to No6 followed by Sony’s high definition upgrade of two classic PS2 titles ‘ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection’ out this week on the PS3. Ubisoft’s ‘Driver: San Francisco’ (-12%) drops two places to No8 despite the release of the PC version, Disney’s ‘Lego Pirates of the Caribbean’ (+8%) stands fast at No9 and back in the top 10 is chart regular ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+47%) at No10. Activision Blizzard’s new entry, ‘X-Men: Destiny’, comes in at No18 and Ubisoft’s ‘Child of Eden’ (+765%) jumps up the chart to No29 thanks to the release of the PS3 version.

Week 39, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) 360 Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) PS3 Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) 360 Gears Of War 3 (Microsoft)
04 (02) 360 F1 2011 (Codemasters)
05 (03) PS3 F1 2011 (Codemasters)
06 (04) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
07 (05) 360 Dead Island (Koch Media)
08 (__) PS3 Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection (Sony Computer Ent.)
09 (__) WII Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
10 (07) 360 Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix Europe)
11 (08) PS3 Resistance 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)
12 (06) PS3 Dead Island (Koch Media)
13 (12) PS3 Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix Europe)
14 (09) 360 Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
15 (10) PS3 Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
16 (15) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
17 (__) PSP Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
18 (13) 360 Rugby World Cup 2011 (505 Games)
19 (28) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
20 (21) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
21 (20) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
22 (11) 360 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Thq)
23 (19) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
24 (17) PS3 Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
25 (__) PS2 Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
26 (16) PS3 Rugby World Cup 2011 (505 Games)
27 (__) PC Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
28 (__) WII Dance Juniors (Ubisoft)
29 (26) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
30 (__) 3DS Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
31 (18) WII Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)
32 (24) NDS Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)
33 (39) NDS Cars 2 (Disney Interactive Studios)
34 (14) PS3 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Thq)
35 (25) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
36 (__) PS3 Child Of Eden (Ubisoft)
37 (__) 360 X-men: Destiny (Activision Blizzard)
38 (27) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
39 (35) 360 Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
40 (__) 360 Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)


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Ireland:
Week 39, 2011 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) Gears Of War 3 (Microsoft)
03 (02) F1 2011 (Codemasters)
04 (04) Rugby World Cup 2011 (505 Games)
05 (03) Dead Island (Koch Media)
06 (08) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
07 (10) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
08 (07) Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
09 (__) Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection (Sony Computer Ent.)
10 (05) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix Europe)
11 (09) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)
12 (12) Cars 2 (Disney Interactive Studios)
13 (06) Resistance 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)
14 (__) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
15 (18) Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)
16 (__) X-men: Destiny (Activision Blizzard)
17 (20) Phineas & Ferb: Across The 2nd Dimension (Disney Interactive Studios)
18 (__) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
19 (__) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
20 (15) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)


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Denmark:
Week 39, 2011 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) Gears Of War 3 (Microsoft)
03 (04) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
04 (15) The Sims 3: Generations (Electronic Arts)
05 (06) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
06 (17) The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff (Electronic Arts)
07 (02) Dead Island (Namco Bandai Games)
08 (03) F1 2011 (Namco Bandai Games)
09 (07) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
10 (12) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Nordic Game Supply)
11 (10) Madden Nfl 12 (Electronic Arts)
12 (__) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Nordic Game Supply)
13 (20) Red Dead Redemption (Nordic Game Supply)
14 (14) Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
15 (08) Gran Turismo 5 (Nordisk Film)
16 (__) The Smurfs (Ubisoft)
17 (05) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
18 (11) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
19 (16) Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
20 (13) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)


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Netherlands:
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) [360] Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
04 (06) [PS3] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
05 (__) [360] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
06 (__) [PC] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PC] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
09 (03) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
10 (10) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo)


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France:
Week 38, 2011

01 (__) [360] Gears Of War 3(Microsoft)
02 (__) [360] Gears Of War 3: Edition collector (Microsoft)
03 (__) [PS3] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
04 (__) [360] Gears Of War 3: Edition épique (Microsoft)
05 (__) [360] F1 2011 (Codemasters)


