EA and BioWare celebrate best Mass Effect launch in history as FIFA 12 continues to drop a few places in the charts.
Games usually reach their peak sales figures in their first week and that is why so much attention is given to them during that particular time period. Last year saw many publishers see records broken as their titles shattered records left right and centre.
Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 broke records for EA, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations did the same for Ubisoft and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 broke every record it came in contact with, including the fastest-selling entertainment product in history.
Mass Effect 3 has emulated both Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 as it broke the series sales record, becoming the fastest-selling game in the Mass Effect trilogy and finished top of the United Kingdom’s software sales chart for the previous week.
In second place was the rebirth of the snowboarding class, SSX and the 2D fighter, Street Fighter X Tekken, debuted in at number three following a strong opening week of sales itself.
FIFA 12 continued its slow decline down the charts as the football simulation title slips down to fourth and Mario Party 9 is still moving enough copies to allow it to finish in the top 5, if only just.
No chart would be complete without a Sims game in the mix and The Sims 3: Showtime just misses out on fifth spot but at the same time saw off competition from Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games, which ended the week on seventh.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is still in the charts, despite being released ages ago as it grabs the eight spot for its own and beats off competition from Ezio’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, which is at number nine.
Rounding up the top ten is the game that isn’t a game, Zumba Fitness and one has to wonder when gamers in the UK will stop spending their money on it.
All in all, both the debuts in the charts finished strongly and EA have another feather in their cap with Mass Effect 3.
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