UK Charts Week Ending 21/04/12: Geralt Sinks Battleship

[Delusibeta]

Polish role-player The Witcher 2 has stormed the UK all-format charts, taking first place.
Reigning chart champion FIFA Street, last week's number one, was booted down to second.
The Witcher 2's chart victory was well deserved: Simon Parkin awarded the game 9/10 in Eurogamer's Witcher 2 review. 98 per cent of sales counted last week were for the new Xbox 360 version, although Chart-Track does not count PC digital download sales.
The UK top 40 otherwise remains unchanged. Last week's other three new releases failed to find chart placings: Bleach: Soul Resurrection on PlayStation 3, Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention on Vita and Battleship on every format ever.
FIFA 12, Kinect Star Wars and Mass Effect 3 made up the rest of the top five, respectively. Chart stalwarts Tiger Woods 12, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Mario & Sonic Olympics and Modern Warfare held firm in the remainder of the top 10.

Eurogamer's summary
ALL FORMATS

01 (NE) The Witcher 2: Assassins - Enhanced Ed. (Namco Bandai Games) {360:98%|PCD:2%} - [NEW]
02 (01) Fifa Street (Electronic Arts) {360:56%|PS3:44%} - [-30%]
03 (03) Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts) {360:46%|PS3:37%|WII:6%|PSP:3%} - [-25%]
04 (04) Kinect Star Wars (Microsoft) {360:100%} - [-33%]
05 (02) Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts) {360:64%|PS3:28%|PCD:8%} - [-40%]
06 (05) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 13 (Electronic Arts) {360:60%|PS3:40%}
07 (08) Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts) {360:59%|PS3:31%|PCD:9%}
08 (07) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) {360:57%|PS3:23%|PCD:20%}
09 (09) Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega) {WII:64%|3DS:35%}
10 (06) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) {360:48%|PS3:43%|PCD:5%|WII:3%}
11 (10) Ssx (Electronic Arts) {360:54%|PS3:46%}
12 (11) Saints Row: The Third (Thq) {360:58%|PS3:40%|PCD:2%}
13 (12) Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Activision Blizzard) {WII:51%|360:28%|PS3:14%|3DS:6%}
14 (17) Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive) {PS3:48%|360:45%|PCD:4%}
15 (15) Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo (Mind Candy) {NDS:100%}
16 (14) Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) {360:54%|PS3:46%}
17 (16) Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft) {WII:61%|360:24%|PS3:15%}
18 (25) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts) {PCD:57%|360:20%|WII:8%|3DS:7%}
19 (13) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft) {360:58%|PS3:39%|PCD:2%}
20 (30) Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft) {360:100%}
21 (27) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
22 (19) Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
23 (18) Mario Party 9 (Nintendo)
24 (21) Ufc Undisputed 3 (Thq)
25 (26) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
26 (39) F1 2011 (Codemasters)
27 (32) Super Mario 3d Land (Nintendo)
28 (34) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sony Computer Ent.)
29 (20) Wwe '12 (Thq)
30 (22) Sonic Generations (Sega)
31 (23) Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
32 (28) Cars 2 (Disney Interactive Studios)
33 (RE) Grand Theft Auto Episodes (Liberty City (Take 2)
34 (RE) Football Manager 2012 (Sega)
35 (33) Rayman Origins (Ubisoft)
36 (24) Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (Microsoft)
37 (RE) Zumba Fitness 2 (505 Games)
38 (RE) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
39 (35) Kinect Sports: Season Two (Microsoft)
40 (36) Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean (Disney Interactive Studios)
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INDIVIDUAL UNITS

01 (NE) [360] The Witcher 2: Assassins - Enhanced Ed. (Namco Bandai Games)
02 (01) [360] Kinect Star Wars (Microsoft)
03 (02) [360] Fifa Street (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) [PS3] Fifa Street (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) [360] Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts)
06 (05) [360] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
07 (06) [360] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 13 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [PS3] Fifa 12 (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) [360] Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
10 (13) [360] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
11 (12) [NDS] Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo (Mind Candy)
12 (09) [WII] Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
13 (16) [PS3] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 13 (Electronic Arts)
14 (27) [360] Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft)
15 (24) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
16 (14) [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo)
17 (11) [PS3] Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts)
18 (28) [3DS] Super Mario 3d Land (Nintendo)
19 (29) [PS3] Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sony Computer Ent.)
20 (08) [360] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
21 (22) [360] Ssx (Electronic Arts)
22 (17) [360] Saints Row: The Third (Thq)
23 (18) [PS3] Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
24 (21) [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
25 (32) [WII] Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
26 (15) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
27 (20) [PS3] Ssx (Electronic Arts)
28 (26) [WII] Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
29 (23) [360] Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (Microsoft)
30 (38) [WII] Zumba Fitness 2 (505 Games)
31 (30) [WII] Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Activision Blizzard)
32 (36) [3DS] Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
33 (33) [360] Kinect Sports: Season Two (Microsoft)
34 (RE) [PCD] Football Manager 2012 (Sega)
35 (RE) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
36 (34) [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo)
37 (RE) [PCD] The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
38 (39) [360] Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
39 (25) [360] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom)
40 (RE) [PS3] Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
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Congrats to CD Projekt for a very solid port and well deserved large pile of console money as a result. That said, considering the Enhanced Edition upgrade was free to people who bought the vanilla game on PC, the fact that 360 sold 98% of Witcher 2 EE copies this week shouldn't be a big surprise. The biggest surprise is the complete and utter no-show for the Battleship tie-in game, although the lack of Disgaea 3 is a bit disappointing if not surprising (what with it being a port of a nearly four year old game, and a very Japanese one to boot on a format that isn't terribly popular in the UK).