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Week 38
Week 37
Week 36
Week 35
Week 33-34

 

[dabra]

Spain :



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Italy :
Week 38, 2011

01 (__) [360] Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
02 (__) [360] Gears of War 3 Limited Edition (Microsoft)
03 (__) [PS3] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
04 (__) [360] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
05 (01) [PS3] Resistance 3 (Sony)
06 (__) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
07 (04) [PS3] Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
08 (02) [PS3] Dead Island (Deep Silver)
09 (05) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
10 (03) [PS3] God of War Collection 2 (Sony)


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Norway:
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 12
02 (__) [360] Fifa 12
03 (01) [360] Gears of War 3
04 (__) [PS3] ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection
05 (__) [WII] Fifa 12
06 (__) [PS3] Dead Island
07 (04) [PC] The Sims 3
08 (07) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5
09 (02) [360] Gears of War 3 - Special Edition
10 (__)
11 (06) WoW 60 Days Game Card (Card)
12 (__) [360] Dead Island
13 (11) [PS3] COD: Black Ops
14 (03) [PS3] NHL 12
15 (09) [PS3] Skate 3
16 (10) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption
17 (08) [PS3] Driver: San Francisco
18 (__) [PC] Fifa 12
19 (__) [PS2] Fifa 12
20 (__) [360] Driver: San Francisco


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Finland:



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Sweden:
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 12
02 (__) [360] Fifa 12
03 (01) [360] Gears of War 3
04 (__) [PS3] ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection
05 (02) [PS3] NHL 12
06 (03) [360] NHL 12
07 (__) [PS3] Driver San Francisco
08 (__) [360] Driver San Francisco
09 (__) [WII] Fifa 12
10 (05) [PC] The Sims 3
11 (05) [PC] World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
12 (07) [PS3] Dead Island
13 (15) [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
14 (08) [PC] StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
15 (14) [PC] World of Warcraft: Battlechest
16 (10) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5
17 (04) [PS3] F1 2011
18 (16) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
19 (__) [PC] Fifa 12
20 (__) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops


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Germany :
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [360] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (Konami)
04 (02) [PS3] F1 2011 (Codemasters)
05 (__) [WII] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) [PS2] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
07 (01) [360] Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
08 (__) [PSP] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (Konami)
10 (__) [PS3] ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Classics HD /Sony)


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Australia :



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New Zealand :



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Nordic Chart (Denmark + Finland + Norway + Sweden)
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) Fifa 12
02 (01) Gears of War 3
03 (02) NHL 12
04 (09) Driver: San Francisco
05 (__) ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection
06 (04) Dead Island
07 (05) The Sims 3
08 (16) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
09 (03) F1 2011
10 (12) Call Of Duty Black Ops
11 (08) Battlefield Bad Company 2
12 (14) Gran Turismo 5
13 (11) Deus Ex: Human Revolution
14 (__) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean
15 (17) New Super Mario Bros
16 (07) Singstar Suomisuosikit
17 (13) Crysis 2
18 (18) Red Dead Redemption
19 (20) GTA IV
20 (15) Cars 2


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[French]

Wow Gears dropped like a rock.

 

[Interfectum]

Dem Deus Ex legs. <3

Also: 37 (__) 360 X-men: Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

lol

 

[BurntPork]

3DS in officially doing worse than PSP.

 

[Rad-]

Dem Deus Ex legs. <3

Also: 37 (__) 360 X-men: Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

lol

Wait this game is out? :lol

 

[mclaren777]

I'm surprised that F1 2011 sold better on the 360.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

3DS in officially doing worse than PSP.

Because a FIFA game is selling marginally better? Or is there some other metric you're using?

 

[Phonomezer]

Wow Gears dropped like a rock.

Biggest launch in the UK for 2011 last week, what did you expect?

 

[Mpl90]

Moreover, actually...Fifa always appeard for PSP, but never for DS.
And this is the first time that an entry on a Nintendo handled appears.
So...this should mean that 3DS is doing worse than PSP, and that DS was a disaster compared to the mighty PSP...rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiight?

