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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and FIFA 13 were the two best-selling entertainment products of 2012 at UK retail.
That’s according to Chart-Track and Official Charts Company data passed along to MCV, which says Activision’s FPS shifted 2.67 million copies last year, narrowly beating the EA football game’s 2.6 million sales.
Movie The Dark Knight Rises was their closest competitor, selling just shy of 1.7 million copies, while The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Emeli Sande album Our Version of Events rounded off the top five. The top 40 featured seven games in total:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision Blizzard) – 2,672,364
- FIFA 13 (EA) – 2,601,877
- The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Home Video) – 1,694,434
- The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (Entertainment One) – 1,515,604
- Our Version of Events (Emeli Sande, Universal Music) – 1,446,844
- Now That’s What I Call Music 83 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) – 1,389,006
- Avengers Assemble (Walt Disney Studios) – 1,349,937
- Ted (Universal Pictures) – 1,188,295
- War Horse (Walt Disney Studios) – 986,870
- The Hunger Games (Elevation Sales) – 946,592
- Mrs Brown’s Boys (Series One, Universal Pictures) – 913,145
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (20th Century Fox) – 888,629
- Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft) – 886,198
- Now That’s What I Call Music 82 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) – 866,031
- Prometheus (20th Century Fox) – 853,079
- Ice Age 4 (Continental Drift, 20th Century Fox) – 819,009
- 21 (Adele, XL Beggars) – 816,317
- Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows (Warner Home Video) – 816,126
- + (Ed Sheeran, Warner Music) – 811,038
- Now That’s What I Call Music 81 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) – 756,035
- Halo 4 (Microsoft) – 753,489
- Born To Die (Lana del Rey, Universal Music) – 743,210
- Brave (Walt Disney Studios) – 743,021
- Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures) – 710,185
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Elevation Sales) – 707,875
- Johnny English Reborn (Universal Pictures) – 694,651
- Mrs Brown’s Boys – Series Two (Universal Pictures) – 670,956
- The Amazing Spider-Man (Sony Pictures) – 656,620
- The Woman In Black (Momentum Pictures) – 654,589
- Take Me Home (One Direction, Sony Music) – 643,433
- Right Place Right Time (Olly Murs, Sony Music) – 597,370
- The Adventures of TinTin – The Secrets Of (Paramount) – 597,282
- Babel (Mumford & Sons, Universal Music) – 592,173
- Mrs Brown’s Live Tour – Good Mourning (Universal Pictures) – 585,925
- Michael McIntyre Showtime (Universal Pictures) – 579,011
- Hitman Absolution (Square Enix) – 571,248
- Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft) – 562,453
- Despicable Me (Universal Pictures) – 549,111
- Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Paramount) – 545,502
- Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft) – 540,237
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]]>The full list:
1. Diablo III
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Mass Effect 3
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5. Skylanders
6. Battlefield 3
7. Max Payne 3
8. Assassin’s Creed Revelations
9. Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games
10. Saints Row: The Third
Keep in mind there’s a bunch of things this list doesn’t factor in, such as Collectors Editions, Game of the Year re-releases, and digital downloads. Still, when Australian gamers are reaching backwards for their next gaming fix, it’s either an interesting indictment on their tastes, or on the standard of games released in 2012. What’s your take?
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