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[Mpl90]

The run-up to Christmas means there are deals aplenty to be had at retail, none more so than Bethesda’s ‘Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ which climbs from No5 to claim No1 for the first time, thanks to an average price reduction of around £13 compared to last week (+145%).

Skyrim debuted 5 weeks ago at No2 in the same week as ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’, which explains why it never made No1 at launch. Activision Blizzard’s aforementioned ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-7%) drops to No2 after 4 straight weeks at the top and Ubisoft rise one place to No3 with ‘Just Dance 3’ (+67%) – the PS3 version is new this week, but the Wii version continues to account for a massive 89% of all sales on this title. EA drop 2 places to No4 with ‘FIFA 12’ (+24%) as do Ubisoft with ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’, now No5 (-5%). EA’s ‘Battlefield 3’ climbs 3 places to No6 (+30%) and Nintendo claim a third straight week at No7 with ‘Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call’ (+5%).
THQ drop 2 places to No8 with ‘Saints Row: The Third’ (-2%) and Sony’s ‘Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’ climbs back in to the Top 10 at No9 after an absence of 3 weeks (+81%), thanks to some price promotional activity. Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart 7’ completes the Top 10 (-1%), holding off the charge of Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games’ which remains at No11 (+16%).

2 1 JUST DANCE 3 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
9 2 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
1 3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4 4 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE'S CALL DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 5 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
15 6 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 7 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 8 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
20 9 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
10 10 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
7 11 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 12 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 13 FIFA 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
16 14 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
11 15 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
12 16 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
18 17 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
17 18 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
32 19 ABBA: YOU CAN DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
23 20 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
21 21 MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
19 22 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
38 23 ZUMBA FITNESS 2 WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
29 24 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 25 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD PS3 THQ THQ
25 26 KINECT SPORTS XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
13 27 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
31 28 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 29 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
22 30 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 PC SEGA SEGA
26 31 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
33 32 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
39 33 KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
37 34 DANCE CENTRAL XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
28 35 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 36 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 37 WII PARTY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 38 GEARS OF WAR 3 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
36 39 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
27 40 WWE '12 XB360 THQ THQ

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’ climbs back in to the Top 10

Wow. How did this happen? Uncharted series sure have long legs in the UK.

 

[Danielsan]

Wow. How did this happen? Uncharted series sure have long legs in the UK.

The price dropped. Amazon has it new for £24 and other stores have also dropped the price to below £30.

 

[herod]

Wow. How did this happen? Uncharted series sure have long legs in the UK.

A month is long legs now?

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

The price dropped. Amazon has it new for £24 and other stores have also dropped the price to below £30.

Thanks.

A month is long legs now?

Uncharted 2 continued being n the top 20 or 50 in the UK for around 6 month.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

I get the Uncharted price drop, but why was Skyrim reduced? Is this a strategic move or retailer price wars?

 

[Serenity]

Wasn't it just two weeks ago that Uncharted was declared a bomb? And there still has to be an actual desire for a game even if the price drops. Its not like skyrim's price didn't drop as well and we know that game is selling well.

 

[bigtroyjon]

How much does Kinect Sports cost over there? Still close to the launch price in the US.

Clearly the killer app for Kinect in the UK.

 

[Danielsan]

Wasn't it just two weeks ago that Uncharted was declared a bomb? And there still has to be an actual desire for a game even if the price drops. Its not like skyrim's price didn't drop as well and we know that game is selling well.

Declared a bomb? Didn't it sell more than Uncharted 2 in its week of release?

 

[Psychotext]

Didn't it sell more than Uncharted 2 in its week of release?

Yeah, though it was on sale for 6 days instead of 3.

 

[xapnder]

Spain November


1 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3
2 UNCHARTED 3: LA TRAICION DE DRAKE PS3
3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XBOX360
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3
5 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS3
6 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - MAP EDITION PS3
7 FIFA 12 PS3
8 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS2
9 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PSP
10 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3

Adese

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Spain November


1 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3
2 UNCHARTED 3: LA TRAICION DE DRAKE PS3
3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XBOX360
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3
5 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS3
6 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - MAP EDITION PS3
7 FIFA 12 PS3
8 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS2
9 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PSP
10 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3

Adese

Spain sis the biggest Playstation stronghold in the world. Drake outselling MW3 X360. That's just insane.

 

[Gadfly]

Wasn't it just two weeks ago that Uncharted was declared a bomb? And there still has to be an actual desire for a game even if the price drops. Its not like skyrim's price didn't drop as well and we know that game is selling well.