 

[allan-bh]

UK top 10 list for august provided by Famitsu is not out yet?

 

[Clegg]

8. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection

I think thats pretty decent. They are such amazing games.

Its good to see people take notice of them.

 

[Takao]

Does FIFA on 3DS not have an online mode? I know the last one I played on PSP did, lol.

 

[BurntPork]

Because a FIFA game is selling marginally better? Or is there some other metric you're using?

Moreover, actually...Fifa always appeard for PSP, but never for DS.
And this is the first time that an entry on a Nintendo handled appears.
So...this should mean that 3DS is doing worse than PSP, and that DS was a disaster compared to the mighty PSP...rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiight?

Okay, okay. I'm uninformed. Still, all of the 3DS software is dead, which means that the hardware probably is as well.

Does FIFA on 3DS not have an online mode? I know the last one I played on PSP did, lol.

No. EA refuses to put online into 3DS games for some reason.

 

[offshore]

I suppose it's something that ICO/SoTC entered in the top ten.

It's pretty amazing that FIFA has overtaken GTA IV as a bigger launch. Of course, install base much higher now, but still. EA have done an amazing job with FIFA. It's so sad though that Konami completely, er, dropped the ball with PES.

 

[Withnail]

Here's the platform breakdown from The Guardian.

1 (–) Fifa 12 (3+) Xbox 360 (54), PS3 (44)
2 (1) Gears Of War 3 (18+) Xbox 360 (100)
3 (2) F1 2011 (3+) Xbox 360 (51), PS3 (48), PC (1)
4 (4) Zumba Fitness (3+) Wii (88), Xbox 360 (10), PS3 (2)
5 (3) Dead Island (18+) Xbox 360 (67), PS3 (31), PC (2)
6 (5) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (15+) Xbox 360 (52), PS3 (40), PC (7)
7 (–) Ico & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection (12+) PS3 (100)
8 (6) Driver: San Francisco (12+) Xbox 360 (49), PS3 (47)
9 (9) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (7+) Wii (29), DS (28), Xbox 360 (22), PS3 (13)
10 (11) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (18+) Xbox 360 (47), PS3 (47), PC (4), Wii (1)
11 (7) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (15+) Xbox 360 (51), PS3 (34), PC (14)
12 (10) Rugby World Cup 2011 (3+) Xbox 360 (56), PS3 (44)
13 (8) Resistance 3 (18+) PS3 (100)
14 (12) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (15+) Xbox 360 (58), PS3 (29), PC (7)
15 (13) Cars 2 (3+) DS (47), Wii (33), Xbox 360 (11), PS3 (9)
16 (16) Just Dance 2 (3+) Wii (100)
17 (14) The Sims 3 (12+) PC (41), Xbox 360 (18), DS (13), Wii (12)
18 (–) X-men: Destiny (16+) Xbox 360 (59), PS3 (41)
19 (17) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (7+) Wii (37), DS (30), Xbox 360 (17), PS3 (14)
20 (–) Wii Sports Resort (3+) Wii (100)

 

[RamzaIsCool]

I am not surprised that Ico/ SotC collection didn't make the list in the Netherlands. I am trying to buy the thing for days now. None of the shops have it in stock. Is it even released here?

 

[BKK]

25 (__) PS2 Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)

Final ever PS2 game to chart in UK? Last year PES PS2 failed to chart, so it's doubtful to this year.

 

[Takao]

Final ever PS2 game to chart in UK? Last year PES PS2 failed to chart, so it's doubtful to this year.

FIFA 13 BELIEVE

 

[SmokyDave]

3DS in officially doing worse than PSP.

Yup. Y'know the real kiss of death? I picked one up yesterday. I find myself attracted to ailing hardware for some reason.

Still, that's +1 sale for Ghost Recon next week.

 

[test_account]

At this point in time, im start to question if games like Mario Kart 7 will do much for the 3DS situation. I'm sure that the game will sell great, but will it be a game that turns things around for the 3DS drasticly? I have my doubts now, but we'll see.

EDIT: Thinking mostly about the situation in the UK then.

