Just Dance 3 Sales Are Through The Roof

Now that all the big name games are out the UK sales chart is beginning to enter a new phase, dominated not by new releases but by the buying habits of Christmas gift hunters. Many of the most mass market games saw sales increases this week, with Modern Warfare 3 staying at number one in both charts thanks to a 2 per cent boost. Buy Just Dance 3

Just Dance 3 though spiked by 54 per cent this week, rising as high as number two in the individual format charts - suggesting that it could well end up as the Christmas number one. Especially as this week's PlayStation 3 version is the only release left this year.

FIFA 12 sales jumped by 30 per cent, while Super Mario 3D Land was up by 20 per cent, and Battlefield 3 by 16 per cent. As predicted Zumba Fitness 2 sales have also started warming up, with a 97 per cent increase at number 23 in the individual formats chart. Abba: You Can Dance though beat them all with sales increasing by 252 per cent to get it to number 32.

Going in the other direction were the sales of more core-orientated games, with Assassin's Creed: Revelations down 2 per cent, Skyrim down 7 per cent, and Saints Row: The Third down 24 per cent.

The only new entry in the chart was Mario Kart 7, which came in at number eight in the multiformat chart and number five in the individual formats. As you can see it's one of two 3DS games in the top 10, and one of three Mario games if you count Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games on the Wii.

Together with Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call the game's success also gives Nintendo three titles in the top 10, the most of any publisher this week. Fortunes change quickly in the games industry and the question of who will win the Christmas sales battle is harder to call than ever…

UK individual formats chart – 3 December

1 (1) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360)
2 (7) Just Dance 3 (Wii)
3 (2) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
4 (3) Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call (DS)
5 (-) Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
6 (8) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
7 (5) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360)
8 (11)FIFA 12 (360)
9 (6) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360)
10(14)Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)

UK multiformat charts - 3 December

1 (1) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Wii/360/PS3/PC/DS)
2 (5) FIFA 12 (PS2/Wii/360/PS3/PC/PSP/3DS)
3 (2) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360/PS3)
4 (8) Just Dance 3 (Wii/Kinect)
5 (4) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360/PS3/PC)
6 (3) Saints Row: The Third (360/PS3/PC)
7 (7) Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call (DS)
8 (-) Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
9 (9) Battlefield 3 (360/PS3/PC)
10(10)Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2011 UKIE Ltd