Final Fantasy XIII tops UK sales chart, Just Dance shows stamina

by Alexander Sliwinski on Mar 15th 2010 10:25AM

In its first week at retail, Final Fantasy XIII charged up the UK sales charts like a Lightning bolt, becoming the "fastest selling" game of the year -- a record set by Bad Company 2 just last week. According to Chart-Track, the console sales split for the latest edition in Square Enix's flagship series was fairly even, with a 54 to 46 percent split on PS3 and Xbox 360, respectively.

Bad Company 2's sales slipped 38 percent last week, bringing EA DICE's fantastic multiplayer title (wait, there's single player, too?) down to second place. And, in third -- there it is: Just Dance. The game is unstoppable and has the stamina of a six-year-old hyped up on Pixy Stix. Like we noted last week, Just Dance just keeps going and going. We're just waiting to see when this epic sugar rush wears off.

Source – Lucky XIII for Square Enix [GFK Chart-Track]
Source – Latest UK Software Charts [GFK Chart-Track]
Top 10 UK Software Sales (All Formats); week ending March 13:

Final Fantasy XIII
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Just Dance
Heavy Rain
Wii Fit Plus
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing
Aliens vs. Predator
Wii Sports Resort
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

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Tags: battlefield-bad-company-2, britain, chart-track, final-fantasy-xiii, just-dance, Microsoft, Nintendo, sales, software, uk, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (45)

Yes please drop Just Dance even lower in to hell to Dante preferably.

Personally I want it to stay up there just because of the reaction it gets.

It's the only video game that successfully doubles as a troll.

At least it's good to know that it's not just Americans being stupid and gobbling that horrible game up.

Vcize have you played the game? No? Thought not.

It could be the most fun game on the planet, but one look at that setlist still makes me want to kill it with fire.

Just Dance sucks because there is no GaGa.

Sure is one fun game from what I saw at giantbomb's quick look, and i bet its going to be on Natal and PsM once those are out. Whats not to like?

It's another one of those Wii success stories that everyone wants to see go away, kinda like Carnival Games, not necessarily because they are bad (though clearly low-budget, which encourages others to seek the pit of low-budget freedom). Also one where the wrong lessons are going to be learned

I'm surprised we haven't been flooded with dance clones yet...

Doesn't it have like a 48 on metacritic?

Just Dance, how about just dying?

Surprised to see Heavy Rain that high still.

*sighs, looking at Just Dance*

I really hate it when people have fun.

wow, very good numbers. though I'm baffled that the 360 ratio is so high ... seems to have been a good move by Square going mulitiplatform, otherwise they would have lost all that fine sales.

I think it's safe to say that Final Fantasy's exclusiveness on Sony platforms has just ended.

time will tell

they wouldn't have lost that much in sales...I know 8 people that were going to buy a PS3 when FF13 came out...but when it was announced as multiplatform they changed their minds....

Have you sen how rubbish and compromised the Xbox version is compared to the PS3 version? I don't think it will be. It will revert to Playstation, as the x360 sales will fll away much quicker than the PS3 sales.

At the end of the day SE (and everyone else for that matter) are now seeing the PS3 coming into it's own, at the same time the 360 is in it's final death throws.

That's partialy true.
The game itself is only slightly less sharp.
However the movies are crap - badly coded videos using archaic bink video codec (I still have *DOS* player for .bik 's!) with constant bit rate (ZOMG!) setting and 2 GB left of free space on DVD's that certainly could help IF used...
Bad videos that magnify lower resolution problems and nasty macroblocking in fast scenes (CBR fail) that look like some amateur made them during cofee (sushi?) break...

Just Dance should just Die....

I mean SERIOUSLY....it would appear as if EVERY Britishman would have a copy buy now.....

That's just what phases me...are people buying multiple copies or what?
Nothing against the game, but this is getting a little ridiculous here.
Good job to them, though, I guess.

you mean EVERY Britishwoman and her boyfriend (who is FORCED to play IT with her). if i ever again play this game i will just hang myself.

@ DokiDokiBawanga

Do you feel a little bit dirty?

I chuckled at the "like a Lightning bolt" bit.
Ah, I do love the humor here.