 

[ShellyDeKiller]

Does FIFA on 3DS not have an online mode? I know the last one I played on PSP did, lol.

It doesn't. Typical EA.

PES 2012 will have though.

 

[SmokyDave]

At this point in time, im start to question if games like Mario Kart 7 will do much for the 3DS situation. I'm sure that the game will sell great, but will it be a game that turns things around for the 3DS drasticly? I have my doubts now, but we'll see.

I know one thing, in my local Gamestation there is less space dedicated to the 3DS than there is to the huge display marked 'Smartphones / Tablets'. That can't be a good sign for the 3DS.

I'm not surprised at the lack of 3DS games in the charts though, the software selection is crap. I wanted to pick up a couple of games yesterday but after looking at the selection, I only grabbed Ghost Recon.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

No. EA refuses to put online into 3DS games for some reason.

Until NFS.

 

[Road]

Moreover, actually...Fifa always appeard for PSP, but never for DS.
And this is the first time that an entry on a Nintendo handled appears

Not correct.

Although released a week/weeks later, the DS has had the FIFA games every year.

 

[Adamm]

Nice to see Ico & Sotc in the top 10.

How did other HD Classics do in the charts?

 

[test_account]

I know one thing, in my local Gamestation there is less space dedicated to the 3DS than there is to the huge display marked 'Smartphones / Tablets'. That can't be a good sign for the 3DS.

I'm not surprised at the lack of 3DS games in the charts though, the software selection is crap. I wanted to pick up a couple of games yesterday but after looking at the selection, I only grabbed Ghost Recon.

Yeah, i agree that the current 3DS software lineup in Europe isnt exactly that great. And because of this it would make sense that many are "thristy" for some killer app games for the 3DS. But i'm just wondering if there will be enough of these games out.

Moreover, actually...Fifa always appeard for PSP, but never for DS.
And this is the first time that an entry on a Nintendo handled appears.

Do you mean appear in the sales charts or appear on a Nintendo handheld? I think that every FIFA game except FIFA 99 have been released on Nintendo handhelds since FIFA 95 (the first FIFA game was FIFA "94" if i'm not mistaken).

 

[Takao]

Not correct.

Although released a week/weeks later, the DS has had the FIFA games every year.

I think he meant on a sales chart.

 

[Mpl90]

Yes, I meant on the chart.
I knew that there have been FIFA entries last years on DS.
I was talking about charts.

EDIT: And you know what?
FIFA 11 entered at 26th position, after years and years of a great battle despite the install base.
At least, 3DS version entered the chart at the first appearance... and with an install base much much much lower than the DS (more than 1 million in Europe at 14 August 2011)

EDIT2: Basically, what BKK has highlighted in the post after mine, lol.

 

[BKK]

I think he meant on a sales chart.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 9 October 2010

26 FIFA 11 DS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index....p&ct=110032&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=40

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 17 October 2009

31 FIFA 10 DS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index....p&ct=110032&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=42

 

[Road]

I think he meant on a sales chart.

Oh, I didn't get that. My bad.

 

[Mpl90]

Yeah, DS needed to have an enormous install base to finally see its version of FIFA appearaing on chart, and neither in top...20.
So, according to BurntPork's criteria, 3DS should already be at 2009 DS numbers... LOL.
FIFA is NOT an indicator of portable console's strenght, unfortunately.
And this version doesn't even have online! Even if it seems that it has a good amount of content.
Very curious about Need for Speed, which should have not only online, but even the famous Autolog.
...But why are we talking about FIFA 3DS?!? There's something more important regarding the console to talk about.
...Metallic Red was out last week, right?

 

[Jokeropia]

At this point in time, im start to question if games like Mario Kart 7 will do much for the 3DS situation. I'm sure that the game will sell great, but will it be a game that turns things around for the 3DS drasticly? I have my doubts now, but we'll see.

EDIT: Thinking mostly about the situation in the UK then.

