Call of Duty: Black Ops III debuts at number one on the
GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending November 7th, while ANNO
2205 enters the chart at number five. The new Call of Duty also tops the
all platforms chart, where the new Need for Speed pulls in at number three.
Here's
their summary of
all the action:
2015 so far reveals there have never been more games
released on a Tuesday (25 and counting, previous record was 2012 with 17 for the
whole year), but Activision's ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ forsakes Tuesday for
Friday for the first time since 2009 / 6 iterations ago.
So 'Black Ops III' launched Friday 6th November and UK gamers had to divide
their disposable income between fireworks, the Treyarch-developed first person
shooter and the continued wallet-drain of ‘Spectre’ at the cinema. However,
‘Black Ops III’ explodes on to the scene at No1 and in terms of revenue
generated in week 1 (regardless of release day) ‘Black Ops III’ ranks at No14
amongst all titles. Compared to other Call of Duty titles this is the 7th in
terms of week 1 takings, though of course all of those above it benefited from 5
days of sell-through in week 1 (UK charts run Sun-Sat).
The Gen 8 (PS4/Xbox One) transition is overwhelming with 91% of sales units
coming from these 2 formats (compared to 68% for last year’s ‘Call of Duty:
Advanced Warfare’). EA’s ‘FIFA 16’ climbs 1 place to No2 (-7%) and EA have the
only other new entry at No3 as ‘Need For Speed’ arrives for PS4/Xbox One.
Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ drops from No1 to No4 (- 78%) and Ubisoft’s
‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ drops 3 places to No5 (-55%). There are numerous
re-entries due to various retailer promotions, most notable of which is
Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart 7’ back in at No14 (+898%).