Who declared UC3 a bomb? This is the first I hear this.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Spain sis the biggest Playstation stronghold in the world. Drake outselling MW3 X360. That's just insane.

What's even crazier is that PES is beating out Fifa over there!

The biggest stronghold of the PS indeed...

 

[Rolf NB]

Who declared UC3 a bomb? This is the first I hear this.

Stupid system warriors.

Uncharted dropping like a rock as expected. CEX will be flooded in a week.

The amount of money Sony has budgeted for marketing U3 is what's making the sales look bad. They aren't even close to paying off the £5 million they are spending trying to sell the game.

It's kind of like a movie that makes $100 million, sounds good until your realize it cost $200 million to make.

There's just something wrong when it comes to PS3 exclusives... You can bet your ass Uncharted would pull huge numbers if it were a 360 exclusive or multiplatform

 

[bigtroyjon]

Stupid system warriors.

lol, the only system warriors are the people who try and take every sales discussion in that direction. Keep defending that hive bro.

 

[Risk Breaker]

What's even crazier is that PES is beating out Fifa over there!

The biggest stronghold of the PS indeed...

Ehhh... I think it's got more to do with how many people pirate with their 360s over here :/

People's mentality is not really very different from other countries. A lot of people hate Sony just 'cause.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Stupid system warriors.

M.D is definitely not a console warrior. I don´t know about the others. But M.D was talking only about sales and expectations of sales for Uncharted 3.

 

[Rolf NB]

lol, the only system warriors are the people who try and take every sales discussion in that direction. Keep defending that hive bro.

To be fair, your post, as monumentally ignorant as it was, was more a case of concern trolling than proper system wars. I didn't spend much time looking through this stuff -- I might have found better quotes if I had --, but I'm pretty sure you're no cjelly. Didn't mean to say these were all on the same level, should have made that clearer, didn't. Sorry.

 

[Rolf NB]

M.D is definitely not a console warrior. I don´t know about the others. But M.D was talking only about sales and expectations of sales for Uncharted 3.

We're going over the same debate in every NPD thread and in most PAL threads, and we went over it in the UC3 shipment figures thread. UK and US are PS3's weakest markets. And I know it has nothing to with system wars when the UK charts receive the biggest focus. It's the first chart to come out, it's consistently more extensive than the other PAL ones, so it's the first thing that sparks any kind of debate. That's totally reasonable.

But it sold millions. That much we know. There's no reason to call financial viability into question yet again. It keeps charting, and it charted highly in all other European charts, too. Sales age participants should have that ground well covered by now.

 

[bigtroyjon]

The fact that they cut the price as much as they did pretty move proves that we were right in saying the game wasn't living up to Sony's expectations. If you think any kind of negative sales talk is concern trolling or monumentally ignorant then you need to step back and take a look at your own biases.

 

[Dabanton]

Are the Skyrim and Uncharted 3 price drops permanent?

Couldn't believe it when i went to Gamestation on saturday and saw Skyrim for 22quid, in the end i picked it up for £13 after i applied my loyalty card points.

 

[Saiyar]

Are the Skyrim and Uncharted 3 price drops permanent?

Couldn't believe it when i went to Gamestation on saturday and saw Skyrim for 22quid, in the end i picked it up for £13 after i applied my loyalty card points.

Probably not. It happens to most titles in the UK shortly after launch, one retailer/supermarket drops the price and the other match it.

 

[Sadist]

Layton still popular in the UK.

 

[spwolf]

Spain November


1 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3
2 UNCHARTED 3: LA TRAICION DE DRAKE PS3
3 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XBOX360
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3
5 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS3
6 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - MAP EDITION PS3
7 FIFA 12 PS3
8 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PS2
9 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 PSP
10 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3

Adese

PES FTW

 

[milanbaros]

To be fair, your post, as monumentally ignorant as it was, was more a case of concern trolling than proper system wars. I didn't spend much time looking through this stuff -- I might have found better quotes if I had --, but I'm pretty sure you're no cjelly. Didn't mean to say these were all on the same level, should have made that clearer, didn't. Sorry.

Sorry to be rude but I really fucking hate posters like you. You see evry criticism as system wars. People can't even discuss things properly without being labelled a Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo hater. Its one of the main reasons I stopped posting in sales threads. Get a life, really. Believe it or not most people on here don't 'support' one system/company over another.