[Zellery]

Hurray for Witcher 2!

I'm grabbing my copy tomorrow night!

[Jingle Ord The Way]

Great news for CD Projekt Red. They deserve as much success as possible for releasing an awesome game and being one of the most generous developers out there.

[Rik]

fact that 360 sold 98% of Witcher 2 EE copies this week

360 has 8 out of the top 10, domination over here.

[Delusibeta]

fact that 360 sold 98% of Witcher 2 EE copies this week

Considering that the PC version gets the EE upgrade for free, not big surprise. I wouldn't be too surprised if it turns out when digital downloads are included that the vanilla PC version had a bigger launch in the UK than the 360 version (Kinect Star Wars sold about 11k this week, and that's number 2).

[Harry Bizzle]

You have to suffering a severe bout of brain fever to a) not own The Witcher 2 on PC already if you wanted to play it on PC or b) Buy the PC EE at 40 quid when you can get the standard game for 12 and get the EE update anyway.

[Rex Kramer]

No disgaea 3 in the charts

Country full of strawberry floating savages

[tomvek]

Well deserved No.1 placing for The Witcher 2

[man-eater chimp]

fact that 360 sold 98% of Witcher 2 EE copies this week

360 has 8 out of the top 10, domination over here.

They don't take into account Digital Sales, but in the charts' defence Steam (the biggest digital retailer) don't release their sales figures and they must account a lot.

I wonder if they did count them then if the random 'on sale' games would make it into the official charts.

[SugarCubes]

Wait, so the number one game didn't even break the 20k barrier?

The UK market is truly in the shitter.

[Monkey Man]

Wait, so the number one game didn't even break the 20k barrier?

The UK market is truly in the shitter.

Where did you get the 20k figure from? All we know is Star Wars sold about 11k and FIFA street about 15k.


UK PC Download Chart: Full Game February 2012

01 (NE) Warhammer 40000: Space Marine (THQ)
02 (04) Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) Star Wars: The Old Republic (Electronic Arts)
04 (06) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Standard Edition (Square Enix)
05 (NE) Gotham City Impostors (Warner Bros)
06 (NE) Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II (Retribution (THQ)
07 (NE) Dawn of War Platinum Edition (THQ)
08 (09) Assassin's Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)
09 (NE) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix)
10 (07) Anno 2070 (Ubisoft)
11 (NE) Dawn of War: Soulstorm (THQ)
12 (NE) Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (Warner Bros)
13 (NE) Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II (Complete Pack (THQ)
14 (NE) Mass Effect (Electronic Arts)
15 (NE) Saints Row: The Third THQ)
16 (NE) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Augmented Edition (Square Enix)
17 (13) Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
18 (NE) Dawn of War II (Chaos Rising (THQ)
19 (NE) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Electronic Arts)
20 (NE) Need for Speed: Shift 2 (Electronic Arts)

[jiggles]

No disgaea 3 in the charts

Country full of strawberry floating savages

Haven't you talked to the reporter in the game? It shouldn't come as a surprise.

[Rex Kramer]

No disgaea 3 in the charts

Country full of strawberry floating savages

Haven't you talked to the reporter in the game? It shouldn't come as a surprise.

Tried at the weekend but just got a connection error.

[jiggles]

The European version shows roughly 2.5k players.

[Monkey Man]

Info from Nintendo:-

[Bigerich]

Poor sales for Mass Effect 3 (PS3) then...

Unless it's there and I'm just blind.

[Harry Bizzle]

Number 17.

It's apparently a rubbish port. Doesn't deserve to sell.

[Bigerich]

Number 17.

It's apparently a rubbish port. Doesn't deserve to sell.

Sorry, I meant Monkey Man's new chart.

[Harry Bizzle]

But that's a PC download chart.

[jiggles]

But that's a PC download chart.

Keep scrolling.