Released on Tuesday 9th September, Activision Blizzard and Bungie’s blockbuster ‘Destiny’ arrives at No1 as the biggest new IP launch ever. Destiny is only playable online, but this hasn’t stopped it from toppling this year’s previous biggest launch and new IP, Ubisoft’s ‘Watch Dogs’. The PS4 edition, accompanied by sales from new fixed hardware bundles in both black and white, takes a 46% share, Xbox One 36%, Xbox 360 14% and PS3 4%. Last week’s No1 ‘The Sims 4’ (-63%) drops to second place ahead of ‘Watch Dogs’ which despite a 29% boost in sales from retailer promotions also slips one place, down to No3. Activision Blizzard have 2 titles in the Top 5 thanks to ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ (+11%) gaining two places, up to No4. ‘The Last of Us: Remastered’ ( -16%) and ‘Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’ (-6%) both make way for ‘Destiny’, down one place to No’s 5 and 6 respectively. There are two more Top 10 new entries this week with EA’s ‘NHL 15’ launching at No7 (a better placing than NHL 14’s debut at No11) and Bandai Namco’s PS3/360 ‘Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution’ at No10. ‘Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare’ (-20%) and ‘Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition’ (-11%) are both non-movers at No8 and No9. Previous No1s ‘Diablo III Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil’ (-51%) and ‘Metro Redux’ (-52%) both fall out of the Top 10, Diablo down from No5 to No13 and Metro down from No3 to No14. Standalone PS4 expansion ‘Infamous: First Light’ is switched on at No17 and retailer promotions on ‘The Borderlands Collection (1 & 2)’ (+999%) and ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary’ (+235%) push them both back into the Top 40 at No’s 24 and 29 respectively.
LW | TW | Title | Age Rating | Publisher |
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1 | DESTINY | PEGI 16+ | ACTIVISION | |
1 | 2 | THE SIMS 4 | PEGI 12+ | EA GAMES |
2 | 3 | WATCH DOGS | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT |
6 | 4 | CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS | PEGI 16+ | ACTIVISION |
4 | 5 | THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED | PEGI 18+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
7 | 6 | MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION | PEGI 7+ | MICROSOFT |
7 | NHL 15 | PEGI 12+ | EA SPORTS | |
8 | 8 | PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE | PEGI 7+ | EA GAMES |
9 | 9 | MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION 3 EDITION | PEGI 7+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
10 | NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA STORM REVOLUTION | PEGI 12+ | BANDAI NAMCO GAMES | |
10 | 11 | GRAND THEFT AUTO V | PEGI 18+ | ROCKSTAR |
12 | 12 | THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
5 | 13 | DIABLO III REAPER OF SOULS ULTIMATE EVIL | PEGI 16+ | BLIZZARD |
3 | 14 | METRO REDUX | PEGI 18+ | DEEP SILVER |
13 | 15 | TITANFALL | PEGI 16+ | EA GAMES |
15 | 16 | TOMODACHI LIFE | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
17 | INFAMOUS: FIRST LIGHT | PEGI 16+ | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | |
11 | 18 | MADDEN NFL 15 | PEGI 3+ | EA SPORTS |
17 | 19 | TERRARIA | PEGI 12+ | XBOX 360 CLASSICS |
19 | 20 | SNIPER ELITE 3 | PEGI 16+ | 505 GAMES |
14 | 21 | WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
16 | 22 | LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
18 | 23 | ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG | PEGI 18+ | UBISOFT |
24 | THE BORDERLANDS COLLECTION (1 & 2) | BBFC 18+ | 2K GAMES | |
20 | 25 | BATTLEFIELD 4 | PEGI 18+ | EA GAMES |
26 | 26 | SKATE 3 | PEGI 16+ | XBOX 360 CLASSICS |
23 | 27 | FROZEN: OLAF’S QUEST | PEGI 3+ | GSP/AVANQUEST |
24 | 28 | MARIO KART 8 | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO |
29 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY | PEGI 18+ | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | |
28 | 30 | RAYMAN LEGENDS | PEGI 7+ | UBISOFT |
22 | 31 | FIFA 14 | PEGI 3+ | EA SPORTS |
27 | 32 | LEGO THE HOBBIT | PEGI 7+ | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
25 | 33 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | PEGI 16+ | ACTIVISION |
30 | 34 | DISNEY INFINITY | PEGI 7+ | DISNEY INFINITY |
33 | 35 | SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE | PEGI 7+ | SKYLANDERS |
32 | 36 | NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS | PEGI 7+ | EA GAMES |
37 | TOMB RAIDER: DEFINITIVE EDITION | PEGI 18+ | SQUARE ENIX | |
38 | MARIO KART 7 | PEGI 3+ | NINTENDO | |
39 | 39 | RESIDENT EVIL 6 | BBFC 18+ | CAPCOM |
21 | 40 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 5 | PEGI 3+ | MICROSOFT |