EA dominates 2014 charts as Microsoft & Nintendo miss out on a No.1 altogether

EA dominated the UK All-Formats Charts last year, spending almost three times as many weeks at No.1 than its nearest rival Activision.

The publisher’s success came primarily as a result of FIFA’s popularity, with FIFA 14 and FIFA 15 spending fifteen weeks at the top between them throughout 2014. Other EA chart-toppers included Titanfall, The Sims 4 and EA Sports UFC.

In total, EA secured 22 weeks at No.1 with Activision managing 8 weeks. Ubisoft came in third with 7 weeks.

FIFA 15 spent the longest time at the top with 8 weeks at No.1. FIFA 14 was second with 7 weeks and Watch Dogs third with 6 weeks. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Titanfall each spent 5 weeks at the top, although Advanced Warfare’s success looks set to continue into 2015.

And while they won’t align in sales, it’s perhaps surprising to see Activision’s mega-budget shooter Destiny spend the same amount of time at No.1 as Sniper Elite 3 and The LEGO Movie Videogame.

Neither Microsoft, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, SEGA, Codemasters or Bandai Namco managed to secure a No.1 throughout the entirety of 2014, however, despite Microsoft having released three major Xbox One exclusives in the latter half of the year.

For a recap of the UK’s 2014 No.1s and some stats to go along with them, take a look below:

• Week 1 (4 Jan): FIFA 14
• Week 2 (11 Jan): FIFA 14
• Week 3 (18 Jan): FIFA 14
• Week 4 (25 Jan): FIFA 14
• Week 5 (01 Feb): Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
• Week 6 (08 Feb): FIFA 14
• Week 7 (15 Feb): The LEGO Movie Videogame
• Week 8 (22 Feb): The LEGO Movie Videogame
• Week 9 (01 Mar): Thief
• Week 10 (08 Mar): South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Week 11 (15 Mar): Titanfall
• Week 12 (22 Mar): InFamous: Second Son
• Week 13 (29 Mar): InFamous: Second Son
• Week 14 (05 Apr): FIFA 14
• Week 15 (12 Apr): Titanfall
• Week 16 (19 Apr): Titanfall
• Week 17 (26 Apr): Titanfall
• Week 18 (03 May): The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Week 19 (10 May): Titanfall
• Week 20 (17 May): FIFA 14
• Week 21 (24 May): Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Week 22 (31 May): Watch Dogs
• Week 23 (07 Jun): Watch Dogs
• Week 24 (14 Jun): Watch Dogs
• Week 25 (21 Jun): EA Sports UFC
• Week 26 (28 Jun): Sniper Elite 3
• Week 27 (05 Jul): Sniper Elite 3
• Week 28 (12 Jul): Watch Dogs
• Week 29 (19 Jul): Watch Dogs
• Week 30 (26 Jul): Watch Dogs
• Week 31 (02 Aug): The Last of Us: Remastered
• Week 32 (09 Aug): The Last of Us: Remastered
• Week 33 (16 Aug): The Last of Us: Remastered
• Week 34 (23 Aug): Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition
• Week 35 (30 Aug): Metro Redux
• Week 36 (06 Sep): The Sims 4
• Week 37 (13 Sep): Destiny
• Week 38 (20 Sep): Destiny
• Week 39 (27 Sep): FIFA 15
• Week 40 (04 Oct): FIFA 15
• Week 41 (11 Oct): FIFA 15
• Week 42 (18 Oct): FIFA 15
• Week 43 (25 Oct): FIFA 15
• Week 44 (01 Nov): FIFA 15
• Week 45 (08 Nov): Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Week 46 (15 Nov): Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Week 47 (22 Nov): Grand Theft Auto V
• Week 48 (29 Nov): Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Week 49 (06 Dec): FIFA 15
• Week 50 (13 Dec): FIFA 15
• Week 51 (20 Dec): Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Week 52 (27 Dec): Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Most weeks at No.1:

• FIFA 15: 8
• FIFA 14: 7
• Watch Dogs: 6
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: 5
• Titanfall: 5
• The Last of Us: Remastered: 3
• Destiny: 2
• Sniper Elite 3: 2
• The LEGO Movie Videogame: 2
• InFamous: Second Son: 2
• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition: 1
• EA Sports UFC: 1
• Grand Theft Auto V: 1
• Metro Redux: 1
• South Park: The Stick of Truth: 1
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 1
• The Sims 4: 1
• Thief: 1
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition: 1
• Wolfenstein: The New Order: 1

Publisher with most weeks at No.1:

• EA: 22
• Activision: 8
• Ubisoft: 7
• SCEE: 5
• 505 Games: 2
• Warner Bros: 2
• Square Enix: 2
• Bethesda: 1
• Blizzard: 1
• Deep Silver: 1
• Rockstar Games: 1

Publisher with most games at No.1:

• EA: 5 (FIFA 15, FIFA 14, Titanfall, EA Sports UFC, The Sims 4)
• Activision: 3 (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Destiny, The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
• SCEE: 2 (The Last of Us: Remastered, InFamous: Second Son)
• Square Enix: 2 (Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Thief)
• Ubisoft: 2 (Watch Dogs, South Park: The Stick of Truth)
• 505 Games: 1 (Sniper Elite 3)
• Bethesda: 1 (Wolfenstein: The New Order)
• Blizzard: 1 (Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition)
• Deep Silver: 1 (Metro Redux)
• Rockstar: 1 (Grand Theft Auto V)
• Warner Bros: 1 (The LEGO Movie Videogame)

Major publishers that missed out on a No.1:

• 2K Games
• Bandai Namco
• Capcom
• Codemasters
• Koei Tecmo
• Konami
• Microsoft
• Nintendo
• SEGA

Source: chart-track.co.uk