On the
PC entertainment top 30 Football Manager 2015 kicks
Dragon: Age
Inquisition out of the top spot on a list where the top 10 is a reshuffling
of last week's top 10. On the
all platforms chart the two new entries in the top 10 are
Pokemon Omega
Ruby at number six and
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire at number seven. This
seems pretty stable, but their
big write-up says this
is a big shake-up:
The Black Friday sales event shakes up the All Formats
Chart this week, propelling ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ (+110%) back to the
top.
It's up from No3 and switches places with last week’s No1 ‘GTA V’ (-64%). As
sales of the PS4 and Xbox One versions of GTA V drop off in their second week of
release, it is the previous generation versions of ‘Call of Duty’ (Xbox 360 and
PS3) that take advantage. 67% of COD sales this week are on the older console
formats, whereas at launch it was a 68% share for PS4 and Xbox One. Sales of
‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ this week are the largest ever for any title in
a Black Friday week. ‘FIFA 15’ (+84%) also benefits from the shopping frenzy,
climbing from No4 to No2, just pipping GTA by 1,500 units. Down from No2 to No4,
‘Far Cry 4’ (-54%) remains Ubisoft’s top selling game this week despite
competition from ‘Assassin’s Creed: Unity’ (+28%) up from No6 to No5, boosted by
strong promotions on the Xbox One console hardware bundles.
‘Pokémon Omega Ruby’ is the highest new entry this week at No7, one place and
2,400 sales ahead of sister title ‘Pokémon Alpha Sapphire’. Combined, the new
Pokémon titles would have charted at No3. Last year’s Pokémon X and Y debuted at
No’s 3 and 4 respectively, however sales of the new Alpha and Omega games better
them by 17%. Combined they also become the biggest Pokémon launch ever, beating
previous best Pokémon Black and White Versions on DS back in 2011. Sony’s
‘Driveclub’ (+999%) speeds back up the chart from No33 to No8 thanks to massive
sales on the Black Friday promoted PS4 console hardware bundle. Like its
successor ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ (+353%) benefits from the upsurge in
sales of the Xbox One hardware bundle, pushing it from No18 to No9. ‘Minecraft:
Xbox Edition’ (+184%) re-enters the Top 10 at No10 boosted by the release of the
Xbox One Edition. There are a large number of Black Friday promotions across the
Top 40 including ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’ (+128%) at No11 and ‘Disney
Infinity 2.0’ (+140%) at No14, among many others.
‘Super Smash Bros.’ (+560%) jumps from No27 to No13 with its launch this week on
Wii U alongside the new compatible Amiibo figures. In amongst all the heavily
promoted Black Friday titles ‘LittleBigPlanet 3’ manages to make a debut at
No18.