wraggster
January 2nd, 2014, 23:07
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Grand Theft Auto 5 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/grand-theft-auto-5) is the top-selling entertainment product in the UK for 2013, driving off with a score of 3.67 million unit sales from retail. Video games held 25 percent of the top 20, with FIFA 14 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/fifa-14) running third behind the Bond film Skyfall, and Call of Duty: Ghosts in fifth behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. FIFA 14 and CoD: Ghosts (http://www.joystiq.com/game/call-of-duty-ghosts) had 2.65 million and 1.99 million sales, respectively.
The other two games that made the UK sales list were Battlefield 4 at spot 15 with 838,869 sales and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sailing away with 776,888 sales in the final spot of the Top 20. The list was compiled by UK trade association ERA (http://www.eraltd.org/news/era-news/booming-digital-services-return-entertainment-retailing-to-growth.aspx).
MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gta-v-is-the-biggest-selling-entertainment-product-of-2013-call-of-duty-falls-to-no-5/0126323?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mcvuk%2Fstream+%28MCV%3A+Home +Stream%29) points out CoD: Ghosts sales are significantly down from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's 2.7 million UK sales in 2012. FIFA 14's sales in 2013 were actually up by 40,000. It should be reiterated that these are retail sales in the UK, meaning digital distribution sales that would include a behemoth like Minecraft aren't in the mix.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/02/grand-theft-auto-5-tops-2013-entertainment-charts-in-uk/
Grand Theft Auto 5 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/grand-theft-auto-5) is the top-selling entertainment product in the UK for 2013, driving off with a score of 3.67 million unit sales from retail. Video games held 25 percent of the top 20, with FIFA 14 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/fifa-14) running third behind the Bond film Skyfall, and Call of Duty: Ghosts in fifth behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. FIFA 14 and CoD: Ghosts (http://www.joystiq.com/game/call-of-duty-ghosts) had 2.65 million and 1.99 million sales, respectively.
The other two games that made the UK sales list were Battlefield 4 at spot 15 with 838,869 sales and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sailing away with 776,888 sales in the final spot of the Top 20. The list was compiled by UK trade association ERA (http://www.eraltd.org/news/era-news/booming-digital-services-return-entertainment-retailing-to-growth.aspx).
MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gta-v-is-the-biggest-selling-entertainment-product-of-2013-call-of-duty-falls-to-no-5/0126323?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mcvuk%2Fstream+%28MCV%3A+Home +Stream%29) points out CoD: Ghosts sales are significantly down from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's 2.7 million UK sales in 2012. FIFA 14's sales in 2013 were actually up by 40,000. It should be reiterated that these are retail sales in the UK, meaning digital distribution sales that would include a behemoth like Minecraft aren't in the mix.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/02/grand-theft-auto-5-tops-2013-entertainment-charts-in-uk/