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Geek Culture / UK's official digital games chart is 'world's first'

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Nickydude
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Posted: 30th May 2013 19:49
Quote: "The first official digital games sales chart has been published in the UK.

The chart's been launched by the gaming industry body The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie).

It is compiled using sales figures from PC downloads and titles offering expansion and downloadable content."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/22715154

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mr Handy
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Posted: 30th May 2013 20:07
Quote: "1. Bioshock Infinite (2K Games)
2. SimCity (Electronic Arts)
3. Tomb Raider (Square-Enix)
4. Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
5. The Sims 3: University Life (Electronic Arts)
6. Just Cause 2 (Square-Enix)
7. Hitman Absolution (Square-Enix)
8. Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
9. Football Manager 2013 (Sega)
10. Trials Evolution Gold (Ubisoft)"

That is SOOO unexpected, I've never thought that those games are selling good without the chart! /sarcasm

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Posted: 30th May 2013 20:13
@Handy - Do you have to be facetious on every thread?

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Posted: 31st May 2013 10:55
@OBese


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Posted: 1st Jun 2013 02:00
Can we just ban handy?

I'm glad to see Tomb Raider up there, might inspire them to use that lovely engine they've made to make a Tomb Raider game with lots of puzzles.


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Posted: 1st Jun 2013 05:59 Edited at: 1st Jun 2013 06:00
~I see the future, I foresee the new chart~

Call of Duty: Ghosts
Dragon Age 3
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Company of Heroes 2
Wasteland 2
Saints Row 4
Batman: Arkham Origins
Need for Speed: Rivals

p.s. @Indicium no

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Posted: 1st Jun 2013 07:16
mr Handy, missing the point of posts since 2007

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Quote: "p.s. @Indicium no"


Aw.


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Posted: 2nd Jun 2013 01:56 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2013 01:57
Quote: "That is SOOO unexpected, I've never thought that those games are selling good without the chart! /sarcasm"


Obviously selling well, but didn't realise they were top ten.

For example, Square Enix's shares have been going down in the last few years (click '5 Years' to see how big the change is) and pretty much been taking a nose dive and they are only now deciding to make some changes to the company after making some big losses, so I wasn't expecting to see 3 Square Enix titles, the only one out of the 3 I hear people talk about Tomb Raider and even that has mixed views and hasn't exactly made up for losses. I knew they still made good sales, but I didn't expect them to make top 10.

Also notice that Crysis and Call of Duty aren't on the list. See I would have expected at least one of them to hit the list. Yes, Battlefield 3 was on there at least.


Also, I don't think your list of predictions is accurate, I mean, if they were, wouldn't we have seen some of the other titles in the series appear in the list linked? I don't think your usual cynicism really applies.


In conclusion, the list obviously serves a purpose in providing some information. It tells us what's topping digital sales. Yes, we know games made by large companies and games in popular series will make a lot of money, but that doesn't really serve the purpose of a chart. The purpose of a chart is to compare who is making the most sales. Why would we need to know this? Prolly just a matter of interest.

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