Yeah, that's pretty much the only reason I came to comment but you took that from me so I'll just whine about it instead.

me and my brother were totally taken aback when she learned thunder in the game. i mean... we swore she was gonna learn fire instead.

Next week Kratos will be top dog :)

"I have a siberian husky named Kratos. I thought of him when I read your comment"

That's the coolest thing that I've read all day.

Props to Square because FFXIII really deserved, I'm really enjoying this game :)

Agreed. I am 5 hours in and loving everything about it so far. Not sure what the gripe about the first 15 hours was all about. I am having a blast.

Have to agree with you Spike.

I'm about 17-18 hrs in and I feel the same way.

I gotta say though, this game is much harder then the Final Fantasies I'm used to... took about 10-12 hrs to get the hang of paradigm shifting. I've died more in the opening quarter of the game then I have in probably all the other games Final Fantasy games combined (havent played 2,3 NES or 8 PS1 though)

I love the game but you REALLY don't get what's wrong with the first 15 hours of that game?

It's a 15 hour long, single corridor with different backgrounds and enemy fights in between. I wouldn't even call that "gameplay". It's not even linear. It's the first ever on-rails RPG. Go forward -> Fight -> Go forward -> Fight.

This said I freaking love this game. The graphics are amazing, soundtrack is awesome and the game itself is very engaging.

Just hope that the map design gets more creative later on in the game... That's my only gripe. This, and the incredibly unforgiving fighting system.

I think Final Fantasy XIII is gonna end up the opposite of FF XII where the fans love it but critics don't. (Even though I love XII as well)

There's nothing wrong with the first 15 hours of gameplay. It's simply not some people's cup of tea. I personally have the patience and find the enjoyment in what they have created. I see no problems with the first hours of the game. It goes for any other game. For example the first hours of Bioshock 2 people might have not liked because it took a while to get into the story. I, myself, had no problem with it. Simply to each their own.

Fair enough then.

"I think Final Fantasy XIII is gonna end up the opposite of FF XII where the fans love it but critics don't. (Even though I love XII as well)"

Funny that you said that, because that's exactly what I was thinking. It's getting very weak reviews (for a Final Fantasy title) and still, I really, really enjoy playing it.

As I said: love the game, but understand where the frustration is coming from.

I dont know Archon

the game isnt much different then Final Fantasy X, that game never opened up, you could play a little in the calm lands, but every other moment in that game was just as narrow as FFXIII. that being said, I have no problem with that, no more spending hours trying to find a door that actually opens, or roaming around not knowing where to go.

Happy to see Heavy Rain still hanging in there at 4th place. Hopefully it got legs so that we continue getting games released that are about more than 'boom headshot' or Japanese Lolita fantasies.

I prefer "boom headshot" WITH japanese lolita fantasies. True winner there.

Heavy Rain

Enjoy your week at the top, Final Fantasy, I see you getting quickly knocked down the ladder by Pokemon and/or God of War III.

Craziest thing is it will probably be Pokemon doing the dirty work.

Most likely. I'm not in the UK but I personally bought 3 copies yesterday (March is a big month for birthdays.)

I can vouch for that. Mine was just the 8th.

Don't know if it's mentioned but Just Dance sponsors a reality TV show over here, about a dance studio no less. That's why it's probably got the stamina, as soon as the series is over it will probably drop from the charts. It's called Pineapple Studios if anyone wants to check it out.

Just Dance is an okay game if you have friends that like to enjoy themselves, primarily through the use of alcohol and, or, any other substances, illicit not excluded; Just Dance is popular with people who have friends.

Should I worry for the people who condemn innocent players of Just Dance?

I finally played Just Dance at my friends house over the weekend and honestly, it's the most fun I've ever had with a Wii game, multiplayer wise. I'm thinking of going to buy my own copy soon!

I like how #1 and #2 are not only games that I bought one day after the other (FFXIII being the one I bought later), but also games that I am enjoying the hell out of.

This past week has been me pretty much staring at screens in between showering, eating, and sleeping. Being on break from college is awesome (even if I only have four more days of hot lazyness ahead of me).

I was curious why the UK charts don't have the actual Number sold? Does anyone know how to get these? Just curious

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