What do you mean exactly? All we know at the moment is that only big releases stay in the chart for more than 2-3 weeks, and getting more of those games out there is obviously gonna give 3DS more of a presence in the chart. It will however need at least a holiday season behind it before it has an installed base large enough for catalogue sales to make a permanent presence.

I think it will be similar to what happened with DS, personally. First the system takes off in Japan and then the west follows suit in the following six months or so.

 

[specialguy]

I dont see how people can say PC is healthy with this:

Xbox 360 continues to be the format of choice with 54% of the share (up 27% from last year) compared to PS3’s 44% (up 11% from last year). The other formats are left behind with only a 2% share (last year was 4% and the year before 6%

So, being generous and saying PC is half of that 2%, it's 1% of sales. OK, even if you said DD was 8 times that, it would still be only 8% (and I'm sure DD is nothing close to 8x, doubt it's even close to as big as retail sales frankly).

I guess, to be sure Fifa is probably very far from PC centric game. One of many games that controls much better on a controller.

For gears sales, assuming something like 320k sales first week based on Road's posting, 1/4 of that means maybe 80k this week (obviously only guesstimate).

 

[OMG Aero]

At this point in time, im start to question if games like Mario Kart 7 will do much for the 3DS situation. I'm sure that the game will sell great, but will it be a game that turns things around for the 3DS drasticly? I have my doubts now, but we'll see.

EDIT: Thinking mostly about the situation in the UK then.

Isn't this the exact same thing that happened with the original DS?
Granted it wasn't as bad as the 3DS, but the DS had hardly any games for the first few months too then Mario Kart came out and it took off like a rocket.

 

[BKK]

I just noticed there's no FIFA DS this year, seems a bit premature for EA to drop it already. There's still quite a lot of other games being released for DS this year.

 

[radioheadrule83]

In spite of the lack of online, FIFA 3DS looks quite cool in every other aspect. I find the lack of online curious, and I don't think its out of laziness -- Nintendo have been cagey about putting out online titles, I think that whatever Nintendo are doing with EA and co on the Wii-U online system is being extended to 3DS, and unfortunately FIFA 12's release schedule was ahead of wherever they are with that. It wouldn't surprise me anyway. I'm going to pick up FIFA 12 on the 360 next week, if I see the 3DS version going at a good price, I'd buy it just to have a decent FIFA on the go.

 

[BKK]

I dont see how people can say PC is healthy with this:



So, being generous and saying PC is half of that 2%, it's 1% of sales. OK, even if you said DD was 8 times that, it would still be only 8% (and I'm sure DD is nothing close to 8x, doubt it's even close to as big as retail sales frankly).

I guess, to be sure Fifa is probably very far from PC centric game. One of many games that controls much better on a controller.

Football Manager 2012 will do fine on PC in a few weeks.

 

[Suzzopher]

Child of Eden died twice huh

 

[JDSN]

37 (__) 360 X-men: Destiny (Activision Blizzard)

Hahahaha

 

[FinalD]

Netherlands:
Week 39, 2011

01 (__) [PS3] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) [360] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) [360] Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)

Fifa 12 for 360 should be new I think.

Too bad we only get to see the top 5 of the French charts, I'd like to know what more versions of Gears and F1 they're selling there.

 

[test_account]

What do you mean exactly? All we know at the moment is that only big releases stay in the chart for more than 2-3 weeks, and getting more of those games out there is obviously gonna give 3DS more of a presence in the chart. It will however need at least a holiday season behind it before it has an installed base large enough for catalogue sales to make a permanent presence.

I think it will be similar to what happened with DS, personally. First the system takes off in Japan and then the west follows suit in the following six months or so.

I'm just not as confident now that a few titles will turn the 3DS into a DS situation. I expected more from the pricedrop until now (it has been nearly 2 months) even with the current software, that is mostly why i'm not as confident that a few titles will turn things around big time. I could be wrong of course, and i actually hope that i am =)

Isn't this the exact same thing that happened with the original DS?
Granted it wasn't as bad as the 3DS, but the DS had hardly any games for the first few months too then Mario Kart came out and it took off like a rocket.

