UK chart: FIFA 13 sells 1 million copies in a week
Boots Borderland 2 from top spot.
Annual football fiesta FIFA 13 has sold a million copies during its first week on sale in the UK.
It becomes the fourth game in history to do this, following Call of Duty titles Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
Video game sales jumped by 196 per cent in the past seven days. FIFA 13 accounted for 71 per cent of all games sold and 80 per cent of all revenue from game sales - both of these figures are higher than last year.
Borderlands 2, last week's chart champion, fell into second place.
World of Warcraft expansion Mists of Pandaria ambled into fourth place (it's worth remembering, as usual, that UK numbers company Chart-Track does not count digital sales).
The pandas arrived ahead of other new releases Rocksmith (seventh), Dead of Alive 5 (11th), Angry Birds Trilogy (16th) and Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition (17th).
Last week also saw the release of new hardware in the shape of Sony's new super slim PlayStation 3. The 500GB monster gave PS3 sales a 138 per cent boost on last week, and accounted for 37 per cent of all PS3s sold.
The full chart lies below follow.
This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | New entry | FIFA 13 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
2 | 1 | Borderlands 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
3 | 2 | F1 2012 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
4 | New entry | World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria | PC |
5 | 3 | PES 2013 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
6 | 4 | Sleeping Dogs | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
7 | New entry | Rocksmith | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
8 | 13 | The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
9 | 5 | Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
10 | 7 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 3DS |
11 | New entry | Dead or Alive 5 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
12 | 21 | Forza 4 | Xbox 360 |
13 | 6 | LittleBigPlanet | Vita |
14 | 12 | Dead Island: GOTY Edition | PC, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 |
15 | 10 | Max Payne 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
16 | New entry | Angry Birds Trilogy | 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360 |
17 | New entry | Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition | PS3 |
18 | 11 | London 2012: The Official Video Game | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
19 | 9 | Guild Wars 2 | PC |
20 | 8 | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
21 | 15 | Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games | Wii |
22 | 30 | Darksiders 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
23 | 14 | Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
24 | 17 | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | 3DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
25 | 32 | Super Mario 3D Land | 3DS |
26 | 38 | Sonic Generations | 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360 |
27 | 16 | The Sims 3: Supernatural | PC |
28 | 18 | Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
29 | 27 | Batman: Arkham City | PS3, Xbox 360 |
30 | 22 | The Amazing Spider-Man | 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360. |
31 | 25 | Battlefield 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
32 | 39 | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
33 | 28 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
34 | 26 | The Sims 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
35 | Re-entry | Mario Kart 7 | PS3 |
36 | 33 | Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City | PS3, Xbox 360 |
37 | 40 | Moshi Monster: Moshling Zoo | DS |
38 | Re-entry | Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
39 | 37 | Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
40 | Re-entry | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 | PS3, Xbox 360 |