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UK Video Game Chart: Dead Island #1 despite stiff price

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Holds off competition from Warhammer: 40K Space Marine.

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Deep Silver's Dead Island has made it two weeks at the top of the All Formats All Prices UK Video game chart, selling more units than any other Deep Silver title has.

The continued success of Dead Island comes in the wake of widespread stock shortages and a price hike to £47.99 in GAME stores.

THQ's Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine also holds firm at No.2, followed by Resistance 3, Driver: San Francisco and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The week's only new entry is Sony's God of War Collection Volume II at No.35.

Massive price reductions on Red Faction: Armageddon saw it secure a huge 246 per cent sales increase and jump back into the Top 40 at No.11, while SEGA's Rise of Nightmares managed a 50 per cent sales increase to chart at No.18.

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2011 UKIE Ltd (All Prices) Week 37, 2011

1. DEAD ISLAND
2. WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE
3. RESISTANCE 3
4. DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO
5. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION
6. ZUMBA FITNESS
7. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
8. RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011
9. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
10. CARS 2
11. RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON
12. WII SPORTS RESORT
13. STAR FOX 64 3D
14. EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2
15. THE SIMS 3
16. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
17. GRAN TURISMO 5
18. RISE OF NIGHTMARES
19. FIFA 11
20. JUST DANCE 2

VideoGamer.com Analysis

Gears of War 3 will be No.1 next week, but Codemasters' F1 is also likely to do very good business for the UK publisher.

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Darkr8zor's Avatar

Darkr8zor

Dead Island & Stiff Price?

Dead stiff! Get it? Ho ho ho...

*sigh*
Posted 19:24 on 19 September 2011
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InvalidUser

Paddy Power will take that money off you no problem.
Posted 15:19 on 19 September 2011
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Clockpunk

I did *not * expect that result at all - very surprised that Deus Ex didn't re-take the lead, given the amount of new stock being sold at the Game stores I visited last week...
Posted 11:57 on 19 September 2011
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squidman@ CheekyLee

Before Christmas, yeah. Absolutely. I'd put money on it.
Posted 11:24 on 19 September 2011
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CheekyLee@ Ghost5

Still think it's gonna hit the Zavvi Mega Monday sales anytime soon?

It always amazes me that games which are apparently hard to come by still manage to top the charts week in week out.
Posted 11:15 on 19 September 2011
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Ghost5

I've been trying to buy Dead Island at my local shops but Its out of stock everywhere :(
Posted 11:06 on 19 September 2011

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Release Date: 09/09/2011
Developer: Techland
Publisher: Deep Silver
Genre: First Person Shooter
No. Players: 1-4
Rating: PEGI 18+
Site Rank: 1,978 88
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