GTA V Steals Back No1
14/Oct/2013
Having debuted 4 weeks ago at No1 as the biggest selling game of all time (week 1 sales), Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘GTA V’ re-takes No1 (-53%).
EA’s ‘FIFA 14’ (-66%) drops to No2 – both titles have now had 2 weeks at No1. Nintendo’s new fully 3D 6th generation Pokemon titles debut at No’s 3&4, with ‘Pokemon X’ at No3 and ‘Pokemon Y’ at No4. Sales on these 2 products are around double last year’s Pokemon Black2/White 2 opening week (W41-2012). Pokemon X and Y are the first major headline Pokemon releases to be coded as 3DS titles (after ‘Super Pokemon Rumble’ and ‘Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Infinity’) and X/Y are the first major Pokemon releases to launch in the same week as a Nintendo hand-held console (2DS launched this week) – we’ve come close before with 3DS hardware (W12-2011) released 3 weeks after Pokemon Black/White and DSI XL (W9-2010) released 3 weeks before Pokemon HeartGold/Soulsilver.
Debuting at No5 is Sony’s PS3 exclusive ‘Beyond Two Souls’ from Quantic Dream, last seen 3 and a half years ago with ‘Heavy Rain’ (W8-2010) which debuted at No1. The final new releases this week are NIS America’s ‘Dragon’s Crown’ at No19 and the third Moshi Monsters title, Mind Candy’s ‘Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed’ at No28.
Week 41, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (NE) 3DS POKEMON X (NINTENDO)
02 (NE) 3DS POKEMON Y (NINTENDO)
03 (02) 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
04 (01) 360 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (04) PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
06 (03) PS3 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
07 (NE) PS3 BEYOND TWO SOULS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
08 (09) WII JUST DANCE 2014 (UBISOFT)
09 (08) 360 MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION (MICROSOFT)
10 (06) 360 F1 2013 (CODEMASTERS)
11 (07) PS3 F1 2013 (CODEMASTERS)
12 (05) WIU THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER (NINTENDO)
13 (16) 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF (NINTENDO)
14 (10) PS3 THE LAST OF US (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
15 (11) 360 DISNEY INFINITY (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
16 (14) 360 SAINTS ROW IV (KOCH MEDIA)
17 (13) PS3 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014 (KONAMI)
18 (18) WII DISNEY INFINITY (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
19 (29) 360 TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
20 (12) 360 NBA 2K14 (TAKE 2)
21 (15) 360 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST (UBISOFT)
22 (22) PS3 MAX PAYNE 3 (TAKE 2)
23 (NE) PS3 DRAGON'S CROWN (NIS AMERICA)
24 (24) 360 MAX PAYNE 3 (TAKE 2)
25 (17) PS3 NBA 2K14 (TAKE 2)
26 (30) PS3 SAINTS ROW IV (KOCH MEDIA)
27 (19) PS3 KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 REMIX (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
28 (26) 360 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
29 (27) PS3 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
30 (20) 360 DIABLO III (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
31 (33) 360 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
32 (__) 360 HALO 4 (MICROSOFT)
33 (__) 3DS MARIO KART 7 (NINTENDO)
34 (__) NDS MOSHI MONSTERS: KATSUMA UNLEASHED (MIND CANDY)
35 (34) 360 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014 (KONAMI)
36 (NE) PSV DRAGON'S CROWN (NIS AMERICA)
37 (23) 360 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
38 (21) PS3 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST (UBISOFT)
39 (28) PS3 DISNEY INFINITY (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
40 (__) WIU NINTENDO LAND (NINTENDO)
Netherlands:
Week 41, 2013 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (01) PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
02 (02) PS3 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 (03) 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
04 (04) 360 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (07) WII JUST DANCE 2014 (UBISOFT)
06 (NE) WIU THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER (NINTENDO)
07 (NE) PS3 BEYOND: TWO SOULS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
08 (NE) PS3 F1 2013 (CODEMASTERS)
09 (05) WII FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (08) WII SKYLANDERS GIANTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)