L.A. Noire becomes fastest-selling new IP ever in UK
Rockstar's latest tops weekly sales charts, as The Witcher 2 debuts at number five
Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire has become the fastest-selling new intellectual property ever in the UK, as it debuts at number one in the weekly sales chart.
Although as usual no specific sales data has been released, chart creators Chart-Track indicate that L.A. Noire sold on par with Rockstar's previous hit Red Dead Redemption, released at the same time in 2010.
Sales of the game, which started life as a PlayStation 3 exclusive, were fairly evenly split at 58 per cent for the Xbox 360 version and 42 per cent for the PlayStation 3. As a result L.A. Noire becomes the 13th fastest-selling Xbox 360 of all time in the UK and the 11th fastest on the PlayStation 3.
The other major new entry of the week, released on Tuesday rather than the Friday of L.A. Noire and most other new games, is PC exclusive The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game debuted at number five in the all format charts and sold three times more than the original game in its launch week.
There was little other movement in the chart, with Lego Pirates of the Caribbean down only 6 per cent at number two, but Brink dropping by 48 per cent to number three.
Retail promotions saw an increase in sales of 71 per cent for Crysis 2 at number six. There was also a 266 per cent increase in sales for Mario Kart Wii thanks to the launch of the new lower priced Wii hardware bundle. The game remained just outside the top 20 though, at number 23.
This Week | Last Week | Title |
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1 | New Entry | L.A. Noire |
2 | 2 | Lego Pirates of the Caribbean |
3 | 1 | Brink |
4 | 3 | Zumba Fitness |
5 | New Entry | The Witcher 2 |
6 | 9 | Crysis 2 |
7 | 4 | Portal 2 |
8 | 8 | FIFA 11 |
9 | 6 | Mortal Kombat |
10 | 5 | Call of Duty: Black Ops |
11 | 11 | Just Dance 2 |
12 | 7 | Lego Star Wars III |
13 | Re-entry | Wii Sports Resort |
14 | 18 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood |
15 | 15 | Red Dead Redemption |
16 | 12 | Operation Flashpoint: Red River |
17 | 10 | MX vs. ATV Alive |
18 | 13 | Wii Fit Plus |
19 | Re-entry | Homefront |
20 | 16 | Pokémon Black |