True, but that was about 6 years ago. It was also the birth of "Touch Generation", that isnt DS "exclusive" anymore. But as i mentioned over here, i could be wrong =) And i'm not talking about "doomed!" just so that is said. I'm just not as confident that it will reach DS levels after a few games.

 

[Jokeropia]

I'm just not as confident now that a few titles will turn the 3DS into a DS situation. I expected more from the pricedrop until now (it has been nearly 2 months)

Are there any specific games you expected to perform better than they did?

Here're the releases since the price drop on August 12. (Charting games with parentheses.)

Week ending

Aug 13: Nothing released (Zelda #5.)
Aug 20: Nothing released (Zelda #2, Rayman #32.)
Aug 27: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (Zelda #7, Rayman #39)
Sep 03: Driver: Renegade 3D, DualPenSports (Zelda #12.)
Sep 10: Star Fox 64 3D (#11), Thor: God of Thunder (Zelda #19)
Sep 17: Nothing released (Star Fox #14, Zelda #31, Rayman #36, Rabbits #37)
Sep 24: Nothing released (Star Fox #34)
Oct 01: FIFA 12 (#30), Angler’s Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D.

Even with this meekly lineup it's a notable step up from the pre-Zelda time of pretty much nothing charting. I don't think the 3DS will turn into the DS just like that either, but I see no reason it can't continue to improve.

 

[m.i.s.]

Because a FIFA game is selling marginally better? Or is there some other metric you're using?

Dedicated handheld gaming is dead in the West.

Didn't you get the memo? )

 

[Graphics Horse]

3DS in officially doing worse than PS2.

Fixed.

 

[test_account]

Are there any specific games you expected to perform better than they did?

Here're the releases since the price drop on August 12. (Charting games with parentheses.)

Week ending

Aug 13: Nothing released (Zelda #5.)
Aug 20: Nothing released (Zelda #2, Rayman #32.)
Aug 27: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (Zelda #7, Rayman #39)
Sep 03: Driver: Renegade 3D, DualPenSports (Zelda #12.)
Sep 10: Star Fox 64 3D (#11), Thor: God of Thunder (Zelda #19)
Sep 17: Nothing released (Star Fox #14, Zelda #31, Rayman #36, Rabbits #37)
Sep 24: Nothing released (Star Fox #34)
Oct 01: FIFA 12 (#30), Angler’s Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D.

Even with this meekly lineup it's a notable step up from the pre-Zelda time of pretty much nothing charting. I don't think the 3DS will turn into the DS just like that either, but I see no reason it can't continue to improve.

I first expected to see more appearances from older 3DS games after the pricedrop since people i guessed that people would pick up some games as well when buying the hardware. Also with Star Fox, when Star Fox drops out of the Top 40 in its 4th week, i wonder how other 3DS games will do. Granted, Star Fox is probably not a HUGE franchise, but it is one of the few good/great 3DS games that are out so far, so i though that more people would want it when the other 3DS software selection is fairly limited.

Sure, it can and most likely will contunie to improve, but to what level? I'm just not confident enough right now that 2-3 games will be enough to make the 3DS rise to DS level. I'm not trying to sound like a negative nelly hehe, but it is just a thought i had on the situation that i wanted to share. But as i said, it is just a guess from me and i'm actually hoping that i'm wrong.

 

[Exterminieren]

Sure, it can and most likely will contunie to improve, but to what level? I'm just not confident enough right now that 2-3 games will be enough to make the 3DS rise to DS level. But as i said, it is just a guess from me and i'm actually hoping that i'm wrong.

I would be amazed if it reached DS level, but I would have been amazed at that even before it was released. DS was lightning in a bottle. Not reaching DS level isn't even close to failure.

 

[test_account]

I would be amazed if it reached DS level, but I would have been amazed at that even before it was released. DS was lightning in a bottle. Not reaching DS level isn't even close to failure.

Sure, i agree to that. Personally i concider the PS3 as a good sales success eventhough that it isnt close to how much the PS2 sold. I just wonder how much the 3DS will increase when the big games hit.

 

[statham]

France loves them some gears.

 

[Loudninja]

Denmark chart
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/dk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=310001