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Saints Row 4 took a 48 per cent drop in sales week-on-week but still held on for a third week at No.1, Chart Track reports.
The outrageous sequel from Deep Silver sold only a few hundred units more than last week’s new release Rome: Total War 2, which managed to move over 4,000 more copies than 2004’s Rome: Total War managed on its first week.
Activision Blizzard’s Diablo 3 was the week’s second Tuesday launch, but the extra time in stores didn’t help the former PC game chart any higher than No.3.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist dropped two places to No.4, while Disney: Infinity takes a 22 per cent hit and falls one place to No.5.
Killzone: Mercenary was a major new release for PS Vita, but os only the fifth best launch week for a PS Vita title, charting at No.8 .
Farming Simulator 2013 is the week’s final Top 10 new release, coming in at No.10 for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Elsewhere, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn drops 80 per cent and falls to No.11, whilst Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is new at No.35.
UKIE Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, (All Prices) Week 36, 2013
1. SAINTS ROW IV
2. ROME: TOTAL WAR II
3. DIABLO III
4. TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST
5. DISNEY INFINITY
6. MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION
7. PAYDAY 2
8. KILLZONE: MERCENARY
9. RAYMAN LEGENDS
10. FARMING SIMULATOR 2013
11. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN
12. LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS
13. LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES
14. FIFA 13
15. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II
16. ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF
17. MAX PAYNE 3
18. THE LAST OF US
19. MADDEN NFL 25
20. TOMB RAIDER
Diablo 3’s No.3 debut and inability to outperform Saints Row 4 in its third week has to go down as a failure for the game which has shifted over 10 million copies on PC. Activision backed the title with considerable marketing across all mediums – including TV – suggesting console gamers simply aren’t connecting with the PC-focussed franchise.
New to stores on Friday are Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix and Puppeteer, but neither is likely to perform well enough to challenge the current chart toppers.
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