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EA and Visceral Games’ Dead Space 2 has entered the All Formats All Prices UK video game chart at No.1, pushing LittleBigPlanet 2 down a place to No.2.
Dead Space 2 achieved a 70 per cent increase in launch week sales compared to the first game in the franchise, which debuted at No.6 on its launch towards the back end of 2008.
Dead Space 2 on Xbox 360 was the week’s biggest-selling single SKU, placing above LittleBigPlanet 2 at No.2 and Dead Space 2 on PS3 and No.3.
Elsewhere, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood sneaks back up the chart to No.4 – an 18 per cent boost in sales thanks to aggressive pricing by retailers. Black Ops at No.5 also gets a week-on-week boost, with sales up 11 per cent.
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2010 UKIE Ltd (All Prices) Week 4, 2011
1. DEAD SPACE 2
2. LITTLEBIGPLANET 2
3. FIFA 11
4. ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD
5. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
6. JUST DANCE 2
7. NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT
8. WII FIT PLUS
9. ART ACADEMY
10. JUST DANCE
11. MASS EFFECT 2
12. KINECT SPORTS
13. THE SIMS 3
14. GRAN TURISMO 5
15. WII PARTY
16. DANCE CENTRAL
17. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011
18. RED DEAD REDEMPTION: UNDEAD NIGHTMARE
19. EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2
20. WII SPORTS RESORT
Dead Space 2 appears to have repaid EA’s faith in the franchise, achieving a massive increase in first week sales when compared to the first game.
It’s interesting to see the Xbox 360 version of Dead Space 2 outselling the PS3 edition, despite a marketing push which focussed entirely on the PS3 game and its bundled copy of Dead Space: Extraction. However, the presence of Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 has surely eaten into some of Dead Space 2’s potential audience – no such competition currently exists on Xbox 360.
Next week sees the release of Mario Sports Mix on Wii and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem on Nintendo DS. We don’t expect either title to challenge for the top positions, but places inside the Top 10 and Top 20, respectively, wouldn’t be a shock.
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Dead Space 2
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter
