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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has climbed from No.5 to No.1 in the All Formats All Prices UK video game chart, thanks in no small part to a heavily promoted price cut. Sales are up 145 per cent week on week.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 slips to No.2 after four weeks at the top, Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3 rises one place to No.3, FIFA 12 is down two places to No.4, and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations falls to No.5.
Battlefield 3 climbed three places to No.6 and Nintendo makes it three weeks straight at No.7 with Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call. Saints Row: The Third drops two places to No.8, Uncharted 3 climbs back into the Top 10 at No.9 thanks to price cuts and Mario Kart 7 closes out the Top 10.
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2011 UKIE Ltd (All Prices) Week 49, 2011
1. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM
2. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3
3. JUST DANCE 3
4. FIFA 12
5. ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS
6. BATTLEFIELD 3
7. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE’S CALL
8. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD
9. UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION
10. MARIO KART 7
11. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
12. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND
13. NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN
14. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4
15. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY
16. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7
17. ZUMBA FITNESS
18. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE
19. MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE
20. ABBA: YOU CAN DANCE
With little in the way of new releases hitting stores last week it was always going to be the games which enjoyed the biggest price cuts that benefited most. The £22.50 price for Skyrim proved too enticing for many, with fence sitters finally taking the plunge around a month after its 11.11.11 launch.
Similarly, Uncharted 3 saw a boost in sales thanks to widespread price cuts. Only this morning Play.com offered Batman: Arkham City for just £17.99, so could Bats and co. be the next to make a late bid for No.1
