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[Saty]

LOOOL:

Sega and Gearbox's ropey shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines is top of the UK video games chart.

It's the biggest release of the year so far, according to UK data cruncher GfK Chart-Track, which means it's bigger than Dead Space 3.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-18-uk-charts-aliens-colonial-marines-is-top

 

[AOC83]

LOOOL:


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-18-uk-charts-aliens-colonial-marines-is-top

Oh boy.....

 

[SolidSnakex]

LOOOL:


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-18-uk-charts-aliens-colonial-marines-is-top

How the hell did that happen?

 

[daxgame]

Looks like reviews are counting absolutely nothing yet again.

 

[Into]

Majority of people do not follow game websites, forums or reviewers Twitter accounts. Enter the Matrix sold several millions as well

It likely sold because Aliens is a popular brand and people are familiar with it still to this day, Prometheus did really well at the box office worldwide, further showing that yeah people still remember and love the franchise

 

[AOC83]

How the hell did that happen?

I don´t know, but my gues would be that the Dead Space numbers were pretty abhorrent.

 

[Baconsammy]

Kinda puts that whole Ni No Kuni at #1 thing into perspective.

Majority of people do not follow game websites, forums or reviewers Twitter accounts. Enter the Matrix sold several millions as well

It likely sold because Aliens is a popular brand and people are familiar with it still to this day, Prometheus did really well at the box office worldwide, further showing that yeah people still remember and love the franchise

Or nothing else is selling and games like Aliens can sell a few thousand and top the chart.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I don´t know, but my gues would be that the Dead Space numbers were pretty abhorrent.

EA has got to feel awful right now. They put a big marketing campaign behind DS3, and it is a good game still even if it wasn't exactly what fans wanted.

 

[state_vector_collapse]

Pity about that huge drop for Ni No Kuni - down to no:25

 

[cw_sasuke]

UK market and its terrible taste again.

 

[Vortex566]

LOOOL:


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-18-uk-charts-aliens-colonial-marines-is-top

If this junk can get to number 1 then we are all truly doomed.

 

[Bruno MB]

There have only been 2 mayor releases this year, DmC: Devil May Cry and Dead Space 3. The first one flopped hard and the second one I suppose it did just fine. So I'm not surprised Aliens: Colonial Marines is the biggest debut of the year. Even crap like Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City, another game from an established franchise, sold well.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

It's not really a surprise at the end of the day. The terrible reviews will definitely stump it's long term sales success though; this game will drop like a rock in the charts.

 

[Saty]

Of course it's a surprise. With all due resepct to the Aliens brand, licensed games have taken a big slide in sales this gen and pretty much everybody stopped doing them. So for CM to beat a sequel to a highly regarded series with similar theme\tone; then yes it's surprising.

And i'm really not sure how big a marketing push CM has compared to DS3.

 

[madmackem]

Not a surprise, its been on tv all weekend. Shooters sell, this was pretty hyped release to the average joe who doesnt live on the web and read reviews.

 

[liquidfox00]

Not a surprise, its been on tv all weekend. Shooters sell, this was pretty hyped release to the average joe who doesnt live on the web and read reviews.

Not to mention that any site selling the game that also shows trailers are mostly still showing bullshots and the "demo" as game footage. It's why I bought in before release albeit at $35 and not $60 but still.

 

[shinra-bansho]

That's a strong licensed property.

 

[Madouu]

This is pretty sad.

 

[Kikujiro]

Not a surprise, even crap movies like the last Die Hard can be first at the box office, that doesn't mean it will be a success in the long run.

Didn't Duke Nukem Forever get the top spot too?

 

[Spieler Eins]

Not a surprise, even crap movies like the last Die Hard can be first at the box office, that doesn't mean it will be a success in the long run.

Didn't Duke Nukem Forever get the top spot too?

Yeah, I also think Homefront and Brink did too. The UK market is terrible, you can sell any kind of shit shooter but anything outside of that, except maybe FIFA and Zumba Fitness will probably bomb, lol. Ni no Kuni charting feels like some kind of miracle.

 

[bigtroyjon]

Megaton, Vita title in the top 40 units chart.

 

[metalslimer]

God damn it UK. On the bright side Sega gets compensated right guys? RIGHT?

 

[shinra-bansho]

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[bigtroyjon]

NNK should be between 25K-30K LTD in the UK based on this weeks drop and previous weeks estimates made earlier in the thread using FIFA.

 

[sacrificengineer]

It will drop like a rock considering quality.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Of course it's a surprise. With all due resepct to the Aliens brand, licensed games have taken a big slide in sales this gen and pretty much everybody stopped doing them. So for CM to beat a sequel to a highly regarded series with similar theme\tone; then yes it's surprising.

And i'm really not sure how big a marketing push CM has compared to DS3.

Nah, don't agree. I was one of the few but I've been predicting for ages this game would sell moderately well, that was until the awful reviews came in.

 

[OMG Aero]

How the hell did that happen?

The power of a brand name.

 

[Psychotext]

Gotta love release day embargoes.

 

[Saty]

Colonial Marines land at No1


18/Feb/2013

Sega’s ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ (360/PS3/PC) debuts at No1 as the biggest new release of the year so far and is the second highest week 1 for an Alien franchise game, behind Sega’s own ‘Aliens vs Predator’ launched back in week 7, 2010 also on 360/PS3/PC.


Sega’s Aliens vs Predator’ is the highest grossing Aliens title at around £14m lifetime in the UK – previous best in this franchise is Acclaim’s ‘Alien Trilogy’ from 1996 (£10m) which was a massive PS1 seller, but was also released on Sega’s Saturn and on PC. EA’s ‘Dead Space 3’ drops to No2 (-57%) and EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ drops one place to No3 (+39%) although sales increase 39% over last week, a phenomenon that affects many top-selling titles this week with the start of half term holidays boosting sales.

Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ climbs 6 places to No6 (+50%) thanks to half term and some price promotion, whilst last week’s No6, Namco Bandai’s ‘Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch’ drops down to No25 (-59%). Warner re-enter at No29 thanks to ‘Super Scribblenauts’ on DS (+83%) which is currently amazing value at less than £5.

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[jvm]

Is there not going to be another PAL Charts Week XX thread?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

AvP sold really well and was actually decent, CM probably benefited from that. I don't know what EA was thinking with the Dead Space marketing, it looks like a commercial for Lost Planet 3.

 

[DrWong]

France week 6:

1 - COD : Black Ops 2 PS3 - Activision Blizzard
2 - Dead Space 3 - Edition limitée PS3 - Electronic Arts
3 - Dead Space 3 - Edition limitée XBox 360 - Electronic Arts
4 - FIFA 13 PS3 - Electronic Arts
5 - Dead Space 3 PS3 - Electronic Arts