UK chart: Wii U exclusives absent from top 40 for third week running
FIFA 13 back on top, snore.
The first UK games chart of 2013 shows another week of no Wii U-exclusive titles in the top 40.
It's the third week in a row this has happened. The last time a Wii U-only game was spotted in the top 40 was the week ending 15th December, when Nintendo Land was 39th.
A week earlier, Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U were 26th and 35th respectively. A week before that, when the Wii U launched, Nintendo Land was 11th and New Super Mario Bros. U 14th. The brilliant ZombiU made its only top 40 appearance at 17th back then.
But there are Wii U versions of best-selling games, although there, sales are underwhelming. Just one per cent of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 copies sold this week were on Wii U, and Chart-Track bizarrely claimed that zero per cent of Just Dance 4 sales were on Wii U. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on Wii U fared better, taking nine per cent of the multi-platform game's sales.
So what was in the chart this week? After 15 weeks on the chart, FIFA 13 clambered back on top. Far Cry 3, last week's number one, was second. Black Ops 2 was third, Hitman: Absolution fourth and Need for Speed: Most Wanted fifth.
Halo 4, Just Dance 4, Forza Horizon, Lego Lord of the Rings and Skyrim rounded out the rest of the top 10.
The full top 40 lies below.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | FIFA 13 | PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | 1 | Far Cry 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 3 | 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360 |
| 4 | 4 | Hitman: Absolution | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 5 | 5 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 6 | 7 | Halo 4 | Xbox 360 |
| 7 | 6 | Just Dance 4 | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 8 | 10 | Forza Horizon | Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 9 | Lego Lord of the Rings | 3DS, DS, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 10 | 12 | The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 11 | 8 | Assassin's Creed 3 | PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360 |
| 12 | 16 | Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | 3DS, PC, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360 |
| 13 | 13 | Football Manager 2013 | PC |
| 14 | 11 | WWE 13 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 15 | 14 | Dishonored | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 15 | Medal of Honor: Warfighter | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | 17 | Skylanders Giants | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 18 | 20 | Forza 4 | Xbox 360 |
| 19 | 19 | Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 20 | 18 | Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 21 | 23 | Resident Evil 6 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 22 | 21 | Borderlands 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 23 | 26 | Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games | 3DS, Wii |
| 24 | 30 | Doom 3: BFG Edition | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 25 | Re-entry | Batman: Arkham City - GOTY Edition | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 26 | 25 | Mario Kart 7 | 3DS |
| 27 | 24 | Dead Island: GOTY Edition | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 28 | 22 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 3DS |
| 29 | 27 | Sleeping Dogs | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 30 | 32 | Sonic Generations | 3DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 31 | 29 | Super Mario 3D Land | 3DS |
| 32 | 35 | Grand Theft Auto Episdodes - Liberty City | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 33 | 28 | Moshi Nonsters: Moshlings Theme Park | 3DS, DS |
| 34 | 35 | Grand Theft Auto 4 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 35 | 34 | Angry Birds Trilogy | 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 36 | 33 | Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 37 | 31 | F1 2012 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | Re-entry | PES 2013 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 39 | Re-entry | Gran Turismo 5: Academy Edition | PS3 |
| 40 | Re-entry | Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
Sales cleverly counted and turned into a lovely chart by the appropriately named GfK Chart-Track.