The Sims 4: Get Together debuts at number two on the
GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending December 12th.
Football Manager 2016 retains the top spot there, while
Call of Duty
Black Ops III squeezes into the top spot on the
all platforms chart. Here's
the write-up which
also mentions an extra chart will come this year:
This is the week 50
chart, but thanks to the Gregorian calendar this year is also a 53 week year
(last occurred in 2009).
Consequently, the last published chart before Christmas will be next week and
that is the definition for the Christmas Chart (week 51, ending Saturday 19th
December). Jockeying for position and next week’s Christmas No1 is looking like
a 3 horse race. Activision’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ climbs one place to
No1 (-37%) – last year Activision held off EA’s ‘FIFA 15’ as ‘Call of Duty:
Advanced Warfare’ was the 2014 Xmas No1. At No2 this week is EA’s ‘Star Wars
Battlefront’, up from No3 (-22%) – this title could benefit from Star Wars 7
movie mania, released in just a few days. EA also have ‘FIFA 16’ which drops 2
places to No3 this week (-49%) but ‘FIFA’ games currently hold the record in
terms of Xmas No1’s with 8 so far. Records for traditional entertainment
software Xmas No1’s actually date back 32 years to 1984 and although the charts
back then were very different it was in fact Activision’s ‘Ghostbusters’ on
Spectrum and Commodore machines that claimed the first ever Xmas No1 (week 51,
1984). Bethesda drop one place to No4 with ‘Fallout 4’ (-21%) and Telltale
Games’ ‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ climbs 2 places to No5 (-3%). Last week’s 2 big
new releases drop places, with Square Enix’s ‘Just Cause 3’ down 2 to No6 (-43%)
and Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy Rainbow 6: Siege’ down 3 places to No9 (-58%). The
lone new entry this week is EA’s ‘The Sims 4: Get Together’ debuting at
No38.